continues to grow, house republicans refused of office. then, are worse that the week, we re putting the two craziest conspiracy theories against each other to see which gop controversy is truly more outrageous. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. started. we begin this hour with breaking news. today, we learn more classified materials have been found in president biden s delaware residents, white house lawyer richard sober uncovered these documents on thursday. in a box that was initially discovered by the presidents personal lawyer s the day before. bringing the total number of batches of records found 23. now from breaking route news, we want to go to some backroom deals. his exchange for that coveted gavel newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy similarly made a deal with the devil. but will the american people ever find out the details? the beginning of the week, mccarthy managed to get his caucus in line and narrowly passed a rules package for the 118th
student loan safety net. under the plan which was first announced an august, federal loan borrowers would see a long lower monthly payment, have an easier path to forgiveness and unpaid interest would not be added to a borrowers loan balance. the plan would also reduce payments to zero dollars for borrowers who make less than $30,000 a year. and right now, there are about 8. 5 million federal student loan borrowers already enrolled in a number of repayment plants. this proposal is a path towards a single simplified option. but, it is still unclear when the new plan will be up and running. it has to go through a 30-day public comment period, and the administration will consider feedback before the plan is finalized. this is all taken shape as biden student loan debt cancellation plan remains stalled, awaiting the supreme court decision. moral arguments for their case are slated for the end of her. coming up on the second hour of ayman, some backroom deals, with the kevin mccar
in the faulkner focus. it is nasty. the battle for the gavel. the first time as i mentioned in a century the vote needed more than a single ballot. resistance to republican leader kevin mccarthy. it got hotter yesterday in the final rounds of votes. he started losing support. now 20 mccarthy defectors going into the second day. they are backing ohio representative-elect they re all elect because they can t be sworn in because they haven t chosen a speaker those 20 like jim jordan for the job. jordan supports mccarthy. how will that work out? he said he is not interested in being the speaker position. leading the charge for jim jordan and against kevin mccarthy florida congressman-elect matt gaetz. many of his colleagues not happy. south carolina republican nancy mace tweeted gaetz full ego was on display and he will screw around and get another pelosi elected to the spot, her words. former speaker newt gingrich said the hold juts are hurting themselves. i think a numb
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
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 attorneys in two locations. mr. biden s private office he used after he left the vice presidency, and president biden s home in delaware. his garage, a location seen briefly in this campaign video. you had classified with certain exhibit. or ret