supreme court. we re going to go through the arguments on both sides of the case. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 28th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. many of the republican party s biggest names will not be attending the annual conservative political action conference in maryland this week just outside washington, d.c. potential 2024 candidates will not be at the annual gathering. rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniels, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker kevin mccarthy are also sitting out this year. this year s conference comes as cpac s chair faces a lawsuit that alleges he fondled a male aide to then senate candidate herschel walker back in october. his lawyer says he denies those allegations. none of the politicians that have said they are not attending have cited the allegations as the reason for their absence. however, several republicans who spoke to nbc news anonymously have said the al
star witness garland. but there are two reasons why this is really significant right now. a, this is going to be merrick garland s first time testifying before the 118th congress, and of course the senate is still in democrats hands, though he will be facing questions from some republicans because republicans of course sit on the judiciary committee. the other reason why this is really significant is because the doj is currently overseeing a number of investigations into very high profile political figures that are of immense focus to the american public, namely that issue pertaining to the discovery of classified documents at the homes of former president trump, president biden, and former vice president mike pence. special counsels have ben appointed for the trump and the biden matters as trump goes through with his 2024 bid for president, wide speculation that biden will do the same for a re-election campaign. it s very likely we will see questions about the classified documents i
you understand the backer and forth. hi how significant is this federal subpoena into hunter biden s paternity documents? what are they looking for and what does it telloe about the ongoing investigation of ofc course it s allul speculation because we don t have all the details. butt i think it s pretty significant because it shows that it might be a serious investigation in the way you conducted serious investigationsin. you gather up all the financial information so hunter biden would have had to makehe financial disclosures to the woman of his child the paternity suit that would have to thenpa match with his tx reform are tax records, other bank recordsds, things he s reported to the government. and if they don t, there the wil be a lot of questions asked if it would be and they re looking for discrepancies in what he filed versus what he said versus what was actually in his accounts. and do you believe it? again,n, this is speculation. i but the reason biden matters
you look at every sign out there most people assume biden is going to run barring some last minute change of heart. i think people are saying he starts the race as the front runner. the question is how much oxygen is there out there if you are not going to try to be the most liberal candidate and if you don t have the sort of angle that the historic angle that a kamala harris will have? where is there oxygen to get somewhere else? if biden is the traditional candidate, where do you run and fit? that s where biden matters. it takes up a big chunk of space that other people can t occupy. buckle up, friends. the government shutdown must end. that is a message from the president of the association of flight attendants. why she says the shutdown is jeopardizing safety and security at airports. got it. ran out of ink and i have a big meeting today