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 and particularly sensitive matters. And to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. Lets bring in Wall Street Journal columnist Dan Henninger and kim strassel do you think Merrick Garland had a choice here or was he boxed in and really had to appoint a special council or is he just trying to build in some political insulation here for the hard choices that may come . Well i would say all of the above, paul. [laughter] for sure. I mean, really consider that one week ago today, we were all sitting here discussing that fiasco of Kevin Mccarthy House Speakership Roll Forward nearly one week we have a spectacle of a special council appointed to investigate the sitting president of the United States after one has already been appointed a special council to investigate the form
Republican president richard nixon. Why did he resign . Because republicans gave him no option. I have come to the conclusion that richard m. Nixon has Beyond A Reasonable Doubt committed impeachable offenses which are in my judgment of such sufficient magnitude that he should be removed from office. Brian thats a republican. And it was a majority. Bill clinton, the Monica Lewinsky link was revealed bit new york times. The Washington Post aggressively pursued the Hillary Clinton email scandal. But somewhere along the way Media Companies lost their way and accountability and transparency. The only thing they could rally around was everything donald trump did was wrong. The latest example. Maralago. We begin this hour with one word. Unprecedented. Today we are in uncharted territory. The fbi search at maralago has no parallel in american history. Nothing like this has ever happened before and we dont know how this ends. Brian i do. His political rival President Biden didnt miss the oppor
Security concerns for days. Most of the wreckage is believes to be sitting in 47 feet of water at this hour. Lets go now to oren at the pentagon. Do we think we might have get an update this evening as to whether or not they have been able to secure that wreckage and retrieve it . Theyll put a perimeter around it with navy and coast guard assets that were in the area. Whether they can retrieve it tonight or tomorrow, thats a different question. 47 feet of water according to a Senior Defense official, so not that deep, but still its a question of whats left, whats down there and what shape is it in and how do you bring it up without damaging it further. Salvage vessel is on the way. It might not be there in time to do it tonight, but it will get there as quickly as possible to begin. Why is that so important . Because the pentagon has said repeatedly this was a chinese Surveillance Balloon that had the ability to maneuver, loiter. And because of that, theres information they want to gle
either. it s happened once previously, and several times under the man that he replaced, former president trump. more on that in a moment. in this hour, federal crews are briefing for the seven mile radius where it fell, after being shot down by an f 22 fighter jet. the big question now, we are does this ordeal take the already strained relationship between the united states and china? beijing says they are reserving the right to respond. receiving an onslaught of monday morning quarterbacking by the gop. republicans quick to attack the president. taking down over the atlantic, it s really attacking the quarterback after the game is over. this mission should never been allowed, how late into january did they know that this high altitude balloon was not where it was headed. why didn t they take action at the time, and why did they not wait until wednesday or thursday to talk about this? are they equally upset by donald trump? of course not. despite bringing similar by
could be additional charges for others involved. we need time to allow the investigation to go forward and further consideration of charges. nothing we did last thursday precludes us from bringing other charges later. i believe this is part of the institutional police culture, just as much as those officers are responsible for the death of tyre nichols, so is the implicit bias police culture that exist in america. brooke: nichols mother echos that same sentiment and says she will not rest until justice is served. i will not stop until every person that had anything to do with my son s death is prosecuted to the fullest of the law. i hate the fact it was five black men that did this to another black man. my son probably was their age. brooke: tyre nichols accepted an invitation to the president s state of the union address next week. todd: officers call for a thorough investigation of the memphis pd. we know the laptop is legitimate and has damaging evidence