>> lawrence: fox news alert, hunter biden has been indicted on nine tax-related charges,

three are felonies, brought to you by special counsel david weiss yesterday. >> ainsley: david weiss writing the defendant spent on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental property, exotic cars and other items of personal nature, in short, everything but his taxes. >> brian: hunter avoided paying taxes for a four-year period. president biden continues to deny any dealings with his bus businesses. >> he is saying i did not have interactions with those people. it did not work for clinton and it is more insulting here. >> brian: hunter faces 17 years in prison on charges. i get the sense this

investigation is not over yet. >> lawrence: this is just the beginning, let's bring in sol wiseman. the indictment is extensive and average americans are saying, what took so long? why did it take five years to get to this point? >> this indictment is devastating indictment and complete vindication of the privates. there is no reason this indictment couldn't have been brought a year ago or two years ago. remember, the whistleblowers had to fight to get this investigation continued and if not for the judge in the federal delaware courtroom, that hinky plea deal would have gone down. she did her job and stoppeds this from happening. from a criminal defense perspective, from a white collar

crime perspective, the defense attorneys for hunter biden got too greedy and it blew up. big mistake how they handled this case. >> ainsley: could hunter's lawyers avoid this being deposed in front of house oversight next week? >> he could take the fifth amendment, they are trying to avoid that. there is no legal extra legal reason this indictment gives them. it might be good pr reason to say, he's been indicting in a 57-page indictment and we're going to as protective measure, take the fifth amendment, wouldn't have done this if he hadn't been indicted. it changes nothing. he could plead the fifth amendment. >> brian: you have to probe his business, no way they probed all

the businesses, there were millions in transactions, how aggressive will they pursue to find out what he was doing? there is no charge of -- no fara charge acting as foreign agent not registered in this indictment. why wouldn't you find out how much they earned? >> well, it is different, fara is a different crime and it is very clear delaware was not interested in going beyond the tax charges here. they were -- it is clear assistant u.s. attorney told agents we're not looking into anything related to joe biden. they wouldn't even let them find out if joe biden was really sitting next to hunter biden at time he told a chinese associate

i'm sitting here with my father. you wouldn't have to notify the press or anybody to do that temperature is just not something they pursued. i think it is unlikely we will see that from this investigation. >> lawrence: why is there not any curiosity? the reason i ask, this detailed indictment shows all the money he's making and they tell you where the money is coming from. they put in the indictment that all these business charges he's expensing are not business charges, he was not doing business when doing travel. people he's paying money to are not his business associates, why isn't there curiosity? then to say, why is he being paid? what is his job? what interest, if the guy is not doing any work, why is money coming into his account? >> the indictment in the

beginning and depends what tax year you are talking about, the beginning talks about money coming from ukrainian sources and chinese sources, it spends more time talking about the unsavory things hunter biden spent his money on and didn't appropriately talk about on his tax return. they spend more time talking about that sexy kind of stuff and not much time talking about the foreign business dealings. we know from the whistleblowers, they were not interested in looking at anything that was connection to joe biden. >> ainsley: president trump will testify next week in his new york fraud trial, supposed to take the stand and the trial will end in january. david axelrod was asking what is happening to hunter biden and donald trump and he said it will

make campaign season very messy, listen to this. there will be major effort to depict these as politically motivated charges. it is ironic, you see both sides trying to do that. this serves donald trump's purposes because he'd love to muddy the water and suggest the system is a swamp and point fingers in different directions, it is just one more thing that will make it a messy, messy campaign. >> ainsley: you think it is politically motivated on both sides? >> i don't think there is any question it is politically motivated, you have attorney general who campaigned ongoing after donald trump and i think that hunter's lawyers have said the prosecution of hunter is politically motivated, i would

say the opposite. the sweetheart plea deal was politically motivated and they are doing what they could have done months or years ago. >> brian: how would you characterize defense of donald trump knowing the judge ruled against him for fraud, roughly $250 million, they say they will take from him. he puts his defense on tomorrow and next week he will hit the stand. how is he doing? >> keep in mind, i'm not license in new york and not a new york civil attorney, but i think he got a break from the appellate division yesterday when they said wait a minute, we're not dissolving his businesses yet, which is what the trial judge engoron wanted to do. that is very good they stayed

that. from the evidence i've seen reported, even assuming there were for alls falsehoods on the material, they were not -- with the people giving him the money. they put somebody on the other day from doueutsche bank. >> lawrence: it is clear this judge doesn't know real estate and basic business, from the read outs we are getting from the courtroom. sol, thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> ainsley: have a good weekend. >> lawrence: headlines with carley shimkus. >> carley: we have a "fox and friends first"ed, san diego police officer is in serious condition after being shot in a parking lot of a supermarket.

officers fired back hitting one suspect who reportedly died, that supermarket at fours common town center will remain closed until this afternoon. to another fox news alert, putin is running for reelection as president of russia. state media reporting that this morning after months of speculation amid war in ukraine. the 71-year-old has been in power since the year 2000 and plans to seek six more years in office. the election will take place next year. a woman is behind bars this morning, accused of trying to burn down martin luther king jr.'s childhood home in atlanta. two off-duty police officers vacationing in the city saw the woman pouring fuel on the home

and stop her in the middle of the act. she has been charged with arson. if the witnesses did not step in, the house would have burned to the ground. new england patriots using three touchdowns to take down the steelers. third win for patriots all season. this one actually hurts new england chance for top draft spot next year as bears who own carolina pick have a two-game lead for the coveted prize. those are headlines, thankfully that is over because i have to cough. i know we've all been there. >> ainsley: we have water and teahere. >> carley: all the supplies. >> lawrence: one time i got the hiccups. >> carley: have you ever had to sneeze on air. >> lawrence: not sneeze.

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maxwell frost out of florida with this take. >> encourage people to look back into history of ellis island. we were processing more people than we do now, a long time ago with worse technology. we are able to do this, we have to get down to it. >> alexandria: generation z take there. he says as migrant crisis at southern border continues to break records. tuesday marked highest total per one single day ever reported, 12,000 in one day. retired agent chris clemm says the ellis island comparison is a weak one. >> one particular party has gotten the handle on that really well. get back to basics and secure the border, get it done right and go to the table to address immigration. >> alexandria: the 12,000 were

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safety. prime example, with defunding third less deputies in patrol. every patrol including malibu has more than 30% vacancy, less cops on the street, more crooks, free to do things like this abhorrent behavior like this fool right here. >> lawrence: who are these people? i go to l.a., at venice beach, i see people applauding you, you got homelessness off the street. people are tired of the violence on the street and you then you don't get re-elected. what is the electorate in l.a.? >> they are very gullible and bought into the thing, there are deputy gang members running the department, they bought into it because it was perceived bias

against law enforcement. you have officials like the board of supervisors saying we got deputy gangs here, people say there are deputy gangs, let's not apply to be a deputy and that sheriff must be a gang member himself. it is a hoax with very dangerous consequences. >> lawrence: sheriff, i wonder if there is hope for l.a., beautiful place, it doesn't look like it is turning around any time soon. >> we got to get ahold of the political body, i'm running for that very reason, to get sanity back into the board of supervisor to start funding law enforcement and respecting and supporting hard work of the men and women. district attorney who prosecutes hate crimes, things like that, getting state legislature to

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>> brian: hunter biden facing nine criminal charges for not paying taxes, while dishing out big bucks for extravagant party lifestyle, all listed there. peter doocy joins us. >> peter: hunter biden knew he had to pay taxes, but didn't. between 2016 and 2020, the defendant spent on drugs, escorts, girlfriends, property and other items, everything short of his taxes and found recorded alleging hunter pulled $1.6 million out of atm's and spent to payments to various women and more on adult entertainment. >> who when they can't pay taxes because they have been paying hookers, get bailed out by millionaires and billionaires

mysteriously? he should owe taxes on ta, as well. >> peter: felony for tax evagsz and filing false return and failure to pay and failure to file taxes and returns. james comer says irs whistleblowers, gary shapley and zie ziegler -- criminal investigation. every american should applaud these men. >> the fact is this is a circle that is getting tighter around the president. it is clear the president has lied, obviously lied during the campaign when he said he had no knowledge of the dealing. hunter contradicted it. his associates said it was utter nonsense. >> peter: impeachment inquiry. >> i think this will further

ignite house republicans eager to do this. president trump has urged them to do it and has an ally in the new house speaker mike johnson, so this will be a log on the fire. the fire may not actually reach the door of the white house, the republicans will try to depict it as such. >> peter: this 56-page indictment does not convict president biden of wrongdoing, but puts him in a pickle, it may be difficult to say the process needs to play out while president trump is being prosecuted and interfere in any way as his son is being prosecuted. >> brian: fascinating match up if the two go against each other. thanks. bring in mike lawler, member of foreign affairs committee.

congressman, is hunter biden being looked at and charged because he is the president's son? >> no, he is being charged because he broke the law. two things certain in life, death and taxes and everybody knows they have to pay their taxes. for hunter biden to claim that he was unaware he needed to or unsure is laughable. and remind everybody he was ready to plead guilty to the underlying issue just a few months ago in a sweetheart deal. the nine felony and misdemeanor counts are pretty damning and ties into the underlying issue that has been investigated by the oversight committee and by ways and means. you have 24 million dollars transfer from china, and ukraine

to biden family and associates to 20 shell companies, over 100 suspicious activity reports raising validity about the funds and what shell companies were doing. there are questions and the nine-count indictment certainly adds fuel to the fire. >> brian: for people saying it ends there with hunter, they are not picking their head up out of the sand. the president has to answer questions. >> facts should guide everything and evidence, not politics. the facts contradict what joe biden said in the 2020 election. he said the biden family and his son never received funds from china, russia, romania, ukraine, he said it was lies. it turns out they received 24

million funneled through 20 shell companies and in fact that money found its way, $40,000 to president biden while he was out of office. the investigations need to happen. the american people deserve to know the answer as to whether or not the president and then vice president was compromised in decisions he was making to financially benefit his son and his family. these are serious allegations and require serious investigation and facts and evidence will determine it. i'm not there yet on impeachment. we are a long way off from that. the investigation should certainly happen. >> brian: when they put to a vote to have an inquiry, you're in >> i will support it when it comes to the floor likely next

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>> ainsley: a fox business alert. november jobs release released, beating expectation edging down to 3.7% and u.s. employers added new jobs, up from 180,000 economists were expecting. here is stuart varney. >> good morning. >> ainsley: what do you think about the numbers? >> it is resilient labor market and president biden will talk about this because these are good numbers for bidenomics.

199,000 jobs added to the economy, unemployment down to 3.7%. he'll say that is bidenomics at work, that is low unemployment rate. >> ainsley: is it because of christmas? >> retail employment went down, didn't go down, 28,000 that is low for this time of year. looking at no rate cuts from the federal reserve because this shows strength in the labor market and economy and fed will not raise rates or lower rates in the immediate future. steady as she goes. you have labor market that is resilient, which is surprising, you still got 199,000 jobs

added. you have resilience, biden is saying this is bidenomics, vote for me. >> ainsley: it costs -- to get married, buy a house, cover healthcare and retire and $8000 for a funeral and i would argue it is more than that, because we planned one before. brian and i were giving advice to lawrence. brian said, stay single and don't die. >> that is the cost of the american dream. >> ainsley: who is afford that? >> go to school, marry, buy a house, get a car, go college, have a child. i have lived the american dream, it is getting more expensive. >> ainsley: that is why i waited so long to have children. growing up, we were strapped and stressed about that and i didn't

want to experience that. >> i waited until i was 30 to have children and i have six. >> that is the american dream, i've lived it and it is an expensive dream to fulfill. >> ainsley: it is worth it. >> yes, that is what you come to america for, hope and expectation you can do well and your kids can do well like that. that is what america is all about and what brought me here in the first place. >> ainsley: i hope it continues, national security is important. have a great weekend. you can watch varney and company 9 a.m. eastern time and american built monday nights at 9 p.m. on fox business prime. turn to chief meteorologist for our fox weather forecast. can you throw up how much it costs to retire? >> ainsley: it was 3.4 million for everything, what you need to

have, including retirement. >> we will continue talking for a long time, ainsley. >> ainsley: you just paid off your student loan. >> i was 45 when i paid off my student loans. >> ainsley: i remember on "fox and friends" set and we celebrated. >> an exciting great day. we have warm air across central plains, warm air moving off toward eastern seaboard throughout the day today and tomorrow. colder air and about to see a big change. this swirl here, that associated with moisture from the south is going to set us up for severe weather tomorrow. if you are anywhere, especially where you see red, likely threat for severe weather and could include a tornado or two, doesn't happen often in december, can happen and you need to be aware of this, part of that system for eastern seaboard next couple days will be messy, rain and snow across interior sections of the

northeast. get ready for rainy weather across the northeast. >> brian: they are doing rotating hosts on "the daily show" and one is charlamagne the god, a successful morning show host. he was on the air doing an interview with candidate biden when he said, if you don't vote for me, you ain't black. >> lawrence: he has a history of having democratic politicians come on, known as deadliest morning breakfast show. now auditioning for "the daily show" and had this analysis about joe biden. watch. >> this is biden's ego talking, if other people who can beat him, step aside, he thinks he has this in the bag, the polls say otherwise. i want biden stepping in the way i want him to defend me in a bar fight. i appreciate you caring, i don't

like his chances. he's not getting younger, please give america the ultimate christmas gift and step aside. >> lawrence: he goes after the president and kamala harris. >> ainsley: what type of influence does he have? >> lawrence: he was one of the first telling that black men are not buying what you are putting out, you better pay attention to him. i don't think joe biden and kamala harris will alter their move because of him, but when it comes to black voters and telling joe biden to step aside. >> ainsley: i wonder who he wants to run? >> he said gavin newsom is the natural person. >> ainsley: will he get that job? >> daily show, a lot of people auditioning, i like charlamagne, he is progressive and liberal, i like he pushes back and will not take --

>> ainsley: like joe rogan, he will analyze each other. >> lawrence: he will make them work for it. >> brian: one major issue that is affecting joe biden with black men and women is the illegal immigrants flooding the cities, crime going crazy, everyone thinks criminal justice reform is a big plus, not when you let everybody run wild. cities are running wild and i think that is what president trump -- >> lawrence: letting people run wild and the economy. >> ainsley: 46 after top of the hour, up next three-time grammy winner michael w smith performs for our all american concert series. >> lawrence: check in with bill hemmer for what is coming up. >> bill: looking forward to the piano music coming up. breaking news on the economy, larry kudlow will tell us what it means for you and maybe the election next year and holding the line on border security.

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>> ainsley: he is a christian music icon and three time grammy award winner. this hit helped him earn worldwide acclaim. ♪ but this becoming is harder than it seems. it feels like, i'm looking for a reason and roaming through the night to find my place in this world, my place in this world ♪ >> ainsley: such a great song an he doesn't age. michael w. smith is here with his brand-new album. christmas album called "every christmas." thank you for coming in. tell us about this new album.

>> my fifth christmas album. that blows my mind. i think what's awesome about the record is my family is on it. my family is all over the record. tyler is orchestrating. whitney and anna are singing on the record and writing songs and grandkids are singing on the record. the whole family was a part of the whole thing and i think that's what makes it probably, if i can say this on record, probably my favorite christmas record. we've always been -- our whole family is christmas fanatics. this time of year two weeks when people say three, four weeks of just contemplation and thinking. everything changes. christmas music everywhere, you start to reflect on why am i here? what's this all about? we're celebrating the birth of jesus obviously, that literally changed the world. >> ainsley: we wouldn't have easter if it weren't for christmas. we need that child to be born.

your story is interesting. you grew up in a christian home but a point in your life where you dabbled in drinking and drugs and came back to your faith. tell us about that? >> it was not very pretty. four years i was a prodigal, you know, just walked away from my faith and the lord and almost died a few times. i think i'm -- >> ainsley: from drugs? >> i'm still alive. i'm standing here today because of the prayers of my mom and dad. they never gave up on my. my dad taught me what god was like in a lot of ways. even though i was making bad choices. they just stuck with me. i hit rock bottom and then it was november 1979 it was radical. it could be a movie. that radical and i haven't been the same since. >> ainsley: what is your advice for someone going through that stage in their life. >> there is a way life and hope

for everybody because i'm proof of that. and then i always just challenge people you aren't here by mistake. reconnect with why you're here. there is a purpose for your life. >> ainsley: look at all the success you found when you gave your life to the lord. you have done so much to change so many lives. your music gets us through the ups and downs in your life. you have nine shows with amy grant and on your own. >> amy and i have had this great run. we pinch ourselves every night we get to do this. >> ainsley: in high school i had two cassettes, amy grant and you. i just love your music. and then when i was in college, i really came to know the lord and i learned that there were so many different singers but you are the original. >> well, thank you, i'm glad it found a spot next to wherever you were when you heard it. >> ainsley: what will you sing

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