from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. press secretary is the only person around here talking about any of this even though she says she was not involved in any of the decisions about waiting two months after finding this classified material to go public with it. the officials who had those conversations are keeping quiet tonight. mr. president, what s your reaction to the special counsel? peter: president biden wanted to talk today about the u.s. and japan. he did not want to answer any questions about a growing classified materials scandal. they like you. white house officials are calling a special counsel interview of president biden a hypothetical; however, the president will sit for any special counsel interviews requested if officials stick to this. what i can say is his team is going to fully cooperate with the department of justice. peter: and they re already claiming the doj won t find anything wrong with the white house s
we have been transparent in the last couple of days. peter: but that transparency is very limited. i m not going to get into any specifics from here. peter: we don t know what the president s plans are this weekend. he is going to be away from cameras and away from most of his staffen at home in wilmington, delaware, at the same time the special counsel is starting to figure out if that very residence is also a crime scene. bret? bret: peter doocy live on the north lawn. thanks. there are now three special counsels conducting high profile investigations here in washington. let s get an update tonight from correspondent david spunt at the justice department. two special counsels investigating two presidents announced within a two-month period. i signed an order appointing jack smith to serve as special counsel. i m here today to announce the appointment of robert hur as a special counsel. special counsel robert hur officially took the hymn on thursday. the former trump a
fight may be in taiwan. look, for house republicans that have very concerned, senate republicans, everybody in washington very concerned about china s designs on taiwan and the greater pacific. that s why defense spending and at times increased u.s. defense spending is important as it relates to ukraine, which china is watching very carefully and as it relates to our ability to keep china at bay and deter them both from invading taiwan and causing trouble with their neighbors. we are talking about sea lanes, shipping lanes, this is a very big deal. bret: yeah, hence the china select committee. axios, byron, biden sudden centrist push in immigration. biden embraced many of the priorities of the immigration advocates of the 2020 election but significant uptick in border crossings and shift in vast low jis tall as well as border states have helped push him to make a public stance on new enforcement policies on the border ahead of 2024.
for veterans who are homeless. this man is so grateful for this fantastic place that he got live during this temporary period in his life. this is the opposite of the new york city hotel story, folks. this is a good project. judge jeanine: this is what we should support. spending money on veterans. jesse: absolutely. see you guys on monday. have a great weekend, everybody. bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the end of a week that changed the conversation in washington. president biden and his team at the white house are trying to change or avoid the subject over the discovery of classified documents at his private residence and an office at a washington think tank. now a special counsel has started his investigation. and while promising transparency, the answers to specific questions were allusive at the white house briefing room today. redirected to the white house counsel or the justice department. white house correspondent peter dooc
scblap s prime minister hammered out plans to construct runways onen inhabited japanese islands closer to taiwan for joint exercises involving f-35 fighter jets. japan announced it would buy more u.s. tomahawk missiles and long range cruise missiles and historic increase in defense spending. 2% of g.d.p. making it the third largest defense budget in the world a major break from japan s passivist military strategy after world war ii. the u.s. and japan also announced a new security agreement in space and a smaller more advanced marine corps regiment stationed in okinawa japan. we will equip with advance the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance as well as antiship and transportation capabilities. this as one of washington s leading think tanks conducted war games, mimicking a chinese invasion of taiwan. estimating the u.s. would lose 3200 troops in the first three