counsel investigation. president biden dodged questions about it today in an oval office photo-op. [ inaudible ] moments ago the white house press secretary repeated that the president will cooperate with special counsel robert hur and failed to explain why the public was not told about the classified documents when they were first discovered in november. is it the policy of the white house that that should share that information not just with the national archives but the american people? i ll say this. we have been transparent. there s an ongoing process and spoken when it is appropriate. we are learning more about the investigation. the justice department interviewed biden s former executive team on the team that packed up the office. one document was a memo from vice president to president obama. it s unclear how much of this is still sensitive. let s go to chief white house correspondent phil mattingly and evan perez. phil, the white house press secretary more ques
to help us lower inflation. what a week of contrast as president biden was racking up win after win, republicans were pushing abortion bans, social security cuts and election denial and watching their mid-term prospects begin to fade. and a texas jury just delivered a massive blow to alex jones, ordering the conspiracy theorist to pay more than $45 million in punitive damages for a first grader killed at sandy hook. i ll be joined by andrew warren, the democratically elected state attorney general who is the victim of an abuse of power by governor ron desantis. it was a great week for democrats, one that will be poised to get even better. first up the economy. after months of criticism of president biden for everything from gas prices to inflation to you name it, today we got proof that his economic policies are working with the latest blockbuster jobs report. in july job growth soared. u.s. employers added 528,000 employees, smashing expectations. and the unemployment rate
now the people at the center of them are begging and pleading with their elected leaders to do something and do something now. a bipartisan group of u.s. senators has been trying to strike a narrow, modest deal on gun reforms, one of the lead negotiators telling me in the last hour he is cautiously optimistic that they can get something done. despite ongoing talks on capitol hill today, it is still legal in most states for an 18-year-old to buy a semiautomatic weapon. josh campbell went to a gun range to show us just what such a weapon can do. they are known as assault style weapons. and have been used in some of the country s deadliest shootings. from uvalde, tulsa, and el paso, to parkland, san bernardino, and sandy hook, it has been the weapon of choice for many of the killers. line is hot. the los angeles police department demonstrates an ar-style semiautomatic rifle for us on the department s gun range. you have a 16-inch to 20-inch barrel. you have a stock that
public reporting and witness accounts indicate some individuals and groups engaged in efforts to gather information about the layout of the u.s. capitol as well as the house and senate office buildings in advance of january 6, 2021. they re talking about tours like the ones referenced by congresswoman sheryl in the days just after the insurrection. it was a shocking allegation in those ensuing days and one that raised some of the earliest questions about premeditation of that brutal attack on the capitol. the questions about whether or not sitting members of congress were involved in any way, shape or form in this nearly unprecedented attack on our country. here is congresswoman mikie cheryl back then. those that i saw on january 5th. those members of congress that incited this violent crowd. those members of congress that attempted to help our president undermine our democracy and i ll make sure they are held accountable and if necessary make sure that they don t serve in
Tunnel. And there is desperation of getting aid to people inside. Republicans have chosen yet another nominee for Speaker Of The House. Mike johnson won majority, but there is a real warning for him to get the 217 votes. This has been a wasted three weeks. This House Republican majority is united. Prosecutors dont hang out immunities like begcandy. Mark meadows can speak to trumps mindset in a very specific way. Good morning, ill Filphil Mattingly with poppy harlow. Israel once again launching airstrikes on gaza overnight. This video is of a palestinian man bury in the rubble asking if his wife is okay. Explosions can be heard in the background and bombardment coming just hours after the head of the united called the Airstrikes A Collective Pu punishment to the Palestinian People and demanded a ceasefire. Relentless of bombardment, level of civilian casualties and all the destruction of neighborhoods it into mount and are deeply alarming. And that drew very sharp and angry response fro