discovered thursday. this comes after biden s personal lawyer flagged a white house lawyer about discovering a classified document at the home on wednesday. as nbc news reports, quote, this brings the total batches of records found to three, a small number in the washington office by the news, another set in the garage of his residence, and finally six pages in a room adjacent to the garage. when it comes to this new batch of documents from the obama administration, the white house says they were intimately handed handed over to the justice department. president biden had this to say about the documents on thursday. as i said earlier this week, people know i take classified documents and classified material seriously. i also said we are cooperating fully and completely with the justice department s review. as part of that process, other places where we viewed, were documents from my time as vice president were stored, and i finished a review last night. well, the white ho
hurricane-stricken puerto rico and are set to visit florida later this week. in cuba, another wave of protests sweeping the island following a nationwide blackout. cuba is once again demanding freedom. meanwhile in washington, the new supreme court term begins today as the court prepares to take up a number of consequential cases. also this morning, opening arguments are happening right now in the conspiracy trial for five members of the oathkeepers militia group in connection to january 6th. and with 36 days to the midterm elections, the power of latino voters and how they could shape key races. and we begin this very busy hour with our top story. the daunting search and rescue missions happening right now after hurricane ian hit florida. over 1,200 fema personnel are trying to reach survivors and recover remains five days after this storm pummeled the gulf coast in florida. this as the death toll continues to climb. at least 87 people have now lost their lives in
and both investigations have expanded to former members of the trump administration. former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and ex treasury secretary steve mnuchin both testified before the january six committee this week. any day now, the committee could hear from former secretary of state mike pompeo. meanwhile, mike pence s former top aides, marc short and greg jacobs, testified before the federal grand jury convened by attorney general merrick garland, making them some of the highest profile witnesses to testify. they are questioning at those proceedings contributed to the news first reported by the washington post, that the doj is formally investigating trump s actions leading up to january 6th. possibly a step closer to a criminal probe of trump himself. more and more former trump officials have come forward since the january six committee s public hearings started last month, and congressman jamie raskin, who is a lead manager and trump s second impeachment trial
look for lessons. from the kansas vote as a republican scramble to soften their messaging ahead of the midterms. and later, a popular female politician is quote, not ripe enough to be president. gas was notorious conservative tv personality said that. the right is taking the war on woman to a whole new level and you better believe it, i have some thoughts on that. all of that and more is coming up, so let s get started. we begin this morning on capitol hill. senate democrats are just hours away from starting the lengthy process of passing a signature package aimed at tackling climate change, expanding health care and capping drug prices. and bc, julia jester is on the hill with the details. julia, it s an understatement to say that this is not a long time in the making. can you walk us through what will happen today? saturday in d.c.? good morning katie, that would be an understatement. lawmakers have been working on this bill for over a year and there are a lot of componen
being? we like a turtle? come on man. seriously? i m jonathan kaye part, this is the sunday show. this sunday, we are getting ready for the january six committees, primetime hearing, this thursday. that will focus on donald trump s 187 minutes of inaction, during the insurrection. crucial to that recounting, could be deleted text messages from the day before, and day of the insurrection. the committee has subpoenaed the secret service, to turn over phone records, by tuesday. after the inspector general, for homeland security, reported the missing messages. at the last hearing, the committee revealed, that trump is accused of witness tampering. a source tells nbc news, he tried to call a member of the white house support staff, who has been talking to the panel. the committee is also considering seeking testimony, from former vice president, mike pence. and trump himself. and trump s legal woes, extend beyond what is happening in washington. this week, yahoo news reported th