rachel: welcome back. look at that, good times roll. the good times are rolling. 7:00 here, and and it s new year s eve. you guys have plans? joey? pete? joey: yeah, i ve got great plans. this evening i m going to host the big weekend show. i m very excited about that. pete: i hope you re at a hotel slows and not going anywhere else. joey: i can hear the chaos but not be a part of it. pete: the minnesota vikings are playing the pack ors tonight, so jen is not losed about that. she does not want to the spend it s a controversial game, yes, it could have playoff implications rachel: you ll be in nashville? pete: we ll be home. rachel: i ll probably be watching the peakers too. [laughter] pete: sean duffy if will be watching on the other side of the equation. rachel: that s the only time he really insists on watching, if the packers are plague. pete: and they re playing the vikings. it s at lambeau field, he ll be into it. joey: we started the first hour with our new c
to protect commercial ships in the red sea. countries joining the security group include the uk, france, canada, bahrain, norway and spain. it comes after the energy giant, bp, suspended its shipping operations through the red sea because cargo vessels are being attacked by houthi rebels from yemen. this is the route taken by around 12% of world shipping which then passes through the suez canal. but several major freight companies have now stopped passing through here. because of the risk. instead they are taking the much longer route all the way around africa via the cape of good hope. that adds costs and delays. here s the us defense secretary lloyd austin. these attacks are reckless, dangerous and they violate international law. we are taking action to build an international coalition to address the threat. i would remind you that this is not just a us issue, this is an international problem and it deserves an international response. joining me now is marc 0stwald, chief e
a few hours ago, maersk also announced it will re route some of that red sea vessels around the cape of good hope, on a case by case basis. around 10% of global trade passes through the red sea, that s around 17,000 ships a year. but several major freight companies have now stopped passing through here. instead they are taking much longer route all the way around africa by the cape of good hope. that adds costs and delays. here is the us defence secretary lloyd austin. these attacks are reckless. they are dangerous and they violate international law and so we are taking action to build international coalition to address this threat and i would remind you that this is not just a us issue, this is an international problem and it deserves an international response. well that international response being asked to resolve those concerns? we are nowjoined by russ mould, who is an investment director at aj bell. the question, is it enough? will it work? i the question, is it enough?
For maryland and was appointed by former President Trump. I strongly believe that the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity, but under the regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a Special Counsel for this matter. This Appointment Underscores for the public, the departments commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters, and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. Now earlier, President Biden confirmed that more classified documents from his time as Vice President were discovered. This time at his wilmiwilmingto delaware home. They were locked in his garage. Another document was found inside the house. Now the Attorney General revealed that the Justice Department learned of the second set of documents in december as this timeline shows here. It was in november when the president s attorney found classified documents in a d. C. Office that
A single corrupt Computer File brought all of americas air traffic to a complete halt. How did it get there . And more republicans call for resume faker George Santos to quit congress but not the republican with the power to push him out. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im christine romans. Good morning. We begin with a second batch of classified documents found by President Bidens legal team. They found the first batch from mr. Bidens time as Vice President set off the search for this new discovery. Its unclear how many documents were in the second batch, where they were found or what theyre even about. Cnns Phil Mattingly has more from the white house. Reporter as President Biden and the White House Counsels Office described the initial discovery of ten classified documents, documents that were turned over to the National Archives and the Justice Department, Justice Department review ongoing, they never actually weighed in on whether there could be a