today inside politics, the gop finds votes to come out on top. republicans pass a crucial bill that assures the u.s. is ready to fight wars, and they did it after putting a deliberate conservative stamp on it. jared kushner under oath, new report ing reveals that prosecutors ask the former president s son-in-law, did donald trump believe his own election lies. and iowa decides in six months. the countdown to the caucuses is on as donald trump decides to play hooky and skip a big summit. his bet, who needs iowa when you have mike tyson. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, kevin mccarthy can keeps the republican family mostly together to win a culture war battle. last hour, the house did its job and cleared a must-pass defense bill. the final vote tally was 219-210. if that seems really tight for a bill that sets military policy, it is. the sennarrow margin is thanks a very heated back and forth over controversial add-ones to the
Meeting with japans prime minister. But theres an issue loming over the white house. The Mounting Fallout over bidens handling of classified documents during his post obama years. Thbz has learned one of the classified documents found at the d. C. Office was marked with the highest classification in the u. S. Government. Thats according to a senior u. S. Official and another person familiar. We got that development after attorney general Merrick Garland announced hes appointed a Veteran Prosecutor to serve as Special Counsel to review the documents. Ahead, what were learning about hur and how hes proceeding. Plus the tight rope both the white house and Justice Department are walking considering theres another Special Counsel investigating President Trump. Also this morning, devastation across the southeast. Search and rescue operations are underway after tornadoes in multiple states. By the grace of god, we all survived. We jumped out the car and we all got in the freezer. A lot of pra
meeting with japan s prime minister. but there s an issue loming over the white house. the mounting fallout over biden s handling of classified documents during his post obama years. thbz has learned one of the classified documents found at the d.c. office was marked with the highest classification in the u.s. government. that s according to a senior u.s. official and another person familiar. we got that development after attorney general merrick garland announced he s appointed a veteran prosecutor to serve as special counsel to review the documents. ahead, what we re learning about hur and how he s proceeding. plus the tight rope both the white house and justice department are walking considering there s another special counsel investigating president trump. also this morning, devastation across the southeast. search and rescue operations are underway after tornadoes in multiple states. by the grace of god, we all survived. we jumped out the car and we all got in the
is and we have seen throughout the time of the january 6th committee and the house well documented about election workers facing real threat in their personal lives, real disruption in their personal lives, which is an a insane thing to think about. how do you have a functioning democracy if the people who are charged on a volunteer basis mostly, to actually follow through and oversee that process of a democratic election are being intimidated. you re exactly right. that s happening with this new report ing. there s also reporting that started with the new york times about jared kushner, the president s son-in-law, testifying before the grnd jury. i m going to read part of the reporting. mr. kushner testifyied at the federal courthouse in washington last month, where he is said to haveaiained that it was him impression that mr. trump truly believed the election was stolen, according to a person briefed on the matter. that comes to the question, and i ll have you since you are the
registered republican who served in a top job in the trump justice department. he was an aid to rod rosenstein when robert mueller was being appointed. then he went on to become the trump-appointed u.s. attorney in maryland. he s a republican who has won wide praise for his handling of a variety of complexes cases from gang violence to public corruption. and most people i talked to think he s going to play this down the middle, by the book. he will no doubt set up his own staff and have offices away from the justice department. he will build on the review that s already been conducted by the republican u.s. attorney in chicago, who has been interviewing aids, but didn t have subpoena power or a grnd jury. hur can call upon all those tools. i would expect at some point he would request an interview with president biden to ask him what he knew about these documents. so we should be waiting for that