that's why reporters and photographers have been staking out the rehoboth beach home. before 8:30, two black suvs, two sedans arrived at the beach home. it was confirmed this is an ongoing fbi search. we're going on now about four hours. notably this is all happening on the same day that robert hur is starting in his special counsel role. hur, of course, will be overseeing the investigation of president biden's handling of classified documents. backing up here, our team has learned that so far up to this point, dozens of classified documents have, in fact, been found as a result of these several searches over the past few months. it incorporates what biden's attorneys previously found in november and december from the penn biden center in wilmington, and also what was taken from biden's wilmington home during what was a 13-hour fbi search. the documents found in that search have only been described by biden's personal attorney up to this point as six items consisting of classified information. not exactly sure the number or what it entails. john, we'll wait and see what

the fact that we are now seeing a search at the president's home in rehoboth beach, delaware.his is the home he purchased after he left the white house. he didn't own the property yet. so i think this speaks to one of the concerns that obviously biden allies have, which is that once you have a special counsel overseeing this search, once law enforcement sinks its teeth into an investigation, something can very quickly go beyond what the initial scope of the inquiry was, and so as we understand from one of the source, our colleagues are talking to is that the fbi agents in this case were not given any particular instructions about what to look for. obviously but that they are going to be looking for anything marked classified. i think obviously it stands to reason, once you have fbi investigators on the case, things can go in an unpredictable direction. >> and mike, we don't really know whether there was any search done by, for example, the president's lawyers or team of lawyers in that home, or do we even know if this is the first time the fbi is in that home? >> so this is th

sources at rehoboth beach tell joe had a fire that he could would. smoke coming out of the chimney.cold in january. biden definitely didn't use classified documents as kindling. and if the search was planned, that means biden knew they were going to search his beach house. now, if you knew the fbi was going to search your beach house, you wouldn't maybe just accidently kick open your desk drawers, you know, just to see what was inside? you know, a little spring cleaning early? you think biden is worried about what the special counsel might be after? >> if the special counsel was starting for your testimony would you give testimony? >> i don't even know about lawyers notes. if the is looking for classified documents, and they didn't find any, but they took materials and handwritten notes, that tells me this investigation is much bigger than just classified documents. the fbi also seized handwritten notes to-do lists, photos, from biden's home in delaware. this can't be just about a few mishandled briefing notes with the letter c on them. or at least it shouldn't be because it looks l

. >>> also tonight, the search of president biden's home and rehoboth beach. >>> and the funeral of tyre nichols. >>> first tonight, that deadly ice storm. the grip on several states continues. hundreds of thousands now without power. roads again turned into sheets of glass. 45 million americans on alert for ice, snow, and brutal cold. from texas all the way up to the northeast. mireya villarreal in dallas. rob marciano on the cold coming to the northeast. >>> the fbi search of president biden's delaware beach house. 3 1/2 hours, it took. the president's attorneys cooperating. and what they said after it was over. mary bruce standing by at the white house. >>> the terrifying morning commute on a bus and then a train, turning deadly in washington, d.c. a suspect allegedly pulling out a gun, first on the bus, then heading to the subway. several people shot, including a metro employee who died while trying to stop the gunman. pierre thomas in washington. >>> the funeral for tyre nichols. remembered as a loving son, brother, and father. vice president kamala harris and the reverend al sharpt

the fbi descending on his vacation home in rehoboth beach, delaware.ent biden's rehoboth beach house into possible miss handling of classified materials. white house counsel office emphasized the cooperation. >> we've been fully cooperative. we're in direct discussions with the justice department and that will continue. >> this is the send fbi search of a property belonging to the president in just two weeks and the third since agents visited his former think tank office where classified documents were discovered in november. after nearly four hours in rehoboth today, no documents marked classified were found. but biden's lawyer said that the justice department did take some materials and handwritten notes that appear to relate to his time as vice president. the president has tried to downplay the matter. >> there is no there, there. >> and his team has worked to differentiate it from the investigation into former president trump where prosecutors are looking at possible obstruction in addition to his handling of classified material. >> i have no regre

and until we know what, if anything, is found at the rehoboth beach home, it won't. on the other hand, lindsey, the last time the fbi was involved in what was described as a fully consensual search of the president's wilmington home, they walked away with a number of materials. bob bauer's statement that night said the fbi took materials relevant to the scope of its inquiry, including six classified items, and also took a number of notebooks dating back to the president's time as vice president. we would think that here the rehoboth home has been thoroughly searched already by biden's personal lawyers. however, based on our last experience, we also know that the fbi recovered materials that hadn't been found or discovered previously by the personal attorneys. so i think we'll wait and see until today's search is completed. that having been said, the atmospherics here are good for president biden. as chuck noted, this is a fully cooperative search, they're trying to get ahead of it and show that their conduct is not obstructive, and while nobody has suggested yet that

. >>> also today, the fbi searched president biden's summer home in rehoboth beach, delaware. this is the third known search of one of biden's properties, as part of the investigation into his handling of classified materials. we're told that no classified documents were found during today's search. the white house press secretary will take questions on all of this and more soon. >>> meantime, the president will meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy next hour over raising the national debt limit. republicans are demanding spending cuts, but the white house insists raising the debt ceiling is not about future spending. and let's begin in washington, d.c., where the federal reserve has just announced its latest decision on interest rates. economists predicted an eighth straight rate increase as the central bank tries to tamp down inflation without causing a recession. matt egan is inside the federal reserve. what's the decision? >> reporter: 25 basis points, the fed just delivered its eighth straight interest rate hike, lifting interest rates to the highest level since 2007, al

. >> why did it take so long for a search of rehoboth beach residence, and who from the white house if anyone was there? >> that's a good question. we have been working directly with the justice department from the very beginning. as soon as the initial set of materials was discovered at the penn biden center and it was reported to the archives, and the archives notified the justice department about the finding and we have worked, the presidents personal attorneys worked closely with the justice department through the process, and white house counsel's office was not present today to answer that question, and we have been following the justice department's lead in coordinating these searches with them. if you want to ask granular questions about the decision making, about the search or the timing or anything like that, i would refer you to the justice department. >> a couple questions, to be very clear, has the fbi conducted any searches of any other locations associated with the president that you or the white house is aware of? >> look, i think we're providing information as this goe

agents did take several other documents with them. >> fbi agents pulled into the president's rehoboth beach delaware home wednesday morning on the hunt for classified documents. after three and a half hours, they left. the president's personal attorney in a statement said no documents with classified markings were found. adding consistent with the process in wilmington, the doj took for further review some materials and handwritten notes that appear to relate to his time as vice president. it's the third time a biden connected property was formally searched by the fbi. not even two weeks ago agents spent nearly 13 hours in wilmington looking for classified material. they recovered six items. white house officials continue to say cooperation is the theme. >> the president has been fully cooperative and he has directed his team to be fully cooperative. we have cooperated fully. the president has been fully cooperative. we are being fully cooperative. we are offering up access to the president's personal homes. >> 90 minutes after the fbi search in rehoboth was complete, attorney general merri

his staff will go through documents seized by fbi agents from the president's rehoboth beach delawareome wednesday. in a carefully written statement, the president's personal attorney bob bauer is quoted as saying "no documents with classified markings were found." bauer went on to say agents took some materials and handwritten notes; however, it is possible some of those pages may contain classified information without markings. hur, a former trump appointed u.s. attorney now has complete control over the investigation after spending several weeks getting up to speed. hur, like other special counsel colleagues, is working at undisclosed location in washington, d.c. >> proof will be in the pudding. if he is willing to examine the evidence, i believe he needs, the fbi needs to search the documents of the university of delaware and it needs to search hunter biden's home and business addresses to see if there are classified documents at any of those places. >> when asked about searching for classified documents in additional locations. a white house spokesman was vegas. vague.>> the pres

fbi agents in rehoboth beach, delaware, searching the biden vacation house with discovery of classifieduments at the penn biden center and residence in delaware. president biden's attorney in this search was all planned. the president is cooperating fully. hello, everyone, this is a "outnumbered" and i'm emily compagno. joining me is ainsley earhardt, kennedy, cassie smedile, and kevin walling. now, we began with david spunt live at the department of justice who has more for us, david. >> good afternoon, good afternoon to everyone. fbi agents will be searching rehobeth beach home as long as it takes. the hunt is defined in the classified documents and the search began just a few hours ago. as we mentioned this is the president's vacation home in delaware. he bought it in 2017. fbi agents pulled up this morning in unmarked cars and out of search warrant meaning consensual search. by the is a longtime friend and attorney to the president said today with the president and full support and cooperation. the dea to search under doj standard procedures and in the interest of operational securi

search yesterday at president biden's rehoboth beach home on the beach in delaware. other paperwork, however, was taken from there which special counsel robert hur's team will comb through. he is 100% officially focused on the president's document investigation as of yesterday. david spunt picks up the story at d.o.j. hello. >> good morning to you. robert hur became special counsel appointed by garland a few weeks ago on january 12th. since that day he has been getting up to speed at a private law firm looking at this investigation into the president of the united states. he is now left has law firm in washington and fully on board dealing with this investigation. f.b.i. agents spent 3 1/2 hours at the president's vacation home yesterday in rehoboth beach. the president's personal attorney bob lawyer says no documents with classified documents were discovered. agents did take other paperwork and handwritten notes and it is possible, bill, there is something classified on those pages. they are just not marked classified. now all of the material will be in the possessi

. >> world champs ♪ you got to fight for your right to party ♪ >> rehoboth beach, we hear rehoboth beachthe news a lot because that's where president biden has a home and that looks like the street that leads down to the ocean. >> steve: there is a gazebo right there. >> you can't see any of the classified documents from here. i guess they took them out already. also raided university of delaware. >> ainsley: safe place in the garage. >> steve: exactly. >> brian: wasn't like they were on the street. >> steve: they were in the trunk of the corvette relearned. >> brian: of course. why wouldn't they be. >> steve: that's all. welcome aboard, folks. hour two of "fox & friends" live from new york city where, right now, believe it or not, on this, the 16th day of february it is 51 degrees, high of 63. sorry, ainsley about the snow. >> ainsley: i really would like some snow at some point. it is new york city where we could get snow in march. >> steve: we could. stay tuned. >> ainsley: we have had that before. >> ainsley: i'm kind of over it. just accepted it. probably not going to get snow. spri

in this instance, this search today of president biden's rehoboth beach property was not under subpoenaas under cooperation with the president's legal team. broadly speaking, though, chris, this is yet another data point, yet another development in what has become a real political head wind for this president. next week, he has a state of the union address. sometime after we expect he'll announce his bid for reelection. polling though shows this issue is neutralized in the minds of americans. a majority of them think both president biden and former president trump have mishandled classified documents. it's not clear what the political impact will be long-term. >> there's some other new poll numbers that show the two 2024 front runners against a daunting reality. 2/3 of voters think both joe biden and donald trump should not run for reelection. the nbc news poll reveals that 60% of voters have reservations or are very uncomfortable with biden and trump running for the white house again. can those numbers be overcome or will they encourage challengers to enter the race. let's bring in nbc

three months later you finally go in to the rehoboth beach house. timely was not the word i'd use. >> yes, the ice age was timely. this moved at a remarkably slow raid for an issue that the fbi said required, you know, quick and urgent action. but the action that was taken was by private counsel. that could complicate any criminal case. keep in mind, the president is arguing that he had no knowledge of these documents. that he didn't -- he was not the reason that they were brought to each of these locations. they were divided, they were distributed. he says he's got no knowledge as to why that happened. but this was a very long period. as many as 14 years. so if the president had any contact with these classified documents during that period, he did have knowledge and intent. he knew he was in possession. so that means that the initial searches were key for the fbi so that they could see how these documents were being housed. how they were stacked. were they visible to people walking by as classified folders and documents. all of that is largely los

miles apart from what we see going on today in rehoboth beach. >> let's switch gears. something that everyone is focused on, meeting over the debt ceiling between speaker kevin mccarthy, the president at the white house. i think it's the first one on one that i know of. yesterday, mccarthy called the president, quote, childish because he won't negotiate. you framed this, i saw on "today," as one of the opening bids from both sides. >> reporter: that's right. this is a starting point. the expectations are really quite low that president biden and speaker mccarthy will make any real progress toward reaching a deal to raise the debt limit. here are the stakes. the president saying he is not going to negotiate because the nation cannot default on its debts. the debt limit, of course, is the debt the u.s. has already racked up. it's like a credit card bill. speaker mccarthy saying, he is not going to agree to anything unless it includes spending cuts. the white house calling his bluff or trying to and saying, show us exactly where you want to cut. i asked president biden ye

as they conducted a search today of the home in rehoboth, beach, delaware.m that compiles data and since he has taken office he has been to that property at least 12 times. i mentioned when we spoke earlier in the hour. the president is well-known to visit his homes in delaware, rehoboth and wilmington. i earned marriott points going there. he goes there just about every weekend. a lot of focus why the f.b.i. is choosing now to search considering they had a look at the property from the president's attorneys back on january 11th. we look to see if the special counsel and f.b.i. has any new information related to what happens at the search today. important to point out it was the president's personal attorney that first alerted the media. the media was there set up outside the gate of the development as we've been waiting for the possibility of the search for several days. bill and dana. >> bill: now with turley and mccarthy respectively known as jonathan and andy, they repeatedly came back to the university of delaware suggesting there might be some paperwor

. >>> minutes ago the fbi completed its search of president biden's home in rehoboth beach, delaware. we're being told that no classified documents were found there today. it's part of the special counsel investigation into biden's handling of classified material. cnn's jessica schneider joins us to break all of this down. jessica, did the president know this search was happening today? what have we learned? >> he did, kasie, but they didn't alert the public. biden's attorney saying the fbi and dodge had the president's full support and cooperation. the search has wrapped. the personal attorney for the president, bob bower sent out a statement saying the dodj's planned such conducted in coordination and cooperation with the president's attorneys has concluded. the search was conducted from 8:30 a.m. to noon. no documents with classified markings were found. consistent with the process in wilmington, the doj took for further review some materials and handwritten notes that appeared to relate to his time as vice president. remember, we know the doj had also been reviewing handwritten no

his wilmington home, and now his rehoboth beach home.te house and from justice department is that this was an agreed upon search, there was no search warrant and from the white house's perspective, that underscores how the president and his team are cooperating with this investigation as they say they have been from the beginning. outgoing chief of staff ron klain emphasized that last night. take a listen. >> the hallmark of our handling of this has been cooperation with the justice department, with the archives, in the first instance it make them aware, they didn't ask for documents from us, the president and his legal team said we found some documents, we have been cooperating fully, and today was just the latest example of that cooperation. >> reporter: now, lindsey, when we heard from the president's personal lawyer is that the investigators did not find document with classified markings on them at the rehoboth beach house, but they did take other items, specifically handwritten notes that pertain to the president's time serving as v

more classified material after biden lawyers made their own discovery, and today's search at the rehoboth beach. republicans are blasting a lack of transparency >> someone leaked this out. we would never have heard it from this white house. they would have covered it up forever. >> reporter: the special counsel investigation looming over the white house comes as the president met with house speaker kevin mccarthy with a showdown building over raising the debt limit, the white house is demanding mccarthy unveil a budget proposal republicans are calling for spending cuts >> we both laid out some of our vision of where we want to get to, and i believe after laying both out, i can see where we can find common ground >> peter, what is the white house saying about that meeting? >> reporter: lester, here they are calling it a frank and straightforward dialogue saying mccarthy and biden will continue the conversation there are still several months until a potential default that economists warn would be a disaster. lester >> all right peter alexander, thank you. >>> a rising death toll tonight as that m

. >>> also tonight, the search of president biden's home and rehoboth beach. >>> and the funeral of tyre>>> first tonight, that deadly ice storm. the grip on several states continues. hundreds of thousands now without power. roads again turned into sheets of glass. 45 million americans on alert for ice, snow, and brutal cold. from texas all the way up to the northeast. mireya villarreal in dallas. rob marciano on the cold coming to the northeast. >>> the fbi search of president biden's delaware beach house. 3 1/2 hours, it took. the president's attorneys cooperating.

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officials with top security clearances showed up at president biden's six-bedroom vacation home in rehoboth beachficials spent 3 1/2 hours searching the entire home. when it was over, the president's attorney said no documents with classified markings were found, but some materials and handwritten notes from his time as president were taken. >> final search for classified documents? >> reporter: mr. biden ignored questions about the search today, but aides said it was consensual and didn't require a search warrant. >> the president has been fully cooperative, and he has directed his team to be fully cooperative. >> reporter: neither the white house nor the justice department would say why the fbi went to the vacation home today. mr. biden's lawyers said on rehoboththfounno claifiements. fbi agents are often able to conduct a more comprehensive search, according to former bureau official tom o'conner. >> so agents are going to be going through each individual document to make sure it does not contain classified information or classified markings. >> reporter: it's the third fbi search of a site ti

. >>> also tonight, the search of president biden's home and rehoboth beach. >>> and the funeral of tyre nichols. >>> first tonight, that deadly ice storm. the grip on several states continues. hundreds of thousands now without power. roads again turned into sheets of glass. 45 million americans on alert for ice, snow, and brutal cold. from texas all the way up to the northeast. mireya villarreal in dallas. rob marciano on the cold coming to the northeast. >>> the fbi search of president biden's delaware beach house. 3 1/2 hours, it took. the president's attorneys cooperating. and what they said after it

the fbi came rolling up to the rehoboth beach home today. >> agents to move material was a 3 hour search. they got a handwritten notes from biden's days as vice president apparently. but no classified material was found. that's in contrast to his primary home or 13 hour search in january resulted in several being carted out, including documents that have been in the garage. more havl been found at a washington, d.c. office in november. biden news before becoming president. both republicans and democrats have been pressing for more information. house republicans pushing ahead with an investigation. the chairman of the house oversight committee says the national archives. told that they could not notify the public of the initial discovery. don't tell them a spokesman for the white house counsel's office was asked today if the white house did issue that order. it was not a direct answer. >> if that's actually what he said, it is probably better to ask the archives and that's actually what was said in and try to understand a little bit more. what you meant planned a consensual search with th

agents comb through the home in rehoboth beach, delaware for hours yesterday, the white house says no classified files were found, but agents took some handwritten notes for review. biden's attorneys are still not saying why they waited to disclose previous searches linked to the president. hunter biden is asking the justice department to investigate trump allies rudy giuliani, steve bannon and others in connection with personal information taken from his laptop. his lawyer also sent a cease and desist letter to fox news, asking them to retract false claims. it's a shift in strategy for the president's son who's facing a tax evasion probe. some unexpected news about the u. s economy despite talk about a potential recession, companies are actually posting more jobs than expected. meanwhile the federal reserve is raising interest rates again while proving dividing new insight into the pace of inflation. maybe see saikrajang. she is here with more good morning to you, like good morning faith for the eighth time in a row, the federal reserve has decided to raise interest rates decision th

two weeks later, 10 days after joe made a very unusual winter trip to rehoboth beach house in january. joe biden took a trip to his beach house in january. ten days before the fbi searched the very property. what was joe doing there? this is during ongoing criminal investigation. joe biden is the subject of that investigation. yet fbi is perfectly fine biden spending a few days the location they should have searched already? think they would have given that same opportunity to donald j. trump. they raided mar-a-lago before dawn without warning. we are watching a two-tiered system of justice. equal justice under the law. equal application of our law sadly does not exist with the biden doj. some democrats seized by federal agents in reho best. we don't know if any other documents moved or destroyed before the fbi conducted the search. keep in mind this is the third biden property searched by the fbi. two more locations, hunter biden's home and +{end}{del}. take a look. >> just to be clear, has the fbi conducted any other searches associated with the white house? >> look ei don't want to

. >> we're just learning the fbi h has searched joe biden's vacation house in rehoboth beach, delaware, fox to trace gallagher has that story for us tonight. >> hey, trace. tucker, the white house called e today's fbi search of tod president biden's rehoboth, delaware beach house to , quote, step in a thorough the and timely process. but some say the word thorough r is debatable. we know today a handful of fbi agents searched biden's beach house fos r three and a half t hours.he but you might recall the search on mar-a-lago back in august took all day and was conducted by 30 fbi agents 3. and when the white house callsis today's search timely, it should be noted the classified documents of the pen biden center were found back on november 2nd.2 's meaning it's taken the doj three months to get to rehoboth. . and remember, after classifiedaf documents were found at biden's wilmington t, delaware, home a few weeks ago, the presidentme spent that weekend in rehoboth . and while the fbi did not find classified documents, the president's beach house today, they did remove some materialsidn't

liz: there are reports that the president took out a quarter million line of credit against his rehoboth beach home. then you have got this. john paul mcisaac owns the computer repair shop. suing hunter biden for defamation. isn't he in ownership of the laptop hunter left behind. >> under delaware law the laptop was abandoned. and hunter biden lost all title ownership to that laptop. and so his claim that it was unlawful access to personal information on that laptop or isaac somehow altered the emails is just foolish. it's a publicity stunt, it's not a real legal argument because he has no legal argument. liz: hunter biden is demanding his father. they go to the irs, they go to the delaware attorney general to prosecute mcisaac, rudy giuliani and his critics for accessing the computer's data. but isn't that a conflict of interest? >> it certainly is. and they have no claim. it's not just that he abandoned the laptop. when you give your laptop to a computer repairman, you are giving them complete access to the computer or else they wouldn't be able to fix it. isaac turned this over to the fbi i

now they are looking at the beach home in rehoboth. a place he visits a lot. the white house telling about this search in realtime, though. oh, times have changed. we are going to know and all over the story. they might as well put out a statement. r family is being hurt by inflation, and you need to cut hundreds, off your monthly expenses, call newday the newday 100 va cash out loan lets you take out an average of $70,000. use that low-payment home loan to pay off your high-rate credit cards. then, pay off your car loan. and then take the cash left over and put it in the bank for the financial security that every veteran deserves. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we support immune function. supply fuel for immune cells and sustain tissue health. ensure with twenty-five vitamins and minerals, and ensure complete with thirty grams of protein. theo's nose was cause for alarm, so dad brought puffs plus lotion to save it from harm. puffs has 50% more lotion and brings soothing relief. don't get burned by winter nose. a

biden center in november, and biden residents in december and january and documents taken from rehoboth beach. it is possible that some of the documents that were taken, which including handwritten notes had some claclassified information, they are not marked classified. material will come back to doj with hur and his team, hur is working at an know disclosed -- an undisclosed location in washington. white house continues to be in damage control with a new chief of staff, jeff zine at helm for his first day. doj is being told or white house is telling reporters to reach out to doj, they are not saying going anything about it and "wall street journal" first to report fbi agents are negotiates with the team of former vice president mike pence to search his home and office in indiana and an office in dc, pence last week told fox news he has and will be cooperative with the investigation. small amount of documents marked classified were find in his possession. story just continues. >> it does, we need you on it david thank you. elizabeth: joining us now former acting u.s. attorney general matthew

far from it the doj conducted a planned search of his rehoboth beach home. omebody must have given them a heads up. using standard procedures in the interest of operational security and integrity, the doj said this, work was done without advanced public notice. because the only reason to make a scene is if you're searching don's place, right? gosh darn it, you know what they found? nothing. just like the mri from biden's scull. you know, i'm sure none of us saw this coming and speaking of coming... the perpetually aroused hunter slipped his legal assistant thousands of dollars under the table while the two were banging each other in 2018 and 2019. in fact the assistant is one of at least four women who hooked up with hunter while on his very payroll, including his sister-in-law, haley, her sister, and baby mama london roberts. for a guy on so many drugs, he sure has amazing endurance. and, yeah, i said it right he slept with his sister-in-law and her sister. you know, i'm starting to think hunter has questionable judgment. but let's be open minded. joe, what

the latest search at president biden's rehoboth beach house residence, no documents with classified markings were found there. that was done in coordination with the cooperation of president biden and his legal team, but notably they say the agents did take materials and some handwritten notes that they will be reviewing going forward, katy. >> one other thing, this is a bit in left field. ron klain said he's happy to help president biden when he runs in 2024. any expectation on a formal announcement? >> reporter: i think we're still waiting for a formal announcement. that's not going to come from the state of the union that's a matter of days away from now. a real decision is being made. it would be a historic statement if an outgoing chief of staff made the official announcement on behalf of an incumbent president. it is as we talk about the classified documents issues, it's one of the issues they would like to get behind them before the president looks ahead to 2024. as he said, he intends to run, but to this point, there's no more specificity on when a formal announcement would come. >>

the fbi also searched president biden's rehoboth beach, delaware, home. documents were found during that search. jennifer rogers is a former federal prosecutor. what do you make of these searches at biden and pence's properties now? >> it seems to me because president biden and former vice president pence are cooperating, authorities just want to make sure they have everything, so they're going to search all of the properties. there are two issues here. one is, is there a potential crime that's been committed. but equally important is, is there spillage of classified information. they really want to make sure the government is in possession of all of this classified information. hopefully once they finish all these consensual searches, they're comfortable that neither biden nor pence has any other classified documents. if they're thinking about charging, they need willfulness. that means taking the documents willfully, handling them improperly. so far we don't have any information suggesting that biden or pence has done that. of course, we don't know ever

in rehoboth beach where fbi agents have wrapped their search for classified documents at the president biden vacation home. mr. biden has repeatedly insisted he did nothing wrong in handling classified material, a claim echoed by the white house. >> i think that we won't get ahead of potential speculation and steps that could happen in the investigation. the president has been fully cooperative and he's directed his team to be fully cooperative. and that is because he believes in the independence of the justice department and giving them the space to conduct that review. so he is moving quickly to give them access to his homes so that they dican do a full search. >> the searches into multiple properties would be a clear sign that the justice department is remaining vigilant in its investigation. jessica sthichneider reports. >> reporter: this was a third fbi search and it lasted for 3 1/2 hours wednesday at president biden's are rehoboth h house. no classified documents were found. and they say it was conducted in cooperation with the president and his attorneys and that the fbi and th

finally searches biden's rehoboth beach home. what took so long? yesterday was the first day on the job for the new special counsel robert hur. does that give us a clue as to why they went to the house then? >> i think so, bill. i also think he is in a no-win situation there in the sense that common sense says if you give people three months notice that you may be searching a place, you are not apt to find much, if anything that's incriminating. you can say from the point of view from the prosecutor. those are things that should have been done but haven't and he would be deeply criticized and rightly so if they didn't check that box. i think they had to conduct this search. it is not surprising that they may not have found much. i do think it is important that we have to distinguish here. they say there was no classified information that came out of there but that they took notes. what i would suggest is what we ought to be more precise in saying that they didn't find any documents that had classification markings on them, but if those notes are re

. >> the fbi search president joe biden is a rehoboth beach, delaware home as part of its investigation into potential high-level mishandling of classified records. the president's attorneys say that agents did not find any classified documents during the search, which was completed earlier today, but did take some handwritten notes and other materials from biden's time as vice president, unlike former president donald trump, biden has voluntarily allow the justice department into his residences. >> california officials say the mountain snowpack that supplies a ton of the state's water got an incredible boost from all of those huge storms. they announced the findings of that second snow survey of the season which took place today. the manual survey there phillips station got to trudge through a lot of snow to get there. they recorded 85 and a half inches of snow depth. then a water, a snow water equivalent of 33 and a half inches, which is 193% of what is average for february. 1st statewide. the snowpack is more than 200% of average for the state. >> and for those of us who like to drin

we know documents were taken from the president's vacation home in rehoboth beach, delaware. t's personal attorney issued that carefully-worded statement saying no documents were found at rehoboth with classified markings. it's possible some of the handwritten notes and other paper work that was taken contains information that may be classified, just not marked classified. the senate intelligence committee just a couple hours ago sent another letter to attorney general merrick garland and the director of national intelligence frustrated in a bipartisan manner that they can't view the biden and trump classified documents. senators warner and rubio to attorney general garland wrote as of this writing, neither of you meaning garland and haynes have complied with the requests. our jurisdiction is clear as is our responsibility. the white house is in damage control mode with a new chief of staff jeff zients at the helm. ron klain is out as of yesterday. a spokesman said the theme of the investigation is cooperation. while the white house is cooperating with law enforcement, not med

. >> president binds rehoboth beach, delaware, house had six bedrooms, five bathrooms, and apparentlys personal lawyer announced today that federal investigators searched the property with biden's permission from 8:30 am to noon today, and did not find any classified material. joining me to discuss how and why this happened is carol leonnig, national investigative reporter for the washington post. carol, thank you for being here. from your exhausting reporting, we know what some of these other searches turned up. they're usually triggered by the biden team finding classified information. do we have any idea what the fbi searched biden's beaches today? >> you know, alex, it's a great question. and the reason i'm told by sources is to be exhaustive. and because the biden team, his personal lawyers and of course allies at the white house, kind of want this over and done what. they want to figure out the totality of places where records may have been sent from the time of his vice presidency, then ended in 2017, in january. and they want to know the totality of records that might be outsi

of a lot going on here in washington, in addition to that search yesterday of the president's rehoboth beach home. we should note, the attorney said they did not find classified documents. >> we saw a video of him leaving yesterday in what i thought was interesting is he said i don't want to share much of my conversation with the president. i thought that was very good. >> yeah. >> keep it tight. >> i was going to ask before you go. i was thinking about what happened in 2011 when it was then vice president biden leading the negotiations with republicans in the house, with speaker boehner and eric kanter and what came from that and where ended up. they had the dollar for dollar spending cut deal. then it ends in sequestration, and just lessons from that and how that has informed all the failures eventually from that and how that is informed biden's position now. >> we talk about what this means for the average american. how it would really put the united states on the breach of a cross-ice whis it en it comes t u.s. economy. technically, they already hit the limit. they have a few emergency m

the fbi now conducting a search of president joe biden's vacation home in rehoboth beach, delaware. the president's personal lawyer says that this was a pre-planned searched all part of the agency's investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents. this comes after a top to bottom review at his home in wilmington, delaware. back in january. during that review, the fbi found additional documents with classified markings. they also took some of his handwritten notes. the president has been voluntarily allowing the justice department into his residences as investigators look to determine how classified documents from biden's time as vice president and as a senator wound up in his home and office. >> 802, is the time and another top story. a child is recovering this morning after being attacked by a mountain lion. frightening situation. this happened last night, san mateo county. so let's go there now. kron four's michael thomas. >> live with more on what happened. michael? >> hey, good morning, everyone. you know, we're right here off of pacific coast highway and ta

cnn has learned that the fbi conducted a search at president biden's home in rehoboth beach, delaware. the search taking place this morning as a special counsel investigation into the president's handling of classified material picks up. mj lee is at the white house. paula, what more can you tell us about this search. was it expected? sfwlr it was absolutely expected. back when the classified documents were discovered in the office, his attorneys went and also searched his two homes. one in will mington. they say they did discover classified materials at his wilmington home, but they did not uncover any at this property. once this baim the subject of a special counsel investigation, ten days ago the fbi conducted its own search of the wilmington house. it lasted 13 hours and did uncover additional classified materials. so it was very much expected that the fbi would also go back to the rehoboth home and the big question today will be will they find additional materials. we know from sources that investigators are still going through everything that they retrieved from the wilmington h

fbi now conducting a search of president joe biden's vacation home in rehoboth beach, delaware. the president's personal lawyer saying this is a pre-planned search, all part of the agency's investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents. this all comes after that top to bottom review of his home in wilmington, delaware. back on january, 20th, it was during that review that the fbi found additional documents that were marked classified. they also took some of his handwritten notes. the president has been voluntarily allowing the justice department in his residences as investigators are looking into how classified documents from biden's time as vice president and sen wound up in his home and office. >> it's 902. and another top story. a child is recovering this morning after being attacked by a mountain lion. terrifying for him for the family. this was last night san mateo county that happened on a trail kron four's michl thomas actually standing by with more on what happened. michael? >> yeah, hi, everyone. good morning. really. a scary situation for a lot o

. >> today in a planned consensual search with the justice department, they went through the rehoboth beach and no classified marked documents were found >> jimmy: apparently, moby now works for the white house. [ laughter ] they didn't find any documents at biden's beach house, but even more embarrassing, they found a sign that said, "where my beaches at? [ laughter ] speaking of biden, today the white house announced that he will get his annual physical on february 16th. it's going to be crazy after biden's colonoscopy when the doctor says "there's no easy way to tell you this, but we found more classified documents. [ laughter ] switching gears, everyone's excited about this today, beyonce announced the renaissance world tour [ cheers and applause fans are pumped, while ticketmaster is like, "f my l. [ laughter ] beyonce made the announcement around 9:00 a.m. after she basically gave tom brady an hour to trend on twitter, then, she was like, "this is mine now. [ laughter ] some more entertainment news, it was just announced that after 21 seasons dr. phil's daytime talk show is coming to

at this hour we'll begin with breaking news, the fbi is searching president biden's home in rehoboth beach, delaware right now. this is part of the ongoing investigation into his handling of classified documents. biden's attorney put out a statement saying the search was planned in advance and that the president is cooperating. today's search now makes it the third known location that federal agents is gone through to look for classified material at the properties associated with president biden. paula reid is joining us with much more. this all started really unfolding just a little while ago. what are you learning? >> reporter: that's right. pool cameras captured the federal agents. and we had very much sxelgtsed t expected that there would be a search of that property. and it is in cooperation with the president's attorneys. but to explain why we expected this, let's go back to the beginning of the situation. they uncovered classified documents at the president's former office back in november several weeks after that, the president's own attorneys decided out an abundance of caution to

cnn has confirmed that the fbi has searched the rehoboth beach, delaware, home of president biden justpaula reid it following the latest on this. paula, what do we know and do we know why another search there? >> jim, this was very much expected. now that this is under a special counsel investigation it was anticipated that the fbi and investigators would likely go back to places that had already been searched by the president's personal attorneys and do their own searches. we saw this of course ten days ago when the fbi did its own search, nearly a 13-hour search of the president's wilmington home where additional classified material was uncovered. it was suspected that they could go to the rehoboth home. it's not clear how early the search began today, but what appeared to be government vehicles were spotted by pool cameras and we just got this statement from the president's personal attorney confirming that investigators are on the scene, this is being done with the consent of the president's attorneys and what will be really significant today, jim, is whether they find any addition

a white house spokesman ian sams, says they went to the rehoboth beach house and that no classified marked documents were found. the 3.5 hours search, though, was planned and coordinated with the president's attorneys. it comes nearly three months after the president's personal lawyers first discovered a set of classified items at the penn biden center in washington. the white house is facing growing calls for more accountability. i really think the white house should really give us what are these documents? why were they there and the american public is not going to rest till they get that. today's search was done on the day that special counsel robert her officially began his job overseeing the investigation into the president's handling of classified documents. alright turning down or whether here in the bay area we have been dealing with some frigid conditions, especially in those early morning hours, but maybe a change coming maybe a change. good news. no frost advisory to talk first time that hasn't happened in a couple of nights kind of been a stretch. so yeah, we are talking about