For maryland and was appointed by former President Trump. I strongly believe that the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity, but under the regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a Special Counsel for this matter. This Appointment Underscores for the public, the departments commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters, and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. Now earlier, President Biden confirmed that more classified documents from his time as Vice President were discovered. This time at his wilmiwilmingto delaware home. They were locked in his garage. Another document was found inside the house. Now the Attorney General revealed that the Justice Department learned of the second set of documents in december as this timeline shows here. It was in november when the president s attorney found classified documents in a d. C. Office that
wanting what blinken can t give, either, parody with u.s. support saying our people will not accept a continuation of the occupation forever. blinken offering a small bump in aid, help with a legacy phone network and a warning for israelis and palestinians not to threaten the possibility of a two-state solution. we oppose any action by either side that makes that goal more difficult to achieve, more distant and we ve been clear this includes things like settlement expansion and of course, incitement to violence. reporter: stronger words than many expected but here actions speak loudest. the fact is israel has this story, the two state solution. israel is making sure there is no viable sovereign palestinian statement expanding settlements, stealing more land. reporter: for the young, blinken s dip lomacy a double whammy. no faith in the leadership and no hope blinken can deliver. our leadership is incapable of delivering what we want the 18-year-old tells us. i don t s
no new speaker of the house. will there be a breakthrough today? the food & drug administration just cleared the way for abortion pills by prescription at your local pharmacy. i m not a cryer, but like i never cried so hard in my life, man. damar hamlin s uncle relives the moment he watched his nephew collapse on the field. the latest on how hamlin s doing now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good morning, everyone. in just hours republicans are expected to try again to elect a speaker of the house. yesterday after three ballots no one reached the 218 vote threshold to win that job. congressman kevin mccarthy earned the vast majority of republican votes, 202 on the final tally, but a small group of hard right conservatives is holding out keeping him from the speaker s gavel. members are talking. we re walking through. i think we ll find our way to get there and this is a healthy debate. might not happen on the
Pick up coverage next in the Situation Room. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitz her in washington along with erin burnett in new york. Were following major Breaking News on the vote a short while ago to remove Kevin Mccarthy as speaker of the house of representatives, the first in the history of the u. S. Congress. An incredible day. Mccarthys ouster led by Congressman Matt Gaetz, joined by other gop hard liners. It was sealed by democrats who could have stepped up to save mccarthy, and they refused to do it. Extremely historic and dramatic, indeed. House business, for all practical purposes, is paralyzed as the chamber faces the very difficult and divisive challenge of choosing a new speaker of the house. Were standing by for a meeting of House Republicans this hour. This is a Special Edition of the Situation Room. We begin on capitol hill where our chief congressional correspondent, manu raju, is covering it all, speaking to everyone
Tonight straight from the source, Breaking News as republican hardliner matt gaetz has made good on his threat to oust House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy from his job, filing the papers tonight to at least try to for the first time in more than a century. Plus new reporting tonight, why a seething donald trump chose to show up in court today to face the judge who found him libel for fraud and the Attorney General who brought that case against him, raging at both of them on day one of his trial. And a 9yearold tonight who vanished on a camping trip has just been found alive after 400 Rescue Workers were out looking for her. A suspect is now in custody, and we have the latest. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. Tonight a showdown is underway on capitol hill over whether House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy can keep his job. Matt gaetz of florida, one of the rights most Defiant Hard Liners and one of mccarthys biggest detractors, has just followed through with his threat to remove Kevin Mccart