Press briefing in weeks. And there is a lot of news to cover. The fema administrator is going to join Karine Jeanpierre at the podium with an update on the governments response to the devastating wildfires in maui. Gillian also reporters first shot really to press the white house since Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a Special Counsel to investigate the president s son. Well take you to the briefing as soon as it begins. First the Campaign Trail in iowa. Way up in the polls and all over the country, thats a lot, over 50 points. I think im the most likely to beat biden and get this stuff done and the ability to serve two terms and will not be a Lame Duck President on day one. Leaders dont just give you the list of grievances that are the problem. They actually lead. Its going great. I think ive been here more than any other candidate and part of the reason is i actually enjoy it. John a little taste of republicans on the Campaign Trail five months now until the caucus is in i
Just moments ago, the key question about the politics of all of this. Watch. How can the white house assure people that the case involving the president s son is being handled fairly . Anything that has been stated or said by hunters representative, ill have to refer you to his representatives. Thats not something that i will respond to. What i can say and i said it at the top, the Department Of Justice is independent. That is what the president believes. He believes this white house will not politicize the Department Of Justice. This was done under the leadership of a trumpappointed u. S. Attorney as you know. So im not going to add anything else to that. Martha id imagine well hear more along those lines. Carl rowe and general Tom Dupree Standing by with their analysis of this. First to david spunt live at Justice Department with the new developments here. Hi, david. Hi, martha. This is david weisss first full week as Special Counsel. Hes got quite a task ahead of him. Hes had a majo
you sound better than last week. that s all we can ask for. john: i started out sounding like trace adkins and kermit the frog. then i went to harvey firestein. now i m in the david webb genre. or scarlett johansson as i said during the breaks. you ever heard her? john: set you remember dvr. see you tomorrow. see you tomorrow. martha: thank you. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. right now on the story, we re hearing from the white house for the first time since the news dropped that there is now a special counsel in the hunter biden investigation case. critics slammed the choice of the u.s. attorney, david weiss as wildly inappropriate as he already orchestrated the now defunct sweetheart deal for the younger biden.