Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. We are so grateful. The beat with katie phang in for ari begins right now. Have a great show. Thank you. And welcome to the beat. Im katie phang in for ari melber. We begin with House Republicans using the power of their gavel to drive home one critical point that could shape the entire 2020 election, that donald trump is facing multiple criminal charges for mishandling classified documents. I mean that was ultimately the result of their much hyped hearing featuring robert hur, the special counsel who investigated president bidens Classified Information. Today hur repeated his reports findings, that the evidence did not support any charges for biden. We did not, however, identify evidence that rose to the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Because the evidence fell short of that standard, i declined to recommend criminal charges against mr. Biden. Republicans had hoped that the hearing would
more news right now. good morning, everybody. i am lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. president biden is expected to meet with the prime minister of the netherlands at this hour, and that meeting comes as the white house is facing intensified pressure after the classified documents from his home. both the white house and the secret service are pushing back saying there are no logs since this was a private residence. ahead where republicans are likely to go from here and more on inside the white house on how they are juggling this political headache. then the president is set to visit california thursday to get a first-hand look at the trail of devastation left behind by a revolving door of deadly storms. 400 mudslides have been reported in a matter of weeks and thousands are still under evacuation orders. probably about 10 or 12 feet high of mud, tree, debris, mud and dirt. we ll figure it out. it used to be a 50-year flood zone and now it s a 3 to 5-ye
screening for the protection of the president if there s a visitor coming to his home, but there s not that kind of record keeping. simply getting the facts of what are we trying to talk about on the table and how is that different from the issues with former president trump and his ongoing issues, that s part of the challenge. and then today the president is trying to conduct the business of state meeting with an official from the netherlands and there are issues that are certainly on the world stage, and this kind of a political challenge and a potentially legal challenge are getting in the way of that and posing problems. the biden white house also had its issues with dealing how have they disclosed this information? there s disclosure through the legal channels, going through the department of justice and then the public side of it, where they have not been as transparent as they might have been and that has raised questions. what we need to know, when did
and was out in the middle of the street. that s how hard the waves hit. you know, i don t know, if there s a playbook for this kind of thing. i don t know how to deal with fema. i read it in the news and there s not like a fema guy to tell you what to do. reporter: that s kind of the sentiment we are hearing from a lot of the business owners now, what do we do to help ourselves get back up and running? a lot of them are looking forward to the president s visit on thursday to these devastated areas so they can know how much money california is going to get and how are they going to get some of the relief. the emergency management director told me there are about 1,000 residences and businesses that have had flooding and damage and will need help, lindsey. of course. thank you. let s try to get answers. joining me a public information office with the california governor s office of emergency services. thank you for being with us here. maybe you can answer that business owner s questi
more news right now. good morning, everybody. i am lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. president biden is expected to meet with the prime minister of the netherlands at this hour, and that meeting comes as the white house is facing intensified pressure after the classified documents from his home. both the white house and the secret service are pushing back saying there are no logs since this was a private residence. ahead where republicans are likely to go from here and more on inside the white house on how they are juggling this political headache. then the president is set to visit california thursday to get a first-hand look at the trail of devastation left behind by a revolving door of deadly storms. 400 mudslides have been reported in a matter of weeks and thousands are still under