i m john king in washington. thanks for sharing a busy news day. alec baldwin staring down charges. he will be indicted for involuntary manslaughter after the onset death of the rust cinematographer. we ll bring you details plus, brand-new cnn reporting. sources say questions about classified material and a special counsel investigation will not alter joe biden s 2024 campaign launch. the view in the west wing, the documents scandal. team biden says it s a beltway obsession and hope not much more and go to hell. a homeless veteran accuses george santos of a new low. swindling money from a gofundme intended to pay for a dying dog s lifesaving surgery. i don t want him to do it again. he took a piece of my heart when he did this. prosecutors in new mexico just last hour are announcing alec baldwin along with the film s armorer will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in that fatal shooting on the shoot of the western movie rust. let s bring in elie honig and crimi
i m sandra smith in new york. we will get the latest in the twist of the classified document scandal, ongoing at this hour, quickly becoming president biden s biggest headache, i should say biggest headache yet, right? new at 2:00 with the fox news alert. john: still early. a question we are hearing more and more, and harder to answer, what in the world is happening in the nation s school. from critical race theory and rewriting history, redefining centuries of science, the push to go woke in the nation s classrooms is no longer causing controversy, but real world consequences parents say are hurting their kids. sandra: supporters say it s making sure every student is regarded equally. angry parents say the focuses on differences like gender and race only serves to further divide us. in fairfax county virginia, and the merit awards scandal has the governor taking action, a total of 17 high schools in three virginia counties admitting to withholding national merit awards f
billionaire heiress in memphis. police confirming a short time ago the body found monday afternoon is that of missing kindergarten teacher and mother of two eliza fletcher. the suspect in the disappearance is now charged with first-degree murder. great to be back with you, john. john: good to see you as well, sandra. this is america reports. sad news to start us off. fletcher had been missing since going on a jog early friday morning. surveillance video shows a man believed to be cleotha abston henderson exit his truck and aggressively run toward fletcher. the man then forces fletcher into his car. sandra: court documents say he was seen cleaning his truck and acting strange before the attack. he is a convicted kidnapper, spending nearly 20 years in prin for a similar crime carried out back in 2001. john: criminal defense attorney with more on this in moments, but charles watson is in memphis. what s the latest, charles, and the charges against the suspect? good aft
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talk to us about this new development as it relates to the january 6th committee and this intent to respond to this doj request for transcripts. it was something the department of justice had to ask for twice to this point. yeah, had to ask for twice. and you saw in the letter that came yesterday, as hearings were ongoing, that the justice department said that by not having this, it could also be hampering some of the investigations that they are already ongoing with. that s something that i posed to chairman bennie thompson yesterday after the hearings were over. he said, basically, it wasn t a question of if they were going to comply, but went. although, now, we do have a better sense that that compliance is happening. i can throw up for you on the screen there a statement from a committee spokesperson who says, the select committee is engaged in a cooperative process to address the needs of the department of justice. they re not inclined to share the details of that publ