you know, this is a time for choosing. we choose democracy over hytocracy, love over hate. these are the questions of our time that i ran for president to try to help answer in dr. king s life and legacy and many i view shows the way forward. just have to look back. you have to be prepared. president biden marks the holiday with a look at his legacy and the work still to be done to ensure voting rights for all americans. meanwhile, house republicans spent that day upset that president biden doesn t have visitor logs for his private homes in delaware. information they never had any interest in when president trum health care plan hundreds of classified materials at his mar-a-lago country club. and from ridiculous lies to russian ties. the bizarre george santos saga takes another turn with new reporting that links him to the family of a sanctioned russian oligarch. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 17th. i m jonathan lemire. we begin on cap
revealed this weekend additional pages of classified documents were discovered inside the president s delaware home. so far the total number of classified records recovered is unclear with about a dozen identified at mr. biden s private office including, sources tell nbc news, at least one document marked top secret. followed by two batches discovered at the wilmington residence including inside the garage. none of those sites are approved to store sensitive government material. the white house now facing intensifying criticism about a lack of transparency, the first classified documents were discovered by biden attorneys a week before the mid terms. the public was not told until last week following media reports. the truth is that they suppressed the information before the election so that it would not have impact during the election. the stench of hypocrisy coming from this administration is making the american people sick. reporter: the president s personal attorney insisting th
likely voters say if asked to choose between biden and trump in the upcoming 2024 election, they would vote for biden. 41% meanwhile say they would back trump. but when the president is put up against another likely 2024 republican contender, florida governor, the latter comes out though narrow will he. in that poll, 45% say they would back desantis and 42% say they would vote for biden. so far, of course, trump is the only one of those three to officially announce a 2023 run. let s shift gears now. add to the controversy surrounding george santos, he has significant ties wait for it a russian oligarch. they each gave the maximum $5800
themselves about why they re politicizing this issue and admitting they do not actually care about the underlying classified material. president biden is doing the right thing and is cooperating fully with a thorough review that house republicans are playing politics and a hypocritical attempt to attack president biden. white house statement comes as both the republican led house judiciary committees opened investigations. joining us now, congressional reporter for punch bowl news, max collen. let s start with this republican push we just detailed, hypocrisy involved. let s look at their point of view. what is their political end game here with these documents? what sort of what do the probes look like? is there a chance this could backfire on them? sure. i think we have to look at is house republicans forecasted a number of investigations into president biden. they think they struck gold here. this is not hunter biden. this is not something which
you don t have the kind of traffic that you might in a public vicinity. at least with his private residence not necessarily the penn biden center. but, you know, on the face this is a valid concern. so let s talk more about some differences between the situation at mar-a-lago which is partially public or open to members, anyway. versus what is happening here with president biden. you have said though that president biden has a perception problem on his hands. what do you mean by that? well, now that house republicans want to investigate this again on its face i think that, you know, this warrants certain amount of inquiry. we know from the january 6 hearings that, you know, a the lot of this is going to be part of the public eye. the purpose is going to be to expose this publicly. the truth is that many of the