thought about it. and isn t it the thought that counts? the wall street journal has just reported that the doj made that decision for two reasons one, because biden s attorneys were being good old boys and girls and, quote: cooperating and, two, they wanted to avoid complicating the investigation. now, why does biden get to search his own classified records while donald trump gets his house raided by the feds? legal scholar jonathan turley makes the most sense of it saying, quote: the president has a host of people who regularly handle classified material so why use the lawyers? the answer appears the same as in the case of hillary clinton s email control. hillary clinton can erase 33,000 emails and joe biden can move these documents around. it s what the democrats do. they control what gets out to the public. and it s why we re only finding out about this now three months after the first batch of documents were found in joe biden s chinese funded think tank. now, if this h
two. i m john roberts in washington. hi again, sandra. sandra: great to be with you. despite the troubling poll numbers for his party, president biden just moments ago insisting democrats will come out on top. running against the tide and beating the tide. we created with your help 10 million new jobs so far. unemployment was 6.4%. we got it down to 3.5%, 50-year low. sandra: talking to mike. the polls tell a different story. more americans trust republicans when it comes to the handling of the economy. 38-24 over democrats. john: the left seems to be running away from the issues so important to american families. i hear people talk about inflation as i heard in there. we have to change the subject. inflation is a global phenomenon. republican criticism for high inflation does not add up. it has been transformed into something that republicans in particular running for congress are blaming joe biden and democrats for specifically when there is no economic evidence
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in early december all the way through to this week of the report coming out. but bvefore we get to that, we are also going speak to anneka rice, because the she is coming back to channel five. she has been off our screens for 30 years but that period is over and she is with us. annika, great to see you. it is very exciting because understand the media show has a small part in the comeback? it does because i love the media show and i was listening amol rajan talking to channel 5 to some journalists talking and i sat there thinking this is a man who runs on instinct and spontaneity and i had not come across that sort of spark for some time. i recognised it because when i first took challenge 30 years ago to the bbc, michael grade had that spark cause i went with a whole new forward and he just went, i trust you and to go away and make it. that is rare. i recognised something. someone put ben and i together and the rest is history. so thank you. i ll pass on my thanks to amol