watch this. i will reserve judgment. it looks that it was inadvertent that these documents were in these locations. we don t want to turn this into a political football. they have been moving to correct it. i m glad to see that the president and his administration are cooperating. they take it very seriously. they are abiding by the laws. is that they an obvious double standard between the way president biden is being treated in the whole fbi raid of the mar lago residence. what is real concerning to me is how justice is applied and is it applied equally. this is hypocrisy and i am tired of the justice department. going after her parents and others. they utilize it to go after people because they have different political beliefs. it is this double standard. clinton ms. handles classified information and then president trump gets his home rated 91 days before this midterm election. i think that biden has done this for the whole world to see. charlie, i will
just a little while ago to london for the queen s funeral. it is coming as we get to see an emotional moment involving the queen s grandchildren led by princes william and harry. more on that ahead, as well. but, first the department of justice. following through on their promise to appeal judge canada s special master role in what they call out as quote, an unprecedented order in joining the executive branch s use of its own highly classified records in a criminal investigation with direct implications for national security. before this appeal, the newly appointed special master judge raymond dealey, wasting no, time scheduling his first hearing for this tuesday. for more, we get to senior politics reporter jonathan allen as long as msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquade. jonathan, let me start with you on this one. and let s get the tiktok of what we can expect first on tuesday? well that s a great question, yasmin. i think we are going to see the initial agenda actually on
archives office inspector general contacted a prosecutor at the department of justice. it informed him that the white house had notified the archives that documents bearing classification markings were identified at the office of the penn biden center for diplomacy and global engagement on november 9th the fbi commenced an assessment consistent with standard protocols to understand where the classified information had been mishandled in violation of federal law. on november 14th, pursuant to section 600 point to be of the special counsel regulations, i assign the u.s. attorney laos to conduct an initial investigation to inform my decision whether to appoint a special counsel. on this number 20th, president biden s personal counsel informed mr. laos that additional documents were identified in the garage of the private residence in wilmington delaware. this morning president biden s personal counselor called mr. lausch and stated that additional document bearing classification
an audit exit if this is put in charge of this years climate complement. and a look at what s happening in the front line town of soledar as russia and ukraine fight for control. welcome to the programme. we start with the controversy in washington. the white house has confirmed that a second set of classified documents has been found in the garage of president biden s home in delaware. it s thought the documents are linked to barack obama s time in the white house whenjoe biden was vice president. and in the last half hour, us attorney general merrick garland announced the appointment of special counsel to investigate joe biden s handling of the documents. this appointment underscores for the public the departments commitment to independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters and to making decisions guided only by the facts and the law. here s what the us president told reporters a little earlier. as i said earlier this week, and by the way my corvett
my cohost emily compagno, gerri willis, leslie marshall, and sean duffy. and bret baier, this is going to be good. the big news today, white house council sank the classified materials and the garage storage space of the president s home in wilmington delaware. in the garage just to keep up, the president said they were locked up next to his bed, he literally said next to his corvette when he was pressed by peter doocy. classified materials, what were you thinking? we will get a chance to speak on this god willing. i said earlier this week, by the way, my corvette is in a locked garage so it s not like down the street. but anyway yes, as well as my corvette. but as i said earlier this week, people know i take classified documents and classified materials seriously. i also said we are cooperating fully and completely with the justice department s review. as part of that process, when reviewed where other documents from my time as vice president were stored in finished the