Its all political, and i think that in the end that that ends up hurting joe biden and helping donald trump. John jonathan turley, to the point that a lot of democrats are making here, this was a clearly partisan report, that hur was only out to get biden, trying to shred his credibility. He said in his Opening Statement that he had to, because of doj guidelines, present this report to the Attorney General on his decision not to charge. He said i knew from my decision to be credible, i could not simply announce i recommended no criminal charges and leave it at that, i needed to explain why, show my work as he said. Put that into context for us legally. Did he have to go into this level of detail . Because its the part of this that is real ticked off the white house and set democrats aflame is his idea that joe biden is a kindly old gentleman with a bad memory, and that of course brings up the entire conversation about whether or not he can continue to be president now let alone for ano
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. relieved of duty. cnn learning a sixth officer now put on administrative leave from the memphis police force and the brutal beating of tyre nichols has a painful memory of missed chances as communities look again at what can be done to change the way cops police. plus this week president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy meet. a debt ceiling stalemate that shows zero signs of ending is issue one. and it s an early test of divided government. today the american secretary of state is in israel. the backdrop for his visit a string of death and destruction. raids, synagogue attacks as it come busts. a memphis police major says a six of the police officer has been now been relieved of duty, in in connection with the stop and subsequent boaeating that l to the death of tyre nichols. it follows the scorpion unit, a police team meant to corral street game no lon
politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a high altitude picture of the mud air encounterer between a drone and russian fighter jets. the classified video shows moscow putting the drone in its cross hairs, ignite ing a cloudf jet fuel and buzzing the drone twice. plus our banking system remains strong. the treasury secretary tries to calm nerves. she s on capitol hill today assuring americans your money is safe. and today the senate barrels toward a vote on undoing the force against iraq. it happens two decades after the run up of shock and awe. tomorrow is a moment of truth for the world. saddam hussein and his sons must leave iraq within 48 hours. at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to dearm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. up first for us, 42 seconds of simply hold your breath video adding to tensions between the united states and russia. toda
right now secretary of state antony blinken is in the west bank, set to speak at any moment. this at the end of his three-day tour of the middle east, the trip gained new urgency following an outbreak of deadly violence. he met with mahmoud abbas earlier today and met with benjamin netanyahu yesterday in an effort to get both sides to work together to end the bloodshed. also kevin mccarthy will meet tomorrow with president biden at the white house for the first time since becoming house speaker. top of his agenda the debt ceiling. republicans with that slim majority in the house are holding the threat of defaulting on the nation s debt to demand budget cuts. and this morning two more memphis police officers have been put on leave in connection to the death of tyre nichols. that in addition to the five officers who have already been fired, charged with second-degree murder. plus, the memphis fire department has also fired three employees for their response or nonresponse
detroit. the president appearing at the annual auto show to promote expensive electronic vehicles, electric vehicles as americans struggle to make ends meet on basics such as food and electricity with the inflation concerns. it does follow yesterday s celebration by the president on the south lawn of the white house touting what he called progress against inflation despite the hard evidence to the contrary from his own federal government. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. today the average cost of an electric vehicle is nearly double the average american yearly salary. and, yet, the president is focused on health of the planet as a new fox news poll shows most americans are far more concerned with what they can afford to eat for dinner. secret service detail i m driving home. the president says he felt optimistic behind the wheeling of a $63,000 electric vehicle. w