Federal investigation. The doj is pointing a special council. Republicans say this is not aimed at seeking justice. The Senior National correspondent kevin corke is live in d. C. With the breaking details on this. Good evening, david weiss is the man. The very same same david weiss who says Congressional Republicans attempted to paint a Sweetheart Deal for hunter biden, despite possible or some would say obvious violations. That david weiss is leading an escalation into hunter biden. His title became special council today. His powers were the same yesterday. Whats different . It does not make any difference to us given what we understood to be the case. Critics argued weiss should not have been named Special Counsel citing this as section 6. 3 in the doj regulations. A Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States government. This is a political decision, not a legal decision. Theyre trying to put out a fire, and they just poured gasoline on it. Nobody in their right
He was trying to stay above the fray. Brendan, i have not read as mike has, the full transcript. I read the New York Times analysis of it. Again, something for everybody. Times when joe biden, they point out, couldnt remember specific dates. Didnt have specific memory of how some of these documents were handled but they also said to mikes point about sense of humor, mr. Biden went into great detail about many manners, the transcript shows. He made jokes over the two days, teasing the prosecutors and at certain points, he corrected his interrogators when they were the ones who misspoke. Is it clear to you on either side, brendan, that one side or the other walks away with something politically advantageous . Well i think to answer that question, you have to think about where we started from. When this report came out, it was an absolute bombshell, really underscoring the president s difficulty politically with his age. It was a gift to republicans. Now, when you get to a congressional h
Terms mr. Pied biden the president of the u. S. Would agree to be interviewed. And a devastating death toll rising on maui as rescue and recovery teams find more bodies and thousands of residents are homeless along with stranded tourists on an island that looks like a war zone. Good day, everyone, a busy day in washington. Im andrea. Where u. S. District judge Tanya Chutkan made quick decisions this morning on the size and the scope of that protective order in the criminal case surrounding Donald Trumps alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. In a ruling from the bench, judge chutkan after prosecutors argued that the order was necessary to prevent pretrial publicity and the defense countered that the pregs counsels parameters were extraordinary decided that the protective order would only apply to sensitive materials and not to all of the evidence turned over to them from the Special Counsel. Judge chutkan also added a clause to the order that would limit the universe of people
Also this hour, ron desantis at war with some fellow republicans who are taking aim at the Florida Governor over his support of Teaching Guidelines that suggest enslaved people benefited from slavery. All that, plus a woman who faked a story about going missing is now being charged for false report by officials, you say they wish they could have gone further. In a global heat wave from soaring temperatures here at home, to heat fueled wildfires overseas, will bring you the latest on the dangerous situation around the world. Lebron james posts new video of his son, brawny, just days after he went into Cardiac Arrest. What bronnys Health Crisis can teach parents of other Young Athletes, especially young men of color, thats all coming up next. Were gonna begin with former President Trumps rally in pennsylvania, which is set to start in just a few hours, hell be hearing even more baggage this time, with those for us charges from the doj on the classified documents case. Lets go right to it
garland appointed a special prosecutor to look into it. well, today we got the results of the investigation in a report. the special counsel will not seek criminal charges against president biden. so if you re in a fantasy league for presidential indictments, it s still, trump, 91. every other president ever, 0. you got that? clean that up. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, february 9th. good to have joe, willie and me here together. along with us, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. nbc news national affairs analyst john heilemann. former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor chuck rosenberg. and nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian is with us this morning. we have a lot going on. we ll start with the special counsel investigating president biden for his handling of classified documents will not bring charges against the president. that s the conclusion. he wrote in the report, wrot