rose hirschel and andy shreeves. robert and susan rosenbaum.he corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening and welcome. the nation is processing the disturbing video released from the city of memphis tonight that shows the death of tyre nichols. he was a father, fedex worker, photographer and skateboarding enthusiast. he died three days after a police traffic stop. we will play a portion of the video released. the first part was taken as tyre nichols was arrested. the second part of the video shows after they apprehended him of imputing we want to warn you, this video is disturbing and contains graphic material. [shouting] [screaming] [screaming "mom!"] yamiche: that is so hard to watch. this is what we know so far -- earlier this week, five black methods police officers were fired, arrested and charged with murder in connection with this death. police claimed tyre nichols was driving recklessly an

rose hirschel and andy shreeves. robert and susan rosenbaum. the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again, from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening and welcome to washingtonweek. for the second straight week, president biden facing scrutiny over handling of classified documents from his days as vice president. the white house announced there were more classified documents discovered in his home late last week. that is in addition to the initial discovery of secret documents in his former washington office, and a second set of materials was found in december in his garage. house republicans, including the chairman of the house oversight committee, were quick to pounce. >> the president mishandle classified documents and they are not being transparent with the american people. yamiche: president biden sought to downplay the controversy. >> we are fully cooperating and looking forward to getting this resolved quickly. i think you will fin

rose hirschel and andy shreeves. robert and susan rosenbaum. the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> welcome to washingtonweek. president biden is dealing with his own classified document controversy this week after back-to-back days of revelations and bruising headlines. on tuesday, the white house announced in early november, a set of classified documents from biden's days as vice president were found at an office he used at a think tank. the next day, a second set of classified documents were found this where -- this time his delaware home. on thursday, the attorney general appointed a special counsel to investigate the matter. before his announcement, the president in-house speaker kevin mccarthy addressed the growing controversy. >> people know i take classified material seriously. i also said we are cooperating fully and completely with the justice department review. >> congress has to investigate this. laura: this comes two months after garland assigned a sp

rose hirschel and andy shreeves. robert and susan rosenbaum. the corporation for public broadcasting and by , contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> once again, from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: happy new year and welcome to "washington week." this new year has brought new problems to the nation's capital, the likes of which the country has not seen in more than a century. at this hour, still no speaker of the house, but after days of failed votes to elect the next speaker, congressman kevin mccarthy come along viewed as a favorite for the job -- for the job, is mounting a comeback. he is expressing optimism. >> we made some very good progress. we will come back tonight and i believe at thawill ha the votes to fish thi on atndimor a. te it reminds me of what my father told me, is not how you start, it is how you finish. yamiche: but there is still a small group of republicans who continue to oppose him. >> you only earn the position of speaker of the house if you can get the votes. mr. mccar

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