And defended the words he used to explain that decision in the report he sent to merrick garland, the attorney general. I said President Biden was old and he had a poor memory because thats what i saw when i interviewed him, hur keeps on saying. Anticipating that testimony, the white house released a transcript of that interview between President Biden and Special Counsel hur hoping to refute those findings. So lets get into it. Find out exactly what that transcript says. Also what democrats and republicans got out of todays testimony. Joining us now, nbc News White House correspondent, mike memoli and lisa rubin. First off to you, mike. You read the whole transcript. I tried to get you on the show yesterday, you couldnt come on. You said you were doing Something Special in secret. Now we know what it was. You were reading the transcript. Does it line up with the way hur described the interview . Certainly in the mind of democrats, no. Thats part of what the reaction was and what we sa
ac 360 begins right now. good evening, we begin with the contest for who will lead the republican party as its presidential candidate in 2024 as well as a touch of irony. both are embodied by the op-ed that larry hogan wrote for this sunday s the new york times. in it he writes, to once again be a successful governing party we must move on from mr. trump. he also takes aim without naming him at florida governor ron desantis and what he refers to, quote, as angry, divisive politics. in hogan s view they need someone other than those two, a common sense conservative who can broaden the party s base, someone his argument suggests like him. the irony is he s writing those words in an op-ed explaining why he is not running for president which with all due respect to nikki haley. each spoke over the weekend and though ron desantis was more measured in tone than the former president at the conservative political action committee convention, both portrayed themselves as leaders
this sunday s new york times. in it he writes, to once again these successful governing parties, we must move on from mr. trump. he also takes aim without naming him at florida governor ron desantis and what he refers to his quote, angry, divisive and performative politics. now, in hawkins view the party needs someone other than trump or desantis. non divisive, common sense conservative who convert brought in the parties base, someone he argues is just like him. the irony is, he is writing those words in an op-ed explaining why he is not running for president. which, with all due respect, candidates nikki haley and ramaswamy leads the fields as the trump and rhonda santos. each spoke over the weekend though governor desantis at the reagan library was more measured in tone than the former president at the conservative political action committee, both portray themselves as leaders in a culture war. we will demolish woke tyranny. they should not be teaching a second grader t
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broadcasting the news. that may not be popular these days, but maybe that s the way people should start making their money. just lastly over the weekend the former president said he wouldn t drop out of the 2024 race if he were indicted in any of the federal and state investigations he faces. that may just be bravado, but just what are the legal implications of that? well, it has no particular legal implications. he s almost certainly going to be indicted. it s a question of whether georgia will move first or alvin bragg in manhattan or jack smith for the federal government, and he s going to try to wear it as a badge of courage the way he brags about being the disgraced twice impeached president. he ll fund raise off it. even though he doesn t mind, he claims, being indicted, i think he doesn t look forward to an orange jumpsuit and so someday he s going to have to meet his maker and sort of be held accountable.