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some urgent unanswered questions for the coast guard at this hour. we're going to be hearing from them any moment at a press conference as this tourist dive vessel has not been found. oxygen levels running low. it lost contact with its support ship about an hour and 45 minutes into its voyage on sunday. they say the vessel has enough oxygen to last three or four days. anywhere from 50 to 76 hours until they run out of breathable air. the vessel, by the way, is about the size of a machineny van and the it's the property of a company called ocean gate. let's head to boston where the coast guard is holding this press conference. >> reporter: with five people on board, along with providing a update on current search efforts and plans for the next 24 hour. on behalf of all the men and women of the united states coast guard and our search partners,

we offer our most heartfelt thoughts and prayers for the five crew members, their families, and loved ones. our crews are working around the clock to ensure we're doing everything possible to locate the titan and five crew members. yesterday we set up a unified command consisting of expertise from the united states coast guard, the united states navy, canadian armed forces and coast guard, and the titan's parent company, ocean gate expedition. this is a complex search effort, which requires multiple agencies with subject matter expertise and specialized equipment. while the u.s. coast guard has assumed to role of search and rescue mission coordinator, we do not have the necessary equipment required. the command brings that expertise and capability together to maximize effort in solving this very complex problem.

>> we're out of order here. as a recap, on sunday, the coordination hand center in boston circumstantial evidence a report from the canadian expedition vessel of an overdue submarine titan with five people on board. it was attempting to dive on the where he can of the titanic, 900 miles east of cape cod and 400 miles south of new foundland. the polar prince lost communication with the titan. polar prince conducted a search and requested coast guard assistance. the u.s. coast guard in boston assumed responsibility of mission coordinator and immediately launched assets. since sunday, they coordinated with u.s. and canadian coast

guard, aircraft, and polar prince, which searched a combined 7,600 square miles. these search efforts focused on surface work aircraft searching by sight and radar and sub surface with p-3 aircraft, we're able to drop and monitor buoys. to date, those search efforts have not yielded any results. search efforts continued through last night and today. today the vessel "deep energy" arrived on scene with capability. they rendezvoused and -- a dive at the last known position. that operation is currently ongoing. additionally, a canadian p-3 aircraft is conducting a search of the area, and several

aircraft are scheduled to fly this afternoon and this evening. the canadian coast guard vessel jt john cabot" is scheduled to arrive late they are chbing and several other canadian vessel are en route. additionally, the u.s. coast guard -- the u.s. navy's supervisor salvage and diving command is working with u.s. transportation command to bring additional asset to the search area. these were capable as sets will be transported out of st. john's. there are also several private vezle that are making preparations to join the efforts. i want to reiterate, this is a very complex search, and the unified team is working around the clock to bring all assets and expertise to bear in an effort to solve this very complex complex problem. we'll continue to pride updates.

we will provide unwavering effort as we continue the search, and at this time we'll open it up and take questions. >> can you explain how an r.o.v. works, sir? if it's tethered to a ship? could it actually plug our pulling? >> so, each of the rovs -- that's a vague question. they have different capability. the current rov that's deployed has some limited capability. it has a camera on board. but again, each of those is different, and we'll be gathering more information as that operation goes on for the day. >> captain, how many hours -- >> if you're subamersibles can find this sub s there any way to retrieve it and save the people on board? >> all our efforts now are focused on finding the sub. what i'll tell you, we have a group of our nation's best experts in the unified command, and if we get to that point, those experts will be looking at

what the next course of action. >> captain, how many hours of oxygen are left that you know of that you can estimate right now on the submersible? and does it have to be approved or regulated? >>, so first of all, it's an estimate, right? because we know from the data we were using as a starting point was 96 ours. we know at this point we're approximately 40, 41 hours. >> left? >> correct. >> does it have to be approved or regulated or go thank you anything that you know of? >> i'm not sure the exact technical -- there's about 40 hour of breathable air left based than initial report. again, that was an initial report based on 96 hours from when the vessel -- >> even with that amount of time, 41 hours or so, if you were to find the submersible at this moment, would that give you

enough time to save these five people on board? >> yeah, i -- i don't know the answer to that question. what i will tell you is we will do everything in our power to affect a rescue. again, it's going to depend on if the rov finds something, it's going to depend what they find. what steps need to be taken next? and really that is for the experts in the unified ied comm to look at and figure out what the best course of action is. >> it seems to have taken the mother ship vessel, those running this, about eight hours to contact you on sunday after they lost contact with the sub. is that a cause for concern? >> right now our effort and our focus son searching with what we know. as soon as we receive the report on sunday evening, we immediately launched search efforts. we flew assets that evening, and we've continued constant surface

and air as set searches at that point. >> you mentioned that the search operation is very complicated. [ inaudible question ] >> well, it's -- this is a complex search, and it's complex for a variety of reasons. you're talking about a search area that's 900 miles east of cape cod, 400 miles south of st. john's, so logistically speaking it's hard to bring assets to bear. it takes time, coordination, and then we're dealing with two pieces of -- you're dealing with a surface and sub surface search. it's complicated. >> will the u.s. navy be able to get salvage equipment on time before the air runs out. >> >> obviously getting salvage equipment on scene is a top priority. unified command is work thorough that to prioritize what equipment we can get there. there are ongoing operations

right now via the u.s. navy and trans com to get equipment and get it on scene. i can't give you an exact time line of when that's going to happen. what i can tell you is there is a full press effort to get equipment on scene as quickly as we can. >> is it already on the east coast, or sit coming from the pacific? >> some of the equipment that's coming is coming from the east coast, but we're talking about very heavy equipment. it's a complicated transport situation, but the best professionals in the world are working it, and that's u.s. trans com. >> when it come to the current equipment, can you give more detail? [ inaudible ] shipped to that location? since you don't have a fleet vesdsle, do you have civilian ships that can help out? >> there are several civilian ships that offered support heading that way. we hope to have a canadian coast guard cutter on scene this evening.

we hope they can pursue on scene smander. polar prince has been doing a great job, but if we can take that from them, that would be good. i'm not going to get into talk about specific equipment. i'm not an expert on what that equipment is, but i can tell you we have experts in unified command prioritizing that and getting it on scene. >> -- personnel from boston, how many people are out there, and also what equipment? >> from boston specifically? >> yeah. >> where boston plays a role is the command center, the rescue and coordination center is here in boston. the aircraft are coming from different locations, but the command structure is being worked out of boston, and i think we have time for two more questions. >> in all your year of experience, just how unique is this? >> yeah, i don't want to speak about if the coast guard has ever -- it's a unique situation, a challenging situation, but right now we're focused on putting everything we can at it

and searching as hard as we can and getting assets out there as quickly as we can. >> -- other assets in the area? do they have rovs? >> there are some additional as sets with rovs. one is working to get on scene with a -- chamber. we're working the logistical challenges to get them there. we'll take one more. >> is a deep sea rescue a realistic prospect? what would that look like? >> i can't tell you exactly what it would look like. i can tell you we're out there, we're searching. we wouldn't be doing this, searching and putting all effort out there. i think if the sub is located, that's a question that then the experts need to look at -- what is the best course of action for recovering the sub. but i think it's going to depend on that particular situation and

if we encounter that. >> is it true the british offered assistance, and they were told, we don't need your assistance at this point? >> no, i'm not aware of that. what i'll tell you is the unified command is working through prioritizing. we know there's equipment out there that can be brought to the scene. unified command is working through prioritizing what equipment we need and how we get it there. >> and the prince is responding to the ship as well. >> correct. i think we're going to wrap it there. >> thank you. really appreciate you guys coming out today. i can stay behind to tak additional stuff that wasn't answered and we can try to get information back to you later. >> can you clarify the question about the men and women here who are based in boston? >> yeah. >> so, are they not out there, just working here? >> the rescue coordination center he's talk about specifically is based in boston, so the people working in the command and control environment

as far as building search are rescue plans, sending out the information, coordinating are here. the people affecting the mission -- the pilots, the air crews, all of the ships, those are based off different areas our pilots air crews are out of elizabeth city, north carolina -- newport island, but they were operating -- there are a number of people here working in a staff element, but are not physically located in the search area. >>. [ inaudible question ] >> it is, yes. >> does -- have another submersible they can try to send down there? >> i don't know. >> sounds like the staging area is st. john's. >> i believe, yeah, a lot of it into st. john newfoundland, right? >> yes. >> the c-30 aircraft are based out of there as well, so i know there are a number of pieces.

logistically easier from there. >> talk about transcom organizing the -- can you give a little more clarity on what kind of assets you have put in the water, specifically about the [ inaudible ] is there one? >> i don't know. i don't know how to answer that. i know a lot of questions were unanswered. it's because we're not the right agency to be asking that. we should be able to give the answer to you, but we want to you hear it from the experts. so that's our next plan is what we want to do is give an opportunity for you all to have to get all of the subject matter experts we can into one location to kind of get those questions answered. >> [ inaudible ] when that becomes a recovery mission? >> i'm sorry. >> when those 40 hours are up, is that the moment you search from a search and rescue to a recovery operation, if you

choose to do a recovery operation, given the difficulties? >> i think it depends on a number of factors. anything that can change between now and then, as far as information response that could chang that, so it's not a hard and fast timer's up, time to transition. there's a lot of factors that go into it that could extend something like that. >> excuse me, what role does the amount of oxygen play in one of those [ inaudible ] with 40 hour of oxygen left, when would you transition from a search and rescue to a search and recovery? >> i don't know an answer to that. that's definitely outside. we can try to get back to you. as we transition through that phase, we'll have better answers. >> [ inaudible ] what exactly are the coast guard facing on the water? >> weatherwise -- i believe the weather on scene today was five to six foot sees. seas. >> what's that mean, the waves? >> wave height.

i believe it was 16-knot winds. yesterday was very foggy. lit toll know visibility, but was increasing today, and they were expecting much better conditions from an aerial search perspective. >> five to six foot waves today and it's cleared in terms of visi visibility. high winds persist? >> it's 15 knot winds. it's -- it's about average out there. >> how long would it take a typical coast guard vessel from the u.s. -- or from newfoundland, to get on site ifer this running at maximum speed. >> that depends on the cutter itself or the ship itself, because they all have different speeds. >> do you have an average of how long it would take to get there? >> depending where they're coming from, it could be a matter of two days up to four to five days. depending where they deploy from.

[ inaudible question ] we don't have ships up there, so i don't know information on that. >> does the coast guard have a line on a piece of equipment that's capable of going down to the titanic? >> this coast guard, no. this is type of -- >> no, in terms of private companies. >> that's all part of the conversations of unified command to find capabilities and explore them. >> you're looking at that now. >> [ inaudible question ] is there a reason we haven't received -- >> we haven't received any yet. >> you don't expect to get -- >> we do. we have graphics we're trying to send out this afternoon. as well as we've reach out to the aircraft crews to get footage from them. i know the rovs that are on scene today, there haven't been

any before. we're requesting to see what we can get to try to make that available to you all. >> images from the command senter is would be awesome. >> if the submersible was discover on the bottom of the ocean right now, right now there are no assets on scene that could go retrieve it. is that correct? >> i don't know. >> coast guard does not have any assets. >> no, we do not have coast guard vessel on scene. research vessels, i don't know what the capabilities are. >> do you think there's no possibility it made it way to the surface? are you quite confident it's not water? >> that's why we have both types of assets. we don't want to rule out that it is on the surface. >> likely? >> the way that our crews train, it's the environment they train in.

they're specialized in being able to is a these things from the area, so they've given everything they have to it. if it's on the surface, we're fairly certain we would be able the find it. >> you would have. >> no, that we will. [ inaudible question ] it's impossible to say. >> i realize this is challenges and you don't have an answer. trying to get a sense of how far the naval asset would be that has the lift capability, the salvage. is it coming from north carolina, boston? can you give us any idea how far away it might be? >> i don't have an answer to that, yeah. >> do you know if the vessel has a pinger or some way of -- >> the research vessel? >> the titan itself. >> oh, communicating with them? no, i don't have specifics of technology on board. >> [ inaudible ] lost contact in the past on missions?

[ inaudible question ] >> not to my knowledge. >>. [ inaudible question ] >> absolutely. they're part of the unified command here, so we're all making decisions together. >> so do you think -- [ inaudible question ] >> i don't know. but if they do, it's definitely being discussed as far as their capabilities. >> would they tell you if they did? doesn't sound like [ inaudible ]. >> i don't understand. >> it's not clear how long it would take to get a vessel there. >> that's the biggest challenge of all of this is understanding how the capabilities are working together, how they would do it, the tactical aspect of that. >> family member of someone on board, do you have a message? >> i think it was clearly stated with captain frederick. >> can you just describe the crush depth here? we're talking about 400 times,

as i understand it, what we all experience at sea level. what can that do to a vessel? >> i can't speak to the scientific fact of that. this is more or less just trying to get background information. i don't have any of that information on that. >> can you talk about what the -- [ inaudible question ] submersible doesn't necessarily [ inaudible ] doesn't have to be there that long. >> that would be a great question we could try to get answered for you with that subject matter expert discussion we talked about, take an opportunity to ask that question, because it would be much more important and realistic for somebody within that community part of the command. they would be able to answer that question a lot collier than i would be able to. >> when will you provide -- >> we have a press release shortly going out with the graphics we talk about.

probably similar information to what was passed today. if any new information comes up, we'll update that. but i think ideally we have been putting out press releases daily, and we'd look at doing another briefing tomorrow. >> can i just ask you one last -- >> [ inaudible question ] >> i don't know. >> can you reiterate for us -- how big of an urgency is this for the coast guard? how do they give it priority? do you prioritize these things? do you classify them at priority red, one, two, three. how big owe priority is this? >> this operation is our biggest priority right now within the district. we have every available asset we can that's to this that we can designate to it on this. that's why we are spending so much time and energy trying to coordinate really this response effort to truly understand the scale of how far away this truly is. and in the context of the type

of assets we can get out over something that's that enormous, something in the state of connecticut,nto perspective of what is available to be able to search in those conditions so far offshore. understand what 900 miles looks like is an enormous amount of dis distance. >> is a deep sea rescue realistic, and what would that look like? >> i don't know what it would look like realistic, and that's all part of unified command, trying to figure out the options available. >> is there an official manifest or log saying exactly who was on the vessel? >> there is on there. >> will you release it publicly? >> not until all the next of kin notifications have been done.

>> thank you so much. >> thank you. really appreciate your time today. we'll send out an update when the next advisory will be out for you guys. thank you. >> all right, we were listening to robert simpson, the assistant public affairs officer for the coast guard district that is based there out of boston i want to bring in jason carroll there at that press conference that has wrapped up. listening to him as well as jamie frederick with the coast guard, response accorder there, you get a sense of how difficult this task is. they're looking for not just a need until a hey stack, but a needle in a hay stack that is 370 miles from the nearest nautical port with condition of being blindfolded and under water. there is very little visibility above the water and certainly

next to nothing beneath the water. >> they definitely have challenges ahead of them. some of key items i want to tick through here from the briefing which is just now beginning to wrap up, they called it a unique operation. as you were saying, a challenging operation. some of the headlines here, about 40 hours of breathable oxygen that's left on board that submersible. i asked captain frederick here, even if you were able to get the necessary congreequipment to put submarine out at the time, if you had it right there, would 40 hours to be enough time to conduct that rescue? he said he couldn't say. he also indicated that the deep energy vessel has what is called an rov unit that is currently right now conducting a search in the area where the submersible

went down. rov unit,s that a remotely operated vehicle that's operated, again, remotely. think of it as a mechanical under water vehicle that can search the area. it has a camera on board so it can try to see what it can in the immediate area where the submersible went down and the ship lost contact with it. very sobering to hear just now at this point some 40 hour of oxygen left. repeatedly the question was asked, i know you've got assets on their way, so 40 hours plus away from the area, the types of assets that would be needed to lift a submersible up from those gr great depths from the surface sill hours away, and at this point just 40 hour of breathable oxygen left. one final point i want to bring up here is they've indicated at

some point today they're going to be releasing a graphic of the grid of the search area they've done in this remote area of the atlantic to show where the vessels have been searching, where the vessels at sea level searching. now getting updates from this coast guard briefing that has just wrapped up. >> let's talk about what is there and what's on the way. you mentioned that deep energy ship which has the camera capability. there's sonar buoys set up. we know in general the u.s. and canadian coast guard are involved here, and there are these reconnaissance aircraft flying over, trying to find something, but again, the images are very difficult. sounds like this evening they may be getting some more canadian coast guard vessels in the area, but it's difficult to

determine what the capabilities will be and how that's really going to help them further the search here. >> reporter: yeah, it's very difficult, very challenging, because not only are you dealing with, as you say, the needle in the hay stack nanalogy, but you're dealing with the weather. winds at five to six -- winds are at a point where they say it's manageable at this point. so there is still so much more that they're having to deal with here, and again, they have a number of assets that are in the area. they've got c 130s in the area, searching on the offchance that this submersible has surfaced into is in the area. but once again, the thing that really struck many of us here is that 40-hour or so window now that they're looking at, because this is what these five people on board have left to breathe. just 40 hours.

assets still headed into the area. again you've got that rov that's right now in the area searching beneath the water where the submersible went down. but again now, they're just looking at 40 hours of breathable air. >> yeah, and that is going to be the number. odds against them, but as we heard the coast guard making clear, they are going to keep searching. they wouldn't be search field goal they didn't think there was some chance here at some sort of rescue. so hopefully we're going to maybe hear some signs of progress as we continue to monitor the story. jason carroll live in boston where, we just heard. >> we're going to stay on top of this story, the race against time, including what it's like to be inside a submersible like this one. we're going to speak to someone that's been in the one that's missing, still ahead on "cnn news central". m-proven retinol that targets vital cell turnover, evens skin tone,

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there is no time to lose in the urgent search for the missing submersible with five people on board. we just got an update on the operation by the u.s. coast guard them say the vessel only has about 40 hour of oxygen left some far their search has yielded no results, though they confirm that more search vessels are on the way. we want to give you a closer look at what it looks like inside the missing sub. this is a picture of the cabin, if you could call it that. it's just 21 feet long. the whole thing ways about 23,000 pounds. made out of carbon fiber and tit titanium. not space for a lot of people. very cramped, uncomfortable new york seats and when you're inside you can't actually stand up. a cbs crew took a trip on the titan last year, and they were stunned by some of the hardware

inside. watch this. >> inside, the sub has about as much room as a mini van. this is not your father's submersible. we have one button, that's it. shouldn't take a lot of skill. i got these from camper world women run the whole thing with this game controller. >> come on! >> cnn correspondent gabe cohen has actually been inside this very submersible. it was about five years ago, gabe, when it was about to launch, and this might be uncomfortable and claustrophobic for somebody to be on in land. >> that's what we went through. i reported several time on ocean gate while working in seattle, including a piece in 2018 about this vessel before its first expedition to the titanic. i was struck by not just how cramped but how simple, ru

rudementry the vessel was on board. it was powered by a gaming controller. yet the company told me they were extremely confident that they could safely use this vessel to go on such an expedition, 13,000 feet down into the ocean and that the titan could handle 150 million pounds of pressure at the ocean floor, largely because of its carbon fiber structure. ocean gate, the folks there said they worked with nasa and bowing to design this vessel. they didn't cut any corner when it came to cost and safety. that said, we have learned the titan has had communication issues in the past last year. the crew on board during an expedition lost communication with their support crew on the surface of the ocean because they were relying on messages -- they dent have gps under water, so a lot of questions remain as to what went wrong here. >> and you've interviewed

someone who we learned is on board, the fifth crew member is the ceo of ocean gate. what was it like speaking to him? >> stockton rush, i spoke with him at several different points as they completed those journeys. he always spoke passionately about not just the journeys but the signs behind it, the goal of mapping out ship wrecks to learn more about their decay and potential impact on the ocean. i also pushed him on safety during those interviews and how safe these vessels really were, and of course he took pride in what they created. they told me they were extremely safe. i'll read you a quote about one of their exhe devastations to the andrea doria. he said, quote, everyone's getting back safe. we can take risks with equipment, but not people. >> 150 million pounds of pressure you said? >> 150 million, correct.

>> thanks for the reporting. appreciate it. jim? >> i want to bring in rick mercar. rick, good to have you on. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> first i want to talk about the attempted search and rescue operation at this point. an area the size of connecticut, and we have to keep in mind, that then extends 2 tw1/2 miles down. an imcomprehensibly large area to search. they say no progress so far. is the search conceivable even given the resources they have in place? >> well, i mean, i kind of hate to say this, but the coast guard said it's a complex search. i agree with them. it's a titanic search, point

guard the pun. it's not going to get any easier. add to that the depth of 12,500 feet to where the titanic rests on the bottom, and it truly is a titanic effort. we hope that they -- our prayers are out to the family and the crewmen or the passengers on board this vessel. >> let me ask you a very basic question -- should civilians, tou tourists be on such an operation like this? should a company be offering a tour like this given the depths, the danger? we just had a segment showing the level of technology on this particular submersible. >> we could ask that same question of spacex going into space, where the private corps weigh are starting to take that on. i think we need. that should people be going to the titanic? i would say yes.

if i had the chance isl would b all about that. there's mystique around the titanic, mystery, embellishment by various movies. and having gone to a trade show and met somebody that was actually on one of these dives, she described it in a way that, you know, you can hear all you want, you can see the movies, but when you get down and the bow of the shift appears with rust iceicles coming off it -- f we do not investigate our ocean then we are truly note learning about our world, and i would say the same about space. know about as much for both environments, relatively speaking -- >> i get the exploration desire here, but there's a different function. spacex missions, they take satellites into space. this is purely a tourist mission. you might say a tourist mission

to the top of mt. everest. the question is, the skill, not just to the people involved, but the operation itself. for instance, i was reading its communication is basically a one text message system. doesn't appear to be a fail safe. i don't know if transponders are available at this depth that would give you passive communication if you go missing. you run sea dyes. does this have the safety measures that you would have in place? >> return would hope so. the dives i'm doing -- the wouldn't be the same. the risk is much greater at these depths. we look at the vessel, carbon fiber, titanium, people inside

it, there have to be certain measures. there are surgeon things in place if something were to fail, there would be an automatic ascent to the surface. it can't race to the surface. we cannot forget the physics involved here. that would be a risk. we're not designed, created to put our face in the water and breathe, and yet we're going to these great depths. i could argue that the risk of it is acceptable. the human spirit, the question for improving and learning, the very endeavor, i think that drives us to do that. so part of me says yes, we have to go, but there have to be safeguards. so, what are the safeguards on this particular vessel? what has proven, what has been the test perform? its rated depth is just over 13,000 feet. that is well within the titanic's depth range at 12,500. not a big margin when you think about it.

you have to appreciate that this submersible is capable of going to 380 atmospheres of depth, and you're talking at a million and a half pounds of pressure on the ship. let's break that down. you're about 5,600 pounds for square inch on the outer hull of this vehicle. just the breathing medium, and effects, physiological and psychological, the nervous system syndrome, and all these thing. the occupants are not at that kind of pressure, the inner hull has to keep them -- it's hyperbaric technology. however, we're talking, what, 40 hours remaining? that's a long time to be at that depth. so the coast guard is saying they're breathing in compression chambers, hyperbaric chambers, because once you get these

people -- phase one locate, confirm the status of the people, is recovery possible? phase three, let's hope a recovery can take place. that's going to be a long process. you're bringing them from wherever they are. are they on the surface? sub surface? are they on the bottom trapped at 12,500 feet? or we lost, what, communication an hour, hour and a half plus into the dive? shortly after the titan left its launch platform. so now you have this issue that they somehow get stuck mid water column and the currents are pushing them well outside the search area. >> that's a great point. it's a great point, because we don't know where, at what depth they went missing and where they are now. i know these are difficult questions. we do appreciate you sharing your expertise. >> thank you. >> goodness. we can only wish the folks in there the best.

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to controlled substances. he's been very public about his addiction and that will be diverted. meaning if he certain criteria and conditions and abides by them for the next 24 months, that that charge will disappear and go away. hunter biden's attorney issued a statement and say i know hunter believes he needs to take responsibility for the mistakes he made during a period of turmoil and addiction in his life. he looks forward to continuing his recovery and moving forward. and the next steps here this case will be assigned to a judge and the judge will set the date for hunter biden's arraignment. and he'll come and appear in the courthouse behind me and say exactly what he did in committing these crimes. at some point further down the road is when the judge will sentence him. and while this u.s. attorney's office here is making this recommendation according to our sources for probation, it will ultimately be up to the judge to decide what the sentence will be. >> thank you for that. and even though trump's attorneys or hunter biden's

attorneys say that this inquiry into his activity has been wrapped up, briana, there's a potential for more congressional oversight of his actions. >> yeah, there certainly is and we'll be looking for that. plenty of reaction to get to in washington. first is cnn's manu raju live on capitol hill. you just caught up to speaker mccarthy. what has he told you? >> reporter: i caught him for the second time today. and i asked him whether he would accept the fact whether or not it was a trump appointed attorney that did the investigation that led to this plea deal, but he continue today down-play that fact and insisted there are two standard of juls justices in his view given the justice department is pursuing former president donald trump. >> the question i have, you want

equal justice in america. it just seems to me if you are the leading opponent of the president, you're going to get jail time, but if you're the son of the president you don't get any jail time. and for the doj now to say there's still an investigation, that's unacceptable. congress has to have a right. we have the constitutional right to investigate and oversee. and for any investigation that we have or any information we need, you can't now stand behind that there's an investigation going on. >> well, there's two separate cases. the trump case involving alleged obstruction of an investigation, alleged misstatements. this is a tax case and a gun case. these are two separate cases. why conflate that? >> i'm not conflating. >> reporter: so he went onto compare the situation involving former president donald trump with joe biden's mishandling of classified documents. of course those two situations also much different. but mccarthy's larger point is that house republicans plan to investigate the investigation of hunter biden, try and figure out why they did not pursue certain

charges, why overseas business dealings which have been a central part of the house gop charge, that did not lead to any charges here. so don't expect any republicans to trump this despite this plea deal announced today. >> manu, thanks so much for that. i want to bring in cnn political analyst laura barone lopez now. what does the charges against his son mean for riz re-election efforts? >> it's certainly something looming over the president for a while now, briana, but right now response from democrats are a bit muted. they aren't saying they're that concerned about this deal that has been struck and that they don't think it will necessarily right now impact the president's re-election too much. the white house put out a statement, the white house spokesperson ian sam, all they said was that the president and

first lady standby their son, they support him as he tries to rebuild his life. but they did not comment on the deal itself and on these charges. and that'st the president has been doing since he took office. he has decided not to talk about this at all, any of the investigations. the white house has repeatedly said he's never spoken to the attorney general or to the doj about these investigations. >> let's talk about the u.s. attorney in this case. david wise. he was described by the former president as someone who shared his vision to make america great again and then you have other republicans really singing to the same tune about this situation with hunter biden calling this a weet heart deal.

what do you make of this? >> reporter: they're saying this is a two tiered justice system when it's a very different case. this is something also when mccarthy was being pressed by mccarthy in the capitol what exactly what type of charges would he have been happy with or would he think would create an equal justice system, and the speaker dodged. he wouldn't answer that and repeated the line of a two-tiered justice system. i was just texas with a republican pollster who did a recent focus group who said that among swing voters, and they said that those swing voters had started to mention hunter biden a bit more in the focus group, and ultimately they were kind of using it as permission to maybe return to voting for former president trump over president biden, but that pollster noted that it's not widespread at all among these swing voters. and then i was also talking to a democratic pollster today who was saying that they really don't think this is going to have that big of an impact on

moderate voters, on those voters at the margins going to ultimately decide the election. >> very interesting to hear what they're hearing from voters. laura, thank you for that. jim? rescue teams are scouring the surface and depths of the atlantic for the missing submersible hour by hour. sadly hope is dwindling for the five people inside. we're going to speak coming up to a friend of a person onboard. shelves smart enough to see, sense, react, restocock. ♪ so caramel swirl is always there for the taking.

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