that's unbelievable. >> dana: brian, can you do it in 20 seconds. >> brian: turned around the new york giants and got this question after his exciting win on sunday. watch. >> yeah. one quickie, have you tried to walk on water or multiply loaves and fish today? >> have i? >> yes. i would sink like a son of a [bleep] >> dana: get press breeflg tomorrow. mike emanuel is up next on "special report." >> mike: good evening, welcome to washington. i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier. breaking tonight the biden administration is insisting it is being transparent is dealing with the ongoing scandal over discovery of classified documents at the president's personal residence and his office at a washington think tank. the challenges to that position continue to grow. once again today, the president's team was short on details on a number of issues. white house correspondent jacqui

heinrich starts us off tonight. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, mike. today in a background call about these documents, the white house counsel's office at one point encouraged reporters to look into the secret deals kevin mccarthy made to be secret speaker of the house. sums up the posture of this administration and the information blackout that we are getting right now. >> come on, guys. >> reporters didn't hear from the president's lawyers today. but the white house brought the golden state warriors to the brady briefing room. >> good afternoon, everybody. >> and the press secretary. >> i have been forthcoming from this podium. >> and, yet, most questions directed at karine jean-pierre went unanswered. reporters repeatedly referred to the white house counsel's office which had made an adviser, not a lawyer, available just an hour earlier. referring reporters to the department of justice and the president's personal attorney. >> we have within trying to answer questions thoroughly and completely. but the very nature of being cooperative with an ongoing investigation means that we need to let that investigation play

out. >> among the unanswered questions, how many documents were found. whether there will be additional searches and the reason president biden's personal attorneys who don't have security clearances were involved in a search for records from a previous administration? >> many answers from here need to wait until the conclusion of the special counsel's review. >> president biden also ignored questions. >> will you commit to special counsel. >> looked in the eye and didn't say a word. will you commit to speaking to special counsel. he looked at me and didn't say a word. >> members of congress want to know who had access to the biden home especially after the secret service announced it does not keep visitor logs and neither does the white house. >> if they don't write it down somewhere neil we may have to seek answers other way. may have to subpoena members of the biden family and others who may have worked at the biden residence to find out who was there? why because we had critical, very highly sensitive classified information there. >> so far nobody has answered whether there is any sort of assessment underway to determine

if national security was jeopardized. we plan to ask about it today but fox got skipped in today's briefing like we were on friday. now we are going to try to get those answers over email, mike. >> mike: jacqui, members of congress want those answers especially because the president's son under federal investigation for tax affairs and foreign business dealings. >> that's right. we know from records obtained by the house oversight committee that hunter biden used the address of the president's wilmington home on his address as recently -- on his license, rather, as recently as 2018. and that has prompted concern for the committee that, perhaps, hunter biden was living there while he was engaging in business deals with u.s. adversaries. now, we know that the president has always maintained he never spoke to his son about his overseas business deals and we cannot confirm reports that hunter biden was paying $50,000 a month to live in that home. we just cannot confirm that from the information and the documents that we have seen,

mike. >> mike: jacqui heinrich starting us off live from the north lawn. many thanks. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ >> mike: as jacqui mentioned, there are growing questions tonight about the role of the various attorneys in the document investigations. this evening, correspondent david spunt tells us who they are and what we know about their individual assignments. >> chaos, confusion and counsel. the white house special counsel, richard sauber brought on last spring it deal with a range of expected g.o.p. congressional investigations claims attorneys were sent last wednesday to the president's delaware home. he said in a statement the president's personal attorneys conducting the searches do not have active security clearances. so, if they identified a document with a classified marking, they stopped and did not review it. the white house won't say who sent those lawyers, but additional classified material was then found thursday at the biden home, which sauber, who does have a security clearance,

personally turned over to justice department officials accompanying him. that was just hours after attorney general merrick garland announced the appointment of a special counsel. but sauber's revelation wasn't made public until saturday. it was the latest in a piecemeal release of information that has raised more questions than answers. the first batch of classified documents were discovered at the penn biden center in washington, d.c. on november 2nd. a source with knowledge of the investigation says more searches are possible but it's in the clear who would conduct them. >> none of this makes sense. i mean, this idea that we sent in lawyers without clearances and told them, look, but don't read, is not a standard you'll find in any security protocol. >> sauber is just one of several lawyers actively involved in managing the scandal. there's the president's personal attorney bob bauer. he is married to white house top aide anita dunn long time biden confidante. also stuart dealerry silent in

this investigation at least publicly. and then, mike, there is special counsel robert hur appointed last week by attorney general merrick garland to look at potential criminals here. we reached out to his office. no surprise, no comment. mike? >> mike: david spunt live at the justice department. david, thanks very much. ♪ breaking tonight, the husband of the massachusetts woman missing since the new year's eve party is facing a murder charge tonight. correspondent bryan llenas has details from quincy, massachusetts. hello bryan,. >> mike, good evening. an arrest warrant was issued for 46-year-old brian walshe today charged with murdering his 39-year-old wife ana who disappeared 16 days ago. walshe will be making an appearance tomorrow for his arraignment in quincy district court where more evidence will be presented. fox is told to expect an additional charge of disinterring a human body or

moving a deceased body. walshe has been in police custody for over a week now charged with misleading investigators about his whereabouts as they pertain to anaens disappearance. the mother of three was last seen at new year's eve gathering at her massachusetts home with her husband and a mutual friend. she was first reported missing three days later by her real estate firm, not her husband brian when she failed to show up for work in washington, d.c. a state official confirms to fox news there were internet searches on brian walshe's phone or computer including on how to dispose of a woman's body. there was blood and a broken knife found in the family basement and a hatchet, hacksaw and blood reportedly found in a trash facility. friends of ana reacted tonight to news of the murder charge. >> and while it's horrifying, and i'm full of rage and at the same time relief because one step closer to figuring out what happened to her, it is still absolutely heart shattering. >> the couple's three young boys

ages 2, 4, and 6 are in state custody. mike? >> mike: heart breaking for those children. brbryan llenas, thanks a lot. ♪ >> mike: tonight on america's crime crisis lawmakers here in the district of columbia are overriding a veto from the democratic mayor and ushering in a wide variety of criminal justice reforms. critics say these changes will make d.c. a more dangerous place. supporters disagree. here is correspondent mark meredith. >> the motion is approved 12-1. >> by an overwhelming majority, today washington, d.c. city council overrode a mayoral veto moving forward major changes to the city's criminal justice system. >> it is a long overdue overhaul of our criminal code firsthanded down to us from congress back in 1901? starting in 202025 people charged with misdemeanors can request a jury trial potentially prolonging criminal proceedings. all mandatory minimum sentences

will be invalley except for first degree murder and those behind bars who served 20 years or more can apply for early release. >> this certainly stretches the criminal justice system. >> d.c.'s democratic mayor muriel becauser is an outspoken critic of the changes. she told reporters this month, quote: any time there is a policy that reduces penalties, i think that sends the wrong message department of rd.c. like many majoru.s. citien crime from carjackings to robberies. already this year, d.c. has recorded a 100 percent surge in homicides with 10 deaths reported in the last 17 days. supporters of the changes that that is proof the status quo is failing. >> we know that throwing hurt people into cages with other hurt people is not going to heal anybody. >> but d.c.'s police union says the reforms will only endanger more people writing, quote: the override of the mayor's veto is nor failure by the council to

protect this city from violence. >> this is still far from a done deal. d.c. is in the a state. the changes now head to congress for review. lawmakers have two months to decide how they want to proceed and it's possible, depending on how congress and the white house respond, this could allable rejected. mike, today we asked the white house to see what they may think of all of this. they haven't gotten back to us yet. people ask what is to become. >> mike: mark, thank you very much. the s&p 500 finished down will. nasdaq gained 16. up next, our whatever happened to segment. bret baier looks at the turmoil in venezuela. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox new mexico in albuquerque as unsuccessful candidate for the state legislature is arrested in connection with a string of shootings targeting the homes of democratic politicians. republican solomon pain i can't is accused with conspiring four other men shooting at a pair of

houses belonging to two legislators. he lost last november's election in a landslide. wsvn in miami as 8 people are shot at a block party observing the martin luther king holiday in fort pis. one person was in critical condition. there were more than 1,000 people at the event. no arrests have been made. and this is a live look at grand rapids michigan from fox 17. one of the big stories there tonight the coming debut of the fastest ever production model corvette. the eray gas electric hybrid. powered by electric motor. back meals off the traditional v 8 engine. the car can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in two and a half seconds. it will cost you $104,000. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪ all across the country, people are working hard to build a better future. so we're hard at work,

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♪ >> mike: indiana republican congressman jim banks says he is running for the united states senate. banks will go after the seat being vacated why mike braun who won't seek re-election to run for indiana governor next year. banks calls himself a conservative fighter for the state. house speaker kevin mccarthy says controversial republican

congressman george santos will be seated on committees. santos has admitted to embellishing part of his resume and suspected of lying about other matters. last week mccarthy said santos would not sit on any of the top committees but left the door open to serving on others. many lawmakers from both parties have called on santos to resign. he has refused so far. ♪ >> the crisis at the southern border is showcasing how desperate migrants are to flee violence and corruption in their home countries. the biden administration has set up special programs to help expedite some asylum claims from migrants coming from certain places. one such location is venezuela. in tonight's whatever happened to segment my colleague bret baier looks at the situation inside the country and whether there is any chance for democracy in the future. >> thanks, mike. four years ago the world watched as venezuelans took to the streets demanding a change in

leadership. since those violent protests, demonstrations in vedges have dwindled. millions have fled north. adding, actually, to the far-reaching migrant crisis that we see at our southern border. most of those left behind in venezuela live in poverty. and nicolas maduro remains in power. it comes as venezuela's opposition replaces its leader juan guaido. many around the world are questioning the move and wondering if it gives the group a fresh start or hands maduro even more legitimacy. in 2019 venezuela's opposition voted to stop recognizing nicolas maduro as president. the group appointed juan guaido as the country's interim leader. >> the united states was proud to be the first nation in the world to recognize president guaido. >> more than 50 countries followed the lead of the u.s. and juan guaido became a name known around the world.

>> so, when you took the job as special adviser on this issue, were you hopeful? >> i was hopeful and i thought particularly in the early part of 2019 we had a real chance of pushing him out. >> guaido inspired change for venezuelans who took to the streets to protest life under the maduro regime. [gunshots] >> bret: but the guaido supporters were met with violence from the government military. cuban guards were used to protect maduro and he ordered the crack down on the opposition. >> bret: there were all these report that we considered or were trying to get a soft landing for maduro or some island some place that we were going to get him in exile to pull him out of venezuela. was that true and did we work hard enough on that? >> in the reagan administration there were a lot of military dictatorships in latin america and we worked very hard to push them aside. what was different here was it

isn't a military regime. it's a gang. it's a criminal gang. >> bret: in the four years since, those protests have all but disappeared. most recently, public workers took to the streets to demand better wages. [speaking spanish] >> i don't have shoes. i can't buy a new pair because i don't have money. the government has been cruel to us in an evil way. >> bret: maduro's government blames u.s. sanctions for limited government resources. the biden administration, however, has loosened some oil sanctions and allowed chevron to export crude oil a move critics say was designed to help the biden administration with the price of gas ahead of an election and a move critics also says plays into the hands of u.s. adversaries. a lot of questions about what comes next and whether this was a u.s. policy failure. >> it's a complete failure. now we're allowing them to produce more energy that will send more money into a dictatorship. >> countries have begun to

reestablish ties ties with madus government. last week newly elected colombian president petro traveled to caracas on discussions for a possible peace agreement. a contrast from former colombian president who is a strong supporter of guaido. >> how do you think he survived all of this? you are right, everybody was against him. >> it's a narco-state. >> bret: what happened to juan guaido. >> first of all he has narco-state. protected by all his croonies taking money out of narcotrafficking. >> bret: the opposition became frustrated with guaido's limited successes and decided last week to dissolve his shadow government. >> i respect the vision of the majority. it does not mean that i accompany them. >> the opposition chose denora figure guerrero to be the new face of its movement. he left venezuela for spain in 2018 after the death of a close friend. she suspected maduro's government was involved and began receiving threats when she spoke about her concerns.

>> bret: because the leadership is now going to be out of the country in exile and how can they, you know, touch the people in the country to make change? >> one of the great things about guaido was this whole time he stayed in caracas fighting the good fight and trying to da it now from spain is not the same. >> bret: biden officials say they plan to back guaido's former government whether he's in power or not. >> we continue to recognize what he is the only remaining democratically elected institution in venezuela. we respect and will represent the decisions that the 2015 national assembly makes. >> bret: the opposition party is likely to hold primaries some time this year with guaido expected to be involved. the winner would face maduro in 2024. looking back at venezuela policy now, with 20/20 vision with the opposition being disbanded, is this a major failure in u.s.

policy. >> it's certainly major disappointment. we wanted to help venezuela get back to democracy. we now under two presidents. i talked to the venezuelan opposition people all the time. they just feel as if the administration has given up. >> bret: so they are deflated. >> they are deflated and, of course, that means that the chance they start fighting with each other are greater; however, experts say maduro could move up the jeb election to this year in an effort to catch the opposition off guard and create further disarray. bottom line, u.s. officials who once said president maduro's days were numbered miscalculated because those numbers are still growing every day with no end in sight. mike, back to you. >> mike: bret, thanks a lot. up next, why did northern virginia educators withhold great academic news from some of their best students? plus, why officials in suburban denver had to close the public library.

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believes the mask order is a valid exercise of the authority congress has given to the cdc to protect public health. we have new information tonight about how some suburban washington educators are withholding important data from their students allegedly in order to preserve a sense of equality among the children. we are learning the practice may be more widespread than we were led to believe. senior national correspondent rich edson has details tonight. >> the list is growings. more northern virginia high schools failed to notify students they had won prestigious national merit awards. >> it's so immoral to say, insignificant. how dare. >> what fairfax county school officials first explained one-time human error actually happened at several schools clod to you with neighboring counties affecting 1,000 students over time. that's according to attorney general. >> they hired equity consultant. paid this individual $455,000

for about nine months of work. one of the directives to the school district equal outcomes no matter. >> his office is investigating this occurred in loudoun and prince william county. an accidental oversight. >> we have a forced equal outcomes niece war pee get in dangerous areas in this country. >> a source for fairfax public schools denies that and says, quote: there is zero connection between equity work and the delay in notification. the consultant is working on strategic planning. to suggest a connection would be completely false. last month activists accused one fairfax high school of withholding notifications. then several other schools began acknowledging they had also delayed notifying their merit scholars. national merit awards are given to high schoolers with the top sat scores. the program says more than a million and a half students apply nationwide. only 50,000 are recognized.

>> parents say the delays meant students missed including the awards on their college applications. the school's principal say they notified colleges where scholars applied and belatingly told them about their achievements. mike? >> mike: rich edson, thank you very much. the prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man who shot two dozen people racist attack in texas walmart in 2019. patrick is accused of targeting mexicans during the massacre that also left dozens wounded. the dallas area native is charged with federal hate crimes and firearms violations as well as capital murder in state court he has pleaded not guilty. now a fascinating story out of suburban denver. officials have shut down the main library in englewood, colorado over exposure in chemicals used in methamphetamine. alicia acuna shows us tonight

according to the city the level of methamphetamine contamination found in the rest rooms of englewood, colorado were so high they exceeded safety thresholds for the state. >> we have seen an increase in drug use or heard about it from patrons that might be smelling something in the air when they enter the restroom. >> the city says the library and parts of the public building are now closed for remediation and clean-up. patrons reactions ranging from shock to resignation. >> i'm not surprised. it's getting rampant with all the drugs and everything being around town. >> oh, are you kidding? i have heard it in the bolder one but i didn't have any idea it was trouble here. i come here almost every day. >> the only reason englewood chose to test was news that 35 miles northwest of their facility the main public library in boulder was forced to shut down for meth decontamination after tests found residue in events and on surfaces.

county health officials say while meth residue can be irritant. contamination in public spaces like libraries doesn't typically cause a significant health risk because exposure is usually limited. >> we have seen a change in who comes into our library and the clientele around the area. it's really started to escalate. >> i don't know of a perfect solution that 100 percent prevents this. i think increased security, more staff awareness as well as, you know, training for folks in and around the area. >> the american library association says it is unaware of this issue occurring in other areas of the country. the question remains how many public libraries have actually tested their surfaces. mike? >> mike: alicia acuna, thanks very much. jury selection is underway in california in a trial to decide whether elon musk cheated tesla investors by claiming in a 2018 tweet that he headlined a financing to take the electric automaker private. the tweets fueled a rally in tesla's stock price that

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♪ >> mike: tonight we have exclusive video illustrating the growing problem of smuggling along the southern border. correspondent griff jenkins shows us how law enforcement is dealing with the daily challenge of keeping illegal immigrants and deadly drugs from crossing into the u.s. >> unfortunately, things like this do happen. >> another smuggling operation ends in tragedy. in texas. had 0 miles north of laredo, a smuggler loses control of his car carrying six migrants and crashes. three are airlifted for medical treatment. two transported in an ambulance and one fled the scene on foot. the driver from houston, taken into custody. >> its enincreased over 100 percent from last year. the amount of stolen vehicle

recoveries. the amount of incidences regarding human smuggling and be undocumented citizens being apprehended. >> texas dps sees it every single day. in kinney county this smuggler driving a u-haul van failings in a high-speed chase with eight migrants left inside crashing into a parked car. >> still having to do with not just those seeking asylum but also those trying to avoid capture. the human smuggling, the high-speed chases, taking place between the ports of entry. >> in uvalde county, 15 migrants are recovered after troopers stop a car hauler. the driver from houston is charged with human smuggling it's a snapshot of the crisis. smuggling cases in the del rio sector alone this fiscal year have accounted for 21% of all cases nationwide. out west, the focus is on narcotics. in nogales, arizona, fentanyl seizures are on the rise. nearly 1 million pills busted in a single vehicle attempting to

pass through the port of entry. and, mike, just the past 72 hours across the entire southern and northern border the u.s. border patrol chief says agents have encountered 12,000 migrants, seized over 1,000 pounds of narcotics, arrested six sex offenders and confiscated six firearms. mike, we will send it back to you. >> mike: the numbers are staggering, griff jenkins live in eagle pass, griff, many thanks. lawmakers from both parties are pushing the biden administration to resolve the case of an afghan soldier apprehended at the southern border and being denied proper medical care. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin fills us in from the pentagon. >> abdul wasi safi says his texas driven guards mock him calling him taliban. this elite u.s.-trained afghan commando who fought until the bitter end against the taliban crossed the u.s. southern border illegally to request asylum and now faces deportation.

republican lawmakers have pressed his case. now democrats, like congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas sent a letter requesting that president biden pardon savvy who passed multiple background checks by the u.s. government before his training. >> i characterize this simply as a logistical nightmare for mr. safi. i cannot imagine the horrors he has faced in making his way across several continents. >> sa fimplet filmed journey from brazil to the southern border. received head injury from panamanian security forces and still bleeding from his ear. repeated requests to see a doctor while in u.s. custody have been ignored, according to his brother sammy. a u.s. citizen who once worked as a translator in afghanistan for u.s. troops. >> it's a completely disappointment. and i'm pleading to biden administration step up step up

do the right thing. you told never leave allies behind. >> the fbi interviewed safi on january 3rd. the u.s. attorney's office in west texas is overseeing the case. jury selection is slated for february 14th. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pleading for president biden to step in and offer a pardon. mike? >> mike: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thanks a lot. joint chiefs chairman general mark milley met with his ukrainian counterpart near the ukrainian border today it. comes as the war with russia nears the one year anniversary and at a time when international assistance is ramping up. that includes expanded training of ukrainian troops by u.s. forces and the addition of tanks, air defenses and other weapon systems from america and its allies. up next, the panel on the biden document scandal and the debated over the debt ceiling and, later, a very good deed is

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car and xbox. >> we have said again and again we want to do that in a bipartisan way. >> and again and again would you keep doing that or change the behavior. >> used to say congress money drunken sailor. i received an email from a guy and it said as a former drunken sailor i resent being compared to members of congress. >> mike: stop me if you have heard this before it's almost time to raise the debt ceiling. the nation's debt is at $31 trillion and counting. every moment of every day and some are suggesting it's time to stop the insanity and maybe make some spending cuts. bring this our panel "the washington post" columnist marc thiessen, guy benson political editor at town hall.com and host of the guy benson snow on "fox news sunday" and seth with political reporter with axios. start us off. debt drama what are they going to do about it. >> all for cutting spending. debt limit have never gone well

for the republican party. they have got control of one house of congress, they are not going to get joe biden and the democrats in the senate to repeal, to repeal all the spending they enacted and here's the thing. rule for the republicans, don't do anything to hurt the economy, period. right now, american people think the economy is in terrible shape and they blame joe biden for it. why would republicans want to take ownership of the disastrous economy? that's what will happen. if you have a debt limit standoff economic turmoil. the stock market will plunge. interest rate could rise, millions of people could lose their jobs and it gives joe biden a pretext to turn around and blame the republicans for the economy that he has presided over and unleashed that is doing so badly instead of the putin price hike we will have the mccarthy price hike. why would they take the ownership of this terrible economy for themselves and take it away from joe biden? >> mike: all right, from "the washington examiner," pairing a raise of the federal borrowing limit with the decrease in spending is one of the deals mccarthy cut with the conservative wing of his

conference in exchange for its backing in his speakership bid. the democrats are demanding a clean increase in order to keep paying expenses and the two sides have until about june to work out a deal before the government starts to default on payments. cersteph, your thoughts.>> i wae election debates it was a very big concern for many of the conservatives there. they want to see spending cut and i keep thinking how this puts speaker mccarthy in a very difficult situation. he has to appease a certain number of members in his party who want to see spending cuts. facing the possibility of a single member bringing up the possibility of ousting him from the speakership. at the same time e he also has democrats in control of the senate and, of course, president biden in the white house. so the reality of moving forward on some of these spending cuts is going to be difficult but he is still going to face a lot of pressure from right wing side of his party to make a stand and stick to his guns and really push for these funding cuts.

>> mike: you are a smart guy, northwestern grad. we have a republican speaker with a thin majority. we have got democrats running the senate. a democrat in the white house. what's realistic? >> great question. first realistic thing is recognizing given how this town typically works use these so-called extraordinary measures to push this football or punt it into june, we won't have serious conversations about this until like mid may. right? why do something too far in advance in washington, d.c. even though technically we are hitting the limit i think any day now. i think what the republicans need to remember is the last time they successfully extracted some concessions on this front, came back in the obama administration when they had a united front and a relatively reasonable ask. right now we're at the opening bids portion of this whole game where the white house says no negotiations, clean or nothing. you've got some house conservatives saying we need these seven things or we walk. and neither of those will probably be ultimately ten being

there will be negotiations there will be a few small things that maybe the republicans can win. but they can't do it if they are in complete disarray among themselves. they have to link arms on this and make it realistic. whether they have that capacity, given what we just saw earlier in the month remains to be seen. >> mike: how do mccarthy and the leadership team hold them together? >> ask them. i'm not sure they would have a great answer to that just yet because it's going to be a motley crue and as we just heard, it takes less than half a dozen people to potentially throw a wrench in any plan that leadership might be pursuing. >> mike: okay. then there's the document drama classified documents president biden. the "new york post" cover since i love the "new york post" headline writers let's show the audience what the "new york post" has been saying about the controversy with former president trump and now the controversy with current president biden. at the white house, the press corps is getting frustrated with the press secretary. let's play it. >> the white house just faking

outrage on this issue. why shouldn't americans be outraged about classified documents being found in a garage. >> you have heard as phil was saying twice from the president talk about this. he said that he didn't know, right? he said that he was surprised. from what we hear the president goes out and talks to the american people, they also care about the economy. >> mike: as a guy who worked in a republican white house, your thoughts on how they are handling this controversy at the current white house? >> she is so bad at her job. i mean, this is a constantly the worst white house press secretary i have seen in my lifetime. she is terrible. people are also concerned about the economy. they just spent months telling us that donald trump was the most irresponsible person in the world for having classified documents at mar-a-lago. and the "new york times" literally made a 3-d model where can you go to the "new york times" web page and show search where the documents were and how close they were to visitors and now they rts dismissing it that there were documents in joe

biden's garage? not just joe biden's garage the penn biden center hosted international students had classes. it was tony blinken's office in the interim during the trump years did. he have any foreign visitors there. we need to get to the bottom of this and they need to take it seriously. >> mike: who did hunter have over the house. >> exactly. >> mike: stef your thoughts on the white house and how they are handling this crisis. >> an issue that has become very politicized. it matters if there are classified documents inappropriately handled and justice department is looking into it is important to remember there are special counsels who are looking in to both the current potentially mishandling of documents and the former president that is one across the board is something that is being investigated of course it's tough to hear from white house saying that, you know, making excuses it isn't that big of a deal when they have the president himself has very clearly criticized the former president for his handling of documents but then, you know, there is also on the right

suddenly there is outrage over documents being held inappropriately where before there was more excusing of the former president's potentially holding documents in inappropriate places. >> mike: worth noting in recent days karine jean-pierre stopped calling on colleagues at the white house. fortunately the other networks are asking pertinent questions on the documents. >> it's amazing to hear the press secretary say over and over again how surprised the president was by the discovery of these documents when they were found by his lawyers. which discovery was he surprised by? all of them? are we up to four or five at this point? and i also saw headlines today that the white house is putting out to some of their friends in the press oh, the president is personally very frustrated by the way this is playing out. surprised and frustrated just like this is a bystander who is a victim in all of this. who had nothing to do with the egregious and apparently systematic mishandling of classified documents that he should not have had in these places that are his office, his

house. his garage? he might try to spin this tale about how frustrated he is like it's like passive voice but he's the person responsible here. i don't think that these excuses, as weak as they tore marc's point from karine jean-pierre are going to fly. you can actually see some frustration among the white house press corps with their allies generally and the democratic party been played as churches. >> mike: guy, stef and marc, thank you. ♪ ♪ >> mike: and, finally tonight, a special day. a buffalo man who was credited with saving 24 people and finding them shelter during last month's deadly blizzard will be going to the super bowl. 27-year-old he can mechanic was awarded for heroic act. bill's legend thurman thomas visited himentd at work to present him with two tickets to the big game in glendale,

arizona, good job by him and who knows maybe the bills will be in the big game. tomorrow on "special report" why some people are concerned a new intelligence tool with super human capabilities may discourage critical thinking and creativity. thanks for watching "special report." i'm mike emanuel in washington. "jesse watters primetime" with guest host jeanine pirro starts right now. hello, judge. >> judge jeanine: hey, mike. thanks so much. >> mike: thank you. ♪ ♪ >> judge jeanine: welcome to "jesse watters primetime." i'm judge jeanine pirro. this just in. instead of stepping in and collecting joe biden's classified documents as part of their investigation, the department of justice decided to pull back the fbi and, instead, let joe biden's lawyers bring the documents, those classified documents to them. but don't worry, at leas