Thank you so much for letting us into your home during these extraordinary times. We are grateful. Beth beet with ari melber start rights now. We start with Breaking News a legal first for President Biden. Attorney general Merrick Garland Upending Washington today with an announcement, he is appointing a special counsel to hand it will probe of classified do you means found in joe bidens office at home. This is a significant legal development. No matter what happens from here. Its also the kind of twist that would have seemed like a movie plot even just a few months ago when former President Trump was clashing with the doj over his handling and alleged mishanding of classified material. Would have felt like a twist in the last couple weeks when bidens team was optimistic after the midterms and then the gops chaotic start to the congress. Garland did not preview plans at all. He announced he would deliver remarks today. Didnt deliver the topic and then said the words that tend to rattle
Discovered thursday. This comes after bidens personal lawyer flagged a white house lawyer about discovering a classified document at the home on wednesday. As nbc news reports, quote, this brings the total batches of records found to three, a small number in the Washington Office by the news, another set in the garage of his residence, and finally six pages in a room adjacent to the garage. When it comes to this new batch of documents from the obama administration, the white house says they were intimately handed handed over to the justice department. President biden had this to say about the documents on thursday. As i said earlier this week, people know i take classified documents and classified material seriously. I also said we are cooperating fully and completely with the justice departments review. As part of that process, other places where we viewed, were documents from my time as Vice President were stored, and i finished a review last night. Well, the white house was to coope
And we have laid out very clearly what occurred and, again, dont want to get ahead of this. The Department Of Justice, you all can will get your questions answered from them during this time and so i would just refer you to the Department Of Justice and now as you all know there is a Special Counsel. Thank you, korine. Another one on garagegate. What is the white house trying to hide . Nothing. Someone gave the President A Statement to read on tuesday that was incomplete at best, misleading at worst. Who . So i have read out the president s statement. I have read it out yesterday and what he said. He said that he respects or he takes Classified Information and documents very seriously. Thats what he said. He said he did not know that the records were there. He does not know whats in them. He said that. You heard from him directly on this and his team has been cooperating fully, fully and not only that, again, ill say this, the Attorney General said this himself, that he heard from the
George santos is defiant amid growing calls for him to resign over the many lies he told voters. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy standing by santos even as he acknowledges a lack of trust. Were tracking Severe Weather right now in the southeast including significant damage from a large and extremely dangerous tornado in alabama. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with this Special Counsel investigation thats about to get under way. Amid new revelations about classified documents found at President Bidens home and office. Lets go right to our chief White House Correspondent phil mattingly. The white house is attempting to defend its response as a new timeline is raising a lot of questions. Thats right, wolf. The white House Counsel saying they will fully cooperate with the new Special Counsel investigation and say they believe by the time the investigation is over it will be clear this was an inadver
I knew it as soon as we said it, we have pingpong coming up. s been petes been practicing all his life. [laughter] rachel he probably pitched this segment so he could look good again. Pete theyre good. They must be pros. Rachel and i love that its, like, disco music to the ping pingpong pete i think this has to do with whats happening next. Will and tacos on set as well. We had a conversation earlier about flour, hard, and i told you guys rachel were going to try the almond pete wills into almond if tortilla, which i dont know how you get a tortilla out of a nut. Look at that, look at that, i cant even lift it. Rachel come on. Just try a thing. Will youve got to go quick now, pete. Pete its starting to fall apart. Will but not bad tasting. Am i wrong . Rachel no. No. Pete dry and rachel no, no. Pete almonds are not will s heres petes hard shells. Pete now, hard shells are awesome. Will hard shells are awesome. Pete have you had the doritos ones from taco bell . Will get out of here. Ra