mr. biden's garage? >> correct. >> mr. had 50 years of experience, with the member and chairman of the foreign relations and vice president of the united states. and that he was deeply familiar with the measures taken to safe guard classified information and the reasons for them. krokt? >> that language certainly sounds familiar, congressman, but if you have a page citation i can confirm. >> as vice president, is it correct in 2011, mr. biden received the advice from staff about the need to secure classified information in the form of notes? >> correct. >> including first council cynthia hogan. >> correct. >> advised in writing by council hogan that classified should be stored in a secure state and facility. >> correct. >> and also all of mr. biden's records including his notes wok sent to the national archives and biden understood and accepted that, correct? >> that's correct, with the exception that mr. mcgrail was mr. biden's final council, not his second one. >> and mr. biden was praised device more that his classified

very sadly, your report on page 208 says that mr. biden couldn't come up with the date, the year of his son beau biden's death, when in fact in the transcript it shows you asked him the month, and you know what he said, mr. hur, he said oh, god, may 30th. would you like to correct the record, his memory was pretty firm on the month and the day. >> i don't believe that's correct with respect to the transcript but if you could refer me to a specific page i would be happy to look. >> i read about it in the reporting. i yield back. >> mr. hur, why did the white house ask you to remove parts of the report, what was the reason they gave for that? >> i don't have the letter in front of me, congressman. i believed among the reasons was they contested or they asserted that certain language in the report was inconsistent with doj policy. >> the day your report came out the president gave a live news conference on national television. did you watch that news conference? >> i watched the press conference, yes. >> what was your reaction to seeing the p

and mr. biden and his campaign consultants know this. just as mr. rocana, the representative of california who works in the biden campaign , traveled to this state before the michigan election and met with muslim leaders and arabs. after that meeting, in the articles and interviews they had, they clearly said that if mr. biden wants to win michigan in the 2024 presidential election, he should end this war and give importance to the votes of the muslim arabs, and this is an important issue, why because michigan is one of the competitive states in the presidential elections, which has 15 electoral college votes, and if mr. biden wants it, he will give it in a close competition with trump. if he wants to win , he must care about the votes of muslim arabs , and this is an important point, an expert on american issues. the most recent flood damage in pakistan has been caused to the western regions of khyber pakhtunkhwa province and baluchistan province due to rain and snow. 36 people died and more than

he further writes that mr. bidenained marked classified docunts about afghanistan and handwritten notes in his notebooks, which he stored in unsecure places in his home joe bike information and joe biden failed to store classified information properly. mr. hur made these determinations after interviewing witnesses and looking through emails, text messages, videos, phone records, and other materials from both classified and unclassified sources. but there ■ris more. joe biden not on the kept information he was not allowed to keep and not only failed to secure that information properly, but he also shared it with people who were not allowed to see at. he shared that information with his ghostwriter. and, remember, this is information that only individuals with a security clearance are supposed to see. mr. hur put us on the 200th page of his report that it is the kind of information that na and what did joe biden have to say about all this? what was his explanation? on page 94 of mr. hur's report, joe biden said he took

mr. biden's files from. is gathering materials to prepare for potential congressional inquiries about the biden families activities during the period of 2017-2019. it seems odd to me that joe biden's personal lawyers were obtaining documents related to potential congressional inquiries about the biden family activities when joe biden has publicly claimed he had no involvement with his families business dealings. can you provide more information about why a government employee was retrieving joe biden documents from the pen biden center? >> chairman, i am able to tell you and clarify information that appears on the report of relic significant sources of information. i am not in a position to be able to go beyond that. >> when you interviewed president biden, did you ask him what documents he possessed that could be related to an inquiry about activities? >> we asked resident biden a love of questions about all the different sets of classified materials that were recovered during the course of. >> anything per

mr. biden's files from. scribe the original purpose of that effort is gathering materials to prepare for potential congressional inquiries about the biden families activities during the period of 2017-2019. it seems odd to me that joe biden's personal lawyers were obtaining documents related to potential congressional inquiries about the biden family activities when joe biden has publicly claimed he had no involvement with his families business dealings. can you provide more information about why a government employee was retrieving joe biden documents from the pen biden center? >> chairman, i am able to tell you and clarify information that appears on the report of relic significant sources of information. i am not in a position to be able to go beyond that. >> when you interviewed president biden, did you ask him what documents he possessed that could be related to an inquiry about activities? >> we asked resident biden a love of questions about all the different sets of classified materials that were recov

you say, as one reason not to prosecute mr. biden, mr. biden told us in his interview he does not recognize marking confidential as classification marking, to him that means it should be held in confidence, not necessarily classified and footnote 886 refers to biden 10923 transcript at 24 and 25. we have that now, we haven't until this morning. i want to read from that exchange. this is on page 24, line 15. so this is a typewritten document, it's got confidential stamp at the top and top of the document indicates it is from the american am embassy kabul. dated november 09, only question i have is confidential marking. do you recognize that to be classific marking? >> president biden, no. confidential doesn't want to get around. it is not in a category, i don't think of code word top secret kind of thing, i don't know where it came from. >> are you familiar with confidential as level of classified information? >> president biden, if i got a document that says confidential, it would mean no one else could see it but me. >> are you aware amon

when mr. biden said this, he was a private citizen, speaking to his ghostwriter in his private rental home in virginia. we also identified other recorded conversations during which mr. biden read classified information allowed to his ghostwriter. we did not, however, identify evidence that rose to the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. because the evidence fell short of that standard, i declined to recommend criminal charges against mr. biden. the department's regulations required me to write a confidential report explaining my decision to the attorney general. i understood that my explanation about this case had to include rigorous detailed and 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 had appointed me to investigate the actions of the attorney general -- sitting president of the united states.

mr. biden's case are clear. most notably, after being given multiple chances to return classified documents and avoid prosecution, mr. trump allegedly did the opposite. according to the indictment, he not only refused to return the documents for many months, but he also obstructed justice by enlisting others to destroy evidence and to lie about it. that's on page 11, quote, in contrast, mr. biden turned in classified documents to the national archives and the department of justice, consented to the search of multiple locations including his home and sat through a voluntary interview and in other ways cooperated with the investigation. it's clear that these cases are not the same. frankly, i was surprised to learn that some of the classified documents were actually personal diaries that many executive officials have taken home with them because it was in their own handwriting and what they produced, and based on the department of justice public statements during the reagan administration, it's understandable that

mr. biden's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. t true that your report ultimately concluded that the evidence did not support a finding beyond a reasonable down that president biden willfully retained classified materials. >> yes. >> is it true that president biden cooperated with your investigation? >> yes. >> is it true that president biden sat for an interview with you the day after the october 7th attacks in israel in the midst of an international crisis? >> he sat for interviews on october 8th and 9th. >> thank you. is it true that president biden allowed the fbi to conduct thorough searches of his home and his beach house? >> yes. >> is it true that your report found multiple possible innocent explanations as to why the classified documents ended up where they did? >> as part of our analysis, we walked through a number of different explanations the defense counsel could present at trial if this case were charged. >> as you said on page six of your report, quote, in addition to this shortage of evidence, there are other innoce

you say, if one reason not to prosecute mr. biden, in addition, mr. biden told us in his interview he does not recognize the marking confidential as a classification marking. to him, the marking means the document should be held in confidence but not necessarily that it is classified. the footnote is a reference and it refers to the biden transcript at 24 and 25. we have that now. we haven't until this morning. i just want to read from that exchange. this is on page 24, line 15. this is a typewritten document. it has a confidential -- what appears to be a stamp at the top. the top of the document indicates it's from the american embassy kabul. it's dated november '09. the only question i have about this is the confidential marking. do you recognize that to be a classification marking? president biden, no. i mean, confidential doesn't want to get around. it's not in a category i don't think of code word top secret, that kind of thing. but i don't even know where it came from. are you familiar with confidential as a level of classified information? presi

unlike the evidence from mr. bidenhe allegations set forth in the indictment of president trump prevent serious aggravating facts. most notably after being given multiple chances to return classified documents and avoid prosecution, mr. trump did the opposite. he not only refused to return documents but he also -- to destroy evidence and then to in contrast, mr. biden turned in information to the department of justice and consented to searches. set for a voluntary interview and cooperated with this. >> i see that language. inspect do you still stand by that? >> i do, sir. >> this is your report. you take full responsibility for everything in the documents? >> i do. i stand by every word. a couple questions. one is with respect to the surprising one of questions that you got right before we broke it seems to me like a dramatic stretch of anything that was remotely involved in your report. doesou -- did you reason a kind of issues about president biden needing guardianship or anything along those lines? >> nothing like t

mr. trump and president biden, not the one that you one. first, the report is clear that "at no point did the special counsel find evidence that mr. biden intended or had reason to believe that the information will be used to benefit a foreign nation." with respect to the documents found in mr. biden's possession "the decision to pursue criminal charges for straightforward." in respect to the special counsel investigation "mr. biden turned the documents to the national archives and department of justice, consented to the search of multiple locations, including his homes, sat for a voluntary interview, and in other ways cooperated with the investigation." president biden acted responsibly, cooperated completely, and the decision to decline criminal justice -- to decline criminal charges was relatively straightforward. in short, to borrow a phrase from the last administration, the hur report represents the complete and total exoneration of president biden. how does that record contrast with president trump? the documents he retained and the c

in contrast, mr. biden turned in information to the department of justice and consented to searches. set for a voluntary interview and cooperated with this. >> i see that language. inspect do you still stand by that? >> i do, sir. >> this is your report. you take full responsibility for everything inthe documents? >> i do. i stand by every word. >> okay. i want to ask you a couple of questions. respect to the surprising one of questions that you got right before we broke about guardianship. it seems to me dramatic stretch of anything that was remotely involved in your report. does you -- did you reason a kind of iseding guardianship or anything along those lines? >> nothing like that appeared in my report. >> so, you made the point about him being an elderly man with poor memory but are you saying, did you say anywhere in your report that not only was he -- he would be unfit for public office and to handle his own finances. >> my report did not include information on those issues. >> you, for your testimony

what are you expecting mr biden to say? this union. what are you expecting mr biden to say?e responsibility _ biden to say? this is the responsibility mr - biden to say? this is the responsibility mr biden l biden to say? this is the - responsibility mr biden takes on biden to say? this is the _ responsibility mr biden takes on as president but not as a candidate for re—election. this is one of the biggest stages he will have to speak to the american people before the election. the other is probably the conventions over the summer. he has twojobs, won in style conventions over the summer. he has two jobs, won in style and conventions over the summer. he has twojobs, won in style and one substance. style, it is his biggest job that he needs to dispel the myth that his age is an impediment to him doing hisjob. americans reward confidence and competence in leadership. we are talking about the smooth delivery, dexterity on his feet, the ability to bat mac any commentary or reactions that may be elicited from congressman does while speaking. on the substance side, i expect him to

the crimes of the zionist regime are so heinous that mr. biden is fighting in gaza. the war in gaza is pointless, especially the attack that mr. netanyahu wanted. do it to rafah . another thing i have to say is that mr. biden has realized that america is unable to continue supporting the two serious fronts of the war in gaza and ukraine, and considering that the gaza front is no longer profitable for america. and it is impossible to realize that the zionist regime will not win in 6 months it was not that the united states is trying to freeze the gaza front to mr. netanyahu so that he can focus more on the ukraine front, and the forecasts say that mr. putin may launch a heavy attack in two months, so the american forces want to focus on the ukraine front. ok, one last thing i would like to say is that the united states and europe have weapons in terms of their stockpile, you can see that the zionist regime has officially, according to the news of the reliable haars newspaper , brought this regime to the bullets of the 1950s, that is, they used so many bullets in gaza.

mr. bidenerious rival, and in recent weeks we have seen that the non- committed vote or the white vote that was given was their most important competitor in these competitions and these results what was expected was the american public opinion about repeating the previous elections. what do they think between biden and trump in 2020? well , as shown in the polls, the american public opinion is not satisfied with the repetition of this competition between these two candidates and because both candidates are old and sometimes you see physical and mental problems from them and they have many mistakes. they don't like this. he can compete with them and do whatever he wants to do in the republican party . there are stronger candidates in the democratic party , but because mr. biden is the president. the party will never take this risk and bring a candidate who has already defeated trump. he should change it, unless something happens to mr. biden physically in the coming months, so that he cannot con

he is leading to severely questioning mr. biden and holding him responsible for the defeat of israel and the wars in the region. these pressures on mr. it weighs heavily, but on the other hand, mr. biden 's loss of the support of the zionist lobby in the upcoming elections will make him, according to mr. carter, feel obliged to defend and support the existence of the zionist regime and he has clearly stated many times that we will do whatever is necessary to defend israel. therefore , we cannot expect that mr. biden and his government or any other government in america, if they feel that the future of the zionist regime is not secure or its security is not secure , they will oppose any resolution. thank you very much, mr. yousefi , an expert. international, you were with the world today, but as you can see in the immediate subtitle of the news network, a shooting in a shopping center in moscow is the capital of russia. as a result of this shooting in a shopping center in moscow, 12 people were killed and 25 others were injured. rus

mr. biden's vice presidency. >> your understanding while mr. swaniger interviewed president biden, he read from notebooks, nearly verbatim. >> correct. >> and was mr. swanier authorized to receive the information? >> he was not. >> and the president read out loud classified information regarding the actions and views of military views and the cia and foreign terrorist organization. >> that was captured in a recording later in 2017, i believe in april of 2017, not february. >> okay. and mr. swaniger became aware of your appointment as special counsel, correct? >> at some point he did become aware of my appointment, yes. >> and upon learning, he deleted digital audio recordings with his conversation with mr. biden during "promise me dad." >> correct. >> investigators interviewed him about the deleted recordings and part of his motivation for deleting the recording is he was aware there was an investigation, correct? >> correct. >> did this conduct raise concerns with your office? >> it did. we considered to be significant evidence that we needed t

mr. biden, he is on a path that there are two paths left, and if he wants to come for the fourth time, the resolution certainly, the volume of this protest and hatred of the united states as part of the problem. not as a part of the solution, because now this debate is on the table, and within the democratic party , there is this duality that they say that mr. biden's policies have caused us to be involved in this human disaster, so for to prevent this volume and to purify or purify himself, well, he has come forward , he has made an escape . tsawib's letter says, "i am also attaching a sheet to show that i also want a cease-fire and to reduce the suffering of the people of gaza, while we see that these are dual policies, declarations and acts, acts of presenting a resolution, but acts of full support for the zionist regime is involved in mass killing of people, women and children, mr. yousefi , you mentioned that it costs anyway he does these vetoes consecutively, that is, if a draft is presen

mr. joseph biden. now, the president of the united states, quite contrary to the ludicrous behavior, the hiding the rejection, the refusal to respond to mr. hur's team that president trump did. former president trump did. he did everything he could? throughout the investigation to stop the investigation and to prevent any facts from coming out about the documents that literally he had co-opted, one would say stuff colon and he did not want to give him back. there was quite contrary to what president biden did. he was open he was direct and everything that he had weather documents were he made it available to mr. hur was mr. hur i think that overreach and his questions about the status of mr. biden or is he loves son? no mercy was given to joe biden and he handled it beautifully. >> cars woman sheila jackson lee, thank you very much. jake, back to you in dc. thank you so much. while perhaps the most surprising news out of the last few hours of special counsel robert hur's hearing before the house judicia

because quote, mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury as he did in our interview of him as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory. a forgetful old man who mr. hur said did not remember when he was vice president, forgetting on the first day of the interview when his term ended, and forgetting on the second day of the interview when his term as vice president began. mr. hur produced a 345 page report but in the end it boils down to a few key facts. joe biden kept classified information. joe biden failed to properly security classified information. and joe biden shared classified information with people he wasn't supposed to. joe biden broke the law. because he is a forgetful old man would be appear sympathetic to a jury he did not bring charges. we think it's important to respond to president biden answer response to your report. we'll play a short video of president biden's press conference after your report was released. there are things in this press conference that the presid

the end of his vice presidency, mr. biden had resolved to write a book and began work on it towards the end of his vice presidency. i think mr. chairman, this is really consistent with the biden family. when you look at them in trying to enrich themselves, i mean, you're familiar with the work that the oversight committee has done over the last year, right? >> i have read some reports of it. i mean, 20 phone calls that were made to his son that he denied in 2000 1920 shell companies that were created over $20 million. i mean, doesn't it appear there? there's a pattern here that we're i come from the almost call it money-grubbing >> congressman, what i'm here to testify about today is the work that i conducted in this investigation and in this report. >> so i want to thank you for work you did as far as you could but unfortunately, you are part of the praetorian guard that guards the swamp out here in washington dc, protecting the elites. and joe biden is part of that company of the elites and you see it in the things that the

mr. biden's press cup. present biden's press conference after your report was released because there's things in this press conference at the president in state says that are directly contradicted by what you found in your port so if we can play that video >> let me say a few things before i take your questions. as you know, the special counsel released his findings today about there, look into my handling of classified documents >> president biden, something that special counsel said in his report, is that one of the reasons you were not charged is because in his description, you are a well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory >> i will mean i'm an elderly man and i know what the hell i'm doing when president and i put this country back on a sheet, i don't need his recommendation. he told >> is your memory. and can you continue as president? >> my memory is so bad. i let you speak that's has gotten worse >> my memory is not got my memory is fine my memory. take a look at what i've done since i've become p

mr. biden some memory loss, he he thought it was the democratic national convention instead of the state of the union, but he was standing at the end of the speech. we will have commentary from vivek ramaswamy and governor doug burgum about all that. we're going to ask our own steve hilton who's going to win the presidential election. good question. plus, today's jobs report came in on the soft side. our own taylor riggs and breitbart's john carney will tell us why. kash patel is going to try to explain how the u.s. military can actually build a new mediterranean port in gaza, no less. but first up, let's head to washington d.c. edward lawrence standing by with more from last night's to hangover. edward, what can you tell us? [laughter] >> reporter: well, you said it, larry. we heard one of the most partisan state of the union addresses that the i can remember. it seemed president biden used to occasion to talk directly to his democratic base without much reaching across the aisle or unity in t

mr. biden welcoming his predecessor to work together on a border bill. >>> and the largest wildfire in state history. twopeople confirmed dead as th flames spread into neighboring oklahoma >>> alexei navalny will be laid to rest in moscow. his burial coming a day after russian president putin issues another nuclear threat to the west if nato troops enter ukraine. >>> royal watchers want to know where is kate middleton. the princess of wales out of the public eye as she recovers from surgery. why her announced absence is fueling questions. it's friday, march 1st "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm frances rivera we begin with that split screen response to the crisis at our southern border. president biden and former president trump each touring parts of texas but still hundreds of miles apart. mr. biden invited his pr predecessor and current reelection rival to work together to find solutions on immigration. here as gabe gutierrez >> reporter: facing criticism over his handling of t

the guy helping joe biden get $8 million. by the way, mr. hur, what did that ghost writer do with the information joe biden shared with him on his laptop? what did he do after you were named special counsel? >> if you are referring to the audio recordings that he created of his conversations. >> that's what i'm referring to. >> he slid if i remember correctly, he slid those files into his recycle bin on his computer. >> trying to destroyed the evidence, didn't he? >> correct. >> the guy helping joe biden get to $8 million that he used, the motive for joe biden to disclose classified information, to retain classified information, which he definitely knew was against the law, when you get named special counsel what does that guy do? he destroys the evidence. that's the key takeaway in my mind. that's a key takeaway. i yield back. >> the gentleman from maryland for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. hur your report starts with the line we conclude that no criminal charges are warranted in this matter. have you had any reason to change

the former president blaming mr. biden for border chaos, calling it a joe biden invasion our gabe gutierrez has late details >> reporter: facing criticism over his handling of the immigration crisis, president biden making his second trip to the southern border while in office. >> it's real simple. it's time to act >> reporter: arriving in brownsville, texas, blasting house republicans for tanking a bipartisan border security bill at the urging of former president trump. >> it's the toughest set of border security reforms we've ever seen in this country it's time for the speakers and some of my republican friends in congress who are blocking this bill to show a little spine. >> reporter: the president with this message directly for mr. trump. >> join me or i'll join you in telling the congress to pass this bipartisan border security bill. we can do it together. >> reporter: earlier, the republican front-runner landed about 300 miles away in eagle pass, texas >> this is a biden invasion over the past three years. >> reporte

the state of the union as mr biden's big opportunity union as mr biden�*s big opportunity to get someyman. hello to you, kelly, there has been a lot of chat before hand about whether he laid he would prove he was up to the job for the next four years. did you show that he was. fin years. did you show that he was. on a scale years. did you show that he was. q? a scale from one to ten, it was a 12. he definitely showed that he is ready. they were even chanting four more years for him. in the overriding theme is freedom and democracy, not only in the us but abroad, freedom in the us for reproductive rights in the us coming united states supreme court, overturning roe v wade, which gave women the right to choose what they wanted to do to abort a child or not. majority of americans support roe v wade, and so that is a key issue for coming into 2024 besides other key issues.— other key issues. should we talk about foreign — other key issues. should we talk about foreign policy _ other key issues. should we talk about foreign policy for - other key issues. should we talk about foreign policy

mr biden _ is a big mistake. just two weeks ago, mr biden was _ is a big mistake.o weeks ago, mr biden was optimistic i is a big mistake. just two weeks ago, mr biden was optimistic a l ago, mr biden was optimistic a ceasefire deal could be in place by ramadan. but now, wejust ceasefire deal could be in place by ramadan. but now, we just hours to 90, ramadan. but now, we just hours to go, there is no sign of an imminent breakthrough. that means other options to get aid into gaza at scale are still being searched for is the fighting continues. military airdrops above the strip deliver some food, but not enough. but that still won't meet the growing and desperate need. this mother cannot find anything in gaza to help her child. translation: i child. translation: , :, translation: i feed my daughter with water 'ust so translation: i feed my daughter with waterjust so she _ translation: i feed my daughter with waterjust so she doesn't _ translation: i feed my daughter with waterjust so she doesn't die. - translation: i feed my daughter with waterjust so she doesn't die

to mr. biden, mr. biden will be defeated by mr. trump, and one of the important reasons is that the united states has a small amount of approach, not a lot. inside the country , it shows the issue that, well, i want it in front of the government i am against netanyahu and i am looking for a ceasefire. another thing i would like to say about this question is the international issue. it means that the extent of the dead, injured and the hunger of the palestinian people is so great that you have already seen that the minister of the french president said that the attack on rafah is a war crime. their voices have been heard and they also want america as the main actor and the one who provides all the support in terms of logistics. it makes israel rethink a little . i think that these two main factors it has caused the biden government to shorten its positions a bit. thank you. another discussion has come up in the past few days and the claim that the americans made that the security council resolution is not binding has become a challe

as i mentioned, they are furious about the fact that mr biden was in a cage was made such a big issuehat anger that he saw last month because any week, mr biden has... it is interesting that he has given a very fiery address in the union address and there are major ads being played in multiple swing states which mr biden has challenged the age thing, leaning into it, joking about it, so critics would say he is having a strong couple of weeks really challenging on the question he has faith about his age so will democrats want to make a big fuss about it today? and potentially show that they are worried about their nominee�*s cognitive ability so we will see what the reaction is today. sounds like it will be — what the reaction is today. sounds like it will be a _ what the reaction is today. sounds like it will be a pretty _ what the reaction is today. sounds like it will be a pretty fascinating l like it will be a pretty fascinating committee meeting. thanks for that and i know you�*ll be keeping a close eye on it. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let�*s look at so

mr. biden and mr. trump separated by only about 300 miles along the texas border, clashing over immigration, an issue dominating the 2024 campaign. the president slamming republicans for killing a bipartisan border bill. mr. trump blaming the crisis on the biden administration. our team on the border. >>> also this evening, israeli troops accused of opening fire on a crowd waiting for aid in gaza and killing more than 100. israel disputing that, saying many were trampled while looting trucks. all as gaza reaches a grim milestone. an estimated 30,000 dead. >>> the wildfire raging in texas, now the largest in state history. more than one million acres burned. we're in the fire zone. >>> the life-threatening winter storms slamming the west coast. blizzard warnings in california for up to ten feet of snow. >>> defense secretary lloyd austin on the hot seat. the heated moments as house republicans grilled him on his secret hospitalization. >>> the cheaper choice when it comes to popular weight loss drugs, b

mr. biden's political career. natalie brand has the story. >> mr. s. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: before congress and the american public, president biden delivered his final state of the union address ahead of november's presidential election. >> what makes our moment rare is that freedom and democracy are under attack both at home and overseas. >> reporter: while the state of the union is an official speech, the president touched on key election-year issues, including abortion. >> if you, the american people, send me a congress that supports the right to choose, i promise you i'll restore roe v. wade as the law of the land again. >> reporter: on the economy, the president touted job growth. >> america's comeback is building the future of american possibilities, building an economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down. >> reporter: and called on congress to cap out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000 a year for americans with private health insurance. >> americans pay more for prescription drugs than anywhere in the world. it's

the state of the union was mr biden's _ temporary shelter. shelter. the state of the i union was mr biden's big opportunity to get fresh momentum ahead of the election. if you loses in november, it will be the last one he delivers. —— if he loses. the police marksman who shot dead chris caba has denied responsibility. martin blake was initially only named by a code name but thejudge said initially only named by a code name but the judge said it proved no immediate risk. members of his family were in court with some leaving in tears during the hearing. police cannot be above the law. accountability for police officers and forces involved in death even where evidence of criminality and wrongdoing is identified is extremely rare. in any other murder trial, the accused would be publicly named. this case should be no different. we welcome today's decision to name the officer. the family are not able to further comment at this stage. thank you. aha, comment at this stage. thank you. a group of british mps has warned the ministry of defence has no c

a very sadly, your report on page 208 says that mr. bidencome up with the date, the year of his son beau biden's death, when in fact in the transcript, it shows you asked him the month, and you know what he said, mr. hur? he said oh, god, may 30th. would you like to correct the record? his memory was pretty firm on the month and day. >> i don't believe that's correct with respect to the transcript. >> well, we have the transcript too. here it is right here on page 82 and 83. it seems that it was biden who brought up his son's death on his own, when discussing where he kept papers related to what he was working on after leaving office. and then biden says the following. okay, remember, in this timeframe, my son is either been deployed or is dying, and so it was, and by the way, there were still a lot of people at the time when i got out of the senate that were encouraging me to run in this period. except the president. now, i'm not, and it's a mean thing to say, he just thought hillary had a better shot of winning the presidency than i did. a

mr. bidenlection, despite the current policy? >> well, no, i am not supporting mr. trump. >> no, no, no. mr. biden. >> the election of trump -- >> yes, that's right. >> senator bernie sanders, thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you. >>> tomorrow the senate intelligence committee will hold their annual worldwide threats hearing. we sat down for a bipartisan conversation with chairs mark warner and marco rubio thursday, just before the state of the union address, to discuss some of the challenges facing america today. through the u.s. national security lens, how concerned are you about the rising risk to u.s. interests in the middle east because of the close alliance with israel's war in gaza? >> i think it's a mistake to view october 7th simply through the lens of a palestine-hamas question. the broader narative, the broader objective that iran has to drive the u.s. out of the region. it is why they're conducting attacks in iraq and syria, they want a u.s. troop presence out of the r

i declined to recommend criminal charges against mr. biden. he's a nice old man, and he'd come across as forgetful, and the jury would probably like him. one of hers, chief concerns was the issue of joe biden's cognitive decline. let's look at this. i had to consider the president's memory and overall mental state, and how a jury likely would perceive his memory 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 to the attorney general. the evidence and the president himself put his memory squarely at issue. so we have a president who is not mentally competent. and basically what he's saying to stand trial. so we will only charge his opponent who is mentally competent. that's the argument you're going to make. according to the transcript from joe's interview with the special counsel. well, the president had aording to the transcript from joe's interview with the special counsel.

something that would be a benefit to the american people. >> you're particularly interested hunter biden's side? mraskin: every other witness that we have to has confirmed conclusion, that joe biden was not involved in's business ventures. he did not profi biden's business ventures, and he rendered no official favors or benefits to hunter biden's business ventures. i hope that we have those propositions, if we are■.the don other witnesses we have spoken to are telling a coherent, credible story then this thing is over. >> two months ago mr. biden said he wou testify in public in front of cameras. where are you on that now? go back that -- mr. raskin: the majority has rejected that. this is where we. >> do you think they are -- mr. raskin: i thinkation is oves point. there is really nothing left to pursue. but hunter biden cheerfully volunteered to go before the whole world and our colleagues on the republican side did not want that. theyay's behind the closed door proceeding andse what we are doing now. >> republicans mentioned they have m beyond what -- promise of more evidence. i remember when wi

mr. biden's state of mind to be compelling. he said that he it provided, quote, clear and forceful testimony. these are things that he says in the report and in the transcript. he says, uh, one point, he praises the president's quote, photographic memory. and so there's a little bit of a distinction here and a little bit of picking and choosing which issues to criticize the president's memory on. but i think that at the end of the day, it's because the facts and evidence don't support this case. nothing else. nothing about the president's testimony. it's a fact of the facts and evidence over 15 months of investigating prove that there is no case here. >> it is notable that in his opening statement, which is a little bit over four pages long, robert hur spends almost two pages talking about the issue of the president's memory and why he did include that. i have not seen the transcript of the president's testimony. you said it's it's been released by the justice department to congress. so perhaps we all will see some of it. evan

larry: mr. biden said he will end trickle down, that does not work, he said people don't pay their fair share, the wealthy don't. these are assertions he makes time again. over the course of his presidency, now, in to its 4th year, he said it again at the state of the union it in the cold print of the budget that just came out today. what do you make of that? he will not listen, he will not listen or look at the evidence byron donalds. >> well, i make of it is simple. the president's budget is a stupid, stupid document. it is not going to hospital american economy, not going to help the american people, let me add, if you are looking at the way here wants to raise taxes, who you will squeeze more are young people in our country, minorities in our country who are trying to find ways to build in-- generational wealth, to build equity and pass that on to next generates. joe biden's think abo think about and his tax philosophy will kill, that not make it possible, and last point, joe biden likes to talk a

mr. biden himself has realized that the american presidential election is 7 months away and there is a lot of pressure on mr. biden to stop the zionist crimes, but netanyahu is outside the rules that mr. biden designed for him. he is playing games and prolonging the war , and because of this , there is a public difference between biden and netanyahu. moscow is with us . today is the third and last day of the presidential election in russia. mr. daravi, hello, good morning . tell us about the latest news about the holding. elections in russia in the name of allah, rahman, rahim sarkar, mrs. moazzami, your presence, mr. hosseini, and all viewers. good morning. yes, as you mentioned, today is the last day of the 3-day voting period for more than 112 million people who are eligible to vote in russia and various countries who are supposed to come to the polls and cast their votes. 112 million russian citizens there are about 1,800,000 people inside and abroad, for whom about 250 luxor branches have

this included a recorded conversation during which mr. bidenold 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 t

mr. joeoe biden. mr. bobulinkski described his conversations twice during his transcribed interview both times he provided the same account. i will read from the transcript of your interview. you stated you and joe biden discussed your quote family background and detail as wealthy biden families background in joe biden's quote appreciation for the military peace pages 48 of 271 of the transcript based on your own account you had zero discussion the chinese energy company. zero discussion on shares of equity or capitalization failed business venture. based on your own accounts you simply exchange pleasantries about your families and shared values the kind of small talk they have the opportunity to meet the former vice president of the united states and moved on. yet today republican colleagues are s desperate for actual evidence magically that story changes. that's really at the heart of everything we are discussing today. mr. bobulinkski is also been pushing his text as referent reference as truth the wall

it appears when you say bidens -- mr. comer: the reason they sent it directly to joe biden, they sent it to the shell companies. that's were there are 170 suspicious activity reports from six different banks that alerted the treasury department that they client, hunter biden, was money laundering. this is a vy serious crime. the number of financial crime been investigated for and no resolution to any investigation every investigation was called off. think about this -- the bidens have been investigated by the f.b.i. they have been investigated by three different u.s. attorney offices. they have been investiga they have been investigated by the securities and exchange commission. thlist goes on and on and on. yet every t told what was said, they were told to stand down. there are two parts to this investigation. there is the actual biden crimes. and then there is the cover-up. >> what evidence that either the vice president or as president joe b his political office in any way to benefit either hunter or james biden? mr. co