i know me and i know what the hell i m doing. i put this country back on its feet. in watching the supreme court, i thought it was a very beautiful process. we win this state, we easily win the election in november. we have to win the election. conduct of the response in the gaza strip has been over the top. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo. max has the day off. it is february 9, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where concerns about whether the u.s. president is too old for office are getting new life from an unexpected source. a searing report on joe biden s mishandling of classified documents. the special counsel did not recommend criminal charges which is a win of course for the president, but the prosecutor said that was partly because a jury could potentially see him as a, quote, well meaning elderly
was hoarding. instead, it was sad. most importantly, it was a storm of unpresidential behavior. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. some questioning special counsel robert hur s decision to file no charges against biden and big focus on the many, many examples of a deteriorating joe biden. hur wrote that a jury would have a hard time convicting a well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory. he noted biden didn t remember when he was vice president. and couldn t recall when his son, beau, died. a furious president biden called an impromptu news conference. president biden: i ve seen the headlines since the report was released about my willful retention of document. that is not only misleading but just plain wrong. there is, in fact, a shortage of evidence that i willfully retained classified materials related to afghanistan. i did not share classified information. i did not share it with my ghost writer. i guarantee i did not. harris: are his handlers
suggest that. is there any evidence to suggest that the presidency was what they were focused on? there is some evidence of that. there were people saying we don t want jefferson davis to be elected president and there was also one of the drafts of section 3 specifically mentioned the presidency and the vice president. but it wasn t the final enactment. right. it wasn t the final enactment, but it shows there was some concern about some people about confederate insurrectionists ascending to the presidency. we look at the historical evidence and pick the evidence we like and interpret is tan den shally because you can throw this counterveiling evidence back in our face. we wanted to focus on the text of the constitution, this was a compromised provision that was enacted in section 3. let me ask you another question about the states. you have forcefully made an argument about the states not being able to enforce section 3, so if we agree with you on that, what happens
that argument. there is some evidence to suggest that. any evidence to suggest the presidency was what they were focused on? there is some evidence of that. people saying we don t want jefferson davis to be elected president and one of the drafts of section three specifically mentioned the presidency and vice presidency. it wasn t the final inaction. it wasn t final but there was concern by some people about con federal insurrectionists ascendsing to the presidency. we didn t want to make a a history argument. the other side can come back and throw this counter evidence back in our face. we wanted to focus more on the text of the constitution. it was a compromise provision that was enacted in section three. let me ask you another question about the states because you have forcefully made an argument about the states not being able to enforce section three. so if we agree with you on that, what happens next? i thought you also wanted us to end the litigation so is
statement, just moments ago from former president donald trump describing this as a double standard. of course, cnn will keep you posted with the very latest and send you to jake tapper with the lead. the breaking news, the special counsel with harsh words, but no criminal charges for president biden. the lead starts right now. a rather scathing report out from special counsel robert hur noting that president biden also held onto classified documents, but unlike in donald trump s case, he will not face charges. this sites in part biden s age and faulty memory, making him sympathetic and difficult to prosecute. we will dive into this breaking news report. donald trump s rather good day at the u.s. supreme court, his legal team arguing why he should be kept on the ballot in colorado and beyond. the plaintiff and her attorney on the case will join us live. a jarring ruling for former trump advisor peter navarro. welcome to the lead. off the bat today, two big sto