And the man investigating hunter biden, the u. S. Attorney out of delaware had been saying up until now that he never asked for and didnt need the powers that came with that appointment. So why was david weiss made Special Counsel today . We have reaction from the white house. Hunter bidens team, and republicans on capitol hill. Joining me now is nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter, nbc News White House correspondent monica alba, and ms p msnbc political contributor and cofounder of punch bowl news, jake sherman. Tom, i want to get some details from you. Sure. The question that is nagging me is why all of a sudden does this investigation, this case need a Special Counsel . Yeah, i really dont understand. And its a question i think we need some more clarity on. So to be specific, what happened here is there was clearly an ongoing plea negotiation, after the judge said, look, im not going to accept this, im not going to reject this Plea Agreement. You all have to get back tog
virginia and bring down inflation but at the same time he s calling out biden for the ip pleamentation of the bill saying that democrats are ignoring energy security and energy investments they made in the bill. can t ignore the political setting here. joe manchin is from west virginia, a deeply red state and if he does run next year, we ll have some competition. that is right. and mcconnell is making sure that happens and they praised manchin as a thorn in the democratic party but he s the only elected democrat statewide and he knows that, he s the only one that could win in west virginia if he chooses to rub again and this is they are watching very closely. my family reported that right before they left town, manchin sat down with one of his top allies, one of his top allies in the white house, steve to feel
chambers as their number one priority over investigating a tragic event that unfolded in the nation s capital. that is really what this is about, that is what it boils down to. this is going to amplify the pressure to make the filibuster, but manchin is holding strong. donna, what is galling here s the process by which this came out, sometimes, if one party controls one house in the other party controls the other house there will be message bills. they will on-street party lines pass something with no real intentions that the house is going to take it up. it is a party line vote, you want to put it in a box politically. this was not a message bill, we had betty thompson on the show, he negotiated with katko for four months. manchin sat down with collins, this was not a stunt, this was not a bill you passed to box in your opponents and talk about bad people, this was an honest and good faith effort to get