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Thank you so much for letting us into your home during these extraordinary times. We are grateful. Beth beet with ari melber start rights now. We start with Breaking News a legal first for President Biden. Attorney general Merrick Garland Upending Washington today with an announcement, he is appointing a special counsel to hand it will probe of classified do you means found in joe bidens office at home. This is a significant legal development. No matter what happens from here. Its also the kind ...

thank you so much for letting us into your home during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. beth beet with ari melber start rights now. >> we start with breaking news -- a legal first for president biden. attorney general merrick garland upending washington today with an announcement, he is appointing a special counsel to hand it will probe of classified do you means found in joe bidens office at home. this is a significant legal development. no matter what happens from here. it...

Like to be an embattled congressman, but i kind of know a little bit about that seat. george, youve heard just there congressman des to see toe calling for you to resign, nick langworthy also has. >> its their prerogative. i came here to serve people, not politicians and party leaders. i was elected by 142,000 people. until those same 142,000 people tell me they dont want me, well find out in two years. >> again, thats a process defense. other scandal ridden politicians have made the same point,...

Comply and comport with those high crimes and misdemeanors statutes that are within the constitution. so i think that this is a very important hearing. it has been interesting to me to see that the republicans really have not put forward any fact defenses. they have only been focused on a process defense and i think that that really hurts them. but most important is the facts that are on the table, the fact that we have a president who has abused power, who has coerced a foreign ally to interfer...

Out corruption. >> yes, and engle is saying no it is not. and did the president violate any laws, because according to just security, and here is the quote, the very act of holding the money in the first place could have also violated the impoundment control act. and where does that come into play here? >> the republicans are putting up a process defense here. they have created this notion of a quid pro quo, and there is no legal requirement for quid pro quo, and i would argue that the commentat...

Said. whats important here? >> whats important here is there is no factual dispute. i think thats what youre giving me props for. because identify beve been say for awhile. it seems like the underlying allegations here whether its from the whistle-blower, the july 25 telephone conversation, the testimony because weve read that 15-page statement from ambassador taylor. they all tell the same story. thats why a week ago when mick mulvaney said, well, and he didnt use the words quid pro quo but ess...

A different administration. what is the difference here? >> because you put your -- i respect republicans, i may not want them in the whousite house but you know there are different trues. that is j we have elections. no one ever puts their person ale interests that they will benefit from ahead of the countrys interests. and if there was any other piece of evidence that we need that this president is corrupt and his administration is corrupt, please the g7 at his resort? where he will clearly pe...