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elected. well see what happens today. >> bill: im bill hemmer. good morning. the house will resume its session two hours from now. last night 20 republicans voted against kevin mccarthy in the third round of voting. >> dana: without a speaker is house is unable to swear in members or vote on any legislation. congressman elect mike lawlor slammed those opposing mccarthy last hour. >> its shameful and embarrassing and proofing themselves incapable of governing. jim jordans committee on j...

tell it yourself. im michael smerconish. the crisis manager wrote a whole book called "truth to tell on how to handle a public crisis." davis advice the exact opposite of the approach of the biden white house to date around the discovery of the classified documents in its possession. they didnt tell it early. they waited nearly two months. they didnt tell it all, in fact, a statement released on monday, and the presidents words on tuesday, were almost dishonest by omission. and as for ...

and briefing materials on topics including ukraine, iran and the u.k. all of this at the center of a special counsel investigation. lets get right to cnn senior justice correspondent, evan perez, who is following all of this. evan, what more can you tell us about these classified documents that were found? not always a good thing whenela saturday. >> not always when you fix a statement that was provided a day earlier. what the white house is now confronting, they have had to explain mu...

thousands of unwilling undocumented immigrants redirected his states latest d.c. busloads from union station to the naval observatory, which happens to be the residence of vice president harris. that the migrants were not forced to get on these buses and planes, they were apparently asked and consented and that they were fed did not stop critics from calling the stunt inh inhumane. you might say did they know where they were going? did they did where they were going when they first cam...

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 and particularly sensitive matters. and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. >> lets bring in wall street journal columnist dan henninger and kim strassel do you think merrick garland had a choice here or was he boxed in and really had to appoint a special council...

in a century. history going on here. welcome to another hour of "americas newsroom." im dana perino. >> bill: missed you. happy new year. >> dana: i missed you. are you glad to be back? >> bill: with you absolutely. im bill hemmer. happy new year at home. the house is getting ready to end the 117th congress. the senate will do the same later this morning. the new house could convene in about two hours, 12 noon with a vote for speaker expected to begin around 1:00 eastern time. >> dana:...

its the top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." im alisyn camerota. >> im victor blackwell. >> two presidents accused of mishandling classified documents and two special counsel investigations. there were no answers at todays white house briefing about why the biden team delayed for months to tell you why documents were found. >> we are learning that the documents from bidens team included briefing memos about foreign leaders. the justice department is still questioning if he has any of his...

house. >> surprised to learn there were any government records taken there to that office. >> he sees it serious -- very seriously when it comes to taking classified documents and information. im not going to go beyond what the president laid out. he does not know whats in them. i would refer you to the white house counsels office. we want to respect the process and so thats what im going to do, im going to refer you to the department of justice. >> and welcome back as "america reports...

get this story out when the white house was aware that this was an issue, and essentially karine jean-pierre had a similar answer pretty much every time. watch. >> where you or any member of your staff involved in the crafting of a strategy as to when this disclosure should be made? seemed like he was thinking the investigation would end soon. was he surprised? >> does this episode undercut that argument, that he restored confidence? here we have in the headline that he is now under in...

counterterrorism task force knew the 19-year-old suspect had been radicalized into islamic extremism and had been watching them for weeks leading up to the machete attack on three officers in times square on new years eve. >> molly: furious city officials saying the world-famous ball drop would never have become a target if the fbi hadnt dropped a ball on its own. >> the failure is that this is the umpteenth time we have heard the fbi say this person is on our radar. if someone is unde...