Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with that firestorm on capitol hill. The former special counsel robert hur testifying about his investigation into president bidens handling of classified documents. The special counsel was defiant, standing by his conclusion that no charges were warranted. You may recall, though, it was his final report that angered the white house. The report included personal assessments about the president s age and memory, mentioning his son, beaus, death. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle used the hearing to score political points ahead of the 2024 president ial election. Republicans blasted hur for not charging biden with a crime, while democrats aimed to point out the differences between the current president and donald trump, who is facing charges for mishandling classified documents, saying trump obstructed all investigations. The white house views the matter as over and says the case is closed. Cbss ed okeefe is
Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, the issue of President Bidens memory and Mental Fitness on full display in front of a House Committee today. The now former Special Counsel who wrote controversial remarks concerning the subject was grilled today in a hearing about his decision not to charge the president over his retention of classified documents. Correspondent david spunt has all the highlights tonight from a contentious hearing. Good evening, david. David good evening. Robert hur took questions for almost five hours and it became clear right out of the gate that this was a proxy fight over who could possibly win the white house in november. I did not sanitize my explanation, nor did i disparage the president unfairly. Former Special Counsel robert hur defending his report and his credibility. The report critical of President Bidens handling of classified documents found piled up in tattered boxes in his Delaware Garage and personal offices. We identified evidence that the president w
Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with that firestorm on capitol hill. The former special counsel robert hur testifying about his investigation into President Bidens handling of classified documents. The special counsel was defiant, standing by his conclusion that no charges are warranted. You may recall, though, it was his final report that angered the white house. The report included personal assessments about the president s age and memory, mentioning his son, zelenskyys death. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle usually hearings to use head of the president ial election. Republicans blasted hur for not charging the crime while democrats aims to point out the differences between the current president and donald trump, facing charges for him him its only because my document saying trump up obstructed all investigations. White house the matter is over and says the case is closed. Cbss ed okeefe is going to start us off tonight
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warning of chaos and bedlam if he s barred from the ballot. his argument to the supreme court in a case that could impact all 50 states. plus, house republicans get their wish. why hunter biden has agreed to a closed-door deposition following weeks of defiance. a disturbing report from gaza, the graves dug up by israeli soldiers. we ll tell you exactly what they were looking for. and 100 million people in the path of severe winter weather. it s already caused a plane to slide off an icy runway. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. but speaking of planes, we have this breaking news. let me show you a live picture that is coming to us from nbc 4 in washington. yes, that is what it looks like. that is a small private plane that had to make an emergency landing. this is in loudoun county, on loudoun county parkway earlier this afternoon. no injuries are reported, but this is very close to dulles airport. we don t know why this plane had to land