Oval office and hear her this historic address from president joseph robinette biden my fellow americans i m speaking to you tonight from behind the resolute desk in the oval office this sacred space i m surrounded by portraits, extraordinary american presence thomas jefferson wrote the immortal words that guide this nation. George washington showed, us presidents are not kings abraham lincoln implored us to reject malice franklin roosevelt, who inspired us to reject fear i revere this office i love my country more it s been the honor of my life to serve as your president but in the defense of democracy which has a stake, i think is more important than a title i draw strength and i find joy and working for the american people but this sacred task of perfecting our union is not about me it s about you your families your futures. It s about we, the people. We can never forget that and i never have i ve made it clear that i believe america is at an inflection point 0. 1 of those rare mome
ex-president it all but ensures that special counsel jack smith will hear from the key witness who none of the other investigations into the trump cou plot not the fulton county d.a. has ever heard from under oath we re, of course, talking about mike pence a ruling handed down wednesday night by a federal appeals court rejects an emergency request by trump to block mike pence s testimony. new york times reports this, quote, the 11th hour ruling by the u.s. court of appeals for the district of colombia paves the way for mr. pence to appear before the federal grand jury as early as this week the ex-president has a few legal options left including an appeal to the supreme court but as nbc news reports, quote, in previous instances, where appeals sent senior aides must testify, his legal team has opted no the to fight the decision further and those witnesses have quickly appeared before the grand jury and trump s argument that executive privilege prevents pence or any of his ai
it s 4:00. we ve got news we have a behind the scenes legal battle with potentially major consequences for the justice department s investigation into the ex-president s handling of classified documents at mar-a-lago the washington post is reporting this quote, a federal judge has at least partially granted a request from u.s. prosecutors to force an attorney for donald trump to testify before a grand jury about the former president s possession of classified documents after leaving office that s according to two people briefed on the decision. evan corcoran had refused to answer investigators questions about his interactions with trump. prosecutors sought to show the chief u.s. guess strict judge beryla.howell of washington that there were grounds of a crime-fraud exception. they spoke anonymously because this is under seal this breaking news is is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends jackie alamany is here her by-line is on that neil is here
criminal because he had unauthorized possession of secret documents that very same joe biden himself had unauthorized possession of secret documents. but don t worry, it s not a big deal unlike you and that despicably orange donald trump joe biden is a good person. joe biden is so virtuous. he is transcended temporal law. it s not a crime when he does it. so that s the frustratingly familiar headline from this week s story, which you probably seen by now. but the details of the story are actually pretty interesting. so a week before these last midterm elections, joe biden s lawyers were for some reason rooting around in a locked closet in the washington office of something called the pen biden center for diplomacy and global engagement. and while in that locke s closet, biden s lawyers find a sheaf of highly classified government documents. so the first question here is , why were joe biden s lawyers doing this in the first place? and we can t say for sure because they
personality mehmet oz, and mccormick. kathy barnette is right now trailing in third place there. we ll have more on the state of the contest, but we ll start with the results of the republican primary race in the pennsylvania governor s contest in which the gop has now doubled down on its pro-insurrection brand by nominating someone who was at the capital on january 6th, someone who faces a subpoena as we speak from the select committee investigating the insurrection and someone who could very well end up under scrutiny for doj for appointing a fake slate of doj electors. that man doug mastriano, he rocked to a primary after a twice-impeached ex-president who endorsed him. pennsylvania s leading far-right figure funding busses to shuttle supporters to the rally on january 6th 2021, that preceded the attack on the capitol. during his run for governor he has bard the news media from attending his campaign events and the qanon conspiracy theory. it is difficult to understate the