Bondi’s Heated Hearing, New Guthrie Ransom Note, ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Star Dies and more
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🗓️ 11 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, from CNN, I'm AfomaDK, with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, February 11th. |
| 0:07.7 | We start with Attorney General Pam Bondi's fiery hearing with the House Judiciary Committee over several issues, |
| 0:14.3 | including the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. |
| 0:18.1 | I am deeply sorry for what any victim, any victim has been through, especially as a result |
| 0:25.4 | of that monster. |
| 0:27.0 | That's the moment Bondi directly addressed Epstein survivors sitting behind her as she testified. |
| 0:32.2 | It comes as lawmakers have raised questions about why the names of some men remain redacted. |
| 0:37.2 | Here's one heated exchange with the top Democrat on the committee, Jamie Raskin, over backlash about how the DOJ has handled Epstein co-conspirators. You can let her filibuster all day long, but not on our watch. Be clear. Not on our time. No way. And I told you about that, Attorney General, before you started. You don't tell me anything. |
| 0:54.2 | Yeah, oh, I did tell you because we saw what you did in the Senate. |
| 0:57.0 | Not even a lawyer. |
| 0:58.0 | More news coming up, including the death of a Hollywood heartthrob. |
| 1:07.0 | TMZ says it received an email earlier this morning demanding a single Bitcoin in exchange |
| 1:11.7 | for information on Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper. |
| 1:14.6 | The outlet says it handed the new email over to the FBI. |
| 1:18.1 | TMZ says the sender claims they couldn't get a hold of the brother and sister of today's show |
| 1:22.1 | co-host Savannah Guthrie via email and text. |
| 1:25.6 | The sender also claims they are not the kidnapper, but they know who the kidnapper is, according to TMZ. |
| 1:31.3 | CNN has not been able to independently verify whether the node exists or if it's authentic, |
| 1:36.3 | and has reached out to the Pima County Sheriff's Department for comment. |
| 1:39.3 | Meanwhile, a man in Rio Rico, Arizona, wants to clear his name after he says investigators |
| 1:44.7 | held him for questioning for eight hours yesterday. |
| 1:47.7 | Carlos told reporters he was stopped after an anonymous tip and had his home and vehicle |
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