[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: we start this morning off with a fox news alert, the u.s. and u.k. carrying out a new wave of airstrikes yesterday, this time targeting sites in yemen occupied by the iranian-linked houthi rebels. pete: the pentagon confirming strikes on at least 36 targets and more than a dozen different sites including weapon facilities, missile launchers and air defense systems. that s what we re today. while the british with military says it struck a ground control station near yemen s capital. rachel: the u.s. and coalition forces are putting out a joint statement saying we will not hesitate to continue to defend lives and commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways in the face of continued threats. will: meanwhile, the houthis are vowing to respond saying, quote, the american-british aggression with against yemen will not go unanswered, and we will meters calculation wees calculation. pete: the
for just one second. see if he takes any questions. [ applause ] [ speaking non-english ] we re going to keep following president biden on this trip, but in the meantime, here at home pressure is growing for him to respond after new information revealed that classified documents were found in his private office late last year. and just in to cnn we are learning more about what is in those documents and also about what the attorney merrick garland is doing about them and how lawmakers in both parties are reacting today. president biden has not responded to questions on the issue twice today. you saw him there again with reporters but he will face reporters again later this afternoon and we ll see if he responds then. in the meantime, we have full team coverage here with evan perez and phil mattingly in washington. also with us cnn legal analyst and a former obama white house ethics czar norm eisen. we re getting new information right now about both what is in the documents a
have happened? can you think of any good reason why documents would have remained in his personal office for this length of time? well, abby, the reality of classified document handling, i was involved in writing the relative eo when i was in the obama administration, then, of course, as ambassador i was subject to this regime and oversaw over 200 people who had to follow these rules. the reality is that accidents do happen all the time and the key so it s not a good reason but it s a human reason and the key question is, was it willful and intentional? if you look at the criminal laws that apply to this question of documents, classified documents being held outside of government premises, the felony laws all talk about willful or intentional misconduct. right now we have no indication
and proposals that we re going to see come out of this committee. for example, something that has already garnered some bipartisan support are some changes to the electoral vote count of88 something that has become a rallying cry for these constitutional scholars like john eastman because no matter how many people have dismantled eastman s constitutional theories, he does, at the end of the day, you know, know the law inside and out and is going to continue to argue in circles around some of these things that he s continued to propagate until there are some actual legislative remedies that are at least in the hopes of lawmakers serving on the panel, are ultimately passed as a result of their work. he s also accused of breaking the law. felony laws by a federal judge who looked at his conduct and donald trump s and said it s
merchants have to know they can put their goods into the stream of commerce without being robbed blind.d. the common thread in the shameful looting, in the waukesha christmas parade murderers, and an rising gun violence is a concept of disparate impact unless that concept iss explicitly refuted and rejected, there is no way we re going to get a handle on this rise in crime. the reason that felony laws are not being felony theft laws are not being enforced the reason darrell brooks was put back on the street despite an active warrant and a 50 page rap sheet is because in forcing laws or enforcing bail, requiring bail has a disparate impact on blacks. look at the video. law enforcement has a disparate impact on blacks not because it s racist because the black crime rate is so high. but when you stop enforcing the law in order to avoid disparate impact, it s blacks who are hurt the most.