that president biden retained and disclosed classified materials from his time as vice president. the justice department declined to bring charges in part because, quote, at trial mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with an important memory. president biden addressed those remarks in a rare primetime press conference. president biden: i am a well-meaning elderly man, i know what i m doing. i am the president, i put this country back on its feet. neil: dan heninger and kyle peterson, what do you make of this report? at least the decision not to prosecute and the reasons for it? dan:this is an exercise in prosecutorial discretion, that trump was indicted primarily for lying or misleading the fbi and instructing others to. that is a crime. whether keeping classified documents is a crime, or one that has been prosecuted, is a different question. that is included in the indictment of
lava start to erupt from the ground like a fountain. then the icelandic coastguard then flew over the area in a helicopter capturing these amazing images of the lava erupting and spewing across the landscape. of the lava erupting and spewing the authorities have already evacuated the nearly 4,000 inhabitants of the fishing town of grindavik. the area is a volcanic and seismic hot spot south west of the capital. and these are the live pictures at just after 10am local time in iceland. louisa pilbeam has more. it s a breathtaking sight. the volcanic eruptions on the reykjanes peninsula transformed iceland s night sky. 0ne witness took this video, as they were driven past, as lava spews from the volcano. but with this display of nature s power comes the obvious danger to human life. scientists knew this was coming for weeks a series of earthquakes and changes to the ground were the early signs. everyone was prepared. they evacuated the town exactly when they should have done.
the icelandic broadcaster, are you face. you can see the lava erupts from the ground like a fountain. the icelandic coastguard flew over the area in a helicopter, capturing these ageing images of the lava spewing across the landscape. authorities had already evacuated inhabitants of grindavik. the area is a seismic hotspot, south west of the capital reykjavik. we can sew you some pictures live now. it is just after 11 o clock in the morning in iceland. the lover is still going up in iceland. the lover is still going up into the sky. let s get more now from louisa pill be with the display of volcanic power comes a danger to human life. a series of earthquakes and changes to the ground with its serious signs. to the ground with its serious si . ns. , ., ., , to the ground with its serious sins. , ., signs. everyone was prepared and the evacuated when signs. everyone was prepared and the evacuated when they signs. everyone was prepared and the evacuated when they should - si
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kim strassel and mary grady. was it a good decision to walk away? it was a good decision to walk away. obviously it was not a deal that was going to come close to denuclearizing north korea and you have to give this president for being willing to do that. compare it for instance for what barack obama did in his negotiations with iran on that nuclear deal. i mean, there was a point beyond which obama seemed to be obsessed with just getting a deal and there were a lot of holes and flaws in that deal, so he got one for the sake of doing it and in this case you ve got north korea and the general described this is a heavily nuclear armed chemical, biological weapon, a very dangerous country and it would have been very bad to go in there and gotten a bad dealt thedeal theycould have taken ad. he definitely did the right thing. it was only the thing he could do given the rhetoric we ve had