newly appointed proprieor of that material as the new speaker of the house. that s despite the fact that he pointedly refused a lawful congressional subpoena from the 1/6 select committee last year. now in defending his decision to share 41,000 hours of previously unreleased footage exclusively with far-right insurrection-friendly personality tucker carlson, mccarthy is showing americans he either does not understand or does not care about the potential risk that decision presents. speaking with the washington post, mccarthy suggests this, that the public fury over the selective release isn t really about egregious security concerns. in fact, it s about jealous, he insisted on the part of the media at the heart of the outrage. hang on. it gets better. today politico is first to report that house republicans, many of whom have framed the 1/6 insurrection as the defendants in those criminal cases as victims of a political attack are now moving to provide those defendants acce
captions by vitac www.vitac.com the barnes firm injury attorneys breaking news tops the hour. turns out the former president is not the only one with classified documents problem. the current president has one as well, stemming from his time as vice president. they were discovered last fall in a private office in washington, that he used as part of his relationship with the university of pennsylvania, where he was an honorary professor from 2017 to 2019. attorney general garland has asked a u.s. attorney to investigate. republicans are reacting. so far the former president and the democratic chairman of the house committee has called this, quote, a problem and deep concern. evan perez share it is biline of the story. he joins us now. what more do you know about the documents that were found? anderson, we know at least some of the documents were classified at a level tssci, which stands for sensitive compartmented information. this is information that comes from sp
breaking news tops the hour. turns out the former president is not the only one of the classified documents problem. the president has one as well, stemming from his time as vice president. they were discovered last fall in a private office in washington, and used as part of his relationship with university of pennsylvania, where he was an honorary professor for 2017 to 2019. attorney general garland has asked the u.s. attorney to investigate. republicans are reacting. so far the former president and the democratic former chairman of the house intelligence committee has called this, quote, a problem, and a deep concern, and quote. cnn s evan perez shares the timing of the story. he joins us now. so, what more do you know about the documents that were found? well, anderson, we know that at least some of the documents or classified at a level as ts/sci, which is sensitive compartmented information. and this is sensitive information that comes from intelligence sources, and
cast with 17 days to go until election day. at stake, control of both champ pwers of congress. the democrats have control now, but whether they can hold onto power is still in question. president biden says he s not going anywhere. at least he doesn t intend to. the reason i m not making a judgment about formally running or not running, as soon as i make that announcement, a whole series of regulations kick in and i have to treat myself as a candidate from that point on. i have not made that my formal decision, but it is my intention to run again. and we have time to make that decision. before that, his party needs to weather the midterms while acknowledging many are on shaky political ground. here s what i think. it s been back and forth with them ahead, us ahead, them ahead. pwaorlgt. and the polls have been all over the place. i think that we re going to see one more shift back to our side the closing days. part of his carefully crafted midterm strategy, tactically
conversation. i will be sharing it with you with little bits all this weekend. michigan is a state that has been a key battleground for several election cycles now. this year is no different. even though it s not a presidential election year, and neither of the states two u.s. senators are up for election, there are outcomes of several races here that will have huge implications in the years to come, especially for the 2024 presidential election. for one thing, democrats hold a very slim majority in congress. the senate, as you know, evenly split. 50/50. in the house of representatives, democrats only have an eight seat advantage over republicans going into election day. right now, michigan has an even number of democratic and republican representatives in the house. seven representatives each, but due to redistricting, michigan has lost one district, which means one party is certain to lose at least one of its seats in congress. on top of that, four of the most competitive h