it s the top of hour on cnn newsroom. first on cnn, another development in the growing discoveries involving classified documents. a lawyer for former vice president mike pence discovered about a dozen classified documents at pence s indiana home last week. several sources tell cnn that attorney turned over those classified records to the fbi. the fbi and the justice department s now national security division has launched an investigation. the discovery comes after the former vp into how classified materials were found in the private homes of president biden and former president trump. cnn s evan perez joins us now. this is getting really, really messy, what more can you tell us about these documents now at the former vice president s home? reporter: this is very messy, especially for the vice president and everyone who s been handling these classified documents. the vice president s team was doing these searches out of an abundance of caution because of what they
now that there is a speaker and a set of rule, kevin mccarthy is making good on a promise he made two years ago. if you, democrats, kick our people off of committees, we are going to do the same to you. back in february, 2021, democrats and 11 republicans voted to remove marjorie taylor greene from her committee assignments for a laundry list of extreme views and conspiracy theories, including that jewish space lasers actually caused california wildfires, school shootings were staged and her liking social media comments that supported violence against democrat, including one that said a bullet to the head would be a quicker way of removing nancy pelosi. then, in november of that same year, 2021, democrats and two republicans voted to do the same to paul gosar for tweeting a violent animation that depicted him killing aoc. now in january of 2023, two years later, with republicans back in control of the house, they are turning the table. promising to deny adam schiff, eric swal
offices. that according to a source familiar with the story. the documents were discovered last fall and turned over to the national archives which referred the matter to the u.s. justice department for further investigation. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. and we begin our coverage tonight with the breaking news that we re following. classified government documents found inside one of president biden s private offices. the records dating from biden s time as vice president during obama administration. cnn s senior justice correspondent has been working the story for us. he s got the new information. update our viewers on exactly what is going on. this is reporting from our colleague and our team. we re told the president s legal team discovered the classified documents that were discovered in a office that the president had when he was setting up an office with the university of penn
national university. supporting the whole you. happening now, breaking news. more fallout from the fatal police beating of tyre nichols. the memphis fire department just revealed that three employees who responded to the scene have been fired. i ll get reaction from an attorney for the nichols family. also tonight, president biden warms up for a state of the union address touting the benefits of his signature infrastructure law. this as former president trump is trying to jump-start his 2024 presidential campaign by hitting the trail and by taking shots at potential gop rival ron desantis. and in jerusalem, an urgent appeal for calm by america s top diplomat. secretary of state antony blinken trying to turn down the temperature between israelis and palestinians amid a new outbreak of deadly violence. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. and let s get right
hello, and welcome to inside politics, i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. welcome to the new house. kevin mccarthy starts his speakership with a giant fight over the rules. republican hopes to stop fighting and start governing clouded by the same math problem that dogged mccarthy s battle to win the gavel. plus, a summit surrounded by tension. president biden is in mexico for a big meeting of the three amigos. he is there one day after his first up close look at a persistent humanitarian and political problem, the southern border. and rioters stoked by lies about an election breach barricades, ran sack offices, and set fire to a democratic institution. brazil s far right copies the january 6th model with its own attempted coup. we begin today with kevin mccarthy s first big test now that the gavel is finally his. house republicans today returned to the capitol to adopt a rules package, a blueprint designed to govern the next two years