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Former Special Counsel robert hur will soon be on the hot seat on capitol hill, defending not only his decision not to charge President Biden for his handling of classified documents, but also why he described the president as an elderly man with a poor memory who couldnt even remember his own sons death date. Cnn is now getting a look at the transcripts of the conversation between biden and her. That left the Special Counsel with that impression. According to the transcripts, President Biden was telling a story that he framed that was between the times of 2017 and 2018. During it, he brought up his son, beau, saying, quote, remember, in this time frame, my son is either deployed or is dying. He then went on to say, what month did beau die . Oh, god, biden responded. May 30th. Thats when someone in the room interjected to say, beau died in 2015. Not between 2017 and 18. Cnns evan perez has reviewed these transcripts. Evan, this is, you know, a really big moment because theres been a lot of talk. This has been a fodder for a lot of political fighting. You now have the actual words that were used. What else did you find in this report that related to bidens memory . Well, sir, i think the big takeaway from the report is that the president repeatedly said that he didnt really handle a lot of these papers, that he left it to staff. He didnt know how things were packed and how things were were moved from, for example, his Vice President ial residence to a home he rented in virginia to his home in wilmington. Repeatedly, he said, i dont remember exactly how that how that got moved from one place to another. And i think, you know, obviously the Special Counsel rob her, points out the memory problems. But the big one, obviously, that that stuck out was the one that you just read the interaction about beau biden. Its clear the president remembered the date exactly may 30th that his son died. But someone in the room then suggests the dates. And ill read you another part of the of the transcript, where you know where you could see that he has a foggy memory of where things happened. He rob, he asks the president , but do you remember how these materials got into this box, and how that box got into the garage, which was where one of these some of these documents were found . President biden says, no, i dont remember how it got. I dont remember how a beat up box got into the garage. The tone that we get from the transcript. And to be fair, we dont have the audio from the Audio Recording from the interview, which lasted about five hours, over five hours, over two days last october. Sarah, what we have is what ive read is simply just the transcript of it. And what comes across is, you know, an atmosphere where the president is joking with people in the room. Theres laughter. Its generally a pretty genial atmosphere, a very cooperative atmosphere, which is, i think, why the white house and people around the president were so surprised by the words that came out in that 388 page report from rob. Herb, i do want to ask you, because it is 388 pages, but theres also something in it about bidens handwritten notes. What can you tell us about that . Right. Well, this is a big part of this investigation, because its not only the classified documents that were found in the garage and in different places, including his private office after he left the vice presidency. But its also his handwritten notes. And those contain, according to the Special Counsel. According to the investigation, they do contain some very sensitive information. And so ill read you just one interaction from the second day of this interview, in which mark krichbaum, the deputy Special Counsel, says, okay, but i think it would be helpful for us to understand. And i think with respect to your notebooks that you wrote by hand, you view these as yours. President biden says, yes, theyre mine. But krichbaum says, and you were authorized to have them. President biden says, and every president before me has done the exact same thing. And i think thats going to be a big part of the discussion in todays hearings. Sarah, because president reagan took home notes when he left the presidency, he took notes that he took from while he was president. There was some controversy over that at the time. And President Biden is saying, you know, everything that i took, i was authorized to have and those are mine, obviously, the National Archives and i think some people in the federal government believe that that shouldnt be the case, because if you bring if you write notes while youre president , those belong to the archives and to the people of the united states. Sarah. Well, evan, thank you so much for bringing us this reporting. Again. This is the first time that weve really seen starkly exactly what was said between the Special Counsel and President Biden, john. And, of course, this comes as the now former Special Counsel, robert her, is going to testify on capitol hill this morning. He now has left the Justice Department. We learned he is testifying today as a private citizen. And not only that, he is hired as a personal attorney, someone who has represented prominent republican figures before, including folks in trump world and cnn, now has our hands on the Opening Statement. He will deliver. It is about five pages or so long. In it extensively, he goes into why he leaned into President Bidens memory here to explain why he did not bring charges. Lets get right to cnns chief Legal Affairs correspondent. Paula reid has got much more on what we can expect from robert her and if he wanted to take the temperature down here. Paula, i have to say this Opening Statement, im not sure its going to do that. Yeah. And you know what . In speaking to sources close to him over the past year covering this investigation, im not sure he cares if he, quote, takes the temperature down here. He views himself as not being partizan, as being a Special Counsel who is independent. And he knows that folks on both sides of the aisle are unhappy with him. John actually just got off the phone with a source close to her who talked to me a little bit about how hes preparing for the big day. And as you noted, he has hired a lawyer who has worked with former President Trump and his allies. And i want to note, though, before he left the Justice Department last week, the office of legislative affairs at the Justice Department actually helped him prepare for today. They did moot hearings. So these are practice arguments that is significant because its just another example of how he has received a support from the biden Justice Department. Now, once he left the Justice Department last week, he has continued to practice with his attorney and others for todays hearing, anticipating questions that hes going to get on both sides. They know that republicans are probably going to hammer him on why he opted not to charge biden. They will probably make some comparisons to the classified document prosecution of former President Trump. Her is going to be ready for that. He also knows that democrats are going to amplify these criticisms from the white house about comments he made about bidens memory. But as we see in his Opening Statement, he defends that saying, quote, he needed to show his work. Now, we also anticipate, according to the source, he will emphasize that he did not find President Biden, quote, innocent. Its just that he did not think that he could win at trial. Now, as you just heard evan perez talking about some of this, this new information coming out about the interview from biden, i asked the source about the timing for this new information, and they said, look, its clear the white house is concerned that under questioning her could potentially release new, possibly damaging Additional Details about the president. Theyre trying to get out in front of that. But the source again noted that the tape of that interview has not been released. So this is notable. And i also want to emphasize that the source did that, even though the white house is quite upset with her. A lot of democrats are. It was the Attorney General, the Biden Handpicked Attorney General Merrick Garland, who oversaw this investigation and clearly did not object to the contents of this report. Merrick garland had to read the report before it was released, and made public. So we know that to be true. And again, just his Opening Statement, robert, his Opening Statement will say the evidence and the president himself put his memory squarely at issue. It tees up what could be a contentious hearing. Paula reid will talk to you again. Thank you very much, sarah. Kate, i will take it my friend. A mystery maralago employee now speaking out about the classified Documents Case against donald trump. Why . Employee number five tells cnn the case against trump is not a witch hunt. And a new safety audit into boeings Production Lines finds dozens of problems, including using the same dish soap that you may have in your kitchen as lubricant for door seals. And minutes from now, the latest check on what you are spending at the Grocery Store and also at the gas pump and spending in general. What are prices going up for consumers or down . What happens to the golden boy of new jersey . I engaged in an affair with another man. Did you want to be outed . United states of scandal with jake tapper. 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President bidens interview with then Special Counsel robert, her and Hers Investigation into bidens handling of classified documents. Here is cnns reporting of the transcript. Ill read you some of it. Ask where he kept papers that he was working on. Biden began a Story Framing the context as the 2017 2018 era. The president brought up his son, beau, who he said had encouraged him to remain politically engaged. Remember, in this time frame, my son is either deployed or is dying, biden said, according to the transcript. The president brought up his sons death, and he remembered the month and day. What month did beau die . Oh, god, may 30th, several people in the room interjected to remind him that his son died in 2015. Now, robert, he also determined that there was not evidence enough to win a conviction on the documents. Question. That was the key of the investigation. No charges were recommended. Her will address all of this when he testifies this morning before a House Committee in his Opening Statement. As cnn has obtained, hes expected to say this the evidence and the president himself put his memory squarely at issue. Also saying his task was to determine if the president willfully retained or disclose National Defense information with the intent to do something the law forbids. Her will add. According to the Opening Statement. I could not make that determination without assessing the president s state of mind. Joining us now is democratic senator chris. He serves on the Senate Foreign relations and judiciary committees. Hes also national cochair for the bidenharris reelection campaign. Senator, thank you so much for being here. What is your reaction to what ive laid out there . Cnns reporting on the actual transcript of the president s interview with her, and also his commentary about bidens memory that hes supposed that he will be bringing up in his Opening Statement this morning. Kate, look, i think what really matters here about this whole kerfuffle is that at the end of the day, former President Donald Trump is facing 40 Felony Counts in a federal action because of his mishandling of federal classified documents. While President Joe Biden has been cleared all the back and forth about the commentary by the Special Counsel, i think at the end of the day has been put to rest by President Bidens forceful and compelling state of the Union Address on thursday, which makes it clear that the stray comments by a Special Counsel and a report really dont amount to much compared to the underlying reality that President Biden has deep respect for. The classified document process fully cooperated, and his predecessor did not, per says that he called it like he