Press briefing in weeks. And there is a lot of news to cover. The fema administrator is going to join Karine Jeanpierre at the podium with an update on the governments response to the devastating wildfires in maui. Gillian also reporters first shot really to press the white house since Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a Special Counsel to investigate the president s son. Well take you to the briefing as soon as it begins. First the Campaign Trail in iowa. Way up in the polls and all over the country, thats a lot, over 50 points. I think im the most likely to beat biden and get this stuff done and the ability to serve two terms and will not be a Lame Duck President on day one. Leaders dont just give you the list of grievances that are the problem. They actually lead. Its going great. I think ive been here more than any other candidate and part of the reason is i actually enjoy it. John a little taste of republicans on the Campaign Trail five months now until the caucus is in i
Just moments ago, the key question about the politics of all of this. Watch. How can the white house assure people that the case involving the president s son is being handled fairly . Anything that has been stated or said by hunters representative, ill have to refer you to his representatives. Thats not something that i will respond to. What i can say and i said it at the top, the Department Of Justice is independent. That is what the president believes. He believes this white house will not politicize the Department Of Justice. This was done under the leadership of a trumpappointed u. S. Attorney as you know. So im not going to add anything else to that. Martha id imagine well hear more along those lines. Carl rowe and general Tom Dupree Standing by with their analysis of this. First to david spunt live at Justice Department with the new developments here. Hi, david. Hi, martha. This is david weisss first full week as Special Counsel. Hes got quite a task ahead of him. Hes had a majo
over law enforcement today. mark claxton is here for a special conversation about just comply. that s coming up. before the hour is out, we will hear from the icon fran leibowitz on politics, democracy, and why she says mitch mcconnell is one of the worst things to ever happen to american government. fran doesn t pull her punches, and we will hear from her later tonight. so, i got to tell you, as far as i can see, there is something to get excited about here, and we ll goat all that, but the top story are the new details about trump s national security scandal. and this is one of those stories that actually, i got to tell you, felt slow for a long time women knew there was this clash with the archives. and then we knew the government was viewing trump as holding some important materials that were not his. that s also commonly known as stealing. but that was playing out for a while. it was not until the unprecedented search that blew this up in the public realm and made clear
Im mike santoli. Good to take over the show for you. This is a first for us. Absolutely. Weve never been on anchor desk together. Im enjoying it already. A lot going on over the weekend. We have a lot to talk about. We sure do. Lets get a quick check on the future the u. S. Markets you see not a lot of movement in the s p 500 indicated to open down just slightly, less than 2 points the u. S. Markets did have the first down week out of nine last week though not by much. Weve recouped most of it. You see the nasdaq slightly in the green. We will have more on these markets in just a moment. First, some big breaking news overnight. Theyre set to announce a major restructuring today. Ge will focus on three core units, aviation, power and health care while looking to exit the rest of its operations. One source tells the journal ge also plans to shed its majority stake in oil and gas operator baker hughes ge Ceo John Flannery is going to announce plans with investors. Hell sit down with cnbc
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