thank you, everyone, for wat watching. cnn newsroom is now. good morning. i m rerica hill. i m jim sciutto. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin still in critical condition in a cincinnati hospital. the 24-year-old collapsed on the field after a violent collision. players on the field shell shocked as medical staff performed cpr on hamlin for a full nine minutes before they finally restored his heart beat. he was driven out of the stadium in an ambulance. the nfl later suspended that football game. the bills updated that hamlin suffered cardiac arrest after that tackle. we ll be live in cincinnati with the latest on his condition. we ll be talking to a lot of former nfl players about this. important to get their perspective on how all of that happened last night. what it means moving forward. we re monitoring the situation of capitol hill today. a new congress set to begin with republicans in control, but without a speaker. that vote is set for later today. at th
tonight, the white house on defense. after special counsel is appointed to investigate president biden s handling of classified documents. but there are some major differences between this, and what was found the former president s florida home. then, the renewed bipartisan push to hold lawmakers will hire stand when it comes to stock trading. and from our hamlin s remarkable recovery. to diversity off the field at nfl. we will one-on-one with the one and only stephen smith. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. attorney general, merrick garland, has now appointed a special counsel to review president biden s handling of classified records after leaving the obama white house back in 2017. garland has asked former federal prosecutor. and one time trump doj official, robert her, to handle this investigation. nbc s kristen walker has more. classified documents from the obama administration were found by biden
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retiring. mo brooks is hoping to advance there without trump s endorsement after brooks said that voters should move past trump s 2020 defeat. and in arkansas, sarah huckabee sanders is favored to win the republican nomination in what is a deep red state. but the spotlight will be on the race for governor in georgia today. the popular incumbent governor kemp faces david perdue. kemp was a target of trump after he refused to help overturn the 2020 election results, that race also pitting mike pence against his former boss. pence stumping for kemp at a primary eve rally monday. the polls indicate kemp is headed for a rematch with stacey abrams in november. and meantime herschel walker is expected to easily win his senate primary in georgia setting the stage for one of the most closely watched senate races pitting the former nfl star against the current democratic senator raphael war warnock. joining us now to break it all down, rachel bay. nice to have you this morning. let s