front page feature or the new one of a kind theme park coming to texas. universal parks and resorts bought a 100-acre site on the dallas north tollway for a new kids focused park and hotel. the park will include four or five universal-themed interactive experiences as well as a 300-room hotel. >> how exciting. hopefully the governor won't go to war with harry potter. so jonathan, it's strange enough seeing the las vegas raiders. the a's are oakland. i can't imagine them being anywhere else. >> they lost the warriors to san francisco. the i hope they figure out that stadium deal, but there's momentum they have to move. that would be a shame. >> that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now.

good morning. i'm jose diaz-balart. any minute now we'll be hearing from president biden who is expected to deliver remarks opt the economy and efforts to tackle inflation. this as the new government report reveals consumer prices fell just a tenth of a percent from last month aligning with what economists were expecting. meanwhile, the development surrounding the president over classified documents. aids to the president found at least one additional batch of classified documents from the obama administration in a location separate from biden's office. according to a person familiar with the matter. this just days after the white house said less than a dozen documents were found in a locked closet in the private office at the penn biden center in washington. that sparked a doj review of the matter. joining us now is white house correspondent carol lee, who was

in the nbc news reporting about the classified documents. also with us is glen kesher in, legal analyst. so what will we be hearing from the president this morning? >> i think you're likely to hear from the president that the inflation is trending this it the right direction. that's evidence that his economic plan is working we have heard that message from the president before last month when inflation went down. he noted this was happening over a course of months. he's not likely to spike the football and say it's great. you'll hear him say there's more work to do and that as long as his economic proposals continue to be implemented, things are going to get better. at the same time he's facing the situation where inflation is still far from normal. so you'll probably hear the president address some of that. when the jobs report came out

last week, we heard him say his economic plan is working. things are trending in the right direction and that they need to keep supporting what he's proposing in terms of dealing with the economy. >> what do we know and what don't we know about the new batch of documents? >> what we know is that initial batch of documents that came to light on monday that they were found in november in the president's office after he left the vice presidency. that's not the only batch of documents that is out there among the president's materials from his time serving as vice president. there's a second at least one additional batch of documents that president's aids have discovered. they are in a location that's separate from his office in washington, d.c. and so that answers one of the

questions ta we have had, which is are there other documents. separately, there's also this surge by the president's aids to go through all of the materials at various locations to figure out the scope of of this issue. so are there additional documents elsewhere? how many are there? what we have heard from the president is he's fully cooperating with the justice department's inquiry into this and he expects that to wrap up sometime soon. what we don't know is if that's actually going to be the case given that there's more here than we initially had thought when this first came to light. at the same time, we don't know a number of things where specifically the location is. the classification of these additional document asks things like that. >> what does the attorney general do with this information? >> jose, away he has already done is he has tapped a u.s. attorney specifically john loush, who is one of only two remaining trump i appointed u.s.

attorneys to conduct a preliminary review. an investigation is warranted to see if a criminal investigation maybe warranted. and if so, then merrick garland will have to res the with the question of whether to appoint a special council i think he's doing precisely what he should be doing and it seems like the biden team is doing precisely what it should be doing by conducting additional searches and turning over to the national archives any additional documents that are being found or that might be found. i think that stands as sort of a stark contrast to the fact that the trump team right now is engaged in litigation before the judge resisting even naming someone who can certify that all of the documents that donald trump took have been returned

too the federal government. so there is superficial similarities and then there are the actual facts of these two situations. >> very superficial. it's very difficult to find any similarity, other than the fact that there are classified documents in possession of the former vice president or his office. it's as though -- how common or uncommon is it for people who leave public office and i'm thinking of the presidents and vice presidents to take and their staff when they are packing things, to take stuff that is classified. >> i think it's common that there are mistakes made. we're talking about hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of documents that need to be packed up. some of them should go to the national archives some of them are properly the property of a

former president or of staff members. it's not that unusual for mistakes to be made. i think what is less unusual is for intentional crimes to be committed by people removing classified document criminal intent for nefarious purposes. one of the threshold questions here is did president biden even know these documents were taken. that's something that an investigation would have to get to the bottom of and prove whereas donald trump helpfully did away with the necessity of removing that when he said in a post i openly and transparently took all of these documents. and the toll-up is what are you going to do about it? what the justice of department had to do was get a federal search warrant to recover the documents from donald trump. >> thank you both very much for being with us this morning. you're watching there on the

bottom right of your screen we have that live camera shot set up at the white house where we are awauting the president of the united states to speak any minute. but right now, house the democratic leader hakeem jeffries, let's go right to capitol hill where leader jeffries is holding his weekly news conference. this comes as republicans are starting to get to work on their promise to investigate everything from the biden family's biz dealings to the withdrawal from afghanistan. ali vitali joins us now from capitol hill. before we start, i want to warn everybody that when the president comes out, we will go to him. and i hate to interrupt you, of all people, but just giving you the warning. so what do we know about what the house plans to investigate going forward? >> reporter: if you're interrupt ing me for the president, we'll have to allow that one. so we'll be ready. house republicans are starting to get ready to actually put people on committees and move forward with their work of oversight and investigation. they are doing it with one big

distraction when it comes to congressman george santos. we're seeing republicans push ahead on a new froblts. planning investigations into biden, his son hunter, their family businesses, the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, chinese competitiveness, the afghanistan withdrawal, border enforcement, january 6th, and this larger umbrella panel about what they are calling the weaponization of government. that's something that we expect to be chaired by jim jordan, who is also going to be in charge of the judiciary committee. it makes him very powerful here in congress. it's a sign that this house majority for republicans is largely just about checking the biden administration. exercising the idea of what it is to have divided power in washington and really use that subpoena power that they fou have that they are in the majority. >> you mentioned george santos. he's admitted to embellishing

his work history and education and so many other aspects of his background. he says he will not resign after a number of republicans in his home state of new york called on him to do so. can you walk us through what would happen to that seat if he does resign? >> reporter: this would be a really tough race. it's one of those districts that biden did well in and new york republicans are now calling for santos to resign. this is part of why we're seeing the republican calculation from house leadership not be a jerk reaction to tell santos he has to live. they have to play the numbers game. they only have a majority of four or seats. that's something they would like to keep. even if it's slim, it's still the number they are planning on working with. nevertheless, santos is saying, this morning, he's not going anywhere. listen to what he told our taem. >> i will not resign. >> reporter: he echoed that again as he was leaving his

office this morning. in the next half hour, he's going to be on a conservative radio show. we're going to listen to what he has to say there it. most have said that santos should resign. that's a lot of pressure, but nevertheless, it doesn't seem like he's bowing to it any time soon. >> heading out to california, there's a battle brewing for senator dianne feinstein's senate seat, even though she hasn't officially announced her plans. >> reporter: rays is getting a lot of buzz because feinstein hasn't said if she's going to run again or retire. she's 89 years old. there are still people putting their hats in the ring. chief among them katie porter, one of several people in the house delegation who have plans and designs for this seat. this morning i reported first that senator warren is endorsing or thor in thises race.

it's notable for a few reasons. but chief among them, the fact that she's someone who has tried across the country and over the course of the last several years to bolster progressives in all of their races. but they have a deeper connection to. this is someone who was a student of elizabeth warren. they have worked together consumer protections and bank ing. and then on policy, they are aligned. when i was covering elizabeth warren's presidential cam ain't, who was one of three cochairs. so a lot of deep ties and root there is. but for someone like porter who was the first to officially announce, it does kick off a bit of jockeying here in the halls of congress. other people, including barbara lee, say they have plans to run for the seat. it's going to get really crowded really fast in california. >> always reports first, but thank you. it's good to see you. any moment now in a

washington, d.c. courtroom, there will be opening statements in the proud boys conspiracy trial. five members of the far right group including its leader are charged with planning to stop the transfer of presidential power by attacking the capitol on january 6th. all five defendants pleaded not guilty. joining us now is justice correspondent ken dilanian. ken, good morning. what are you watching for in these statements? >> good morning, jose. this is really super bowl of january 6th trials. these of defendants are charge ed with seditious conspiracy, which is basically an attempt to overthrow the government. and unlike the oath keepers, the other far right group whose members face that charge, most of these defendants are also charged with assaulting police during the attack on the capitol. they led the mob and were mock the first people to enter the feast building. the lead defendant was not there because he had been arrested for

burning a black lives matter flag, but he's charged in this case with helping to orchestrate the january 6th violence. the trial is expected to provide new insights into how the capitol attack unfolded. we should see evidence from cases of more than 48 proud boys, who have been charged and at least 16 who have pleaded guilty. this case may shed light on what the fbi and other agencies knew in advance. the fbi was closely watching some of those proud boys. and the january 6th committee's final report said law enforcement agencies did successfully detect the planning for potential violence on january 6th, including planning specifically by the proud boys. the bottom line, this maybe the biggest trial in the biggest investigation in justice department history. >> ken dilanian, thank you so much. up next, disgraced crypto ceo sam bankman-fried is speaking out for the first time. why he says his company really

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nurses were asking for better pay and more staffing. mount sinai calls the deal fair. it includes 170 new nursing positions. one of the biggest complaints is the staffing ratios were causing unsafe conditions. this morning the former ceo of ftx released his first public comments since being federally charged in his statement sambackman-fried says, i didn't steal funds and i certainly didn't stash billions away. he went on to say that ftx us remains fully solvent and should be able to return all of customers' funds. he's out on a $250 million bail as he awaits his trial. joining us now is stephanie ruhle.

it's great to see you. why did sam bankman-fried release this statement? >> it's very unusual. somebody who is out on bail, $250 million bail, who is facing criminal charges, civil charges and a class action suit, but he's trying to start to change public perception. think about this. his name has been on every newspaper, every news show getting absolutely destroyed. ask he's trying to shift public opinion he could sit down for an interview, but in this scenario, he gets to say all the things he wants and an answer for anything else. what he's starting to do here, he's shifting. before now he's saying i really messed up. i'm sorry i did this. now he's starting to say if he was still running the company t they hadn't gone the bankruptcy route, the company would be in better standing. you said it. he said it. had of the funds, $5 billion

could be returned. he's very angry. he's also blaming a the lot of the failure on ftx on the ceo of a competitor company. here we are in the phase where he's pointing the finger. >> so explain to us what he's facing. >> a horrific fate. there are so many charges against him that range from campaign finance, wire fraud, mail fraud and just that there are billions and billions of dollars still missing that's unaccounted for. this is the first time he has said he's not stolen the money. he doesn't have it scrolled away. many people consider him bernie madoff. this situation is complicated because you have politicians that he and other executives have donated to and a whole lot of celebrities including steph curry, tom brady, who are very tangled in this company.

>> while i have you, can you give us the headlines. we're expecting the president to speak about that any minute now. >> expect that the president will be smiling and saying we're on the road to recovery because we are. the report shows that inflation is dropping from where we were last summer. and one of the biggest drivers has been gas prices. gas prices are now lower today than where they were a year ago. food, as you know from going to the grocery store or out to eat, still quite expensive. but we're starting to see that slow a bit. the thing that sticks out that's just very expensive for us is rent. rent continues to be very high. remember 40% of what we spend our money on. so you're going to see the president say we are not out of the woods, but we're moving in the right direction. the fed has been steadily raising rates.

we're going to a fed meeting coming up. we're gettingen a announcement in the next couple weeks from the fed chair. and fears that we're going to get a super giant hike. maybe we'll get somewhat of a hike, but we're going in the right direction. >> the great stephanie ruhle is always a pleasure to see you. thank you for being with us. we're expecting the president to speak any second now. we'll bring you those remarks. but vladimir putin makes a major change and the top of his military. what impact that will have on the war in ukraine? we'll asked barry mccaffrey about that and more, next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." ext. you're watching "jose diaz-balarret ports. type 2 diabetes? discover the ozempic® tri-zone. in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it.

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bombardment of civilian infrastructure across ukraine. the announcement comes as a bat sl underway in eastern ukraine. joining us from kyiv is matt bradley. also with us is general mccaffrey a retired four-star general and an msnbc miitary analyst. what does this mean? >> reporter: i don't think there's a coincidence this happened just a as we saw. a man claimed that he took the eastern city of soledar single handedly with just the help of his own private army. now this private army, they have done most of the blistering fighting on the front lines in soledar and elsewhere on the fringes of the donbas region. and as his stature has risen among the military community within moscow, it seems as though this move, this shakeup is designed to kind of swat him

down. this is the kind of thing we used to see a lot in the soviet union. it looks as though he got a little too big for his boots. he was from the salt mines. this group is made up of former con convicts, who putin have guaranteed pardons if they will fight on the front line. that goes to show how desperate russia is for fresh soldiers. this is a new development that kind of points to a little bit of a glimpse into the palace intrigue and infighting within the kremlin and military establishment. it's not pretty. it will have an impact on how this war goes on from here seeing how they are trying to kind of sideline some of these nonregular military players, who are rising in stature. it looks like they are political vanity projects to feed his own ambition to rise in the ranks.

to do that, he has to climb on top of a lot of corpses. >> matt bradley, thank you. so general, i want to talk to you about this. what does a shakeup like this tell you about putin's strategy and the reality of his armed forces? >> that was a great report from matt. it's hard to know what the political is going on in the kremlin. from a military viewpoint, this makes no sense whatsoever. the rumors had had been that the general staff was on about to be fired. the most plausible explanation is that putin is lining up the chief and general staff to take the responsibility for the failure in ukraine. he retained the current commander. what they are doing now is a grinding war of attrition in the east.

a much larger armed forces. ukraine must preserve the army. that's a strategic imperative for ukraine. so difficult situation. hard to know where this is going. fortunately, the u.s. and the contact group are starting to provide the kind of military technology which will allow the ukrainians to conduct a spring offensive and try to get back to a war of maneuver. >> general mccaffrey, thank you so much for being with us this morning. really appreciate it. we have breaking news related to the president's classified documents. white house correspondent carol lee joins us with more. what have we learned this morning? >> reporter: we're learning from one of the president's attorneys that they are confirming what nbc first reported that they found additional classiied documents in a separate location

from the initial batch of documents they found here at the president's office in washington, d.c. after he left the vice presidency. what they are saying is that after those documents were discovered on november 27bd, the team conducted a search of husband homes in delaware and that they turned up a number of classified documents at that home. particularly in the president's garage. and in another location within the house in wimington. they are also saying that these are not find documents at the home. so the president's attorneys confirm whag we reported, which is there are additional documents out there. they are also saying that this search, which was designed to sift through all these materials that the president packed up when he left the vice presidency in 2017 that that search to go through those documents is now complete as of last night. that means that the white house, the president, his team feel that they have a hold on the

scope of this issue. and they are saying that they turned those documents over to the archives. those documents will become part of that review by the justice department. and underscoring the president's lawyer is that the president and the white house continues to fully cooperate with that review by the justice department. >> also with us this morning is federal prosecutor glen kirker in. some of the tid bits and the statement from the office that these documents were found during a search yesterday. and some of them may have been in the president's garage. does this change anything? >> it doesn't. but what i'm hardened to see is the realtime divulging of these

documents to back to the national archives, back to the federal government where they belong. this is precisely how public service should unfold. if you realize you have something that you shouldn't have, you return it in realtime. and i think that goes back to what you and i were discussing about how you have facts and then how you have superficial similarities. i would call them specious similarities. had they returned everything in realtime when the national archives first requested them, i don't think we would be talking about this today. >> we don't know the details about it yet, but these documents, how sensitive were they? what classification they had. and if they are found in a garage or in the first ones that

were this that think tank were in a locked closet is the words they were using, but if this was found in a garage, there are two issues. the level classification of these documents and where they were held for presumably years. >> that will go to the consequences of the lapses. these were obviously lapses. one of the reasons the department of of justice finally got a federal search warrant to retrieve the information from donald trump was because some of it was what we call national defense information that falls under the espionage act. so there's no two ways about it. the department of justice, the federal government is going to have to assess what the national security um police indications are of the mishandling of these documents, but let's not confuse that with a question of whether there was criminal conduct for

the way they were taken and retained. those are related but two different issues. >> this information that you're just getting us this morning is the search that was carried out yesterday. do we know about the timing of anything as far as when the documents were returned and we're expecting the president of the united states to give his comments about the economy and so much more. but those have been delayed so far. 23z. >> what this statement says is that this is a search that began after that november 2nd discovery. at some point during that time, the president's team discovered these documents. one thing that they are saying is that they are describing this as a small batch of documents. it's not vo lum thousands. we know initial discovery was fewer than a dozen documents. they are not addressing the classification level of these documents, but they are saying that these are documents that were comind the mingled with the

president's personal and political papers. this is something that their posture continues to be this is very different from former president trump's case in that they are fully cooperating and this is accidental. so that's the posture that they are putting forward. and what's really notable here is that they are saying this is complete. so there's nothing else that's going to be out there. they have gone through all the papers and found everything. and that search has wound down as of last night. >> i don't know if you know the answer, but do class fewed documents lose validity or sensitivity with the passing of time? >> i think it depends on the issue involved in the documents in question. but unless and until they are

declassified properly by a president or ohs who have the authority to do that, they remain sensitive documents belonging to the united states. the federal government. so the issue that the document discusses may sort of diminish over time. it may evaporate entirely, but the documents remain classified unless they are declassified. >> thank you both very much for being with us. we are expecting the president to speak any moment now from the white house. we were understanding that he was supposed to speak at the top of the hour. we are expecting the president any second now. we will bring you his comments live right here on msnbc when he begins to speak. but up next, why crews are rasz racing against time to clean up flooded homes. we'll talk to california congressman robert garcia about that and how he and his fellow democrats plan to shake up

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♪♪ 42 past the hour. let's go right to the white house with president biden. >> a little after 11:00. good morning. today we have some good news. good news about the economy. for the sixth month in a row, inflation has come down. it has fallen 6.5%. that's down from 7.1% the month before. it's down from 9.1% this summer. inflation is now at its lowest level since october of 2021. we look at the last three months, we see inflation fell to 1.8% on an annualized basis. it's down for more than 11% in the first three months of last year. so the data is clear. even though inflation is high in

major economies, it's coming down in america month after month. the big reason is falling gases prices. now gas is down more than $1. 70 from its peek. that adds up to two vehicles. it stays in their pockets. instead of being spent at the pump. we saw the smallest increase in almost two years. much of that is due to the avian flu outbreak, which has driven up prices in the united states. it's not just gas and food prices. when we look at what economists call core inflation, it takes out energy and food, we see welcome news as well. core inflation is down to the lowest level in a year. over the past three months,

inflation has come down to 3% on ab annualized basis. that's down from more than 6% at the beginning of 2022. cost of goods is actually falling as prices from everything from computers to use ed cars are coming down as well. as i object flags is coming down, take home pay is going up. wages for lower income workers have gone up even more. it all aides up to a real break for consumers. the economists was flat on ilts back. millions who kept their jobs saw hours and paychecks cut.

hundreds of thousands of small businesses permanently closed their doors. people were hurting badly. that's what we inherited. the dmi economy was reeling. we acted decisively to put in place the new strategy to build from the down term. at the same time, we laid the foundation for a stronger more resilient economy for decades to come. an economy that grows from the bottom up and the middle out. two years in, it's clearer than ever that my plan is working. here's what we have learned. just last week unemployment is the lowest it's been in 50 years. say that again. the lowest unemployment rate in half a century. my first two years in office were the two strongest years for job growth on record. we created nearly 11 million jobs, including 750,000 manufacturing jobs.

and there were two of the strongest years ever for small business creation as well. and today unemployment is near lows for blacks and hispanic. that's the lowest ever on record for people with disabilities. we're seeing american families breathing easier. more americans have health insurance than they did ever in our history. fewer families are facing foreclosures today than before the pandemic. and we still have more work to do though. but we're moing in the right direction. there's more breathing room in store for american workers and families. starting last week, as of january 1, a month's supply of insulin is capped at $35 for seniors on medicare. some were may paying hundreds of dollars a month. not anymore. starting last week, if big pharma raises prices faster than

inflation, they are going to face big penalties. starting last week, americans can get tax credits when they install a energy efficient appliances in their home. these were all pieces of what that big law that we passed last year. now they are kicking in. and americans are starting to feel the benefits in their everyday lives. that's not all. we're seeing historic investments in manufacturing turn into new factories and new jobs. from arizona, ohio, georgia, new york, companies have announced nearly $300 billion in manufactured investments. here in the united states since i became president. instead of exporting jobs like we did for decades, we're now creating jobs and exporting product. creating jobs and exporting product. that's the idea. now the house has elected a new

speaker and can ready to work with him. but i was disappointed that the first bill the republicans in the house of representatives passed would help wealthy people cheat on their taxes at the expense of ordinary middle class taxpayers. it would add $114 billion to the deficit. their very first bill. house republicans campaign on inflation. they didn't say if elected their plan was to make inflation worse. plus house republicans have introduced another bill. blocking action to help lower gas prices and help consumers. on top of that, house republicans are preparing to vote on a national sales tax bill. that's a great idea. it would raise taxes on the middle class by taxing thousands of everyday items from groceries to gas while cutting taxes for the wealthiest of americans.

if i'm not mistaken, it would eliminate the irs. it feels good. except all going to be sales tax. go home and tell your moms. they are going to be really excited about that. is this how house republicans are starting the new nerm? cutting taxes for billionaires, raising taxes for working families, making inflation worse, let me be very clear. if any of these bills make it to my desk, i will veto them. i will flat veto them. i'm ready to work with republicans. not this kind of stuff. they try to cut social security or medicare, which americans have been paying into since their first paycheck, i will use my veto pen to stop that as well. but if want to work together on real solutions to lower inflation, create more jobs, i'm ready. let me close with this. today's inflation numbers are good news.

good news about our economy. we have more work to do. but we're on the right track. we're seeing bright spots across the country where great things are happening. roads and bridges are being built, factories are coming online. people back to work again. families breathing a little bit easier. that's -- you've heard me say this before. i've never been more optimistic about america's future than i am today. we just have to remember who in god's name we are. this is the united states of america. there's nothing, nothing beyond our capacity if we work together. god bless you all and may god protect our took place. protect our troops. >> classified material, what were you thinking? >> i'm going to get a chance to speak on this earlier soon. by the way, my corvette is a

locked garage. it's not sitting in the street. >> so it was in a locked garage? >> yes, as well as my corvette. as i said earlier this week, people know i take classified documents and classified materials seriously. i also said we're cooperating with the justice department's review. as part of that process, my lawyers reviewed other places where documents from my time as vice president were stored and they finished the review last night. they discovered a small number of documents in storage areas, in file cabinets in my home and my personal library. this was done in the case of the biden -- this was done in the case of the biden penn center, the doj was immediately -- as was done, the department of justice was immediately notified and the lawyers arranged for the department of justice to take

possession of the document. so you're going to see -- we're going to see all this unfold. i'm confident -- thank you. thank you. >> how is the first lady? >> she's doing really well. she was under a long time, for five hours. what they were doing, they take -- they do the mohs, meaning remove what they thought would be cancer and they have to test it and see what it was. she's doing really well. she's up. we had breakfast this morning and she's recovering. and she's going to be sore for awhile because of the work they did on her eyes. that's where one of these were. but she is -- 0 to 1% of a return of cancer and thank god she's doing really well. thank you for asking.

>> well, there we just heard the president of the united states taking essentially -- two questions, right, one by peter alexander, the last one about the state of health of the first lady who is recuperating today. carol lee is with us from the white house. the president also was answered one of the questions of the two was about those documents that were found in the president's home garage. >> that's right, jose. and the president noted that he said his garage is locked. it's not like these documents were out there in the street. so downplaying the significance of this a little bit and then we saw the president as he did when he was in mexico and asked about this a couple days ago read a statement that we've already got from his legal team. so he walked through what his lawyer had recently said in

the -- within the past hour which is that they found those documents on november 2nd at his office here in washington, d.c., his post vice presidency office. they conducted a search of his houses in wilmington and rehoboth beach and they found classified documents. they're saying it's a small amount in the president's garage as well as one document in a room that's adjacent to the president's garage. as he said previously, he said he's fully cooperating with this, downplaying it, and he said he's confident and he got cut off a little bit there -- we don't know exactly what his thought was there, but it sounds like from what the president is saying, is that he feels that this is not something that's going to get any traction with the justice department. that seemed to be the posture that he took when he was asked about this, jose. >> and so just to clarify, so according to the white house

counsel's office, the search of the two residences occurred after that -- those documents were found at the president's think tank office and the review was concluded yesterday? >> reporter: they began looking through all of the president's documents from his time as vice president that he has and they said that that effort concluded last night, and that what they found in that process was this second group of documents at his home in wilmington saying that this was just a small -- a small number of documents. they're not saying what exactly the classifications are, but they're saying that they turned them over to the justice department and now those documents in addition to the fewer than a dozen that they found on november 2nd at his office are part of the review at the justice department. >> thank you so much for being with us. and i thank you for the privilege of your time. that wraps up the hour for me. you can reach me on twitter and instagram at jdbalart. follow the show online.

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♪♪ good morning. i'm lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. and right now, new revelations from the white house about those classified documents from president biden's time in the obama white house. nbc news was