learning after determining there are no visitor logs for the home in delaware. out west, the california weather may finally get a break sometime soon. but not before one last batch of storms moves out this afternoon. we ve got a live report from the state now, under a major disaster declaration. plus, an nbc news exclusive, new reporting on one of next year s cril senate races and trying to unseat sherrod brown in ohio. i m hallie jackson in aurkz. with me is monica alba, capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and former federal prosecutor and political legal affairs columnist rendo mariotti with us as well. the question is not taking questions from reporters on the documents. not all together surprising. but the white house is trying, to it feels, as you have new reporting on the president s mind set on all of this, flex the muscles and point the finger at house republicans to say why didn t you care when donald trump did this and you care what is happening in a different s
i m bianna golodryga in new york. president biden is avoiding questions and the special counsel is making moves. the justice department has interveered biden s former executive assistant who was on the team that packed up his office at the end of the obama administration. we re told that process was messy and doing high-profile work right up until the inauguration and led to a mad dash to close up the office while biden was still using it. phil mattingly and evan perez are covering all angles. we know biden s former execute assistant had been questioned. we re also learning more about the materials that were found with the classified documents. tell us exactly what the special counsel rob hur will be looking at here? well, bianna, one thing he s trying to do is set up a office and hire and people to bring in to the investigation but a lot of work has already gone on. already happened, during the investigation that was being handled by john lausch, the chicago u.s. attorney
wicked weather this week between heat and rain storms and winds in excess of 100 mile per hour in texas, houston, where at least seven are confirmed dead. and hundreds are still without power. katie, how do things look there now? a new shift of workers have arrived this morning and their work is underway after some cleanup crews worked through the night and they re trying to board up a lot of the shattered windows in some of the downtown high rise office buildings and hotels. and you can see the work is cut out for them and there are a lot of windows they re going to have to take care of, all of this damage, caused by the strength of 100 mile per hour straightline winds that hit right in downtown houston. the cleanup and power restoration efforts are likely to take weeks, not days. more than 500,000 people in harris county here are still waking up in the dark. it s a huge concern as we enter the stretch of 90 degree days coming up. we ve been speaking with a lot of people o
strike. there are reports the big three automakers are now planning to lay off thousands. foxbusiness grady trimble is live in michigan with the latest. jon, this is one of the plants where the automaker, ford, has laid off 600 workers as a result of this strike. general motors has said they might have to idol a plan in kansas with 2000 workers as a result of workers walking out of the gm plant in missouri. there were talks today but it is not sound like there any major breakthroughs. so as the hours tick by we will head into a third day of the strike. president biden sent to members of his administration to help with the negotiations here in detroit. the uaw president indicated they did not want seem to want their help. they deflected when they asked that yesterday but he would not even s save you let those administration officials into the building where the negotiations are taking place. we have spoken to some workers partly because of his green gret energy push, take a
tensions in london. the assistance forces commissioner praised officers who put themselves in harm s way. and the uk pays tribute to the armed forces on remembrance sunday. the latest headlines at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. this week saw the first king s speech in 70 years. the first, and who knows, maybe the last, under prime minister rishi sunak, after 13 years of conservative rule. at the centre of power in those 13 years, both in pushing original policies and allegedly sinister plotting behind the scenes, is today s guest on political thinking. a conversation, with rather than a newsy interrogation of, someone who shapes our thinking about what shaped theirs. he, if you ve not guessed yet, is michael gove. he s found some pretty surprising allies during his ministerial career. he is praised now as housing secretary by housing campaigners. whereas tory supporting developers complain