launches a probe. i signed an order appointing robert hur as special counsel. how will this investigation change biden s presidency. and top priority, house republicans launch their own probes into the biden administration. i am concerned about ethics and transparency in the federal government. does that apply to both sides of the aisle? i ll speak to the chair of the house oversight and accountability committee, republican james comer and then the committee s top democrat, jamie raskin, ahead. hitting the limit. house republicans make plans to try to handle the fallout if they carry out on the threat to only raise the debt ceiling accompanied by spending cuts. we ve got to change the way we re spending money wastefully in this country. is the u.d. headed for fiscal catastrophe? hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is classified. president biden is in atlanta focusing on the legacy of the late reverend martin luther king jr. here i
very hard to do. but in that commandment, in my view lies the essence of the gospel and the essence of the american promise. when we see each other as neighbors, not enemies, the progress and justice come. when we see each other as fellow human beings, as children of god, we begin to walk the path of dr. king s beloved community. the path is dream inspired, and his legacy propels us forward to this day. here s what i learned in my life and career along that path, as many of you have learned along your path. we re all imperfect beings. we don t know where and what fate will deliver to us and when. but we can do our best to seek a life of light, hope and love. and, yes, truth. truth. that s what i try to do every day, to build the future we all want. we re reminding ourselves that nothing, nothing is guaranteed in democracy. nothing. every generation is required to keep it, defend it, protect it, to be repairers of the breach. and to remember the power to redeem the soul of ame
discovered thursday. this comes after biden s personal lawyer flagged a white house lawyer about discovering a classified document at the home on wednesday. as nbc news reports, quote, this brings the total batches of records found to three, a small number in the washington office by the news, another set in the garage of his residence, and finally six pages in a room adjacent to the garage. when it comes to this new batch of documents from the obama administration, the white house says they were intimately handed handed over to the justice department. president biden had this to say about the documents on thursday. as i said earlier this week, people know i take classified documents and classified material seriously. i also said we are cooperating fully and completely with the justice department s review. as part of that process, other places where we viewed, were documents from my time as vice president were stored, and i finished a review last night. well, the white ho
fighting since the start of israel s ground operation in gaza, just as families of hostages demand urgent action to save them. also ahead, six people killed in a shooting spree in texas, a suspect now in custody. investigators trying to piece together a potential motive. and the atmospheric river that is totally drenching the west prompting some dramatic rescues. is there any end in sight to the torrent of water? thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we are just hours out now from the next republican debate, and donald trump, who won t even be on the stage is dominating the headlines for stunning comments about a potential second term. the former president refusing to say that he will not abuse his power should he return to the white house telling fox s sean hannity he won t be a dictator, except for day one. under no circumstances you are promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody
donald trump clearly engaged in insurrection to overturn the 2020 loss. even that does not bar him from running in this state. we will try to make sense of this stunning ruling in just a moment. we are also live on the ground in israel as the onslaught against gaza continues, differing accounts of what is going on at al-shifa hospital. we are monitoring a news conference from israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and we will have the very latest in a moment on that. nbc news exclusive reveals two very different messages, the president is sending out to people who write to him. depending on where they stand on the israel-hamas war. plus, fear and failure for elon musk today. he is facing a backlash over his own antisemitic tweet on x. backlash that now includes the white house and some top advertisers. latest spacex launch coming up in flames today in texas. very latest, much more on both of those mosques stories ahead. we want to begin with a stunning and landmark decis