i always had a few questions about it. reporter: the campaign, pretending to be your chief of staff. you know, i didn t know about that. it happened i was not notified about that until a later date. reporter: did you speak to him about it at all? yeah, i didn t know about it until a later date unfortunately. house speaker kevin mccarthy thought george santos resume was questionable before revelations about his lies were discovered and there are so many lies. some of them. others, like the fact that his political person pretended to be mccarthy s chief of staff. there s so many. i m sure he s not thrilled about that at all. as for santos, have we gone from ridiculous lies to russian ties? the bizarre saga takes another turn with new reporting that links him to the family of a sanctioned russian oligarch. hold on now. meanwhile, republicans remain focused on president biden. they re laser focused on biden and his handling of classified documents. the
new reporting, pushing the white house for answers, an nbc news exclusive. house committee s becoming more clear this afternoon. up first, the biden administration on defense over how the president handled classified documents. we ll tell you what the press secretary is saying just as we were coming on the air with our team at the white house and doj standing by live. also this hour, some new reporting you will only see here out of new mexico with the targets of that shooting spree are telling us after the arrest of a losing republican candidate. plus, kevin mccarthy saying the gop is going to be finished doling out committee assignments today. new details on where hard line conservatives and election deniers are landing including the controversial member the speaker confirms will be seated somewhere. with me now is kelly o donnell and justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian. we re about to see the president soon at this event for the golden state warriors. we
being weighed down by many weaknesses. at the heart of his vulnerability is of course his age. nearly half of democrats say it is their biggest concern and 74% of voters don t think he is sharp enough. if you are a liberal perhaps most worrisome of all an eye opening 67% of democrats prefer another candidate. let me reiterate. two-thirds of his own party want someone else to run. the issue is not just his age. nearly 60% of americans believe that biden has made the economy worse. in a moment james carville joins me to react to that but first here is a taste of how some democrats are spinning today. let s not forget donald trump has three fewer candles on his birthday cake than joe biden. sure. he also has 91 more criminal counts on his record than joe biden. if a year from now these numbers are the same, and this were a referendum, he would be in deep, deep trouble. he would not win that. joe biden has an incredible record to run on. i ll note this poll has a margin
nearly 60% of americans believe that biden has made the economy worse. in a minute, james carville joins me to react to all of that. first, here s another case of how some democrats are spinning today. let s not forget, donald trump has three fewer candles on his birthday cake than joe biden. he also has 91 more criminal counts on his record than joe biden. if, a year from now, these numbers are the same, and this were a referendum, he would be in deep trouble, he would not when that. joe biden has incredible record to run. i will note that this poll has a margin of error of 6% when you are talking about democrats. if jim messina says we are bed-wetters, invest in pampers and depends. because a lot of people are terrified that joe biden is in real trouble. joining me now is former league strategist for bill clinton s 1992 presidential campaign. and the coast co-host of politics war room. james carville himself. james, thank you for being here. these polls seem to ge