right now on andrea mitchell reports, the white house on defense as republican house members escalate their demands about those classified documents found at president biden s former office and home. biden officials try to contain the damage. [ many speaking at once ] still not answering questions. the battle over the debt ceiling. opening rounds in what could become a global economic meltdown if the u.s. fails to pay its debts. republican congressman george santos mysterious background now includes possible ties to wealthy russians, adding to the legal and ethical questions swirling around the freshman as calls for him to resign mount. we will talk to one of the reporters on the case. good day. i m andra mitchell in washington. the white house is not answering questions about the classified documents from mr. biden s tenure as vice president now that a special council has been appointed to investigate. it s a gift for the new house republican majority. trying to ign
- giuliani sees one thing, opportunity. - trump is clearly the best choice. - he thought, this will put me back in the spotlight. - what i did for new york, donald trump will do for america! [cheers and applause] - oh, my god. i moved on her, actually. you know, she was down in palm beach. i moved on her, and i failed. i ll admit it. - whoa. - i did try and [bleep] her. she was married. - that s huge news there. - some breaking news right now. david fahrenthold of the washington post got his hands on a tape. - hello. how are you? hi. - hi, mr. trump. how are you? - nice seeing you. terrific. - pleasure to meet you. - when the access hollywood tape dropped, i was on air. donald trump and billy bush had something of a raunchy conversation. - and when you re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. - whatever you want. - grab em by the [bleep]. - he s bragging about committing sexual assault. so i was just stunned, absolutely stunned. - there is a political storm that h
- oh, my god. i moved on her, actually. you know, she was down in palm beach. i moved on her, and i failed. i ll admit it. - whoa. - i did try and [bleep] her. she was married. - that s huge news there. - some breaking news right now. david fahrenthold of the washington post got his hands on a tape. - hello. how are you? hi. - hi, mr. trump. how are you? - nice seeing you. terrific. - pleasure to meet you. - when the access hollywood tape dropped, i was on air. donald trump and billy bush had something of a raunchy conversation. - and when you re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. - whatever you want. - grab em by the [bleep]. - he s bragging about committing sexual assault. so i was just stunned, absolutely stunned. - there is a political storm that has erupted. - already a parade of republicans has either condemned trump s comments, withdrawn their support completely, or called on him to step down. - any truth that he s dropping out? - no. - kellyanne conway,
and let s not forget what they were doing their, right? we re talking about hanging the vice president, trashing the capitol, and what they did to police officers. remember, these are people who were breaking windows, stealing things from offices, leaving feces behind, urinating in the capital. how soon we forget, right? and well all of this was going on, while they were peeing in the capital, leaving feces, taking things from people s offices. threatening to kill lawmakers. 187 minutes was when the president, when all this was going on, refusing over and over again to stop them. because he wanted to hold on to power. we are going to do a deep dive for you tonight, into what we heard and what we saw tonight. witnesses who have never spoken publicly before, never before seen video. but even after everything the committee has revealed, everything that they have shown us, this is stunning. outtakes from the speech of then president reported just one day after his own supporters
neverending tide of gun violence. the annual convention of the nra kicked off today in houston. the keynote speaker is the arguably the most president voice of the republican party, the twice-impeached ex-president. greg abbot pulled out of an in-person appearance to return to uvalde. he ll be holding a press conference there in a few minutes, but back at the nra stage there will also be a speech from senator ted cruz who recently stormed off when he was asked by a reporter why mass shootings only seemed to happen in this country. cruz s decision to appear at the nra convention just days after 19 of his youngest constituents and two other teachers were murdered, chose how the hard line stance on guns has become so deeply embedded in the gop. even as the nra is weaker than ever consumed by scandals and lawsuits. as the washington post quotes, nearly a decade ago the massacre of 20 children and six adults through the politics of gun violence into a state of suspension for a f