i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. lots of news this morning happening right now. the newly appointed special counsel robert hur is beginning his investigation into classified documents found by his lawyers and staff at president biden s home as well as a former private office. now we are seeing both the current and former president under investigation. ahead, the legal and political ramifications as the w.h.o. could be on the ballot against each other once again in 2024. plus, we are closely monitoring the devastation across the south, seven people confirmed dead as tornadoes ripped across alabama and georgia. officials say one of those tornadoes may have been on the ground for at least 50 miles. we are live in selma, alabama. those pictures from the air, always tell such a powerful story. also this morning, the world is mourning the loss of lisa marie presley, elvis presley s only child. she died overnight at the age of 54. a look back at her life in the spotlight
old bicycle baskets? or may be stopped in one of his dogs beds? anything is possible. enduring a week with a biden administration hoped to be celebrating lower inflation numbers, it s instead having to make inconvenient announcements. just look at the pained expression on that merit garlands face today when he announced the appointment of a special counsel to investigate biden s classify documents. garland was painted into a corner. first, after the us attorney investigating recommended a special counsel what was gonna do but second because he appointed one of the trump matter. in august, the doj seized on trump stories of classify documents claiming that this raises serious questions over everything from possible criminal wrongdoing to compromised intel to even treason. understand this, america garlan it does not believe biden did anything wrong. he won t change his mind regardless what we learn and it did over most of the american media. there is no scandal here it s biden
todd: tributes pouring in over the death of lisa marie presley s death. releasing this statement to people magazine it is with a heavy heart that i must share the devastating news that my daughter lisa marie presley has passed us. wees sat most loving woman i have ever known. thank you for the love and prayers. lisa marie died thursday after being rushed to the hospital earlier in the day. l.a. county first responders were called to the her calabasas home 11:00 a.m. for a woman in cardiac arrest. paramedics arriving six minutes later performing cpr regaining signs of life. presley taken to a nearby hospital but pronounced dead a short time later. celebrities sharing touching tributes for the singer and songwriter leann rimes tweeting how heart breaking i hope she is at peace in her dad s arms. my heart goes out to her family. too much grief in just a couple years. in an emotional post, john travolta says says lisa, baby girl, i m so sorry. i will miss you but i know i wil
biden s handling of documents. media firestorm, documents linked to the president found at his home in delaware. a story with a lot of moving parts. here is what we believe we know at the moment. dana: let s go back. november 2nd is when the president s lawyers find classified documents in a closet at his former office in washington, d.c. alert the national archives and they retrieve them the next day and refer the matter to the department of justice. this is just days before the mid-term elections. the story was kept under wraps. bill: on november 14th garland appoints special counsel for trump. the president s lawyers tell him they ve found a second set of documents inside the president s garage. dana: that seals the deal. a week later garland appoints a special counsel. bill: documents in question were scattered across two locations, the penn biden think-tank in d.c. and president s home in delaware. some in the garage and what he described as his personal librar
garage gate. some of that sensitive material was stored in the same space biden s beloved corvette is stored. attorney general merrick garland under a lot of pressure to appoint a special counsel. yesterday he tapped robert hur for the role. this means the current president and his predecessor are now both facing special counsel investigations. president biden meanwhile was openly critical if you remember of former president trump s handling of classified documents. now he is getting the same. these facts and circumstances are outrageous. completely miss handling. did he get them when he was vice president and take them with him when he left? he clearly mishandled them. putting it in a garage next to a leaf blower is not secure. julie: biden s corvette excuse won t cut it. adding the newly appointed special counsel has a lot to do. matt whitaker weighs in and first we go to peter doocy at the white house joining us live. good morning. good morning. somebody on the biden