♪ larry: thank goodness for honest judges. judge nor yenning ca in wilmington, delaware, thank heavens. and thank heavens for honest brian brenberg in for liz donald, coming right up. brian: thank you very much, larry. have a good day, sir. i am brian brenberg, "the evening edit" starts right now. >> number one, hunter biden, if you're watching, no one is above the law.

number two, justice is coming for you. >> -- got in the way of all that arrogance and deception was just a simple judge asking questions she was supposed to and getting to the bottom of this sweetheart deal. >> it's very telling that the federal judge ruled as she did. this investigation is far from over, and the justice department continues to cut sweetheart deals. >> the judge basically cleared her throat, and the whole thing came down. you blow a plea agreement, usually department of justice says everything now goes forward. brian: gop applauding the judge for rejecting the plea deal. meanwhile, the white house trying the navigate the fallout. press secretary karine jean-pierre was pressed on the possibility of a pardon for hunter. watch her response. >> reporter: i know you said not a lot's changed since yesterday and it's a personal matter, but are from a presidential perspective, is there any possibility that the president would end up pardoning his son? >> no. i just said no. i just answered.

brian: with me now is former arkansas governor mike huckabee. sir, welcome to the program. good to see you. look, this is fascinating to me, governor, because all of us looked at the plea deal on paper and said, oh, what a sweetheart deal. but the real truth is, which we found out yesterday, it was an even sweeter deal than we thought because of the grand, sweeping immunity. what what did you make of what played out yesterday? >> well, this whole deal was often referred to as a slap on the wrist. it wasn't that, brian, it was a kiss on the wrist. this was the mush shuiest deal i've ever seen, and people recognized it. and it appeared that the prosecution and the defense sat together, had a nice dinner and said what can we do to make this go away so that hunter biden doesn't get treated like anybody else? the judge looked at it and said, my gosh, this smells worse than

a chicken house in arkansas in the middle of august. [laughter] now, she didn't exactly say that, but that's how bad it stunk. so the fact is this was a very significant moment in this entire process, and i think what nancy mace just said a moment ago, justice is coming for you, i think that's true. and i hope republicans are patient and methodical, because, brian, the biggest mistake they could make is to rush into an impeachment. they need to let this play out. because it will play out. it will dribble out. and when it does, then even democrats and the media will not be able to ignore what is in front of them. but if the republicans rush to an impeachment very quickly, then they can just throw up their hands and say, ah, you just wanted to impeach joe biden, this is a political move. don't let that happen. take your time. there's no rush. brian: yeah. all right, let's go to the impeachment, because there's a ton of talk about that. speaker mccarthy was talking

about that this afternoon, and he said it's an impeachment inquiry. we're not talking about impeachment, we're talking about the inquiry. now, i think over the last several years a lot of americans got tired of hearing about impeachment because of the way it was used against former president trump. you're saying don't rush into it, but what do do you make of this idea of the impeachment inquiry that would give congress essentially its highest power to investigate what's going on? >> i think that's exactly the right course for ken mccarthy to take -- kevin mccarthy to take. i thought it was wise to do it that way, not say we're going to begin impeachment proceedings. that would be foolish and premature. to say an impeachment inquiry, and i would get rid of the word impeachment as often as possible and say -- it will be an impeachment inquiry, but just say we are looking into this just mountain of evidence that keeps coming right in front of

us, and we will simply let it go where it needs to go. that's what has to happen. brian: yeah. and i want to talk about the evidence. it was interesting, house ways is and means committee chairman jason smith, he's obviously been a huge part of this from the beginning, this investigation of hunter biden and the irs and some of the stonewalling. listen to what he had to say regarding the future of the investigation of hunter biden. listen. >> we got a lot of information to continue to look at. there's several individuals that need to come before our three committees. we've asked for 13. however, the president's administration is blocking that, and we're going to have to find a way to get them in so we can get some answers to questions that we have. brian: so, governor, you know, you talk about the impeachment inquiry and getting some answers, but you've got congressman jace withing smith -- jason smith saying the administration is slow-walking this, standing in the way. even if you get the inquiry, if the administration is dead set

against it, is this just a rock and a hard place situation? do we get anywhere? >> well, we do, and it's going to be done really death of a thousand cuts. i call it the chinese drip strategy. don't try to waterfall this. look at this as the walls of jericho. yeah, you're getting stonewalled by the justice department, the fbi and the biden administration. they're all doing everything they can to protect themselves. but with over time -- but over time, you know or you may have to walk around the wall seven times and then blow the trumpet, but by golly, stick with it. be persevering. that's what's going to win this. i continue to say the big mistake would be to try to rush it because then democrats and the press will say is, oh, it's all political, they're just trying to gin it up for the 2024 election. just simply be very methodical, don't be overly motional about it. keep sol of the more hot-tempered house members cooled down a little bit, but just keep doing what you see jim

jordan doing, jason smith doing, jim comer doing, they're doing it the right way, piece by piece by piece. and when it gets there, then the press can't ignore it and neither can the democrats. and we'll have a situation more like it was in watergate where even republicans decided there has to be an action taken. brian: governor, i think you gave us the only walls of jericho reference that there will be on television day. [laughter] i knew i could count on you. governor mike huckabee,, thanks for being with us. >> thanks, brian. brian: all right. the fed raised rates again yesterday by 25 basis points. it was the 11th rate hike since march of last year. democrats and the white house seem to be living in a different economy than the rest of us. watch. >> inflation has fallen by two-thirds, wages are higher than before the pandemic, and businesses have invested more than half a trillion dollars in clean energy and manufacturing. in short, the president's economic plan is, indeed,

working. >> i think we also have to understand what folks have gone through, what american households have gone through over the last couple of years. this president has kept his head downtried to make sure that families and buzz withs -- businesses got to the other side intact and in good health, and that's exactly what happened. >> it has to be messaged. it's a busy job being president. i can say that as being speaker, you're doing your work. brian: with me now to discuss, former white house counsel of economic advisers' acting chairman and e.j. antoni. welcome to you both. e.j., i'd like to start with you. we've got our # 11th rate increase under this fed, under jay powell. the white house seems to be looking well past what might happen as a result of those interest rate increases, but how concerned are you about the lagging effects of interest rates going up this high and what it can mean for our economy

over the next 6-12 the months? >> well, i'm very concerned not just because they're going to expose all of the things that low interest rates broke in the economy, but also because i just don't think that powell and the rest of the so-called economists at the fed have any idea at this point what they're doing. for example, the latest data shows that that for the last two months they actually allowed the money supply to grow, not shrink. so they clearly do not have their eye on the prize here. inflation has not been trending down towards 2, it's been trending towards or 3%. we are there now, and there's no indication that it's going to go lower at least anytime soon. brian: thomas, the white house getting an interesting wake-up call from former u.s. treasury secretary under obama larry summers. he slammed president biden's economic agenda calling it increasingly dangerous, saying bidenomics could make inflation worse. so to e.j.'s point, you've got a fed who is trying to crank up

rates, bring down inflation. you've got an administration that's kind of doing the opposite. do you agree with harry summers that bidenomics -- larry summere inflation to tick up again over the next year? >> yeah, i definitely do. it's interesting, he's a keynesian economist, and their world basically depends on that the government can fine tune the economy with fiscal and monetary policy. but at the same time, they're bitching at the government for doing the wrong thing. so it's kind of a a which way is it going to be. but i agree, bidenomics, in my view, i mean, i've concluded bidenomics simply comes down to labeling good data as bidenomics. that's essentially what they're doing. and it has nothing to do with the economic logic of their policies, how that's tied to the data. like i said, you have the two largest deficits in non-crisis economy excluding the financial crisis and the covid crisis the first year, and he claims that

that's going to cure inflation? i mean, there's no logic to what they're saying, essentially, and and i think that's why people don't buy it. brian: well, you talk about the good news and claiming that as biden economics. you got a gdp report today, e.j., showing the economy grew at 2.4% last quarter. now, those aren't blow the doors out numbers, but it's better than what we've seen, certainly better than expectations. how do you read that number? do you think it means we might steer clear of a recession? >> well, 2.4% annualizedded growth during normal economic times wouldn't be great, it wouldn't be terrible either. but when you consider a lot of other factors, not the least of which is that the treasury is i paying an annualized trillion dollars a month -- that's not a trillion dollars a month, right, that means if they were to stretch that over a year, it would be a trillion dollars, that's what we're up to right now on the debt, paying interest on the debt. so we really need to dig ourselves out of this hole, and 2 growth is just simply not

going to cut it. brian: right. >> we need much faster growth in the economy x. if you look at where the growth is coming from right now, you see things like a drop in imports is contributing more than growth in consumer spending. you also see government spending growing more than consumer spending. brian: yep. >> so you have a lot of chinks in the armor here, and things are nowhere near as rosy as that headline number makes them appear. of. brian: thomas, i've got just 10 seconds, but oil creeping back up, are you nervous? >> well, i think people -- it's creeping back up because china is coming back up, it looks like. i think that's what's driving up the prices. and that will have implications for our energy markets which, obviously, went up but then down again. so it's going to have some inflation expectations going forward. brian: yeah -- >> implication can. bain broin -- it was a big part of the inflation story earlier, could be once again. we've got to leave it there. thanks for being with us, we appreciate it. >> thank you. brian: all right. the latest backlash over vice president kamala harris' latest

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america, we're not supposed to do that. >> reporter: florida's governor, ron desantis, said the critics are trying to create a false narrative. >> we are teaching the honest history, good, bad and ugly, teaching all the injustices with respect to slavery and a whole bunch of other things that happened. but that's not good enough for them. they want to wrap that in and be able to use that to advance their modern agenda. >> reporter: for some parents in florida of school-aged children, the issue of -- is simple -- >> florida knows how to teach children what evil is because florida does it with the holocaust, so why are we excusing slavery at this point in time? >> reporter: not so simple for dr. william allen who helped write the curriculum. he says the critics have it all wrong. >> what's being said is that people were with able to benefit themselves under enormous adversity. >> reporter: the curriculum comes after a stop woke law was passed in florida one year ago. brian, back to you. brian: steve harrigan, thank you for that, sir. okay, turning to the

emotional day on capitol hill. a house judiciary subcommittee holding a hearing today on the dangers of adults coercing children into life-altering and medically-questionable gender transition procedures. republicans also claiming that that taxpayer dollars should not go to these procedures. detransitioner chloe cole testified on ther reverse bl effects, pleading with lawmakers to let e her story be their final warning on the dangers. >> i was fast-tracked on to puberty blockers and testosterone. when i was 13, i had my first testosterone injection. my voice will forever be deeper, my jawline sharper, my nose longer, my bone structure perm we innocently mast clippized. my adam's apple more prominent, my fertility unknown. brian: chloe cole is with us tonight to share her story. thank you for coming on with us, we appreciate this. you came out as transgender to your family at the anal of 12,

and your -- at the age of 12, and your family consulted with medical professionals for support. they trusted those profession aals. what was your experience like with the doctors who worked with you and your family on this? >> almost every single one of them only took the approach of affirming me in my feelings of being a boy. and the reasons as to why i wanted to be a boy so badly and reject my female body were never really questioned even though they did do a psychological evaluation, and it turned out i did have some pre-existing psychological factors. but it was never really -- none of this was ever really looked into during the treatment of my gender dysphoria. brian: you were 12 at the time. >> yes. brian: and the doctors simply went with what you expressed that you felt. what do you think about an adult treating a 12-year-old like that? >> i mean, what good is an adult if all they're supposed to give a kid is what hay want and not

what they need? brian: i understand from your testimony today that the doctors asked your parents would you rather have a dead daughter or a living transgender son? to me, chloe, that that sounds like the most heinous manipulation. how did you -- >> and it was. brian: how do you respond to that? >> my parents had to sign off on all these treatments, of course, but it was under duress. i wouldn't say what they gave was consent. it was coercion. they didn't know any better. this was all they were given. they were toll it's it was transition or death, but it wasn't. brian: you said that you and thousands of others had your childhood ruined by the medical treatment that you received. you've got lawmakers talking about this, chloe. what do you want to see them do to protect childrensome -- children? >> i don't think this should even be a choice for children. it should be outlawed completely

for anybody under the age of 18. and even for adults, i feel like for patients of any age it's been made out to be a very much one-size-fits-all treatment for all patients who have gender dysphoria and a all -- all these patients are treated as if, i mean, this is the their only choice. but it's not. they're not given anything better. brian: can i ask you about this, congresswoman mary ghei scanlon called what happened today, this conversation,s a political attack on transgender children. watch what she said. >> today's hearing is not about protecting children or parents' rights. it's a cynical and, frankly, dangerous political attack on transgender children and hair families -- and their families driven not by science or fact, but by polling and political strategists determined to mobilize conservative voters through fear. brian: so she calls what happened today, what you participated in today, sharing

your story, an attack. how do you respond to that? >> it's the furthest hinge from the truth. -- thing from the truth. i want people to hear my story to help other children, young men and women, to prevent them from going through the pain that i went through. to know that they deserve better than what they're being given now. brian: clowe i by with, we greatly appreciate you sharing your story. the courage it takes to do so. thank you for joining us tonight the, and hang for using the voice that you have to speak on this issue. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. brian: okay. president biden and hillary clinton are blaming maga remins for -- republicans for the climate problems. we're on it. ♪ ♪ the biggest ideas inspire new ones.

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this is a very safe space for them with the democratic base because they've brainwashedded them to believe that this is the most important issue facing americans. brian: let's talk about what's happening in the ev market. big automakers including gm, honda, stellantis are planning a joint investment to to build thousands of electric chargers in a $1 billion push. more data coming out that the ev gold rush might end up hurting more than it helps. a new report threw cold water on the climate and cost benefits of evs. senior fellow mark mills sayings overall the rapid i e electrification would increase costs, check, make the electric grid more vulnerable to blackouts, check, threaten national security and may not even lead to fewer greenhouse gas emissions. connell -- the ford, i mean, i look at this and i just think this is the story time and time again, lofty goals. but when you actually look at the data, what you find is

special interests benefit, but the people who are paying the cost are the average american, and they're not even getting the climate gains that they're supposed to get. >> yeah. and i think this manhattan institute study is a good point. you are talking about, essentially, possibly not even having a reduction in greenhouse gas, you're talking about rolling blackouts. at the end of the day, what you wind up seeing is that essentially this could be the greatest misallocation of resources and capital in american history, but yet the democrats will have you believe that if you do this, the government can change the weather patterns. brian: you know, and you look at car companies selling evs, and they're getting pushed into this, dragged into it with subsidies. but you look at their performance, outside of tesla these companies are losing money hand over fist. and the end result is we're ending up with vehicles people can't afford. and, again with, who bears the

cost of all that? well, the family out in rural america with five kids is not going to buy an ev. they're the ones who pay the price. and if you're them, right now you don't see a solution in sight to this. >> well, i think that's exactly the problem, is that the coastalal elites are basically telling rural america and main street what is best for them when it comes to climate with no understanding about how they live or how they live paycheck to paycheck. when we ultimately think about this and we step back from this entire climate argument, should the goal be human flourishing, or is it going to be net zero emissions? as we saw with covid, the idea of net zero anything is totally science fiction. ryan wroip ford, this is a video captured, a moment where two climate protesters defaced a portrait of king charles iii at the scottish national portrait gallery in edinburgh, scotland, before glueing their hands to the floor.

now, you want to talk about logic in the climate debate, this seems to me to be a perfect representation of the depth of thought that is going into the current green push. ford. >> that's exactly right. it's a cult. and if you notice very -- if you look at this very closely, you notice this is largely taking place in english-speaking countries or that are predominantly white. let me step back. if you were china, could you come up with a better way to destroy your enemy's economy than the climate cult? brian: exactly. i mean, it's self-destruction, and we're glueing our hands to the floor while people in middle america are saying can i get a little relief on the prices i pay for a car, for my groceries. we've got the leave it there. ford o'connell, good to see you. >> thank you, brian. brian: all right. podcast host joe rogan scoffed at the controversy surrounding country music star jason aldean's "try that in a small town" song, highlighting there

are plenty of songs with wild lyrics and content. we'll talk about it next on "the evening edit." >> i'm not saying that that's the greatest song the world's ever known, you know? but the level of outrage coming from people that are upset about that song is so strange. when there are hundreds of rap songs out there -- >> yeah. >> -- that are infinitely worse and also enjoyable. the the racial aspect of it, there's nothing racial about the lyrics. ♪ ♪ (man) what if my type 2 diabetes takes over? (woman) what if all i do isn't enough? or what if i can do diabetes differently?

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worse and also enjoyable. the racial aspect of it, there's nothing racial about thely ins. brian: joe rogan slamming cancel culture. the popular podcast host mocking the outrage surrounding the song "try that in a small town," but there are socks on the charts right now that have more harmful messages and meaning. is america canceling cancel culture attemptsesome i don't know how to answer that question, maybe tammy bruce does. good to see you, tammy bruce. >> nice to see you too. brian: i agree with joe rogan on this: gosh, you can like or not like jason aldean's song, but, i mean, just take a little sampling of what's popular in music right now, we could talk all day long are about controversial lyrics. why in the world are we focused on this. >> it's because it's not about the lyrics, really, that's the exposure. what the left gets upset about. it's not about the issues, it's not about gay or transgender people or anything, it's about the proxy with which to control

you, the proxy with which to make you afraid. it's like any kind of domestic abuse die do namics, you actually don't e no to -- know what's going to get you punch in the nose, and that's the point. extreme reactions, frightening reactions, things that seem completely unreasonable, as a result anything could happen, but also it's the threat of the fact that the song was done at all. it's the breaching of the protocol that you do not do that because it'll offend us and upset us. so when it's done, it's kind of like that one voice in the forest, in the silence booms. and that's why there's this outrageous -- it's kind of obscene reaction, because it's dangerous the fact that somebody decided that they could breach that protocol and breach that -- brian: yeah, that's such a good way to put it, you know? all of a sudden you're sitting at home, and you hear you guys all really, really hate this song? [laughter] i don't even like it that much, but the fact that all of you are

freaking out about it -- >> right. brian: -- is now causing me to pay attention and maybe listen to the it. >> this is the whole thing. certainly early on, you know, political correctnd, right, you're just supposed to not do things. but the moment that someone does break that rule or someone say, wait a minute, that's the most dangerous person in the world because it's a reminder that you can say x -- brian: yeah. >> -- and the overreaction also reveals the fact that that they know -- their grasp of culture is quite weak. and any threat to that can, you know, collapse the entire framework. so that's why you get these overreactions. but also they need people to be afraid, they need creative people in particular to think, oh, i don't want that to happen to me. it's like j.k. rowling or anybody else who dares to say, just a minute, has got to be really ripped apart. and then if they still stand, it becomes even more dangerous. so that's the example for everyone else. brian: let's switch gears,

talking about some of these creative folks. you've got the strikes in hollywood, the actors and the writers still on strike, two weeks i think now. doesn't seem to be going anywhere. who's winning and losing in this? >> well, this is some good arguments they're making. there's new things, it's a.i., it's about residuals you get, it's about the use of your own -- let's say an a.i.-constructed versions of your voice being used inning? , these are issues that have to be dealt with. but considering what has happened to that industry through the pandemic, the nature of mass layoffs and firings because of the issue of the economy, this is -- it's a fragile industry, right? and it's an interesting choice. studios say that they've made concessions, but it's not good enough. you'd think that for the sake of really everyone affected by that industry you could make, come to some compromise and, you know, make these decisions, get some compromise done even for a brief period of time and then move back to it.

because it's -- actors are not all rich and famous. but you also still have people in certain cities -- brian: right. >> -- you know, crews, lighting people, maintenance people, you know, just basic crews that work all these places around the world and certainly in los angeles and new york and wherever else they do movies that that so many different -- the ripples of this -- brian: yeah. >> -- with people that can be harmed is extraordinary. and that's where where if you're going to be a union, you remember the bakery that the union struck, there was a bakery where there was, they did a strike and they wanted more money, and the bakery closed. they just closed down. everybody lost hair jobs becaust couldn't be sustained. brian: right. >> this is where people, the union members have to make sure that the union management understands that real jobs are at stake of people who aren't actors. brian: we've got to leave it here, but i think a.i. is the x factor in all this. >> yes. brian: you have a new piece of the puzzle here that can change

everything. we've got to leave it there. tammy bruce, who is real intelligence, always good to see you. >> thank you, sir. brian bruin jim jordan dropping the facebook files, warning they detail the the censorship push by the white house. what else have they been censoringsome but first, let's see what dagen and sean have coming up next hour on "the bottom line." sean: we have jason smith, chair of the ways and means committee, coming up to talk about all things happening on the hill, and there is a lot. as well as anson frericks coming up as well. dagen, who else? dagen: he's going to talk about the bud light are -- well, the anheuser-busch layoffs. tudor dixon on the mystery company buying a billion dollars in land around an air force base, and jimmy failla. now the left and the media, oh, joe biden is just a sad papa. now that his son hunter's plea

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brian: the mark zuckerberg contempt of congress vote has been put on hold. chair jim jordan dropped the facebook files. republicans say these files detail the censorship push by

the white house. what else have they been censoring, and what are the potential consequences for the big tech giant if these allegations are true? for more, we have grady trimble live on capitol hill. hey there, grady. >> reporter: good to see you, brian. the house judiciary committee called off that vote, the contempt vote, and just hours before it was supposed to happen. and instead, the chair of that committee, jim jordan, are released this long thread on x, formerly twitter. of he's calling them the facebook files, and they detail never before released internal documents if from facebook. in one of his tweets or posts on x, jordan includes a screen shot of one of the documents and says in april 2021 a facebook employee circulated an e-mail for facebook ceo mark zucker bear, coo sheryl sandberg writing, we are pace thing continued pressure from external stakeholders including the white house to remove posts. jordan goes on to to say these documents and others that were

just produced to the committee prove that the biden administration abused its powers to coerce facebook into censoring americans, preventing free and open discourse on issues of critical public importance. jordan says the documents show facebook caved to pressure from the white house and removed content that expressed skepticism about the covid vaccine. in some cases he says facebook even changed its content moderation policies because of the political pressure. today the white house is defending itself. >> if we have promotedded responsible actions to protect public health, safety and security, and we have consistently made clear that we believe social media companies have a critical responsibility to take account of the effects of their platforms that they have on the american people while making independent decisions about the content of their, of their platforms. >> reporter: so meta's ceo, mark zuckerberg, is off the hook at least for now because chair

jordan says that he and the company are fully cooperating with their request. for its part, meta says it's been cooperating fully all along, that they've produced more than 53,000 pages of documents to the committee. and, by the way, brian, chair jordan teased that there is more to come, so stay tuned. brian: we will stay tuned. grady trimble, hang for that report, sir. -- thank you for that report, sir. let's welcome congressman jeff van drew. i can't thinkman, great to see you, thanks for being with us. this strikes me as a pretty big movement, okay? if chair jim jordan pulls back the contempt because he got some documents that say some pretty interesting things. what stands out to you about what chair jordan released today? >> well, what stands out is the fact that this is censorship, raw censorship. everything we don't want to see in america literally taking away our freedom of peach. we knew -- of speech.

we knew it was true, you knew it was happening, but everybody whether it was the fbi working with these social outlets or others, you know that there's stuff going on behind the scenes. what really is telling about though, and i'm glad that zuckerberg finally turned it over even though he had to be threatened to do it, and he should just get everything over to us, lay it on the feet of where it belongs which is the president of the united states was willing to take your freedoms away, your ability to speak, your ability to have an opinion, or your ability to have a different idea just because he wanted to cram down everybody's throat what he thinks they needed to do. it was wrong. it's just blatantly wrong, and it really speaks to whether we're going to keep our country free or not. that's how important it all is. brian: i want to shine a spotlight on one of jim jordan's tweets which revealed stint r internal white house e-mails pressuring facebook to to censor posts. jordan said -- and this is in his tweet -- we are facing continued pressure from external

stakeholders including the white house and the press to remove more covid-19 vehicle seen -- vaccine-discouraging content. congressman, that statement not surprising. we obviously saw that. but to see the internal documentation of the white house doing that, that strikes me as the kind of evidence that could really move the needle here. >> oh, it can move the needle. you know, or when you have a web of lies that gets so thick -- and that's what's going on here -- you get caught up. and and whether it's hunter biden and all those issues, whether it's this issue, i mean, we have a president and a group around him that just continue canally and perpetually don't tell the american public the truth. and if there's anything that we have done in the house of representatives and on judiciary and oversight committee, it's crack the foul-stinking egg open to really make sure that people

know what the truth and to make sure that we don't do this again. this is very important. this is like reading literally -- remember george orwell's "1984"? it's like reading it. brian: yeah. between whistleblowers, the e-mails we're seeing now, the threat of contempt of congress, we are starting to get pieces of the story that were hidden before now. we've got to leave it there. thank you, congressman jeff van drew, for being with us. >> thank you, it was a pleasure. brian: house speaker kevin mccarthy sets the report straight over the potential impeachment inquiry of president biden. we've got that next on "the evening edit." ♪

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>> you are claiming going to impeach the president. the argue of impeachment so you are wrong. as we have the record, go back and watch. i said impeachment inquiry. there is a big difference in review any member of congress, this is nothing impeachment, this is not anything about that we need to investigate. >> sing mccarthy with some harsh words for the media today making it clear that he is not looking to mv president biden, but rather looking and impeachment, inquiry with me now washington for starting a fox news contributor, it's good to see you and okay come i think you can probably forgive a lot of american they don't a difference between impeachment and

impeachment inquiry, what is the difference in what is this mean. >> well traditionally, and appeasement inquiry is because of the house judiciary committee which does an investigation of possible charges against a president and if it gets so far, might actually vote on impeachment articles against the president starts as an investigation. one of the things that mccarthy was really really opposed the democrats are during the first trump impeachment, was that the democrats could also supporters - through the impeachment process. and he felt mccarthy felt that he had to be an actual rational slow deliberative process. in think that's what he's talking about now. that the republicans could do and impeachment inquiry and a lot of them by the way, feel that is too early even to do something like that. if they did to an inquiry, that

is no guarantee it all, that the that they would actually go to impeachment judiciary committee or in the house is a whole. >> will the sun is controlled by democrats and so even if you go through the inquiry, and you decide there is enough there to do the full-blown impeachment, it's probably not going to get anywhere by rents maybe the inquiry is the best that you know for if you're in favor of something like that. byron: welcome i think the course of child in the past they've decided that impeachment inquiry summa have more power than just a regular house investigation would have. so you can see and of course, their summer publicans would like to impeach the president, no doubt about that i think the mccarthy is also looking for a way, and that answers that he gave, we do not play all that bleep went through all of the evidence that republicans had right now about joe biden being involved in his son hunter

biden's overseas business dealings printed for answers this allegation, so-called ten - 23 form that biden actually took a bribe as vice president anything mccarthy is saying that needs to be seriously investigated. don't blow it off. the about an investigation coming into allegations donald trump colluded in the 2016, election. >> so you can really cory, like the trump impeachment coming to really cory got it byron your computer see you sir you can send your e-mails to enoch viewers app fox the pump and she loves reading them and i would like to read them as well and you can get me to be wendy shoaf weekdays at 1:00 p.m. eastern) foxbusiness and brian and for elizabeth mcdonald and the evening edit and edit "the bottom line" starts right now and dagen mcdowell and sean duffy, taken away. dagen: thank you so much. sean: than