Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) grilled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on Monday about whether or not her agency turned down the Trump security team’s requests for more agents before a would-be assassin’s bullet struck former President Donald Trump. Angry lawmakers from both sides of the aisle questioned Cheatle during Monday’s House Oversight Committee hearing, demanding answers on what went wrong that allowed a former president to narrowly escape a bullet to the head on live television. Jordan noted that the day after Trump was shot, a Secret Service spokesperson said it was “absolutely false” they had denied Trump’s security team’s requests for more resources. However, several days later, The Washington Post reported that top Secret Service officials had indeed repeatedly turned down Trump’s security’s requests for more personnel, Jordan said. “So which is it? Cause both statements can’t be true. Were you guessing or lying when you said you didn’t turn down requests from President Trump’s detail?” Jordan asked Cheatle. Jim Jordan ENDS Disgraced Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle's CAREER in Scorched EARTH Public humiliation ? Secret Service Director admits UNDER OATH to purposely weakening Trump's security detail amid massive threats to Trump's Life. Cheatle must be charged and arrested: pic.twitter.com/u6OpaKdi2V — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 22, 2024 “Neither, sir,” Cheatle responded, saying that no requests were denied for the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump was shot. “Well maybe they got tired of asking,” Jordan asked. “How many times did you turn them down ahead of that?” “A denial of a request does not equal a vulnerability,” Cheatle responded. “Well, tell me what it is,” Jordan retorted. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “There are a number of ways threats and risks can be mitigated with a number of different assets whether that be through personnel, whether that be through technology, or other resources,” Cheatle said. “Well, tell the committee which it was,” Jordan interrupted. “They asked for additional help in some form or another. You told them no. How many times did you tell them no, and what did you tell them no to?” “Again, I cannot speak to specific incidents, but I can tell you in general terms, the Secret Service is judicious with their resources,” Cheatle responded. “What did they ask for, and how many times did you turn them down? Pretty basic questions,” Jordan asked again. “So again, without having all of the details in front of me, sir —” Cheatle began. “You didn’t get briefed on that before you came to this hearing knowing you were going to get asked that question?” Jordan asked. “What a change from ‘absolutely false,’ unequivocally false to, ‘oh, by the way, there were some times when we didn’t give them what they wanted.’ That’s a huge change in five days, and the fact that you can’t answer how many times you did that, that’s pretty darn frustrating not just for me but for the country.” “I hear your frustration,” Cheatle responded. Jordan followed up again, asking if the Secret Service denied resources to Trump’s security team after they discovered an Iranian plot to kill the former president. Cheatle did not answer the question directly. “Director, it looks like you won’t answer some pretty basic questions. It looks like you got a 9% raise and you cut corners when it came to protecting one of the most important individuals, most well-known individuals on the planet, a former president, likely the guy who’s going to be the next president,” Jordan said. Cheatle has defiantly resisted calls from both sides of the aisle for her to immediately resign in the wake of the attempted assassination on July 13. A bullet grazed Trump’s right ear while he was speaking during his rally in Pennsylvania, and he ducked behind a podium before being whisked away by Secret Service agents. He raised his fist and shouted, “Fight!” as he exited the stage. Law enforcement returned fire immediately, killing the shooter. One rally-goer was killed, and two others were injured.

Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk, who has developed the artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, told Dr. Jordan B. Peterson in an interview on Monday that he is alarmed by the lack of “pro-human” principles among competing AI companies and hopes his AI model will be the “most powerful in the world” by December. Musk sat down with Peterson at his Gigafactory Texas for an exclusive interview that was streamed live on DailyWire+ and X. The billionaire entrepreneur started Grok to compete with Google Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, another AI chatbot that Musk co-founded with Sam Altman before Musk left the company in 2018 over disagreements about its future. After Musk took over Twitter and changed its name to X, he connected Grok to the platform, allowing premium subscribers to have access to the AI tool. Musk has also called out the leftist bent of AI tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini, Google’s AI tool. The SpaceX founder has vowed to push back against leftist talking points being pushed by other AI companies. Musk also told Peterson that he “grew increasingly concerned” about AI safety when he discussed the topic with former Google CEO Larry Page, discussions that Musk said led to him starting OpenAI with Altman, and eventually his own AI chatbot, Grok. “He did call me a speciesist,” Musk said of Page, adding, “I’m a speciesist in favor of humans instead of machines. Larry’s view is, if I’m not misspeaking, that we will all upload our minds to the computer and everyone will just be robots.” “There’s not much difference between that and the death of humanity,” Peterson said. “Because whatever we’d be then it wouldn’t be what we are now.” “It’s a crazy thing to not be pro-human,” Musk said later in the interview. “I mean, if humans are not going to be on team human, who is? That was the final straw. I was like, we really need some new AI company so there’s a counter-balance to Google.” .@elonmusk: [Larry Page’s] view is, if I’m not misspeaking, that ultimately we will all upload our minds to the computer and everyone will just be robots.@jordanbpeterson: There’s not much difference between that and the death of humanity. pic.twitter.com/a6D3HcLXiW — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) July 22, 2024 CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Musk also laid out a specific and aggressive timeline for his AI company’s next models. “We have a lot of catching up to do relative to companies that have been around for five or 10 or 20 years,” Musk told Peterson. “We’re catching up fast. The velocity of improvement of xAI is faster than any other company out there.” “How do you feel that Grok performs, say, in relationship to ChatGPT now?” Peterson asked. “Well, so the Grok version that’s been released is still based on Grok version one training,” Musk replied. “We’ve made several improvements, so it’s sort of called Grok 1.5. But the foundation model of Grok is still an order of magnitude weaker than ChatGPT.” Peterson asked the X chairman how powerful the next model of his AI chatbot will be in comparison to the competition. Musk said the second version of Grok recently “finished training” and the engineers are now “fixing bugs” before officially releasing Grok 2 next month. “It should be on par, or close to” ChatGPT’s latest model, Musk said. “Then what we’re doing in the Memphis Data Center is we’re actually training Grok 3. So that, that’ll probably finish training in about three or four months and then there’ll be some fine-tuning and bug fixing and whatnot. And we’re hoping to release Grok 3 by December,” he added. “And Grok 3 should be the most powerful AI in the world at that point.”

The highly-anticipated meeting between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may not take place as Biden recovers from COVID-19, according to a source in the Prime Minister’s office. Netanyahu, who will address a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, was scheduled to meet with Biden on Tuesday but canceled because the president has still not tested negative for COVID-19, according to the source. Biden has made no public appearances since he dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday. His doctor released a letter on Monday stating that most of his COVID-19 symptoms have “almost resolved completely” and that he is continuing to perform his presidential duties. The meeting would’ve been the first time Biden hosted the Jewish State’s leader in the White House since Netanyahu was reelected in 2022.  Relations between Biden and Netanyahu have grown tense in recent years over Biden’s opposition to Israeli judicial reform and criticisms of some Israeli Defense Forces strategies to defeat Hamas in Gaza. In June, Netanyahu released a video accusing the Biden administration of holding up weapons shipments.  “We appealed to our American friends to speed up the shipments,” said Netanyahu, “We did it time and time again. We did this at the senior echelons, and at all levels, and I want to emphasize — we did it in private chambers. We got all kinds of explanations, but we didn’t get one thing: The basic situation didn’t change.” The White House disputed Netanyahu’s accusations, claiming only heavy bombs were withheld. “We have made our position clear on this repeatedly, and we aren’t going to keep responding to the Prime Minister’s political statements,” a White House official said, according to the Times of Israel. Netanyahu is also expected to meet with Harris, though she declined to preside over his joint address to Congress, according to Axios reporter Juliegrace Brufke. The prime minister told the press upon departing Israel Monday that he was seeking to “anchor the bipartisan support that is so important for Israel.” “I will tell my friends on both sides of the aisle that regardless of who the American people choose as their next president, Israel remains America’s indispensable and strong ally in the Middle East,” he said.  Netanyahu is seeking an in-person meeting with former President Donald Trump, but has yet to have one concretely scheduled, according to Israel’s Channel 12. Following Biden’s decision to drop out of the race, Netanyahu expressed his desire to thank Biden for helping Israel during the war and throughout his career. “I plan to see President Biden, whom I’ve known for over 40 years,” Netanyahu said. This will be an opportunity to thank him for the things he did for Israel in the war and during his long and distinguished career in public service, as Senator, as Vice President, and as President.”

Move over, Kristen Bell, there’s a new Anna in town, and people can’t get enough. Amy Barber-Faulkner’s 3-year-old daughter, Harper, takes her performing seriously, and her latest duet with her Frozen Toniebox garnered a cool 9.4 million views on TikTok. Harper’s music box is on one side of a bookshelf with Elsa perched on top. The toddler puts her sweet little face against the wood, just like Anna does on the bedroom door in Frozen, and begins the most darling rendition of Do You Want to Build a Snowman you’ve ever seen. Aimee captioned the video, “Give my three-year-old an Oscar for this performance,” and it’s easy to see why. Not only does she sing, but this girl’s facial expressions tell a story better than some of the world’s greatest novelists. @aimeelbfaulks Give my three year old an oscar for this performance @tonies UK @Idina Menzel @Disney #viral #fyp #stage #musical @Faulkner Renovations ♬ original sound – Aimee Barber-Faulkner As the music begins, she’s very clearly in character. She knocks on the door, singing, “Elsa, I know you’re in there.” Her little braid and big brown eyes complete the look and instantly draw you in. Once she starts, you can’t stop watching the toddler’s performance. Toddler’s “Frozen” Performance Earned A Comment From Barbie Herself! Harper’s video gained traction quickly, with 823,000 likes and more than 13,000 comments. Barbie herself wrote, “Incredible performance.” “She’s going places!!! Not the other side of the door with Elsa but other places,” someone commented. Harper caught the eye of the pros, like this educator, “Theatre teacher here – I’d cast her immediately.” Harper, who lives with cystic fibrosis, a chronic lung illness, faces each day with a smile on her face and a song in her heart. Not to worry, she’s no-one hit wonder. Aimee’s posted several videos of the precocious toddler belting out her favorite songs, but her rendition of the Frozen classic was the first to go massively viral. As her mother wrote in an April 2024 video, her daughter is “Born to perform! It’s giving musical theatre kid energy!” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post This Toddler Deserves “The Oscar For Best Actor” After Singing Her Favorite “Frozen” Song appeared first on InspireMore.

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