Hi, everyone, it's 4 o'clock in New York.

Take a look at this.

Those are excavators picking through all the remains of the historic east wing of the White

House.

In just a matter of days, Donald Trump has reduced the east wing of the White

House to rubble amid popular opposition and Donald Trump's own suspiciously shifting

explanations and stories as to what it's going to be and how much it's going to cost and who's

going to pay for it. We first told you about the start of demolition of the East Wing of the White House on Monday

as the first images bursted into public view.

Images shot from the Treasury Department.

Three days later, it's gone.

The East Wing of the White House is no more.

We'll have much more on that story later in the hour,

but we start with some breaking news.

Special counsel Jack Smith is telling Republicans game on. In a letter just released from his

attorneys to Congressman Jim Jordan and Senator Chuck Grassley, the chairs of the House and

Senate Judiciary Committee, Jack Smith is offering to testify, but he wants to do so in a

public hearing about the investigations he conducted. Jack Smith's attorneys writing this,

quote, given the many mischaracterizations of Mr. Smith's investigation into President Trump's

alleged mishandling of classified documents and his role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020

election, Mr. Smith respectfully requests the opportunity to testify in open hearings before the

House and Senate Judiciary Committees. Jack Smith's team added just one caveat, quote,

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