and of course, a press conference. that is it for us tonight. now it is time for the last word, lawrence o donnell. good evening lawrence. good evening alex. we now have to special counsel investigating a former president and a current president. the reactions from the two subjects of these investigations are very different though. as the man themselves and the top detention itself are totally different. so too has been the reactions from president biden and former president trump. gonna get into it right here. today, the president called the special counsel appointed to investigate his possession of classified documents after leaving office, a thug. he then attacked the special counsel s wife and said, his quote, friends and other family members are even worse. he called the special counsel, now investigating him, and unfair savage. who, quote, may very well turn out to be a criminal. and then, he added, his conflicts on fairness and mental state of derangement make hi
but housing, they really need to build a lot more housing in that state. yes. and given where they are it s complicated. yes. thanks to you at home for being here tonight. tonight we start with merrick garland. it s no surprise that republicans are not fans of the attorney general. ever since he arrived at the justice department, republicans have repeatedly accused garland of weaponizing the doj and going after trump. here he is in 2021 where the republican senators had their say about garland s memo on protecting school board members. just to be clear, yes, that was a memo of protecting school board members. take a listen. i ll leave it at this, general garland. you have weaponized the fbi and the department of justice. it is wrong, it is unprecedented to this history in our country, and i call on you to resign. thank god you re not on the supreme court. you should resign as a disgraced judge. then in august of this year when the fbi executed a search warra
conduct his work. as i have said before, i strongly believe that the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity, but under the regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter. republicans get the special counsel they ve been calling for to investigate president biden s handling of classified documents. and it comes as we re learning more about the files and where they were found. meanwhile a prominent name in the republican party says it s time for the gop to move on from fallen president trump, calling him a proven loser. we ll have those comments just ahead. and george santos vows to stay in congress despite more members of his own party saying he should resign from making up just about all of his resume. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, january 13th, friday the 13th, folks. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. attorn
welcome to a special thanksgiving edition of th show to what i am coming the mehdi hassan book club via oprah. bucks and all have been mainstay of the show giving me a chance to dive deep into a subject. book segments helping me understand the male strip of this relentless news cycle so we will revisit some of our famous conversations wit authors this year. how the media needs to cover elections when one party i campaigning against democrac how marjorie taylor greene has gone from the fringe to th center of the republican party and how outgoing speaker nancy pelosi consequentially one o the most consequential speaker of our lifetimes may have bought the opportunit to convict president donal trump. we start the day about books particularly the endless strea of tell-all books about donald trump. what was to all of them was no the what or the when if that i with so many crucial whereas relations wait for a boo publishing date? i want to show you an old news we cover from almost
to europe through the nord stream one pipeline but at the same reduced level as before it was closed for repairs ten days ago. there had been concerns that moscow would not resume the deliveries. italy s prime minister, mario draghi, has arrived to meet president mattarella to hand in his resigantion after three main coalition allies snubbed him in a senate confidence vote. a new report suggests doctors have effectively cured the rare bleeding disorder haemophilia b. england s lionesses fight back to reach the semi finals of the euros an extra time time winner from georgia stanway sees them come from behind to beat spain hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. two candidates are left in the race to replace borisjohnson, as rishi sunak and liz truss, go head to head to become the next prime minister. a key battle ground will be taxation, and in her first major broadcast interview of the race this morning, ms truss has insisted that the tax cuts sh