On this week's episode of "America: Changed Forever", the Department Of Homeland Security is under scrutiny for a program: allegedly gathering intelligence domestically. Host Jeff Pegues talks with Carrie Bachner, a former career senior legislative adviser to the DHS Under Secretary for Intelligence. In our exclusive interview Bachner warns of civil liberty violations. And, a DOJ task force has been working to hold Kremlin-aligned Russian elites accountable for their support of Vladimir Putin and for their efforts to evade sanctions. Is it working? We’ll hear from former State Department official Max Bergmann who serves as the Director of the Europe, Russia, Eurasia program and the Stuart Center on Northern European Studies. Fox News is in the news quite a bit lately.....First in a lawsuit that says they “recklessly disregarded the truth” and now because Tucker Carlson denies the insurrection of January 6. Carlson deleted scenes of rioters attacking police officers and defiling the Capitol from extensive footage given only to him by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Congressional Reporter for HuffPost Arthur Delaney offers his analysis. The Federal Reserve Chair testified on the Hill. CBS News Reporter Sarah Ewall-Wice covers the Treasury Department and economic policy. She forecasts how this is going to impact Americans’ household budgets.

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On this week's episode of "America: Changed Forever", host Jeff Pegues sits down for an exclusive interview with Anthony Coley, former Senior Advisor to the Attorney General, about the Attorney General Merrick Garland's recent testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. An explosive new documentary explains why only 33% of 4th graders can read at grade level. Renowned national education expert Angie Jerabek and the film's Executive Producer, former Reading Rainbow host, LeVar Burton, explain why. And, the deadly drug Fentanyl has been found in over the counter Marijuana Gummies, resulting in two overdoses in Pennsylvania. We will hear from KYW Radio reporter Jim Melwert about his first -hand reporting.

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This week on "America: Changed Forever", host Jeff Pegues talks with Tamar Hallerman of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, who reveals the details of the wide-ranging interview the AJC had with Emily Kohrs. Kohrs is the grand jury foreperson in the investigation into former President Trump in Georgia. And as the Supreme Court hears arguments that could fundamentally change the way the internet and social media functions in the United States, Jeff speaks with data and digital privacy expert Penn University Law Professor Anita Allen, who explains why companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter could be liable for the content posted on their platforms. Plus, Simon Miles, an expert on Russia and the former Soviet Union, and the author of "Engaging the Evil Empire", discusses President Biden’s surprise trip to the Ukraine.

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This week on "America: Changed Forever", host Jeff Pegues reports from Buffalo, where he is covering the sentencing of confessed mass-shooter Payton Gendron, who engaged in a racist fueled killing spree that resulted in ten deaths. Jeff sits down with family members of one of the slain victims in a powerful exclusive interview.

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On this week's episode of "America: Changed Forever", host Jeff Pegues speaks with former FBI Special Agent Tom O'Connor, who served as the program coordinator for investigations involving criminal activity/violence conducted by racially-motivated and anti-government violent extremists. O'Connor analyzes the surge in attacks on infrastructure by domestic terrorists, in light of another planned attack--this time on the electric grid of Baltimore by neo-Nazis--that was thwarted this week. Cyber security expert Sean Plankey, who was a contributing writer to the Trump Administration's proposed ban on TikTok, examines the latest state wide ban being put forward by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. And Laura McGann, Executive Editor of Grid News, analyzes the good, the bad, and the ugly of President Biden's State of the Union Address.

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On this week's episode of "America: Changed Forever", in the wake of the death of Tyre Nichols, host Jeff Pegues has an exclusive interview with the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Steven Horsford who discusses his meeting with President Biden regarding police reform. Chuck Wexler, a veteran of the Boston Police Department who now serves as Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a national membership organization of police executives. Wexler outlines the steps necessary for police departments to engage in meaningful reforms to drastically reduce the amount of police violence in the United States.

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Host Jeff Pegues and CBS News Immigration Reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez discuss the rationale behind President Biden's change in immigration strategy. After promising to expand asylum, President Biden is now moving to limit access amid record border arrivals. CBS News Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger discusses her new book, The Great Money Reset, which chronicles how Americans are rethinking and rearranging their lives as we emerge from the pandemic. And Washington Post Chief Movie Critic Ann Hornaday, discusses some of the surprising upsets in the recent Oscar nominations.  

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This week on ACF, host Jeff Pegues' exclusive reporting on the fentanyl crisis takes us to Tucson where he accompanied authorities on a raid of a suspected illegal fentanyl lab.

Jeff also talks with Aubrey Whelan, staff reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, who has investigated the emergence of a new and even deadlier drug--Xylazine, known on the street as Tranq Dope--that is infiltrating the drug market and causing a spike in overdose deaths.

And in an exclusive interview with President Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen, we learn of a possible revival of charges against the former president in Manhattan for hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and Plaboy model Karen McDougal.

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This week on "America: Changed Forever" with host Jeff Pegues, former federal prosecutor Harry Litman examines the curious case of classified documents found in President's Biden's civilian office where he worked after his stint as V.P. And Tamar Hallerman, from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, gets us up to speed on the latest developments from the Grand Jury investigation of alleged voter fraud by former President Trump.

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This week on ACF, The Hill reporter Alex Gangitano reviews the dysfunctional effort to elect Kevin McCarthy Speaker of the House.

Former Senate Counsel and Congressional Investigator Jonathan Winer reviews the explosive transcripts from the Jan 6 Committee.

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