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George santos is defiant amid growing calls for him to resign over the many lies he told voters. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy standing by santos even as he acknowledges a lack of trust. Were tracking Severe Weather right now in the southeast including significant damage from a large and extremely dangerous tornado in alabama. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with this Special Counsel investigation thats about to get under way. Amid new revelations about classified documents found at President Bidens ho...

george santos is defiant amid growing calls for him to resign over the many lies he told voters. house speaker kevin mccarthy standing by santos even as he acknowledges a lack of trust. we're tracking severe weather right now in the southeast including significant damage from a large and extremely dangerous tornado in alabama. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with this special counsel investigation that's about to get under way. amid new revelations about classified documents found ...

Impartially and fully so we understand what happened. it was exactly the right move by attorney general garland. >> this investigation for all practical purposes only just beginning with the new special counsel named today. the white house has been criticized, as you know, congressman, for what's being described as a series of contradictory statements about these classified documents. does it con sirn you that the biden administration wasn't forthcoming about any of this until it came out in the news? >> wolf, let me say two things that we think are true. no classified information of any kind ...

Appropriate, but something has to happen. >> you think the u.s. made a mistake when it didn't respond to the drone attack? >> i do, yeah. and look, if you remember northern and southern watch in iraq, we had a rule. if you use an anti-radar system or whatever you use, you'll lose. it's use it or lose it. and i think the same things proportionately should actually be implemented with iran. and i think it will slow them down. now, if they create a wider conflict, that's on them. i think we have to be very proportional in that. the other thing is, if we continue to do nothing, all you have to do ...

Special prosecutor will not investigate why officials abruptly dropped charges against the actor. despite accusing him of staging a hate crime attack against himself. matt finn joins us from chicago. matt? >> melissa, we are basically back to square one in the jussie smollett saga. as if all the prior legal proceedings had never happened. this new special prosecutor is now tasked with investigating any person or any office in the jussie smollett case. that means the special prosecutor could bring the same or a new criminal charges against the actor or anyone inside of kim foxx's office. specia...