files that contained important evidence. once that person learned that there was an investigation. so the special counsel looked into the possibility of charging that ghost writer with obstruction of justice. they said in the end that they decided not to bring charges like that, because the ghostwriter ended up cooperating with the investigation, provided additional evidence, including some of the most damning evidence, including these audiotapes that show him talking with the former vice president biden about that classified document, those classified documents related to afghanistan. tell us a little bit more, just to refresh for viewers about robert hur, the special counsel here. well, robert hur served in republican administrations, he is, he served as a republican appointee, he served as a former u.s. attorney during the trump administration in maryland. he was tapped by mayor garland, the attorney general here, because the then former sitting attorney in chicago who
well, it s been a hell of a week, people. tgif. tonight on laura coates live. so much has happened it s hard to keep track of all that has actually take jeep place this past, what, five days? do you remember all that s happened, all that we have seen in the past few days? not what to name them. well, what you did was ridiculous. name em. name em. all right, sut ten. i will. here is the supreme court handing donald trump a great big no, sir on the novel thought he could commit crimes and get away with it with presidential immunity. and impeaching this grie? impeaching alejandro mayorkas over the mess at the border? on this vote, the ayes are 214, the nays are 216. the resolution is not adopted. now it s sort of a doover next week. then there s the bipartisan border deal, the one that is, you know, dead, because you know who doesn t want to solve the problem before a general election. actually, it s one of the worst one of the dumbest bills i ve ever seen. i
captions by vitac www.vitac.com today on inside politics ease, a well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory, eight words that set off a five-alarm political fire inside the biden white house and sent the president himself into a fury. plus nikki haley s yolo strategy. she s trolling donald trump like never before and seems to be having some fun doing it. this year s super bowl ads won t all be about drinking beer and buying cars. new england patriots owner robert kraft s foundation is spending $7 million on a commercial to fight anti-semitism. kraft joins me live from the super bowl site in las vegas. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. when the history books are written of the 2024 election, there will be a lot of ink spilled about february 8th. that s how my colleague terrance burly described yesterday, and he is so right. the supreme court seemed likely to side with donald trump in the first election-related case to come before
the report clears him legally but could damage him, obviously, politically, which mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury as he did during our interview with him as a sympathetic, well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. joining us now is kate bedingfield, who served as communications director in the biden white house, david axelrod who worked within vice president biden, and former trump communications director alyssa farah griffin, all three are now cnn political commentators. also with us jeffrey toobin. david axelrod, i will start with you. is that the press conference the president should have had? , look i understand the concept of why he had the press conference, because this thing was red hot. and it was out there, and he felt he needed to, and his people felt, he needed to respond to it. whether the response was adequate, or whether it creates more problems, i think, is another question. he did contradict elements of the special counsel s report. an
by voting yes on prop e. a common sense solution that ensures we use community safety cameras to catch repeat offenders and hold them accountable. vote yes on e. hello again, and welcome. it s time to get together with some smart people to break down the big stories. today we re asking, following the special counsel s scathing report questioning president biden s mental fitness, can he dig himself out of the growing age issue? then, the rift on the right in congress, leading some to question the future of the top two republicans on capitol hill. and the face-to-face flop. i ll break down tucker carlson s so-called interview with vladimir putin, and you don t want to miss it. the panel is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax, and let s talk about it. up first, in the category of things you don t see every day, the president of the united states called a snap news conference the other night to show he still has his marbles. here is how that went. this matter is now