kimberly hawkins has a story. the discovery of a 2nd batch of classified documents. this time inside the garage of president jo biden's private residence, has made it difficult for bided to quell this latest political controversy. people know, i take classified documents, classified material seriously. whitehouse lawyers revealed the documents for found recently and relate to biden's time as vice president under president barack obama . the white house lawyers and says they immediately turn the documents over to the national archives. still, the department of justice is appointing us attorney robert her as special counsel to investigate whether biden broke the law. i will ensure that mister her receives all the resources he needs the conductor's work. the white house insist it's cooperating and is denying any impropriety. it's in the statement of her from his lawyer, richard, somber, and at the end, he said, we are confident that they are thorough review will show that these documents were inadvertently misplaced. still, it's in administration under increased scrutin

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our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins tanius, now from washington. d c. so that on our reports of a 2nd group of documents which has been fine, what more do we know? we know that this is a white house that is on the defense with this discovery of the 2nd batch of documents and really dodge and questions about the timeline. particularly given the fact that 1st batch was found prior to the mid term congressional elections. but the public was not made aware until obviously, well after now into the new year when there could have been potentially an impact and the outcome of that election. and so that has opened the white house up to fresh criticism now for its part the weight as press secretary as well as other members of the democratic party are defending the white house saying that they are full compliance of the white house council. immediately turning over these documents to the national archive and the u. s. president, for his part saying he doesn't know what is even in these documents, but certainly the efforts to quell this controversy are becoming mor

while whitehouse correspondents, kimberly hawkins has more to mark the 2 year anniversary of the january 6 riots when support. as a former president, donald trump sought to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. you as president joe biden on friday, awarded 12 people. presidential metals election workers as well as long foresman officials for their role in what he says was a courageous act, standing up for democracy and pushing back against those. he says, thought to prevent the peaceful transfer of power is not exaggerations. say, america, osha. oh, you all are really a debt debt of gratitude when we can never fully repay unless we live up to what you did more than 950 people have been arrested for their role in the january 6 riots. and among those at least $350.00, have been convicted for a wide range of crimes including trespassing and destruction of property. a house committee looking into the january sex riots has also concluded that among those that should be charged. former president donald trump, for his role in sparking the riots. let's go back to our story of k

on friday, or may consume sharif unctuous, either as spring in our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins. so kimberly city is across the u. s. bracing for protests. how concerned is the white house? the white house is gravely concerned, and that is why the president released a statement in advance of the body camp footage of those 5 police officers being made public. we expect that it will be made public on line probably as night falls here on the east coast of the united states. the u. s. president saying that this is a painful reminder of the work that needs to be done in the united states with the in the criminal justice system to ensure that there is equality and dignity and fairness for all. given the fact that he says that public trust is the foundation of the criminal justice system in the united states. and it's clear that right now that public trust is lacking. how bad is this video kimberly the memphis police department chief has been speaking here in the united states on various sir morning chat shows. and what we can tell you is that is she's visibly shaken from what she seen

so much kimberly hawkins reporting from the white house. the ukraine says its forces are still holding onto the eastern on a solider, but the fighting is tough. the russian mercenary wagner group has led the offensive and says it sees the town will get more on the wagner group in a report from dr. hamid's in a moment. but the kremlin has been warning against declaring victory prematurely suggesting the fighting is not over. ukraine has said the battles in this area have been some of the bloodiest in the war so far. she is face in the solid direction the most to spot the difficult situation. ukrainian soldiers, desperately fighting. russia is trying to break through our defense lines without any luck to capture solid, all, and the enemy has high losses. the earlier outside the city is covered with the bodies of persians, troops, the russians a moving over their own corpses. on the battle for a solid r, a salts mining town in the dumbass region could decide the fate of the neighboring town of charles stratford has more from outside, but in ea

most recently let's bring in our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins. she's joining us from washington d. c. so a sorta but perhaps effective statement from mary garland this is certainly something that is designed to try restore public trust when public trust in government institutions really is at an all time low in the united states in a divided united states where people really have very little faith in their government and the feeling that oh, really can't be any trust in investigations. what this attorney general is doing is trying to restore that. so what he has done is appointed the special counsel, and this a read us attorney robert her who has been named the special counsels actually a former trump para u. s. attorney that is former president donald trump. ah. so the feeling is, is that this will give some sort of impartiality to this investigation. apparently he will start work in the coming days. he will be given special resources and will be given the opportunity to look into what in the words of merit garland, the attorney, general e are e

kimberly hawkins is joining us now from washington d. c. so we understand there's a 2nd group of documents which has been fund. what more do we know? oh, we know is this, this is a white house that is on the defense with this discovery of the 2nd batch of documents and under criticism of were the fact that this 1st batch of documents was found back in november just prior to the mid term elections. but that the public only just found out about it and this may have had an impact on those elections, hadn't been made public. so this is opened the white house up to as well as the president up to fresh and criticisms that the president is. in fact, the hiding some sort of information, the president for his part is denying that he knows anything about these documents . the white house insisting that they are cooperating with the national archives that they turned the information over immediately and the white house council is cooperating. but certainly the efforts to, well, the controversy are becoming increasingly difficult. given the fact that t

have the power to subpoena records and to bring criminal charges on my house course when it kimberly hawkins has mal rubber. her is a former trump harry, us attorney, and he has been tasked into looking wet into whether or not the current u. s. president joe biden potentially broke the law in the fact that he had classified materials stored eh, from his time is vice president in the obama administration stored, not just at his private residence in wilmington, delaware, but also in washington. d. c at the pen biden center. now, the reason for this is because of the concern is, is that there is a lack of public trust in not only this case. but of course, the fact that there is also a special council appointed. in the case of former president donald trump and his storage of classified materials at his home in mar, lago, the public trust is at an all time low. with regard to the fact that there is storage of intelligence documents that are being with held in from the national archives. and so, and this is something that is being attempted by attorney general merit garland, to try and bring back