Canvas, Cannon Office building balcony, its interesting spot over lucky its beautiful out here and i thought was really a lot colder. Thought was going to get code. It might be a little chilly at times in this hearing room. As we were pointing out in the beginning of this both democrats and republicans are a little upset about how all this played out. Obviously, republicans wanted to see the president indicted over this, but democrats initially thought her might not take these kinds of shots that they think he did and it appears he did in this report, but paul, i mean, you have a draft of some of these statements that her is going to make. What stands out to you. I just spoke with this source close to rob hur and its interesting, hes walking in. Im told a width the viewpoint that hes not looking to make anyone happy, which is probably pretty good because we know everyone is unhappy with the rubber for one reason or another. But he has prepared for this. Interestingly, he left the Justi
Hur and also a letter to Merrick Garland . Objection. And with that, mr. Chairman, i see my time has expired and i yield back gentlelady yields back the chair is recognized. Mr. Her, why do you do it . Why did joe biden your words willfully retained and disclosed, classified materials . I mean, he knew the law in an office like 50 years five decades in the United States senate, chairman of the Senate Foreign relations committee, eight years as Vice President , he got briefed every day as Vice President. Hes been in the situation room. In fact, you know, he knew the rules because you said so on page 226 President Biden was deeply familiar with the measures taken to safeguard Classified Documents and joe biden told us he knew the rules mr. Armstrong said this earlier. Joe biden was deeply familiar with it. Youre exactly right because he told us when jack smith goes after President Trump, joe biden says, how could this happen . What data was in those documents that could compromise source
Dana we wish her the best. Thank you. Now fox news alert. White hot spotlight highlighting one of the biggest liabilities for President Bidens reelection campaign, his age. As we await todays Testimony By Robert Hur concerning the president s mishandling of classified documents. The Committee Hearing is live. Jim jordan already there. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom. Im dana perino. Bill good morning. Here we go. Bill hemmer. Good morning at home. Todays testimony coming as fox news obtains the written transcript of President Bidens recorded interview with Special Counsel robert hur. It went for five hours. There is a lot there. Opening statements will get underway in moments as the House Judiciary Committee takes a deep dive into hurs testimony. In a moment well hear from jordan. Word there are protestors inside that room from code pink. They might be Cleaning Everything out and resetting as we speak. Anyway, hur will explain why he declined to recommend charging President
His role in january 6th, he was charged in the District Of Columbia for his role in january 6th. Owes 400 million to the state of new york for defrauding the state through his taxes and he has been judged a rapist. You want to be perceived understandably as credible. I want to first see if you will pledge to not accept an appointment from donald trump if he is congressman, im not here to testify about what will happen in the future. Seems like an easy question. I am here to talk about the report. You dont want to be associated with that guy again, do you . Im not here to talk about that, i will talk about the work in the report, which i stand by. There were no limits on you what you could charge by the Attorney General, is that right . The decisions reflected in the report are my own. You did not bring charges, correct . Correct. There were no limits on john durham in the Prior Administration when he was Special Counsel, correct . I dont have the information. He sat in the same chair a
And it is sock eastern. Thanks for joining us. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with the breaking news from capitol hill, where we are waiting the highly anticipated testimony of former Special Counsel robert hur. He is set to appear in just moments, before the house judiciary committee. And you can see him arriving there at the capitol, moments ago. Hes being held, were told in a holding area before this Committee Hearing gets going. Now, hur is the Special Counsel who investigated President Bidens handling of classified documents. Ultimately he chose not to bring charges, but he also questioned the president s Mental Acuity and fitness in his report. He is expected to defend that today in his opening statement, saying, quote, my task was to determine whether the president retained or disclosed National Defense information willfully, meaning knowingly, and with the intent to do something the law forbids. I could not make that determination without assessing the preside