campaign from his former bos and 2020 and today mike penc appeared before the grand jury investigating january six. what his testimony could mea for the special counsel. and then the parents of louisville shooter speak out i an emotional interview what are they are saying about for real change. and it is more than just hollywood magic, how artificia intelligence is transforming movies, music, and eve politics but at what cost as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night goo evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle live fro washington d.c. tonight wher there is a major development i the special counse investigation into forme president donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election according to a source familiar with the matter, today, former vice president mike penc testified for hours before the federal grand jury in the case the january six committe already shed some light on wha pence did that day in th capitol riot we have seen video of then vic president p
getting up way too early ton friday morning and all weekend long. morning joe starts now. aides found classified documents inside his delaware home. he has had them for a while because a lot of them have to do with the louisiana purchase. the justice department is taking this seriously. today the attorney general appointed a special counsel to investigate biden s handling of the documents. i m not saying biden is getting worried, but he just texted rudy giuliani, so you go, wow, that s not good. that s not good. all right. republicans get the special counsel they have been calling for to investigate president biden s handling of classified documents. it comes as we are learning more about the files and where they were found. we ll also take a look at some of the hypocrisy inside the gop when it comes to the special counsels for trump and biden. meanwhile, a prominent republican says it is time for the party to move on from former president donald trump, calling him
cover. ryan, you ve been covering thi all day long what we know at this hour, wha exactly happened today the biggest news probably that he spent a ton of tim without granary. got there really early, ther are a couple of motorcades tha came in, that were spotted early that morning we suspected something was up. i recently had heard that th 27th could be the date when th grand jury testimony was happening. but he was brought down to a garage a garage apparently plays a bi role here because that is wher he hid during the capito attack and that is how he they brought him in through th garage, brought him up to th third floor for those grandeur rooms were all of these secret proceedings are taking place then they spent over a lon time, they re talking with 2 americans who are looking into this effort to overturn th 2020 election and what donal trump, if any, had been a th village either so it is a very huge investigation. we ve been watching this graduate come in frequently, and there i
appointing a special counsel to investigate how classified documents ended up in the personal possession of president biden. kristen welker has the latest. reporter: with growing questions over whether president biden mishandled classified information including the revelation of a third discovery of classified material, attorney general merrick garland making a bomb shell announcement that he s appointing a special counsel to investigate. the extraordinary circumstances require the appointment of a special counsel. reporter: garland naming robert hur, a former federal prosecutor and u.s. attorney to see if laws were broken. garland saying classified documents from the obama administration were found by biden attorneys in two locations. mr. biden s private office he used after he left the vice presidency. the classified material was in his personal library at home and his garage a location seen briefly in this campaign video!
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