for just one second. see if he takes any questions. [ applause ] [ speaking non-english ] we re going to keep following president biden on this trip, but in the meantime, here at home pressure is growing for him to respond after new information revealed that classified documents were found in his private office late last year. and just in to cnn we are learning more about what is in those documents and also about what the attorney merrick garland is doing about them and how lawmakers in both parties are reacting today. president biden has not responded to questions on the issue twice today. you saw him there again with reporters but he will face reporters again later this afternoon and we ll see if he responds then. in the meantime, we have full team coverage here with evan perez and phil mattingly in washington. also with us cnn legal analyst and a former obama white house ethics czar norm eisen. we re getting new information right now about both what is in the documents a
january 6th select committee officially issuing a subpoena to donald trump. when exactly they want to sit down with the former president, and what s next and what could be a potentially long and historic legal battle. plus, president biden set to speak any minute now. the focus, the student debt relief program. with election day less than three weeks away, how it s moving forward, after surviving two legal challenges. and while we re talking midterms, senator raphael warnock, no more mr. nice guy ramping up attack ads against his opponent herschel walker. plus in nevada, we re talking to both candidates in the senate race that could decide which party controls the chamber next year. we re going to start with nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, new york times reporter, and msnbc contributor katie benner and legal analyst charles coleman. good afternoon to all of you. ali, obviously this is breaking in the last hour. you were busy reading everything in betwe
beaten. we don t know how he got in or whether he was let in or if he knew paul pelosi, or a complete stranger. but the write-up is that quote the motivation is still under investigation. want to be a little careful on this story. we don t know yet or how he will pull out of it, leo. first of all, i hope he has a full recovery. that s the first thing i want to say. secondly, i believe there is also a suspect in custody. but the bigger problem, bill, is simply this. crime does not discriminate. rich or poor, black or white, city, suburbs, every where. it is every where. the number one issue in this country. and i think what democrats need to do. this is a wake-up call. you are talking about san francisco. bill, california, san francisco, l.a. is the heart and soul of crime. crime is permitted in this state and in a lot of blue cities. i think at this particular time a couple of weeks before mid-terms it is a number one issue in california and throughout the country. people w
democrats making a last-ditch effort to stop a potential red wave the president biden turning to his former boss barack obama. republicans looking to capitalize on their momentum. democrats closing argument is much different than the gop s morning republicans will destroy the country. one of the most important elections of our lifetime will shape our country for decades to come. the power to shape that outcome is in your hands. people get hurt. it has real consequences. governments start telling you what books you can read and which books you cannot. dissidents start getting locked out. reporter start getting locked up if they are not telling the party line. corruption rains because there s no accountability. president biden seems to think his party will defy history on tuesday. we will win this time around. i feel really good about our chances. i think that we will keep the senate and pick up buffy cared i think we have a chance of winning the house. i am optimistic.
to yeah. zip it. that does it. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. and good morning, 10:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart and we are just five days away from the critical midterm elections with many key races neck and neck. president biden and former president trump hit the trail. we are live in two battleground states this morning. plus, the economy is top of mind for many voters as things like mortgages, credit cards, loan payments will soon be even more expensive. we ll talk to president biden s senior adviser public engagement and keisha lance bottoms including biden s warning to the nation about the threat to democracy. also north korea just launched another suspected intercontinental ballistic missile. we ll have a live report from seoul. back here at home, the feds say they busted a nationwide crime ring involving the theft of catalystic converters. we ll break down the details of the operation worth more than half a billion dollars