good evening and welcome to politicsnation. tonight s lead, breathing room. right now, it looks like there is some deadline and our debt ceiling debate. janet yellen giving congress and the white house and extension, but only of a few more days, to hash out a day will and avoid an economic catastrophe. and the biden white house aides and republican house speaker kevin mccarthy are reportedly closer to doing that, as the clock runs out. with gop hard-liners in the house already throwing cold water on the deal, the american public hasn t even had a chance to see. we are bringing you the very latest from capitol hill in just a moment. and ron desantis made his 2024 presidential run official this week. enlisting another in secure right winger to make help help him make america his 50 state version of florida. i m puzzled why the sunshine state governor would choose a black form that elevates darkness along with hate speech and disinformation to launch his bid for the
markings to federal investigators, who also informed agents that it had been electronically copy to a laptop of a current trump aide. abc news learned, after the information was recovered, federal agents retrieved the laptop from the aid. the laptop was not retrieved on mar-a-lago grounds, the sources say. cnn tonight says, in addition to the folder, which was entitled, classified evening briefing, trump s team also handed over an unknown number of classified documents. it also reports, the aid, and owner of the laptop works for the save america pack. they copied the documents onto a thumb drive, and laptop, not realizing that they were classified. the phone drive, also, reportedly, given to investigators. i should say, nbc news has not re-confirmed this reporting. it is customary for us, and is reviewed circumstances such as this. for the first time, it raises the questions of classified materials, electronically, by trump in his inner circle. it is found in trump s possessi
first time that anyone has suggested that electronic copies were made of classified records and trump s possession. from the abc report, quote, trump attorney, james trust, turned over the classification markings to federal investigators, who also informed agents that it had been electronically copy to a laptop of a current trump aide. abc news learned, after the information was recovered, federal agents retrieved the laptop from the aid. the laptop was not retrieved on mar-a-lago grounds, the sources say. cnn tonight says, in addition to the folder, which was entitled, classified evening briefing, trump s team also handed over an unknown number of classified documents. it also reports, the aid, and owner of the laptop works for the save america pack. they copied the documents onto a thumb drive, and laptop, not realizing that they were classified. the phone drive, also, reportedly, given to investigators. i should say, nbc news has not re-confirmed this reporting. it is cust
politicsnation. tonight s lead, out with the old, in with the new. right now there s literally just hours left in 2022. a turbulent political year now ending with several transitions. not least of which being this incoming divided congress. the winds of change are blowing in both parties, as new leadership takes the reins for congressional democrats, for republicans, and internal battles over the parties future rages even as the gop prepares to take over the house in a little over a week. 2022 you had its highs and lows. but, i am grateful for a few things. democrats retained the senate, and i ve held on to morehouse eats not expected. the biden white house has a long list of policy wins to boast about as the year ends. and, even with a congressional probe into january 6th ending, the investigation surrounding donald trump appears to be tightening by the day. and, yesterday at the after six years of legal wrangling, we finally know just how little donald trump paid in federal
protect raise up and majorities in both the house and senate. republicans are scheming on how to take at least one of those chambers. taking advantage of these trends that tens of favor the opposition party in the midterms. but brand new polling, from nbc, finds democrats tied with republicans and congressional preference. driven in large part by voter disapproval over the reversal of roe versus wade. president biden s approval rating is at its highest mark in the year. and donald trump s approval rating is at its lowest mark in more than a year. still a red flag for democrats on polling showing that americans favor the party on abortion and health care, by giving republicans all-time high marks on the economy, crime, and immigration. the latter issue having been ghoulish really exploited, this week, by the gop governor of texas, florida, and arizona. they re forced relocation of hispanic migrants from red states to liberal cities, horrifying critics on the left while right