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
now, today the other thing that garland said, and he was very careful thought, is he said something within the spirit of these rules but represents something of a view or even a hope. he argued that by doing this, appointing this special counsel at this point in time based on the information he has, it will itself add public confidence. this appointment underscores for the public the department s commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters and making decisions guided only by the facts and the law. that is a perfectly fine statement and goal indisputably guided by the facts and the law. we ll endeavor to continue to follow the facts here. one issue for merrick garland is the issue that hit james comey
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
and what i m hoping is i agree this could be a good thing, but whatever they do, they have to do it quickly. you know, i think the public needs to know quickly. it can t drag on and on, and to that s to me is for the benefit of the country. yeah. okay. all right. so it s not our imagination. karen, emily, my thanks to both of you. right now, our shortest break. we turn to the other special counsel probe with real news about heat on trump officials and kevin mccarthy, seeming to want to go along with the lies of a no-name rookie. why? we re back in a minute. we re back in a minute