anderson: two years ago, the former president left washington and president biden took over. the midway point of first term, question is two fold, what is he doing and what is he doing about a second term, former president declared he s running president biden could soon do the same, he s started framing his how does the president feel about the first half of his term. i spend the last five day speaking to half dozen of his closest advisors and the most striking ask two-fold, they deeply president biden is in the best position boy far he s been in since he took office two years ago tonight. second they don t believe the ongoing special counsel investigation is really many people outside of washington actually care about, they take it seriously not dismissing it but they believe the issues what the president ran on and they think has deliver on is what matters most it s not just the advisors they think you have the have a window into the president s view when he was to
tolerating unethical probably illegal behavior absolutely? i mean, if mccarthy were to call me i d say, cut this guy loose as quickly as you possibly can. anderson: what about the groom of wait for ethics committee, which will be you know, multi-week, multi-month, and that allows him to stay you know, and i guess vote with mccarthy and help mccarthy out and yet make the argument he s being investigated. seems like there s an awful lot of evidence just in the public domain it s not as if the ethics committee has access that the public doesn t they should go forward with the process, but members can exercise judgment they have responsibility for protecting that institution, the public has a poor view of the ethics of people in congress and in pain to say that i think there s a lot of honest good people, there they need to stand up and say this is not somebody who belongs here. people of the they re congressional district in new york, which was next to mine