we have several developing stories as we come on the air, the new microscope for the white house, a magic number in the santos saga, and the dow up, inflation down. let s talk about what is happening right now at the white house. you see it on the left-hand side of your screen. we re expecting to hear from the press secretary, taking the podium any minute, after that news out of the department of justice, yet another special counsel now getting to work, this time on an investigation into president biden and his handling of classified documents, as he is leaving the vice presidency, the white house and the legal team are here standing by live, along with a member of congressional leadership from the hill. also this hour, the art of the dodge. congressman george santos, hitting the air waves today and what he is saying about the rolling calls to resign and why the number 142 is trending on this one today. plus, stocks looking pretty good as we get closer to the losing bell,
very different timelines when it comes to the appointment of a special counsel when it comes to the handling of classified documents. merrick garland appointed a special counsel to investigate the handling of some classified documents. his appointment follows the development that a second set of classified documents were found, these in a storage space in the garage of president biden s home in wilmington, delaware. the president s lawyer said it was a small number of documents. watch. on january 5th, 2023, mr. laush briefed me on the results of his initial investigation and advised me that further investigation by a special counsel was warranted. based on mr. laush s initial investigation, i concluded that under the special counsel regulations, it was in the public interest to appoint a special counsel. as i have said before, i strongly believe that the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity, but under the regulations, the extraord
that democrats have closed the enthusiasm gap with voters less than three months before they cast their ballots. 66% of democrats expressing a high level of interest in midterm races compared to 68% of republicans with the surge of the democratic side attributed at least in part to anger over the supreme courts reversal of roe v. wade, also factoring in to the midterm picture. the web of investigation that appears to be tightening around former president donald trump. nearly three and five americans pulled by nbc news saying that those investigations into trump s alleged wrongdoing should continue after the fbi raid of the florida estate. and the revelation that it was related to possible espionage violations. of course, all of this new data is about to be field tested in a pair of state primaries tuesday. when in florida, when in new york, whose base comes out more energized ahead of november. we will be watching. alaska not one, but two state wide candidates in trump racist
republicans hope will win their party control of congress. we are going to hold the majority in the house because we have a plan to fix the problems are countries facing the other side has only a ploy to win back power from shelves and rip away our constitutional freedom, reproductive freedom, it has awakened millions of voters. if democrats want to make abortion the main issue when every poll we have seen says that the economy and the cost of living is the number one issue, good luck to them trying to defend their extreme position. i guess he hasn t seen all the polls. meanwhile we are still being the key decision that could be made any moment, as a judge determines whether to grant trump s request for a special master to review what it was seized from mar-a-lago. earlier today both sides the aisle gave way to trump s handling of the documents. the process for declassification. the president is in a very different position than most of us in the national security
on both. and the reason he has the worst overall is because inflation is eating his presidency alive at this point. jesse: the democratic sharks are circling and cnn is putting a play on the presidency. reeling from another series of batter and poll numbers on the disastrous handling of everything. the latest survey reveals only 18% of americans want to see him run and destroy the company to enact country a second time. those numbers have democrats back at home measuring the drapes outside the oval office, and gavin newsom looking pretty comfortable walking around the white house grounds while the president is away. the liberal leader has been dropping subtle clues he is itching to run for president after running attack ads against ron desantis and urging floridians to move to california. at some laying out as 2024 of vision in the speech. i do believe that education is under assault in ways that i ve never experienced in my lifetime. i really believe that. but what is ha