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for ta grueling general election rematch. we'll talk about that and other things in open forum■0n but lets get back to the robert hur hearing from yesterday. here he is, this is a portion of him outlining the evidence in the case and why he decided tot president biden. [video clip] conducted a thorough independent information. we found evidence that the end of his termed classified as vice president. this included a recorded conversation during which mr. biden told his ghost writer he had, quote, just found the m. he was a private citizen speaking to his ghost writer. we found other recordings in which he read classified

information aloud to his ghost writer. we did not have evidence that rose to the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. because the evidce felldard i do recommend criminal charges against mr. biden. the department's regulations required a confidential report explaining my decision to the attorney general. i understood that my explanation about this case had to include go detailed, thorough analysis. in other words, i needed to show my work. just as i would expect any prosecutor to show his or her work explaining the decision to prosecute or not. the need to show my work was especially strong here. the attorney general the actions of the attorney general's boss, the sitting pot the -- sitting president of the decision to be credible i couldn't simply announce i recommend nod criminal charges and leave it at that. i needed to explainmy report ret

effort to explain why i declined to recommend charging president biden. prosecutors routinely do by assessing its strengths and weaknesses including my anticipating the ways in which the president's defense lawyers might poke holes in the government's case if there were a trial and seek to persuade jurors that the government could not prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. host: that was former special prosecutor robert hur. we are taking your calls this morning on that,h topic. if you have watch the case, we have it on our website. the transcript of the report and the transcript of the interview he did with president biden are on our website so you can take a look at those as well. the hearing itself lasted four hours and we have it on her website as i mentioned. a couple of items before we get to calls, the --

?á he announced in november he would not seek re-election but his announcement tuesday that 'll deport congress so soon was a surprise including to house speaker mike johnson. he said, i'm surprised by ken's announcement and look forward to talking with once buck departs, republicans will outnumber democrats 218-213 in the house. that means republicans votes to pass legislation along party lines with every one attending and voting. it says that governor jared

polis, a democrat, said he plans to call a june 25 special election to fill buck's seat. minimize taxpayer costs because the state is scheduled to hold primaries that day and the parties will pick nominees beforendq0 using special conventions or committees. goinc this morning of the robert hur testimony yesterday in front of the house committee, judiciary committee. let's look at democrat adam ■ño

but you chose a general pejorative reference to president. you understood when you made decision, didn't you, that you would ignite a political firestorm with that language, didn't you? >> politics played no part whatsoevn you understood nevers -- you cannot tell me you are so naïve as to think your words would not have created a political firestorm. you understood that, didn't you when you wrote those words and you decided to include those words and goreferences to documu understood they would be manipulated by my colleagues here on the gop side of the you understood that, did you not? >> what i understood as the regulations that govern my conduct as special counsel. >> which you knew is not confidential. you knew it would not be confidential. didn't you? >> the regulations required me

to write a confidential report explaining my decision to the attorney general. >> but you knew it would be released. >> to the attorney general. >> you knew it would be released, did you not? you understood it >> would be released? i understood from the attorney general's public comments that he would make as much of my report public as he could coisements of doj. >> you understand dod policy that you are to take care not to prejudice the interest of the subject of an investigation, right? >>hat isenerally one of the interests you mu have understood the impact of your

decision to go yobd the specifics of a particular document to go to the very general, to your own personal, prejudicial subjective preponderance of the president one you knew would be amplified by his political opponent, when you -- one you knew woulbe influenced by a political campaign you had to understand that and you did it anyway you did it anyway. host: we are taking your calls we will start with eddie from georgia. democrat. caller: good morning. i just think when donald trump -- they all hold document. you know. they -- if they're going to throw it all on -- throw it all on donald let him -- need to be fair with biden too. they all have, even mike pence haddock yeuments, classified documents in his -- they all

turned them in. so they want to just keep on going after joe biden not holding donald trump those docuy showed him on video, on video that he was trying to tell the whole word you know. he unfit. we do not need donald trump back in office because it's going to be tragedy. they talk about dog days. when they go after donald trump. always dog days. day, he's goino get back on -- in this office. i'm praying to god that all us democrats get out and vote. keep him from getting back in this office because i'm telling

you. mean $500 million he's owed. y'all going to pay for it. l back in office. y'all going to pay for it. host: we got it. dana in indianapolis, indiana. democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. i was just wanting to say to eddie that he's got to understand with what donald trump had did with the documents and what pence and biden had done with the documents. basically because -- host: you've got to talk into your phone, don't listen to your tv. caller: also -- yes. also i want to say to you trumpe

had negotiated with the his document, and he thinks they're his personal documents and they're not. also with the young man that was working for him for 20 years, that gentleman said the other day that said the other day that he and the other two gentlemen that are co-conspirators had movednts. that day when the f.b.i. was -- issued a search warrant. that they had specifically had instructions to move the documents to new jersey. put them on a plane and get them ready to be transportedo . what people are not understanding is the intent. and donald trump's intent. i mean he's -- he has not -- he has not worked with anyone about those documents.

he keeps lying about them and his intent. and also what they're saying about the australian million tear or billionaire we would be in trouble. donald trump did not take all thnts for nothing. host: all right dana. let's talk to daren next, a republican in orange, california. caller: good morning. you know, the first caller i don't think he had a full understanding about what's going on with these documents. just bau and trump and biden all have the same documents don't mean everything, you knowerg everything the same. there's a difference. one guy did not want to give the documents back. he moved the documents around. in addition to that, he to the f.b.i. about what was going on with the documents. from i understand they didn't i'd like to talk about one other topic that's -- that has a

little something to do with a narrative that's always on c-span and i'll get off the line. they're talking about that there were no weapons. but there were 10 individuals from the january 6 riots that■eh weapons violations, namely john beneos that was arrested on weapons charges. they had guns. i'd like to highlight that. everybody have a great morning. host: thks a text we got if tim in mountain home, arkansas who said, the hur report was an outstanning, spectacular, absolute waste of time and money. let's hear from -- go back and hear from former special counsel robert hur defending his decision to include questions about president and mental acuity in the report. [video clip] >> there's been a lot of attention paid to language in the report about the president's memory.

my task was determined -- to determine whetherhe president detained or disposed classified information willfully. i could not make that determination without assetsing the president's state of mind. far reason i had to consider the president's memory and overall mental state and how a your hisy and mental state in a criminal trial. these are the types of issues that prosecutors analyze every day. and because these issues were important to my ultimate decision, i had to include a discussion of them in my report the evidence and the president himself put his memory squarely at issue. we interviewed the president and asked him about his recorded ■&at found all the classified stuff downstairs. end quote he told us he didn't remember saying that to his ghost writer. also said he didn't remember finding any classified materials in his home after his vice

presidency. and he didn't@a remember anythig about how classified documents about afghanistan made their way into his garage my assessment in the president's memory was necessary and accurate and fair. most importantly, what i wrote is what i believe the evidence shows. and jurors would perceive and believe. i did not sanitize my explanation nor did i disparage thesident unfairly. i explained to the attorney general my decision and the reasons for it, that's what i was required to host: back to your call, dan in ohio. good morning, dan. caller: good morning. good morning. host: go ahead, you're on. caller trial is a waste of time. the only thing that we