mr. biden's death and requested help locating mr. s journals and notes that would be helpful in writing a book as he approached the end of his vice presidency, biden sought to keep copies of notecards and other records for use in the book writing process grade according to a stamford project, biden wanted to take copies of the so he didn't have to go to the national archives everyday to help write his book. in 2016, the ghostwriter e-mailed mr. biden's chief of staff to schedule an interview with mr. biden said he wanted to cover a specific topic time frames and said he would tell you exactly what time. i want to cover. the vice president could have relevant notes and diaries when he talks. executive secretary, she did not recall advising mr. biden he could retain classified notes and said it was not her role to advise the vice president about classified record handling. based on her own training, she knew classified materials were supposed to be born in a secure facility. get this, mr. biden appeared to reference notecards issued dur

mr biden hit back. well—meaning, i'm an elderly man, i know what the hell i'm doing, i put this country back on its feet. i don't need his recommendation. my memory is fine, look what i've done since i became president. how did i pass the things i passed? i guess ijust pass the things i passed? i guess i just forgot what was going on. guess i just forgot what was going on-— guess i just forgot what was going on— guess i just forgot what was auoin on. , , , going on. his biggest political opponent. — going on. his biggest political opponent, former _ going on. his biggest political opponent, former president l opponent, former president donald trump, seized on the report to call for charges to be dropped in his own classified documents probe. that is being led by special counseljack smith. i spoke with... we have heard twice from president biden, bring us up—to—date the latest. president biden pushing back quite hard on those pretty damaging claims about his age, about his memory. he denied wilfully reta

but, as you mention, the really explosive line in this report was about mr biden�*s memory. and this is another reason no charges were warranted... it might be difficult for a jury to convict joe biden. i will read you a section from the report which i thought was particularly striking. at trial, mr biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview, as a sympathetic, well—meaning elderly man with a poor memory. it would be difficult to convict the jury to convict him. politically, that's a very damaging line. around 70% of americans think joe biden is too old to be president. and here it is in black and white, in an official report. black and white, in an official re ort. ~ , ,., , , black and white, in an official reort. , , ,., report. absolutely, it is a very sensitive _ report. absolutely, it is a very sensitive issue - report. absolutely, it is a very sensitive issue for i very sensitive issue for president biden. has there been a reaction to that line? you anticipate that being a thorny issue for president biden in this campaign.— this campaig

the argument from mr biden in the press _ biden did. mr biden in the press conference, i biden in the press conference, his staff were handling the documents. he said he wished he had been overseeing it. are you saying that he does bear ultimate responsibility? there are some aspects _ ultimate responsibility? there are some aspects of _ ultimate responsibility? there are some aspects of it, - ultimate responsibility? there are some aspects of it, he - ultimate responsibility? there| are some aspects of it, he was in wilful retention of the documents. i have no doubt that staff took care of most of it, and he may not have even known some of it was there. but there is evidence within the report about his sharing of information, likely classified, with his ghost writer. i will say, this is common for vice president to mike and presidents and cabinet administrative date—macro officials of prior administrations. —— vice presidents. when they leave office, what documents they take home... inaudible. another aspect of this report was speaking

mr. biden's delaware garage. a separate special counsel investigated former president trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents found at his mar-a-lago estate, some boxes found inside a bathroom. mr. trump was charged with 40 criminal counts to which he has pleaded not guilty tonight, the former president is calling the lack of charges in the hur report a two-tiered system of justice. but the report argues the two cases are different. and that while mr. trump was given multiple chances to return classified documents, he allegedly did the opposite, an obstructed justice by enlisting others to destroy evidence in contrast, the report says, mr. biden alerted authorities. the president says he cooperated completely. and gabe, the biden campaign is now responding to those comments in the report about the president's memory >> reporter: yes, lester a source close to the campaign tells me gop attacks on the president's age are nothing new. democrats argue robert hur is not a doctor. but clearly, this will be

mr. biden's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. rote in the report he believes a jury would find reasonable doubt at trial. and in part he wrote that biden would come across not only as sympathetic, but a common 3 -- theme throughout the report also had on president biden's memory, and he wrote that president biden, you know, was not capable of the willfulness required to forget -- to convict. he concluded there was no legal basis to pursue these charges. host: remind us of his background and how he came to be appointed special counsel. guest: robert h.e.r. is a former -- robert hurt is a special attorney appointed by former president trump. he was appointed by attorney general merrick garland in 2020 three to investigate biden's documents. he conducted an investigation over a course of a year, interviewing president biden himself, and dozens of other witnesses. to conduct this -- to produce this sprawling report into president biden's handling of classified documents. host: in what kind of classified information to the president ha

mr. biden's handwritten entries about issues of national security. john, foreign policy implicating sensitive sources. >> how is this different than trump? how is this different? the only difference is trump as president could stake stuff with him. all right? as vice president, you can't take stuff with you. as a u.s. senator you can't take stuff with you. i have said this for months and months. >> john: larry, sorry. we'll talk to you soon. raise is in for martha today. here he comes. we'll see you tomorrow. >> john and sandra and larry, good afternoon. i'm trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. david spunt, by the way, continuing to come through the report, 345 pages from the special counsel on president biden's handling classified documents. we'll get back to david, give him a chance to get up to speed on that. he will bring us the breaking news as it continues. meantime, breaking today, it is now in the supreme court's hands to decide whether or not former president trump is eligible to r

mr. biden's guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.ponded this afternoon. >> the bottom line is the special counsel in my case decided against moving forward with any charges. this matter is now closed. >> reporter: during the year-long investigation, special counsel investigators questioned 147 witnesses and collected over 7 million documents from biden's time in the senate, as vice president, and to the present day. mr. biden, himself, was interviewed by hur, a former u.s. attorney, for five hours, who wrote that the president did not remember when he was vice president or when his son, beau, died. if the president were charged, hur wrote that he would likely present himself to the jury as he did during his interview with our office, as a sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory. the records included documents marked classified as well as mr. biden's personal notebooks of national security briefings. the records contained highly sensitive intelligence, sources, and methods, military programs and capabilities of foreig

mr biden also warned israel risks losing global support in the war if its gaza offensive drags on butd his comments. translation: from the beginning i of the war, i have been leading l a diplomatic campaign whose goal is to deflect the pressure to end the war prematurely and, at the same time, to also gain support for israel. we have significant support in this area. today, a new harvard harris poll has published that 82% of the american public support israel. it means four or five citizens in the us support israel and not hamas. this gives us a source of strength to continue the battle until total victory. according to reuters and the hamas run health ministry, some 70,000 have been injured in gaza. live now to jerusalem and our middle east correspondent yolande knell. bring us up—to—date first of all on these negotiations for a ceasefire and a hostage return.— these negotiations for a ceasefire and a hostage return. after those comments _ and a hostage return. after those comments by _ and a hostage return. after those comments by president _ and a hostage return. after those commen

mr. biden's main floor office, basement didn't. page 1 of the executive summary reads quote, our investigation uncovered evidence that president biden willfully retained, and disclose kevin classified materials after his vice presidency me when he was a private citizen, but the next paragraph goes on to say, quote, we conclude the evidence does not establish mr. biden's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, therefore, prosecution of mr. biden is unwarranted. one big reason for that, according to special counsel is on page 219 quote, we have also considered that a trial mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory. the report notes that president biden's memory issues are significant stating quote, he did not remember even within several years when his son, beau, died. evan pettis is coming through the report. evan, for a report that concluded that they will not bring criminal charges, it is pretty scathing. >> right, jake. this repo

trump's case and mr. biden are clear. after given notable chances to return classified documents to avoid prosecution, mr. trump allegedly did the opposite. according to the indictment he not only refused to return the documents for many months. he also obstructed justice by enlisting others to destroy evidence and then lie about it. 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, sat for voluntary interviews and cooperated with the investigation. end of quote. i've seen the headlines since the report was released about my willful retention of documents. this is not only misleading, but just plain wrong. on page 215, if you had a chance, i know it's a thick document. on page 215 the reporting of the special counsel found the exact opposite. there is a shortage of evidence that i will fully retain classified materials related to afghanistan. on page 12, the special counsel also wrote for other docu

the report made several claims over mr biden�*s mental competency.ell—meaning elderly man with a poor memory". in any future trial, it said, it would be "difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him of a crime that requires a mental state of willfulness". last night, president biden hit back at those allegations. my memory is fine. my memory... take a look at what i've done since i've become president. none of you thought i could pass any of the things i got passed. how did that happen? you know, i guess ijust forgot what was going on. butjoe biden has made a series of embarrassing slip—ups that have raised questions about his fitness for office. at a recent event, he said the current president of france was mitterrand, who died in 1996. and i sat down and i said, "america's back," and mitterrand from germany...i mean from france. donald trump, who is just three years younger than his rival, has mocked president biden on the campaign trail. i'll tell you what — i feel sharper now than i did 20 years ago. i really do. and i think anybody

certainly in some of the political campaign ads, there is a lot of mocking of mr biden over his age. dent at the age of 81, you have mr trump, clearfavourite to win the republican presidential nomination, not far behind him. both these cases, it is clearly an issue in the campaign. the problem for mr biden, as far as if you look at some of the polling, it does stick as an issue. people are worried about the issue of his age. what democrats say about that is that it has effectively been priced in, because this is such a polarised country, and the political race is so polarised, people that were going to vote for mr biden will not change their mind on account of these various slip—ups in the descriptions on the report. they already knew that age was an issue. it will continue now, particularly after the events of last night, to become a defining characteristic of the race. the question is the degree to which it will really change the way people are likely to vote. much of this will be fought in the suburban areas, where things like this may be a factor, but the big, big issues in the el

trump's case and mr. biden are clear. ter given notable chances to return classified documents toward prosecution, mr. trump allegedly did the opposite. according to the indictment he not only refused to return the document for many months. he also obstructed justice by enlisting others to destroy evidence and then lie about it. in contrast, mr. biden turned and calcified documents to the national archives and the department of justice consented to the search of multiple locations, including his home, sat for voluntary interviews and cooperated with the investigation. i've seen the headlines since the report was released about

trump's case and mr. biden are clear. after given notable chances to return classified documents to avoid prosecution, mr. trump allegedly did the opposite. according to the indictment he not only refused to return the documents for many months. he also obstructed justice by enlisting others to destroy evidence and then lie about it. 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, sat for voluntary interviews and cooperated with the investigation. end of quote. i've seen the headlines since the report was released about my willful retention of documents. this is not only misleading, but just plain wrong. on page 215, if you had a chance, i know it's a thick document. on page 215 the reporting of the special counsel found the exact opposite. there is a shortage of evidence that i will fully retain classified materials related to afghanistan. on page 12, the special counsel also wrote for other docu

that means, there is no ongoing news, particularly if mr. biden is able to give a statement, put it to bed, and move on. meanwhile, his certain opponent has 91 felony charges pending against him, some of them also involving classified documents. biden claimed, i was investigated by independent counsel and i was cleared, a lot of cheap shots, nothing to do with the law. i was cleared. maybe mr. trump will be cleared, but he has been indicted, though. biden was not even charged. mr. trump will have the right to defend himself in court. maybe he is innocent. he is looking at 91 felony charges, mr. biden is looking at zero. >> when we look at the classified documents case that donald trump is facing, there are obviously major legal distinctions, but if you are going to select a jury in south florida that will look at some of these details in this report that biden willfully retained classified information do you think it is going to be easy for a prosecutor to make haste in that context that president trump is facing the same kind of considerations th

mr. biden's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. this is the special counsel investigation by robert hur who was confirmed under donald trump in to president biden's handling of classified documents. a reminder of what special counsel hur has been looking into. for more than a year. in the after math of the discovery of dozens of boxes containing thousands of government documents, including 300 with classified markings, some labeled top secret that donald trump took with him, and both withheld and allegedly hid at mar-a-lago, president biden's lawyers did a preemptive search of their own to see if biden took anything after he left the vice presidency in 2017. joining us is mike memoli. good to have you. a mix of good news and bad news for the president. >> yeah, katy, for those who remember what happened in 2016, involving former secretary of state hillary clinton, the democratic nominee at the time for president, of course we remember there were no charges but a pretty damming report from the attorney general at the time, james come

for mr biden himself, he has had _ been no secret for mr biden himself, he has had enough _ been nof these kind - been no secret for mr biden himself, he has had enough of these kind of. he has had enough of these kind of people _ he has had enough of these kind of people being — he has had enough of these kind of people being a _ he has had enough of these kind of people being a part— he has had enough of these kind of people being a part of— he has had enough of these kind of people being a part of the - he has had enough of these kind of people being a part of the israeli . people being a part of the israeli administration, _ people being a part of the israeli administration, and _ people being a part of the israeli administration, and that- people being a part of the israeli administration, and that has- people being a part of the israeli - administration, and that has become very n1uch— administration, and that has become very much aggravated _ administration, and that has become very much aggravated over— administration, and that has become very much aggravated over the - admi

mr. biden hitting back >> and my memory is fine. >>> and vice president kamala harris today also blasting the report. what she said in defense of the president. >>> also tonight, the deadly plane crash on the highway in florida. the plane colliding with at least one vehicle. >>> the shooting in times square in new york the nypd saying a 15-year-old wounded a tourist then fired at a police officer in the heart of manhattan. the arrest tonight >>> the urgent manhunt in tennessee a deputy fatally shot. the armed and dangerous suspect on the loose. >>> the dramatic video of the first tornado on record to hit wisconsin in february. >>> israel ordering an evacuation ahead of an expected invasion in the gaza city of rafah, and president biden's sharpest rebuke yet of israel's offensive. >>> the military naming the five u.s. marines killed in a helicopter crash what we're learning. >>> and her dad's a niners fan, but she's rooting for travis and taylor a house divided just two days from the super bowl

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mr biden also warned israel risks losing global support in the war if its gaza offensive drags on butcomments. translation: from the beginning i of the war, i have been leading l a diplomatic campaign whose goal is to deflect the war prematurely and, at the same time, gain support for israel. we have significant support in this area. today, a harris poll has published that 82% of the american public support israel. it means four or five citizens support israel and not hamas. this gives us a source of strength to continue the battle until total victory. it's now more than 20 weeks since the start of the war in gaza, and with the hope that a ceasefire may be coming as early as next week, civilians in gaza are desperate for that outcome. fergal keane reports from jerusalem. 0n the 143rd night of the war, eight people were reported killed here. among them, a seven—year—old girl. in an area hosting five times its normal population, israel hunts for the hamas attackers who killed and kidnapped its citizens. and for civilians in rafah, grief follows... screaming ..pushed from place to place,

mr. biden's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.sident responded this afternoon. >> bottom line is the special counsel in my case decided against moving forward with any charges. this matter is now closed. [applause] >> reporter: during the yearlong investigation, special counsel investigators questioned 147 witnesses and collected over 7 million documents from biden's time in the senate, as vice president, and to the present day. mr. biden himself was interviewed by hur, a former u.s. attorney, for five hours, who wrote that the president did not remember when he was vice president or when his son, beau, died. if the president were charged, hur wrote that he would likely present himself to the jury as he did during his interview with our office: as a sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory. the records included document this evening the president push back that his memory is fading. >> my memory is fine. i put the country back on its feet. >> reporter: the records include documents marked classified, as well as mr.

ghost writer deleted discussions he had with mr. bidensignificant evident iary value. average american sees that and sees hillary clinton and wonders what the difference is and feels there is a two-tiered justice system. >> harris: can i double down, there is a day right before the election in 2022. we were starting to find out about the upenn-biden document scandal. it was quite time before we knew they were classified documents and had been turned over to the archival system. they came across another treasure trove in december. it took four months to tell us what was going on with the documents. we don't know how expeditious the turning over were. >> kayleigh: five pages had hcso material, human source material that could jeopardize human source. treat classified documents with dignity and respect it deserves. >> harris: we have men and women in the military and cia and other intelligence arms of government all over the world, if there are people part of our democracy protection and was in biden's garage. the boxes were worn away and so

counsel also found that mr. biden may rell have forgotten about that incident and that it would be, in any case, very difficult to prove a criminal case, and i just want to read you a very telling passage mr. hur's team wrote. we also considered that at trial mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury as he did during our interview with him as a sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory and based on our direct interactions and observations with him, he is someone for whom many jurors will want to identify reasonable doubt. so, in other words, they found that while mr. biden did willfully retain this classified information, it is unlikely they can win a conviction and it wouldn't be in the interest of justice, and i should say, letter, this report makes a point of distinguishing this biden case from the trump case. it says that, you know, its role is not to evaluate the prosecution of mr. trump, but based on the plain facts there are several distinguishing features, meaning that mr. trump refused t

said mr. bidenif i stood here 10 to 15 years ago and said all of this come you all think i should be committed. the president said we have a crazy slb, like that guy put in, but the existential threat to humanity is climate. bay area visit began in sfo where mr. biden was treated by his longtime friend, former speaker p nancy pelosi, and san francisco mayor london breed. mr. biden traveled to marina greens, that altered the fundraisers be a motorcade. as for the demonstrators, it appears the president never even heard them, as they were marching down pacific . i saw what appeared to be the president's motorcade a long block away and on the move. president biden at the fairmount tonight, his evening over, but his fundraising is not. tomorrow, he will be down in los altos hill at a fundraiser were to get started 6600 and go up to $100,000 each. in san francisco, terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >>> also tonight, a much needed break from all that rain and wind. this is a live look across the bay are

last night mr. biden said it is wrong for the property to find he willfully retained any classified documents frances? >> brie, thank you >>> overnight, donald trump did win another contest in the race for the white house. nbc news projects that trump easily won the nevada caucuses, claiming all 26 of the state's dells. the only major challenger left in the primary raise, nikki haley, did not register for the caucus the two will face off again in the south carolina primary on february 24. >>> the supreme court heard arguments in a case that could impact the trump campaign. the justices appear skeptical when it comes to when trump can be removed from colorado's primary ballot >> reporter: tasked with resolving a monumental political dispute. u.s. supreme court justices appear skeptical of a colorado supreme court decision barring former president trump from the republican primary ballot on grounds he engaged in insurrection, in trying to overturn the 2020 election, culminating in the january 6th capitol at

it says, quoting here, "mr. bidenikely present himself to a jury as he did in their interview with him as a sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory. and you think, that's a slam, and joe biden says how dare they, and the white house says how dare they, but the truth of the matter is, every time he had a president talk, everybody is going to be ultra-focused on what he says. every word he says. and when he says things we know are not true, when he goes and talks about the border and says this is now donald trump's fault, and maga republicans' fault, and you know that's absolutely not true and the lion's share of america knows it's not true, it makes you think, is there something else going on here? >> he probably knows it's not true. he's just reading off a teleprompter, of his notes, confuse each and every day. the american people are asking, what is the impact to us in this presidential election? let me say right now, i think the border is the paramount issue. securing the border, and national securi

mr. biden's attorneys that president biden was an innocent person. you begin with that. you begin with the idea that even talking to prosecutors is rare. it's extraordinary. it reflects a great deal of confidence that both president biden and his lawyers didn't believe that he had done anything wrong. the second piece is this. u.s. attorneys offices, the department of justice, make decisions, decide not to go forward with a prosecution every day in the country. the difference is, you don't see those. you don't see them for the very reason that we have here. that is that every single report is going to have uncomfortable facts about a case but will reflect a case that shouldn't go forward. it is in some way appropriate that a prosecutor would describe the reasons he is not going to go forward. it reflects a prosecutor who has had experience in front of a jury to say, i don't think we could win this case. but this is a case in which those decisions, those factors, are made very public. >> let me ask you one more thing about that. could he have just said, i don't think we c

mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury as he did during our interview of him as a sympathetic well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory. lines like that angering the white house's special counsel who says we disagree with the number of inaccurate and inappropriate comments in the special counsel's report. nonetheless, the most important decision the special counsel made that no charges are warranted is firmly based on the facts and evidence. and the president's personal lawyer adds the special counsel could not refrain from investigative excess, perhaps, unsurprising, given the intense pressures of the current political environment. that doesn't change the fact that a 15 month investigation finds president biden knew he kept classified information in notebooks stored in his house and he knew he was not allowed to do so. the president will soon announce new steps to safeguard national secrets more than a year after claiming his documents were safe. >> classified material, next to you

it appears when you say bidens -- mr. comer: the reason they sent -- didn't send the money directly to joe biden, they sent it to the shell companies. that's where there are 170 suspicious activity reports from six different banks that alerted the treasury department that they feared their client, hunter biden, was money laundering. this is a very serious crime. the number of financial crimes that this family has 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 investigated by the i.r.s. they have been investigated by the securities and exchange commission. the list goes on and on and on. yet every time we were 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 do you have that either the vice presiden

republicans have seized on the report as evidence that mr biden shouldn't be seeking re—election. gton, here's will vernon. tonight, no criminal charges for president biden... no criminal charges... tonight, no charges... the initial headlines seemed to be good news for the president. the special counsel recommended no charges be brought into his handling of official documents. a legal win for mr biden. but, politically, it was a devastating blow. the report made several claims over mr biden�*s mental competency. it described him as "a well—meaning elderly man with a poor memory." in any future trial, it said, it would be "difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him of a crime that requires a mental state of willfulness." last night, president biden hit back at those allegations. my memory is fine. my memory... take a look at what i've done since i've become president. none of you thought i could pass any of the things i got passed. how'd that happen? you know, i guess ijust forgot what was going on. butjoe biden has made a series of embarrassing slip—ups that have ra

mr. biden's recollection is just incorrect. the special counsel clearly says in the report that he shared classified information with the ghost writer and they documented that and they have evidence of it. what i'm told by justice department officials is that special counsel hur, you know, he was writing a report that is required under the regulations to the attorney general explaining why he wasn't filing criminal charges against mr. biden despite the significant evidence he found and mr. biden willy retained classified information, which is a crime. this wasn't an accident. he took documents related in particular to the afghanistan surge in 2009 that were highly classified, he took them home. and in 2017, he was recorded on tape saying i just found a bunch of classified documents and he didn't report that to the fbi. now, he said the reason for that is he quickly forgot about it. and mr. hur had to explain why that there was some credence to that, there is a context here and in doing that, he explained mr. biden's history of

mr biden says it would help to solve this issue. he says mr trump is now blocking.erests, it serves mr trump's interest to keep the crisis going at the border. things in reality are far more complex than that. in the end it isn'tjust complex than that. in the end it isn't just about deterrence measures. we've seen a lot of the last few days, razor wire laid along the river by governor abbott. blue is to prevent people from swimming over. all of that has largely displaced the crossings along this extremely large border. what is driving this movement of people, the biggest displacement of people globally since the second world war is global instability. climate change and what strong people to the us is after the pandemic there was a hugejobs gap in this us is after the pandemic there was a huge jobs gap in this country with an ageing population. that creates a pull factorfor an ageing population. that creates a pull factor for people who want to come here in the belief still be able to get work. the problem is not the processing system of peoples asylum claims assist

mr biden also warned israel risks losing global support in the war if its gaza offensive drags on butd his comments. translation: from the beginning i of the war, i have been leading l a diplomatic campaign whose goal is to deflect the pressure to end the war prematurely and, at the same time, to also gain support for israel. we have significant support in this area. today, a new harvard harris poll has published that 82% of the american public support israel. it means four or five citizens in the us support israel and not hamas. this gives us a source of strength to continue the battle until total victory. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest from jerusalem. we had a lot of caution being surrounded by israel, hamas, by the qatari mediators as well. but we know there are delegations from israel and from hamas in the qatari capital doha who are continuing to work on details during indirect talks to try to come up with a new deal that could continue through the month of ramadan, lasting, as you said, for some 40 days, that's according to media reports. when it come

according to the report, mr. biden did not remember when he was vice president, forgetting on the first day of the interview when his term ended on forgetting on the second interview when his term began. he did not remember even within several years when his son beau died >> how in the hell dar daras that >> reporter: later in the press conference, president biden referring to the president of egypt as the president of mexico >> as you know, initially, the president of mexico, el sisi, did not want to open up the gate to allow humanitarian material to get in. >> re >> the extraordinary circumstances require the appointment of a special counsel. >> reporter: merrick garland appointed the special counsel in january last year after classified documents were discovered at one of his former offices on november 2nd, 2022. he waited until after the midterm elections to tell the public and it includes these photos of where prosecutors say more documents were improperly stored near a collapsed dog crate in the delaware garage.

mr. biden did was unlawful for a period of 15 years taken documents from the senate and vice presidency and the law further states that if you want to use classified documents for a book or whatever and you can read them in a secure skiff in the national archives building. the herr report cause say the vice presidency and keep those document knowing he was violating the law. biden discovered these classified documents back in 2017 when he was talking about the topic with his ghost writer. so coming to tell the justice department and archives and then listened and just another biden truth and he'd been pulling there are if 15 years going back to the senate days and donald trump was accused of willfully retaining classified materials but again under the presidential records act, he didn't do anything wrong. it's a two-tiered justice system. now, former prosecutor andy mccarthy says, and i'm going to quote. if you're going to use what a jury would say and there's enough evidence to indict the pers

mr. biden as a candidate is his age. another cnn poll find while 53% of americans feel donald trump has the sharpness to serve as president, only a quarter felt the same about mr. biden. >>> a staff writer with the "atlantic" joins us via skype. good to have you with us. well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory and diminished faculties in advancing age. how damning was this assessment by the special counsel? >> well, i think it was more damning on the surface it seemed kindly. it wasn't an obvious full-throated partisan attack. it was something you might say about a beloved relative who's a little different past it days. this is not how the biden team received this. they think this is a partisan attack, a trump-appointed special prosecutor who couldn't find actual evidence of criminality and decided to go to the court of public opinion instead and therefore find a different more damaging effect in electoral terms. >> yeah. hur was there to determine whether or not biden had committed a crim

powerful union endorsed mr. biden last week. during his remarks emdhe said t current economic strength relies on organized labor. >> we now have in large part because of you and organized labor the strongest economy in the whole damn world. we do. >> as he seek as second term, mr. biden is facing a fraying coalition of voters. jeff zeleny has more. >> it is like two old white guys duking it old. >> reporter: reverend williams is bracing for the rematch. exhausted at the notion at the battle. >> some may feel i don't have any hope in a donald trump or i don't have any hope in a joe biden. >> reporter: as pastor of king solomon baptist church, he was on the front lines of soaring turnout among black voters four years ago. he believes biden can't win re-election through fear of trump alone. >> it is almost like your big brother and your big sister saying the boogeyman is under the bed. later you figure is it really a boogeyman. you realize maybe this guy ain't the boog xwboogeyman. >> reporter: one of the biggest test is piecing to