tonight, the white house on defense. after special counsel is appointed to investigate president biden s handling of classified documents. but there are some major differences between this, and what was found the former president s florida home. then, the renewed bipartisan push to hold lawmakers will hire stand when it comes to stock trading. and from our hamlin s remarkable recovery. to diversity off the field at nfl. we will one-on-one with the one and only stephen smith. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. attorney general, merrick garland, has now appointed a special counsel to review president biden s handling of classified records after leaving the obama white house back in 2017. garland has asked former federal prosecutor. and one time trump doj official, robert her, to handle this investigation. nbc s kristen walker has more. classified documents from the obama administration were found by biden
then, the renewed bipartisan push to hold lawmakers will hire stand when it comes to stock trading. and from our hamlin s remarkable recovery. to diversity off the field at nfl. we will one-on-one with the one and only stephen smith. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. attorney general, merrick garland, has now appointed a special counsel to review president biden s handling of classified records after leaving the obama white house back in 2017. garland has asked former federal prosecutor. and one time trump doj official, robert her, to handle this investigation. nbc s kristen walker has more. classified documents from the obama administration were found by biden attorneys in two locations. mr. biden s private office he used after he left the vice presidency, and president biden s home in delaware. his garage, a location seen briefly in this campaign video. you had classified with certain exhibit. or ret
hundreds of people streamed down here to try to get a good spot to watch tonight because my party at the palace. a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severodonetsk, where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. travel disruption continues. airlines cancel more flights today and rail passengers are being warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. welcome to bbc news. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is under way, with members of the royal family attending celebrations across the uk. the duke and duchess of cambridge are at cardiff castle with their two older children prince george and princess charlotte. the day will end with an open air concert at buckingham palace where prince charles will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. lets head there now and to the bbc s jane hill. warm welcome back to the mall. thousands and thousands, a very large number of people ha
the face of the biden family scandal ever since the infamous laptop emerged at the end of the 2020 campaign. ignored by most in the media for a year and a half, his muckraking has been an embarrassment to his father and is now at the center of the impeachment inquiry into the president. hunter is under criminal indictment, more charges may be coming, but he s mounting a more aggressive counteroffensive. he sued rudy giuliani, sued the irs, he s published an op-ed accusing the gop of weaponizing his past drug addiction, painting himself as a victim. the house oversight committee has been demanding hunter s testimony for nearly a year. he s under subpoena, but the president s son in a move that has upset some in the white house said, sure, i ll tell, no problem. but it has to be in a public session. his lawyer, abby lowell, writing: a public proceeding prevents selective leaks, manipulated represents, documented exhibits or one-sided press statements. now committee chairman