beings. good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world i m brianna keilar is john berman. the migrant battle getting more heated with president biden now weighing in. he ripped gop governors of florida and texas for flying and busing more migrants to liberal areas in the northeast. the president speaking at a congressional hispanic caucus event last night. instead of working with us on solu solution, republicans are playing politics with human beings using them as props. what they re doing is wrong, un-am un-american, reckless. he said there s a process saying republicans should not use political stunts to interfere. this comes after florida governor ron desantis took credit for sending migrants to martha s vineyard. abbott and desantis are strident critics of the biden administration. it s not clear why they organized flights for migrants from texas but he made clear he doesn t want them in his state. we are not a sanctuary state, it s better to go
conduct his work. as i have said before, i strongly believe that the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity, but under the regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter. republicans get the special counsel they ve been calling for to investigate president biden s handling of classified documents. and it comes as we re learning more about the files and where they were found. meanwhile a prominent name in the republican party says it s time for the gop to move on from fallen president trump, calling him a proven loser. we ll have those comments just ahead. and george santos vows to stay in congress despite more members of his own party saying he should resign from making up just about all of his resume. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, january 13th, friday the 13th, folks. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. attorn
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
north carolina. protecting your family. as america s vehicles get larger, it s adding a deadly blind zone. cbs s kris van cleave goes in-depth on what s being done to prevent hundreds of accidents. i miss my son. i miss his hugs. o donnell: and, our exclusive interview with bono in ireland. with or without you this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. tonight, federal authorities have charged the man accused of attacking paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi, with assault and attempting kidnapping of a united states official. the san francisco district attorney just announced more charges, and says david depape could face life in prison. sources tell cbs news, the suspect had a list of targets, and may have been planning to attack more people. and, according to a federal affidavit, th
today marks the midterms going into high gear. the unofficial sprint towards election day as president biden touts his domestic recording with including those late summer break throughs while also arguing that democracy and believe it or not in a very real sense, trumpism are on this ballot. if you re counting, election day is just about nine weeks out. the maga republicans don t just threaten our personal rites and economic security, they re a threat to our very democracy. i do think anyone who calls for the use of violence who fails to condemn violence when it s used, refuses to acknowledge when an election has been won, that is a threat to democracy. i will not stand by and watch elections in this country stolen by people who simply refuse to accept that they lost. the trump-fueled effort to take over once independent election offices is clearly up for a test in these midterms. about half of americans, roughly, will choose their leaders from a ballot with at least one