capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways. however, u.s. officials clarified today s attacks are not in response to the american casualties in jordan. a spokesman for the houthis warned the group would retaliate. writing, quote, we will meet escalation with escalation. this comes as secretary of state antony blinken prepares to depart for
new york city. alex murdaugh in the initial hours now of what will be a lifetime behind bars. the judge piling on during sentencing calling the double murder defense an assault on the judicial system. we ve got a live report coming to you in just a minute. plus, reports that president biden has now tapped some of the most successful track governors in the country to help lay the groundwork campaign. and fury erupts again at a town hall in east palestine, residents whose patience is clearly being tested to the limit nearly a month after that toxic train crash. this has touched my family. this has touched my friends, and it will touch me for the cellular level when i get diagnosed with cancer, als or whatever is going to come down the road if i stay in this contaminated, toxic town. more on that and the failure of norfolk southern s ceo to show up, the second time he s avoided coming face-to-face with those residents. but we begin in south carolina with today s dramat
welcome to a special edition of inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your holiday with us. democrats go public with complaints about the white house in what one calls an embarrassing transparency stumble. this as we learn more about the classified documents discovered in president biden s delaware home. plus, he s a bad guy. republicans more and more call out george santos for his lies. but many stopped short of saying he should absolutely be booted from the congress. and mangled lives. first responders pulling people out of the wreckage in dnipro after russia sets the ukrainian sky on fire. the latest missile barrage killing at least 40. in just moments the president of the united states marks this important holiday with a speech reflecting on the work and the legacy of martin luther king jr. we will bring you those remarks live when they happen. this event comes as the president confronts a crisis of his own making. the weekend brought
in wilmington, delaware. despite the white house saying the search was complete last thursday. rapid developments here is what we are looking at so far. november 2nd, just days before the midterm election, six days, the president s aides find classified documents and a closet at the penn-biden center, a think tank in washington, d.c. but that discovery was not made public. on november 14th, attorney general merrick garland appoints a u.s. attorney to go over the case. fast-forward to december 20th, the president s attorneys find another batch of documents. these pages that were stored in his garage at his home coming in oh, next to the corvette like he told us. the story finally broke wide open on january 9th. an additional document was then found three days later. that same day the attorney general appointed a special counsel. two days after that more documents surfaced in wilmington. some democrats are staying silent on all of this while others are publicly speaking out inc
the justice department, according to the president s personal lawyer. that makes a total of three batches, including at least one marked top secret that were found. though the number of biden documents is far smaller than found in donald trump s possession in mar-a-lago and in biden s case were turned over immediately rather than withheld for more than a year and only recovered by the government after a court-ordered search. republicans are still claiming there is a double standard favoring mr. biden over donald trump. president biden may not have any personal legal exposure, if it turns out his aides mishandled the documents without his knowledge, politically this is becoming a five-alarm crisis. joining me now is monica, matthew, joyce, brendan and jeff. we have a full house today. all experts in their field. monica, what do we know? you ve been reporting on this all weekend, the discovery, the president s frustrations, the growing frustrations as republicans demand a visit