Thank you so much for letting us into your home during these extraordinary times. We are grateful. Beth beet with ari melber start rights now. We start with Breaking News a legal first for President Biden. Attorney general Merrick Garland Upending Washington today with an announcement, he is appointing a special counsel to hand it will probe of classified do you means found in joe bidens office at home. This is a significant legal development. No matter what happens from here. Its also the kind of twist that would have seemed like a movie plot even just a few months ago when former President Trump was clashing with the doj over his handling and alleged mishanding of classified material. Would have felt like a twist in the last couple weeks when bidens team was optimistic after the midterms and then the gops chaotic start to the congress. Garland did not preview plans at all. He announced he would deliver remarks today. Didnt deliver the topic and then said the words that tend to rattle
thank you so much for letting us into your home during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. beth beet with ari melber start rights now. we start with breaking news a legal first for president biden. attorney general merrick garland upending washington today with an announcement, he is appointing a special counsel to hand it will probe of classified do you means found in joe biden s office at home. this is a significant legal development. no matter what happens from here. it s also the kind of twist that would have seemed like a movie plot even just a few months ago when former president trump was clashing with the doj over his handling and alleged mishanding of classified material. would have felt like a twist in the last couple weeks when biden s team was optimistic after the midterms and then the gop s chaotic start to the congress. garland did not preview plans at all. he announced he would deliver remarks today. didn t deliver the topic and then said the words
eventually he will, and that s going to happen when a criminal indictment comes because a this $100,000 mystery contribution he got which could very well have been from a foreign country, which is completely illegal. as you know governor, because i know a little by about vermont, from politics to yoga, if you have no backbone, you can stretch more, right? mollusks can do downward dog with the best of them. but in the analogy you draw, it s worse if we want some backbone from leaders. we re not talk about some superbig ask. kevin mccarthy is supposed to have a powerful job. how hard is it to say, we don t truck with lies. that s concerning. but democracy will have its day. i understand the due process point. due process doesn t mean you re innocent. it means there s a process beforeu demmed guilty. i get. that mr. santos has owe longer record. i want to lack at his rise briefly with you, look at where
but the questions are not evaporating. have you made any decision how you re going handle george santos? no, but i ll tell you when we do. what are the charges against him? is there a charge against him? in america today you re innocent until proving. guilty. you re referring to jarj santos. he s got a long way to go to earn trust. we bring in someone who s ran a party and all the different members, which does involve balancing, former dnc chair, vermont governor, howard dean. nice to be on. thanks. nice to have you. i want to be proportionate. if this is a random, aberrant thing, one person in one district, so be it. as i mentioned when you ran the dnc i m sure we could have found some democrat you can official at some level of government you would be asked about. however, if this is a point