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. >> should hunter get a pardon, mr. president?elony charges, it is now a near certainty that the case will vie for headlines through election day. so will the impeachment inquiry launched by house republicans this week. >> these allegations paint a picture of a culture of corruption. >> reporter: democrats, sensing a new phase, have stepped up their defense. >> there is not a shred of evidence that president biden committed an impeachable offense. >> reporter: but those aren't the only headwinds he's facing. a new report this week showed inflation inching back up. and polls consistently suggest americans have concerns about mr. biden's age. >> absolutely legitimate concern. the presidency is not a job for someone that is 80 years old. >> reporter: it is all catnip for his opponents. >> how does the president plan to convince the american people over the next year that 80 is not too old for someone who is running for reelection? >> 80 is the new 40, didn't you hear? um, look, what i can speak to is that this president has done. i c

youngkin is pardoning a father who was arrested for confronting the loudoun county school board after his daughter was sexually assaulted. >> brooke: watch this. >> i had the privilege of telling mr and we did that on friday. we righted a wrong, he should never have been prosecuted. this was a dad standing up for his daughter. he did what any parent would do, stand up for their child. >> brooke: smith confronted the school board after they transferred the student to another school, where he assaulted another student a few months later. smith was enraged and arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. the charge was set to go to trial in two weeks. >> this has been a long battle. my constitutional rights were violated. i had to accept this pardon from governor youngkin because i couldn't trust the justice system. that is scary. >> brooke: loudoun county attorney is accusing youngkin of interfering. saying the justice system does not work when the governor is judge and jury. the grand jury found the administration bears the blame for the second attack. mr. smith says his family will take legal action against the school system. >> todd: bring in virginia congresswoman jenn kiggans

mr. smith was pardoned by governor youngkin. you have an opinion on whether the governor was correct? >> i don't know the facts of the case. >> have you resend the memo that you issued in 2021, yes or no ?>> what we are discussing here -- or no? >> the memo is intended to have meetings within 30 days. when the 30 days have finished, nothing has happened in more than a year and a half.>> it has not been resend it. despite evidence that has come out from the national school board association commission report that white house officials discussed this with doj more than a week before the letter was sent, have you apologized, yes or no? >> i have testified seven times since that original -- >> this is the first time you are back here since we talked about it. have you apologized for putting up memo out that implicated scott smith as a domestic terrorist, something the governor of virginia has now pardoned him from these accusations? >> the memo said nothing about him, nothing about the parents being terrorist, nothing about attending the schools -- >> the memo hasn't been resend it and yo

should hunter get a pardon, mr. president? >> we'll take it back from the white house. you heard the president there. brief comments on the current strike, the president saying auto companies are seeing record profits, as you heard there, but those profits, in his words, are not being shared fairly with those workers. the president perhaps not surprisingly clearly taking the side in the union in all of this and at the end mentioned two members of the administration will be heading to detroit to see where talks are headed from here and try to contribute towards a resolution in the first full day of this strike by the uaw against the big automakers. jim lebenthal, i'll go to you for a quick comment because you're probably the most notable face to the stock story on our show as the holder of general motors. >> i respect the office of the president and i respect the president. i think that was a complete miss. here is why. the offer is on the table are for record profits and record profits to be shared in compensation. where the miss is is what the union is asking for is to

. >> should hunter get a pardon, mr. president? >> john: president biden ignoring questions earlier this morning on whether he would pardon his son as hunter faces three felony charges and possibly more to come. the white house briefing just underway now. jake sullivan, the national security advisor, at the podium. hunter biden's lawyer says the case is not likely to hold up in court, and it'll be dismissed before it gets a trial. it all started five years ago, of course, when hunter bought a gun in delaware while struggling with drug addiction. a plea deal fell apart in july. the federal indictment found yesterday. byron york joins us now. one argument a lot of people make, it seems to be low-hanging fruit, a very easy charge. he clearly, according to the prosecutor, put down a falsehood on that application to purchase a firearm. why did it take this long, almost down to the deadline of the statute of limitations running out, to file charges? >> i think every prosecutor who has been interviewed about this has said, this is a couple

. >> should hunter getting pardon mr. president? works president biden voicing his support for the striking autoworkers. declining to do the same for his own son hunter one day after he was indicted on three gun charges. months after saying he did nothing wrong. it is the first time at u.s. history workers from all three detroit automakers went on strike days after biden predicted they would not. the straight capping a challenging week for the president which included a new report showing increasing for a second straight month. fueled by increasing gas prices now up 50% from when biden took office. food is up nearly 20% over the same. inflation report out one day after house speaker kevin mccarthy launched in impeachment inquiry. >> these are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption. >> white house spokesman said this is all to appease mccarthy's republican critics. >> he is being attacked from his right and throwing them at red meats for. >> he hopes the probe paves the way for the house to passage of budget by mon

mr. smith was pardoned by governor youngkin. do you think the governor was correct? yes or no. >> pardon authority belongs to the governor. >> you don't have opinion whether the governor was correct? >> i don't know the facts of the case, so i'm not in position -- >> have you rescinded the memo you issued in 2021, yes or no. >> what we are discussing -- >> have you rescinded the memo, yes or no. >> what we are discussing occurred. >> does the memo exist, yes or no. rescinded? >> memo was intended to have meetings in 30 days. >> 30 days have finished, nothing has happened in more than a year and a half. >> it has not been reas i understanded. >> nothing to rescind. >> despite evidence from the national school board association commissioned report that officials discussed with doj more than a week before the letter was sent, nsba has apologized, have you. >> testified seven times since -- >> first time you are back here since we talked about. >> sorry? >> first time here in front of us. have you apologized for the memo that implicated scott smith as do domestic terrori

mr. smith was pardoned by governor youngkin. do you think the governor was correct? >> i don't know the facts of the case -- >> have you rescinded the memo that you issued in 2021? yes or no. >> what we're discussing -- >> have you rescinded the memo, yes or no? >> what we're discussing here -- >> does the memo still exist? yes or no? has it been rescinded? >> the memo is intended to have meetings within 30 days -- >> has it been rescinded? >> the 30 days have finished. nothing has happened in more than a year and a half with respect -- >> but it has not been rescinded, pulled back -- >> there's nothing to resend. >> white house officials discussed this with doj more than a week before the letter was sent. have you apologized? yes or no. >> i testified seven times since that original memo -- >> the first time you're back here since we talked about it? >> i'm sorry? have you apologized for putting that memo out that implemented scott smith as a domestic terrorist, something the governor of virginia has pardoned him from all of these accusations. >> the memo said nothi

mr. smith was pardoned by governor young kin, do you think the governor was correct yes or no. >> pardongs to the governor. >> you don't have an opinion of whether the governor was correct? >> i don't know the facts of the case. >> have you rescinded the memo you issued in 2021? >> have you rescinded the memo yes or no? >> what we are discussing here. >> has the memo been rescinded? >> the memo was intended to have meetings within 30 days. >> has it been rescinded? >> the 30 days have finished. nothing has happened in more than a year and a half with respect to that. >> it has not been rescinded. >> there's nothing to rescind. >> despite evidence come out from the national school board association that white house officials discussed this with doj a week before the letter was sent, the nsba apologized, have you apologized, yes or no? >> i've testified seven times since that originally memo. >> it's the first time you're back here in front of us. have you apologized for putting that memo out that implicated scott smith as a domestic terrorist, something the governor of virginia has pardon

mr. smith that i would pardon him and we did that on friday. we righted a wrong. er been prosecuted here. this was a dad, standing up for his daughter. mr. smith did what any father would do, what any parent would do was stand up for their child. neil: all right. that pardoned dad, scott smith, a virginia father, pardoned by the governor, kind enough to join us. scott, good to have you. >> thanks for having me today. you know, they've looked into this and they've kind of concurred that you had lots of ample ground to be upset, but it took a long time, didn't it? >> yeah, it was a long time in the making, that's for sure, but we're glad that we're here and we got it done. neil: you know, you were facing a lot of legal bills. you were facing a lot of concerns. you got criticism as well as praise, more praise than criticism, but how did that whole process make you feel? >> you know, i woke up today and walked out to some beautiful skies and just looked up and was very thankful for where i and my family are at today. it's been a long fight. it's been an expensive fight

pardoning himself if he were re-elected, because he said he did nothing wrong. but for the first time, revealed he did consider it in his final days in office mr. president, if you were re-elected, would you pardon yourself >> i could have pardoned myself. do you know what i was given an option to pardon myself i could have pardoned myself when i left people said, would you like to pardon yourself i had a couple of attorneys that said, you can do it, if you want i had some people that said, it would look bad if you do, because i think it would look terrible i said, here's the story. these people are thugs, horrible people, fascists, marxists, sick people. they've been after me from the day i came down the escalator with melania, and i did a great job as president people are acknowledging -- great economy, great jobs, great this, great that, rebuilt the military, space force, everything i could go on forever. let me just tell you, i said, the last thing i'd ever do is give myself a pardon. >> and kristen, you also pressed him on abortion rights. >> reporter: lester, that's right i asked former president trump if he would support a federal ban on

pardoning himself. here's that clip. >> mr. president if you were reelected, would you pardon yourself?uld have pardoned myself. i was given an option to pardon myself. i could have pardoned myself when i left. i had a couple of attorneys who said you can do it if you want. i had some people that said it would look bad if you do it. i think it would look terrible. here's the story. these people are thugs, horrible people, fascists, marxists, sick people. they have been after me since the day i came down the escalator with melania. great economy, great jobs, rebuilt the military. space force, everything, i could go on forever. let me just tell you, i said the last thing i would ever do is give myself a pardon. i could have given myself a pardon. don't ask me what i would do. the last day, i could have had a pardon done that would have saved me all of these lawyers and these fake charges, these biden indictments, they indicted, they want to arrest their political opponents. only third world countries do that, banana republics. ready, i never said this to anybody. i was given the option, i

mr. president, if you were re-elected, would you pardon yourself?ould you pardon yourself if you do because i think it would look terri >> i was given an option to pardon myself when i left. people said would you like to pardon yourself? i had a couple of attorneys that said you can do it if you want. i had some people that said it would look bad if you do because i think it would look terrible. i said here's the story, these people are thugs, horrible people, fascists, marxists, sick people. they've been after me from the day i came down the escalator with melania, and i did a great job as president. great economy, great jobs, great this, great that, rebuilt the military, space force, i could go on forever. let me tell you, the last thing i would ever do is give myself a pardon. i could have given myself a pardon. don't ask me about what i would do. i could have. the last day i could have had a pardon done that would have saved me all of these lawyers and all of these fake charges and these biden indictments. they're all biden indictments. they're

mr. smith i would pardon him and we did that on friday.nted a wrong he never should've been prosecuted here. this was a dad standing up for his daughter. just to remind everyone his daughter had been sexually assaulted in the bathroom of a school and no one was doing anything about it. in fact it took the election of a new governor, me and my directive to our attorney general to investigate this to uncover the fact the superintendent had in fact covered it up. he was immediately terminated when the final report from the grand jury was issued. mr. smith did what any father would do any parent would do was stand up for their child. and even worse with then happened was the perpetrator was moved to another school and sexually assaulted another young woman. this was a gross miscarriage of justice are so pleased to speak with him on friday be able to issue a full pardon for him. >> you've talked a lot about virginia's fall elections everyone is up for reelection in the state assembly said that it should focus for now but the wall street journal

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battles, to abortion, and he reveals for the very first time that he discussed pardoning himself during his final days in office. >> mrre reelected, would you pardon yourself? >> i could have pardoned myself. do you know what? i was given an option to pardon myself. i could have pardoned myself when i left. people said would you like to pardon yourself? i had a couple of attorneys that said you can do it if you want. i had some people that said it would look bad if you do because i think it would look terrible. i said here's the story. these people are thugs, horrible people, fascists, marxists, sick people. they've been after me from the day i came down the escalator with melania and i did a great job as president. great economy, great jobs, great this, great that, rebuilt the military, space force, everything. i could go on forever. let me just tell you, i said the last thing i'd ever do is give myself a pardon. i could have given myself a pardon. don't ask me about what i would do. the last day i could have had a pardon done that would have saved me all of these lawyers, and all of this -- these fake charges, these

mr. president, if are you reelected, would you pardon yourself >> i could have pardoned myself.w what? i was given an option to pardon myself, i could have pardoned myself when i left people said, would you like to pardon yourself? i had a couple of attorneys who said you can do it if you want. >>> i had some people who said it would look bad if you do, because i think it would terrible here's the story these people are thugs, horrible people fascists, marxists sick people. they've been after me from the day i came down the escalator with melania, and i did a great job as president people are, great job, great this, great that, we built the military, space force, everything, i could go on forever. let me just tell you i said the last thing i'd ever do is give myself a pardon >> turning now to the first time in the union's 88-year history some 13,000 members of the united auto workers union are officially on strike against all three of the big companies members walked out in missouri, a stellantis company in ohio and a factory in ma factory in micht we michigan >> we didn't want

battles to abortion, and he reveals for the very first time that he discussed pardoning himself during his final days in office. mrent, if you were reelected would you pardon yourself? >> i could have pardoned myself. do you know what? i was given an option to pardon myself, i could have pardoned myself when i left. people said would you like to pardon yourself, i had a couple of attorneys who said you can do it if you want, i had some people that said it would look bad if you do. i said, here's the story, these people are thugs, horrible people, fascists, marxists, after me the day after i came off the escalator with melania, great economy, great jobs, i could go on forever. let me tell you, the last thing i'd ever do, i could have given myself a pardon, don't ask me about what i would do. the last day i could have had a pardon done that would have saved me all of these lawyers and all of this -- these fake charges, these biden indictments, they're all biden indictments, political, they indicted, they want to arrest their political opponents, only third world countries do that, banana republics. so, ready, i neve

mr. president, if you were reelected, would you pardon yourself >> i could have pardoned myself. you know what? i was give and option to pardon myself. i could have pardoned myself when i left. people said, would you like to pardon yourself? i had a couple of attorneys that said you can do it if you want ly si had some people that said it would look bad if you did it, i think it would look terrible here's the story these people are thugs, horrible people, marxists, fascists, sick people they've been after me since the day y i came down the escalator with melania let me just tell you i said the last thing i'd ever do is give myself a pardon >> see the rest of the interview that airs exclusively this sunday on "meet the press" >>> now to president biden's son hunter, indicted on gun charges. the younger biden hadwill face charges in delaware federal court on three counts. what exactly is hunter biden accused of doing >> reporter: we should note that these are not violent crimes that hunter biden is accused of. two of the charges allege that he lied on a gun application form saying

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mr. smith that i would pardon him and we did that on friday. we righted a wrong. he should have never been prosecuted here. this was a dad, standing up for his daughter. >> john: virginia governor glenn youngkin granting a full pardon to a loudoun county father who was arrested during a school board meeting. >> sandra: scott smith was convicted of disorderly conduct, his then 15-year-old daughter was assaulted by a biological male wearing a skirt after being allowed to use the girls' restroom due to the district's policies. we will speak with that parent, scott smith, in his first televised interview since governor youngkin announced his pardon. >> we have not forgotten, we will never forget. >> 22 years ago hatred, terror, did not win. it did not destroy america. >> first responders, sacrificed themselves in order to save their fellow americans on that fateful day. >> try to live up to their example and their memory. >> never forget. we begin with a day of reflection as the day marks 22 years since the september 11th attacks. americans gathering at memorials acro

mr. smith that i would pardon him and we did that on friday. we righted a wrong. dad, standing up for his daughter. >> john: virgini

pardoning himself. if he gets elected president again. take a listen. >> mr. esident, if you were re-elected, would you pardon yourself? >> i could have pardoned myself. i was given an option to pardon myself. i could have pardoned myself when i left. >> he was not facing any criminal charges when he left office. but if he is re-elected he could be a convicted felon at that point. it is an entirely different scenario. do we know if it is clear that he could pardon himself? >> he doan think there is a clear answer. my best guess is if you can't. if you look at the constitution, it is not something a sovereign would do to himself. it is something you give to someone else. you look at trad iition. that would have theect of putting the president above the law. >> but then you look at the makeup of the u.s. supreme court and -- >> you could. but i think in this case they would play it straight with the history. i think they would look at the history and the traditions and go back to the british common law and make a call as to whether this was encompassed in the con

you guys pardoned. mr. barr later helped him with a pardon. metaphors. >> i know who he is. >> he met with kilimnik. and they discussed polling data. you don't know about that? >> i know that mr. clinic met with a lot of people. >> he met with manafort and discuss polling data. are you aware of that? >> i'm aware of that. >> why did you not think it was a good idea for you to look into and see if the fbi wasn't correct in that there was collusion, a connection between russia and the trump campaign to elect trump. >> my five it was to look at the conduct of the intelligence community agencies. not to conduct a separate investigation that was done by the house or the senate or directive mueller. >> you don't think that the intelligence community, the fbi, others, that they came up with this information and did good work, that that should be part of your balanced report? >> yeah. i'm not, i'm not following your question. i apologize. if it's a question -- >> i've tried to follow your report. mister don trump jr. would've called it a nothing burger

the governor announced the pardon on "fox news sunday." >> mr. any father would do, what any parent would do. stand up for their child. this was a gross miscarriage of justice and i was so happy to give him a full pardon. >> harris: there is more to this story. mike emanuel has it. >> after governor youngkin announced the pardon the father, scott smith, expressed relief. >> a lot is off my shoulders today. this has been a long battle, a battle that should have never happened in the first place. a battle that governor glenn youngkin said today pretty solidly in his comments that my constitutional rights were violated. >> the loudon county virginia prosecutor handling the case expressed her anger on x formerly known as twitter. this political stunt by governor youngkin is an unprecedented inappropriate intervention into an active legal case. he chose to interfere in the legal process but not for justice but for political gain. glenn youngkin campaigned in 2021 on parental rights and parental involvement in schools after many parents were frustrated

chief of staff mark meadows indicate he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to january 6th? >> mr. meadows did seek that pardon, yes, ma'am. >> questions today around the future of a co-defendant and essential witness to the trump coup plot where we begin with our favorite reporters and friends. former top justice official andrew weissmann back with us, director for counterintelligence at the fbi, frank is back, with us at the table new york times reporter katie benner. i want to start with the "times" analysis which gets at something that meadows did himself a lot of harm lying and contradicted by his words in that e-mail. that seems to have set in. do you think that plays into jack smith's negotiations with him if there are any over his testimony? >> yeah. so, you know, this is one where, you know, mark meadows might have thought that in order to carry his burden with respect to moving the case to federal court he needed to testify. we know from jeff clark who has had his hearing today if you don't testify it's hard to carry your burden of going forward. that may have been a mis

meet the press" that he was given the option of issuing a self-pardon before leaving the white house. trump claims he denined to do so. >> mr. president, if you were re-elected, would you pardon yourself? >> i could have pardoned myself. you know what? i was given an option to pardon myself. i could have pardoned myself when i left. i had a couple of attorneys that said you can do it for you want. i had some people that said it would look bad if you do it, because i think it would look terrible. i said here's the story, these people are thugs, horrible people, fascists, marxists, sick people. they've been after me from the day i came down the escalator with melania, and i did a great job as president. people will acknowledge great economy, great job, great this, great that, rebuild the military space -- everything. i could go on forever. let me just tell you, i said the last thing i'd ever do was give myself a pardon. i could have given myself a pardon. the last day i could have had a pardon done that would have saved me all of these lawyers and all these fake charges, these biden indictments -- they're all biden indictment

mr. smith on twitter and going after the pardon. can you not just leave them out alone?fice on his support for parents rights. that does not seem to be resonating with people like the attorney general. >> well, the attorney general is fantastic. he is the one that launched the investigation into loudoun county schools. we have our local commonwealth attorneys for here we have local commonwealth attorney. jon: i misspoke there. >> she prosecuted mr. smith she actually got kicked off the case by the judge because she was so politically biased this woman cannot let it go but the man was pardon and she still takes a social media to attack him. which is certainly not prosecutorial of her. jon: we've got such problems in the american education system right now. we've got the covid learning loss is going to create a problem for future generations of american kids. and yet it seems like the teachers unions and so forth are more focused on other issues rather than educating kids. >> it is all politics for them. when you see randi weingarten out there citing the southern poverty l

pardoning. he told nbc he would think about it. let's play this. >> mr. you pardon yourself? >> i could have pardoned myself. you know what? i was given an option to pardon myself. people said would you like to pardon yourself. i had a couple of attorneys that said you can do it if you want. i had some people that said it would look bad if you do it because i think it would look terrible. let me just tell you i said the last thing i'd ever do is give myself a pardon. >> a self-pardon never been tested in court, but if he got back into office is there anything he would not try to do to avoid prosecution? >> i think what we have seen with this campaign so far he sees his freedom at stake, and so i would be really surprised if he got back into the office and said, yo know what i'm not going to try that. but we don't know what it will look like, what the cases will be. i'd be surprised if any of those lawyers were people actually employed by the office of the president as opposed to outside voices. >> he also spoke with megan kelly for her podcast about the i

refused to say that he would not pardon himself if he was reelected again, and what that tells me -- >> and we have a clip of that, actually. let's play that clip specifically. >> mrnt, if you were reelected, would you pardon yourself? >> i could have pardoned myself. do you know what? i was given an option to pardon myself. i could have pardoned myself when i left. people said would you like to pardon yourself. i had a couple of attorneys who said you can do it if you want. i had some people who said it would look bad if you do. because i think it would look terrible. i said here's the story, these people are thugs, horrible people, fascists, sick people. they've been after me since the day i came down the escalator with melania. i did a great job as president, great economy, great this, great that, rebuilt the military, space force, everything. i could go on forever. i said the last thing i'd ever do is give myself a pardon. i could have given myself a pardon. don't ask me about what i would do. i could have -- the last day i could have had a pardon done that would have saved me all of these lawyers and all of this -- these fake charges, these biden indictments.

interesting, new overnight, nbc news asked trump if he had considered pardoning himself in any of the federal cases. here is what he said. >> mru were re-elected, would you pardon yourself? >> i could have pardoned myself. you know what, i was given an option to pardon myself. i could have pardoned myself when i left. people said would you like to pardon yourself? i had a couple of opportunities that said you can do it if you want. i had some people said it would look bad if you do. i think it would look terrible. let me just tell you, i said the last thing i would ever do is give myself a pardon. >> presidential self pardon is untested legally. experts very divided on its constitutionality. phil? >>> we're now six hours into the united auto worker union's historic strike. rahel solomon is standing by with how this could impact the economy and you at home. >>> and right now, tropical storm warnings are in effect for new england as hurricane lee creeps toward the east coast. our weather team has the latest on this system. that's next. stay with us. the only smart bed in the world that actively cools, warms, and effortrtlessly r

mr. president, if you were re-elected, would you pardon yourself? >> i couldn't. do you know what?yself. i could have pardoned myself when i left. i had a couple of attorneys that said you can do it if you want. i had some people that said it would look bad if you do it because i think it would look terrible. i said here's the story. these people are thugs. horrible people, fascists, markists, sick people. they've been after me from the day i came down the escalator with melania. i did a great job, great jobs, great this, great that. rebuilt the military. i could go on forever. i said the last thing i'd ever do is give myself a pardon. >> let's get more now from kristen holmes. what's your reaction to that response from the former president? >> wolf, this is really interesting because he's largely avoided this question. he did also a say he was likely to not consider giving himself a pardon because he says he did nothing wrong but that information about back in 2020 is something that was reported at the time but we've never heard from donald trump. it wasn't just him. it was that h

who evaded vietnam military service as a matter of conscious in the absence of pardons for former aides and associates of mred with crimes and imprisoned stemming from the same watergate situation. these are also men who is reputations and families have been grievously injured. try as i can, it is impossible to conclude that the former president is more deserving of mercy then persons of lesser station in life whose offenses have had far less effect on our national well-being. thus it is, with a heavy heart, that i hereby tender my resignation as press secretary to the president, effective today. my prayers nonetheless remain with you, sir. sincerely, gerald f turn horse. no one in the trump white house ever wrote such a letter to that president. no gerald f tourist gets tonight's last word. 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. and what we can expect from the special grand jury's report, tomorrow. plus, the guilty verdict for trump's former trade advisor, navarro. and ron desantis, hinting at pardons for the january six defendants. as presidential libraries issue a rare joint warning about our democra

mr. president. should hunter biden be pardoned?e didn’t even notice the anniversary of september 11th. the first head of state who did not go to the memorial at the site of the bombed world trade center towers in new york the day after the terrorist attacks. i was blown away by the twins. and it seemed to me that i looked through the gates of hell, the amazing footage of the recordings will not let you lie, the next day biden was in washington. so the garden. he hurried to alaska, the president arrived after the g20 summit and a trip to vietnam, where he in a unique way established cooperation between the countries. good evening everyone. it's evening now. isn't it around the world in 5 days? this is not a joke. remember the famous song. good morning, vietnam, well, good evening, vietnam , this official visit began with jokes and jokes. good morning, this is vietnam anti-vietnam film and the greeting with which news anchor adriankranauer opened his programs on us armed forces radio in saigon. upon his return, joe biden began collec

mr. smith was pardoned by governor youngkin. you have an opinion on whether the governor was correct? >> i don't know the facts of the case. >> have you resend the memo that you issued in 2021, yes or no ?>> what we are discussing here -- >> is the memo still going, yes or no? >> the memo is intended to have meetings within 30 days. when the 30 days have finished, nothing has happened in more than a year and a half.>> it has not been resend it. despite evidence that has come out from the national school board association commission report that white house officials discussed this with doj more than a week before the letter was sent, have you apologized, yes or no? >> i have testified seven times since that original -- >> this is the first time you are back here since we talked about it. have you apologized for putting up memo out that implicated scott smith as a domestic terrorist, something the governor of virginia has now pardoned him from these accusations? >> the memo said nothing about him, nothing about the parents being terrorist, nothing about attending the schools -- >> the m

that conviction now officially pardoned by youngkin who says this dad did nothing wrong. >> mr.th did what any father would do, what any parent would do, stand up for their child. and even worse, what then happened was the perpetrator with us proved -- was moved to another school and sexually assaulted another young woman. this was a gross miscarriage of justice, and i was so pleased to be able to issue a full par for him. >> reporter: -- pardon for him. >> reporter: and the results of that investigation, i'm going to refer to hi notes here, mike, prompted the superintendent to be fired shortly after the superintendent was indicted on three misdemeanor charges. local outlets report the time is set to begin later this month. mike? mike: c.b. cotton reporting live, thanks very much. let's bring in today's political panel, with me today is talk raid show -- radio host tony katz and david carlucci. gentlemen, welcome. let's start with the news from that "fox news sunday" interview. the governor pardoning david smith after the terrible incident involving his daughter being sexually a

mr. daigle, that these bonds are not variable interest rates? pardon me that the interest rates on the bonds, are they variable? no, they're fixed. no, they're always fixed. yeah we had one variable rate bond. the cfd for bond, and we call all those, which is a good thing in my opinion, because we'd be paying a lot of interest . now. i know they've our bonds have performed really well in the past and stuff like that and the types of return. i think at the last presentation you said it was something like 7% or something like, yeah, yeah. so it's pretty high return. yeah i'm seeing no further questions . do i have a motion from one of my fellow commissioners. you go ahead. i'd like to make a motion to approve item five b on the calendar. oh, no. see, i've got my numbers all wrong. i shouldn't be making motions. sorry thanks. okay. what happens . do you want me to do it? i think i did it. yes. oh i. i second that. madam secretary, can you please call roll? commissioners please announce your vote for item five c when i call your name. commissioner aquino.