cycle, there s a lot to talk about ron klain about. he s so smart, and has such a fascinating experience. i can t wait to see our interview, lawrence. i wish i could say we got to it. all but we only have one show. thanks, alex. thank you, lawrence. thank you. well, in an overflow gathering in the white house eastern today, president biden said his formal for well to the longest serving first white house chief of staff of any democratic president, ron klain. ron klain, in an unusual switch of roles with the president then stepped up to the microphone filled with emotion, to give his thanks to the president, his family, the biden staff, and the cabinet. ron klain will join us in a moment. the white house farewell to ron klain happen in the middle of a busy news day that began with the news of a new fbi search of president biden s beach house in delaware, a search that found no additional classified documents. the fbi search was planned and conducted without a search wa
in trying to pull out his experience and wisdom, because i know it is there. that s what you re going to see tonight in our discussion with ron klain, which amounts to his last word exit interview, as he prepares to leave white house chief of staff. and he has served, as you know, as the longest serving first chief of staff to democratic president ever. and we re going to have some of that discussion, to begin with news of the day tonight. well, it is such an important interview. the time he spent in the white house from the aftermath of january 6th to the conclusion of the january six committee, the eve of the new presidential cycle, there s a lot to talk about ron klain about. he s so smart, and has such a fascinating experience. i can t wait to see our interview, lawrence. i wish i could say we got to it. all but we only have one show. thanks, alex. thank you, lawrence. thank you. well, in an overflow gathering in the white house eastern today, president biden sa
to the most widely used abortion pill good day i m andrea mitchell in washington fox news paying almost $800 million to avoid having to take the witness stand. the settlement lets fox avoid weeks of text. the damage to its reputation is done thousands of pages of evidence released during pre-trial discovery made public. that fox hosts lied about the 2020 election being rigged, knew it and so did their bosses all the way to the very top. there will be no on-air apologies or retractions from fox news in a statement the network is saying, we acknowledge the court s ruling finding certain claims to be false the settlement reflects fox s commitment to the highest journalistic standards attorneys for dominion speaking to the press after the settlement the truth matters lies have consequences money is accountability we got that today from fox but we re not done yet we have some other people who have some accountability coming towards them it s not over joining me now, stephani
as a downgraded tropical cyclone. the historically destructive storm made landfall for the second time yesterday. this time in south carolina. more than 180,000 residents lost power almost immediately. that number, reported to have grown to nearly half 1 million as the storm has carved its way through the carolinas. of course, nowhere has been more devastated than florida, where ian s wrath after touching down was deadly, as 77 people confirmed dead. homes literally washed away. entire communities, recovering from being nearly submerged. the president, planning to visit the state to thank its first responders. said yesterday that eons destruction in florida is almost unmatched for our nation. the situation in florida is far more devastating. we will just be beginning to see the scale of that destruction. it s likely to rank among the worst in the nation s, and the worst in the nation s history. you have all seen the scene on television. homes and property wiped out. it s go
lee zeldin shockingly attacked at a campaign rally by a man who tried to stab him, and the very brief stint in custody for the man arrested has zeldin and others sounding off. proceeding with caution. could the optimism in one american city inspire us all to think big and more positively about our inflated economy right now? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start with our politics lead and a clear sign from the january 6th house committee they believe it is time for attorney general merrick garland to charge donald trump with a crime. this morning, republican congressman adam kinzinger from illinois, one of the republicans on the committee, told cnn that the timeline laid out by the committee is not just damning of the president but leaves trump with clear criminal culpability. we have proven different components of a criminal case against donald trump or people around him in every hearing. and i think taken in totality, this represents the greates