classified documents. the special counsel found evidence that president biden, quote, willfully retaineds classified materials found no reason to press criminal charges. drew distinction between the criminal probe of handling of documents and his findings regarding president biden. the long standing justice department priniple that you cannot indict a sitting president does not apply and would not bring charges even if joe biden were no longer president. we ll have more on that later in the program. we begin with a hearing at the nation s highest court. an historic hearing for some very big questions about the constitution. the future of our democracy and at the heart of the case, a request from voters for some accountability for an unprecedented insurrection. first up, jonathan mitchell, the attorney for donald trump, argued among other things, that january 6th was not an insurrection. it was a riot. he also argued that the president is not technically an officer of the unit
we ll get it fixed and get it fixed properly in two years. but we re going to get it fixed and fixed properly. we ll get it fixed in two years. all right. he s going to get it fixed in two years. two years. wait, but he had a chance to fix it in 2017. what did he do? well, he called the debt ceiling sacred. and 18, 19. then he urged a default. now, donald trump is back in the mushy middle, promising a big fix down the road. you know, like infrastructure, health care, and a border wall. yeah. meanwhile, ron desantis continues de-santis. i think you should. really. if i say it, you should do it, okay? willie, mika wants me to change the pronunciation of my name to joe subaru. or brzezinski. joe subaru. it s been scarborough, like, my whole life. yeah. subaru, joe subaru. iramping up for a campaign, maybe it s time for a rebrand. people love a good subaru, reliable automobile. great family car. it is odd, i have to say, that the desant
we begin with our top story. memphis, tennessee, now on edge as officials brace for potential unrest over the release this evening of video capturing the traffic stop and con tronation that left a 29-year-old black man dead. he died in the hospital three days after his encounter with police in which five officers are accused of beating him. his family shared this photo of him in the hospital. the attorney for nichols family says the video shows police treating nichols like a pinata. the family has urged the public to demonstrate peace think. his mother spoke to cnn about her son s death. i just feel like my son was sitting here on assignment from god. his assignment was over. it s over. he was sent back home. god is not going to let any of his children s names go in vain. all five officers associated with this incident have now been fired and charged with second-degree murder. as of this morning, four of them have been released after posting bail. one remains in custody.
of people that included roger stone and steve bannon urging trump to declare victory regardless of the results, the actual legal results, of the 2020 election. now the january 6th select committee cites a memo that fitton wrote for trump in the run-up to election day, i think the summer before the election, as evidence that in the words of committee member zoe love gren friend the big lie was untensional, promeditated and a plan concocted in advance. here s a snippet from the january 6th select committee s final hearing. a few days before the election, mr. trump also consulted with one of husband outside advisers inside activist tom fitton about the strategy for election night. the select committee got this pre-prepared statement from the national archives. as you can see, the draft statement, which was sent on october 31st, declares we had an election today and i won, and the fitton memo specifically indicates a plan that only the votes counted by the election day deadline
connected to the president. attorney general merrick garland has assigned the case to a u.s. attorney appointed by donald trump, but that didn t stop the former president from asking when the fbi lances to raid the white house. plus a major victory for the new speaker of the how, but with kevin mccarthy corral his caucus into governing. and the emotional vigil for a heroic teacher who got her kids out of the classroom after she was shot by a student. we ll have the good news from her doctors. but let s go live to mexico, which is where we see president biden. he is meeting with the mexian president and his wife. there you see the two first ladies, who are walking that shot freezing a bit, but mike memoli is there traveling with the president. we also have intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. former deputy attorney general. as we watch them go up the stairs, tell us what we re seeing. i assume we just missed what is often the formal photo. reporter: just in the min