economic advances for underserved communities, expanded voting rights and a robust defense of democracy, but how much can he really get done? then finally, we ll look how the massive infrastructure legislation passed last year may help restore one historic black and brown neighborhood in new orleans to its former glory. not by adding anything but taking something away. that story later in the hour. but we start with the ethical dilemma staring republicans and democrats in the face. and the growing frustration with both parties over what some see as self-inflicted wound. for democrats, yet another call for information on the biden documents controversy. this one, from the republican head of the house oversight committee. he wants the visitors log from biden s home in wilmington after biden s attorney said five more pages of classified documents were found there earlier in the week. a spokesman for the secret service said, those logs don t exist. but republicans insist that
outside force, but by a mistake of his own making, classified documents found not only in his old office, but in his delaware garage and home. and not just one highly classified document but multiple all uncovered not by a forthcoming and transparent white house, but by news reports, the latest from this weekend. you can see it right here. republicans have been pouncing happy to get exactly the kind of story they needed to push their own problems off the front pages, and now democrats are frustrated, too, we ve got news on what some of the most well-known democrats about what this mean, not just for president biden but for president trump as well. and what president biden has said to be feeling behind closed doors, also what this means for who runs on the democratic ticket in 2024. joining me now is nbc news correspondent carol lee, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, and political white house reporter and msnbc political contributor, eugene daniels. so carol,
i m katy tur. the day was january 9th, 2023. president biden woke up to continui headlines about a republican party in disarray, for the speaker who could barely get the gavel giving everything up but his shoes to a group of conservative rebels not to mention a freshman lawmakers who looks to be a pathological liar and potentially a criminal one as well. when president biden sat down with aides, they probably noted that while the gop seemed to be spiraling, the president s own prospects never seemed better. the midterms were a win. the stock market was inching its way back up. and inflation was inching its way back down. by late afternoon, he might have even heard positive talk amongst prominent dems about a 2024 run. but come dinnertime, all that good news would seem a mile away, one week later, seven days, that happy talk feels a world away, pushed off not by an