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exclusive new video showing the moments the bond battle along the waterfront started during a busy holiday weekend. reggie: president biden visit to the bay area. the controversial topic he is expected to discuss in san francisco. kumasi: and bringing new meaning to the term blended family. bald eagles caring for a hawk in their nest in the south bay. reggie: i like to see this adoption story. good morning on this tuesday. kumasi: will check and withdrew drew for a check of our forecast. drew: very nice. we have sunshine but it is chilly for a june morning. a lot of city starting out in the 40's. 45 in santa rosa. livermore you are at 40 degrees. a heavier layer as you go your first couple of hours. it is very pretty from our exploratorium camera.

not a cloud to be seen. winds are not as strong as yesterday. we'll find them in the 60' 70's. >> ease bakeware things up and slowing down. several cars blocked the two right lanes. you can see traffic is backing up there. the one we have been watching all morning is this big rig accident westbound 80 approaching carlsen and el cerrito. traffic has been crawling through the area. take detours or sidestreets. possibly 580. the drivetime on westbound 80 from highway four to carlsen boulevard is 53 minutes. once you get past that, here is a live shot.

that is looking good to the bay toll plaza. reggie: new developments in the father's day shooting in san francisco. abc 7 news has obtained a new surveillance video that shows the gunbattle now being used by police to find the suspects. e video shows two vehicles involved. you are seeing a black suv and a white sedan drivi east. you see a passenger in the backseat of the sedan climbing out of the window and shooting at the suv. it appears the driver sticks out an arm to open fire. we've reached out to the mayor's office for date on the investigation. one person who is talking his former mayor willie brown. he says this is not just a san francisco problem. >> is another black eye for the city, but it is not unusual for incidents of a similar nature to occur in any major american city.

when somebody says how do you stop them, if the guns were not in the hands of the people, it would matter. reggie: one san francisco supervisor compares intuit old west shooting, saying more officers are needed. >> we are severely understaffed stop by independent analysis this is not something that is debatable. reggie: sfpd arrested one person and detained another from the black suv. the people in the white sedan are still out there. invest enters believe -- investigators believe there is more cellphone video of the incident. kumasi: the shooting is just the latest in a series of negative headlines for san francisco. a little more than a week ago there was a mass shooting the city's mission district and we have been telling you for weeks about the changing landscape at the westfield mall and other areas downtown. all of that as some saying san

francisco is facing a pr nightmare. abc7news insider weighed in on our 3:00 show. >> right out is just one thing after another. this latest incident, a grand theft auto style shootout between fisherman's wharf, two of the most iconic slices of real estate you will see. it could have been worse. kumasi: he went on to say the bottom line is san francisco need something that will stop this narrative and right now he does not think city leaders have any viable solutions. reggie: you can look through crime rates where you live with our abc 7 news safety tracker. the directive tool is right on the front page of our website and has data for san francisco, oakland, and san jose. you can find it on the front page of abc7news.com stop kumasi: today is date two of

president biden's visit in the bay area. it will be discussing strategy for how to handle the future of ai and then it is onto 2024 campaign fundraising events in san francisco. gloria rodriguez's live in san francisco with the latest. gloria? gloria: good morning. president joe biden's trip to the bay area continues. today he is expected to take on a hot topic in silicon valley, artificial intelligence. the white house website says the administration is crafting a national artificial intelligence strategy. check out this footage from the president's visit yesterday. the president's day started in south bay when air force one touched down at moffett field. he went to two reelection campaign fundraising events with silicon valley elite. he stopped that the nature preserve in palo alto and announced $600 million in investments in new climate projects. pres. biden: the impacts we are

seeing with climate change when we get more frequent and ferocious. gloria: the president said department of energy will announce it is investing in more than $2 billion to modernize the nation's power grid. as far as the president's visit today, we were told he will be meeting with ai experts and researchers in san francisco. he is also expected to go to two campaign fundraising events in san francisco and marin county. gloria rodriguez, abc 7 news. kumasi: ron desantis was also in california raising money for his 2024 presidential campaign. he started yesterday in sacramento at el paso country club. california assemblyman attended that event. he says the fundraiser cost $3300 a ticket. desantis also held a second campaign event last night. reggie: forme

trump is trying to just get it -- is trying to discredit a key piece of evidence in the prosecution against him. prosecutors say they have a recording of him admitting he showed a secret document in 2021. in a new interview with fox news he says he was not referring to an actual document but newspaper and magazine articles. trump plead not guilty to 37 criminal counts against him, including conspiracy. he is accused of illegally keeping classified documents at his florida resort. he now says he had personal items mixed in with the documents which is why he did not comply with the subpoena to return the records. kumasi: a change on the bay bridge. the change you need to know about that starts later this week. reggie: a first of its kind orchestra. we will take you to rehearsal made up of members of the group of members of the lgbtq+

community. drew: what a gorgeous start to our day. numbers beginning in the 40's. later today it is warmer than yesterday. we will end up in the 60's and 70's by 4:00. it is a breezy afternoon.

drew: here's a live look from our santa cruz camera. a breeze along the coastline this morning. temperatures are warmer today but still cool for june. below average nine to 11 degrees in some spots. wines for the most part are light if not calm across the region. that is a different story than yesterday. throughout the afternoon the wind will pick up but not as

strong as yesterday. today they are 15 to 30 miles per hour. a lot less wind in spots and warmer for our afternoon temperatures today. sunny and breezy on tuesday. 70 oakland. 71 in san jose. 76 in concorde. kumasi: off-season travel. trayvon freed may decline his player option for next season. how the warriors new gm is responding. we will be right back. with wet amd, sometimes i worry my world is getting smaller because of my sight. but now, i can open up my world with vabysmo. vabysmo is the first fda-approved treatment for people with wet amd that improves vision and delivers a chance for up to 4 months between treatments.

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kumasi: the 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged with assault after allegedly throwing a cell phone at singer bb wrecks

a and leaving her with a black i. she showed images of her -- of her bruised face and said i am good. she urged the crowd to put her phones away to enjoy the experience without any distractions. that is when police say the man through a cell phone at her face and knocked her to the ground. she is set to perform on friday in philadelphia. heads up. if you access treasure island from the eastbound lanes of the bay bridge, the exit on the left side will be closing on thursday morning. after that, if you want to get to treasure island you have to take the new exit on the right side of the bridge at the end of the tunnel. that exit opened about a month ago. the old left lane exit will reopen but it will take a few years and needs a major upgrade. reggie: the mike dunlevy junior era has begun as the new gm

replaces bob myers. his first task, bring trayvon greene back. he declined his $26.6 million player option. he now enters unrestricted free agency. it is clear the warriors want greene. >> we really want draymond we feel like we have to have him. >> he has been a spectacular player. we would not have those championships without his involvement. everyone understands that. reggie: a four time all-star was drafted by the warriors in the 2012 nba draft. kumasi: the warriors front office is also reportedly -- sean livingston, who has been the team's director of player affairs and engagement for the past read season is leaving -- the past three seasons is

leaving. he will focus on his family and moved to las vegas. last season he split his time between las vegas and san cisco. no word if the warriors will fill his position. the 2023 nba draft is here on abc 7 followed by a special edition of after the draft thursday starting at 5:00. reggie: the women's pga tour kicks thursday in maryland. it will be california native breakout stars first pro major. zhang is a stanford sophomore turning pro after becoming the first woman to win the ncaa golf title twice and winning her lgbt eight debut earlier this month. she is the first woman to win her debut since 1951. she says staying in the moment is keeping her -- nine >> it has been great so far. i went back to stanford to

finish finals and say goodbye. it was a little bittersweet. reggie: she is being compared to former stanford player tiger woods after breaking the record for 12 wins in two seasons. a baby red tail hawk has been seen in a bald eagle nest in santa clara county. a sacramento-based photographer has been documenting the nest. the bald eagle parents have adopted the hawk alongside their own eaglet. their names are lola the e and toughy the hawk according to a by wildlife photographers they are now attempting to fly on their own from the nest. good luck with that. kumasi: the first of its kind orchestral concert is happening this week in san francisco and features nearly 80 musicians,

each a member of the lgbtq+ community from different parts of the country and the world. ♪ international pride orchestra. they are practicing for their first performance, which is this thursday at the san francisco conservatory of music. the orchestra is raising awareness and money for the queer it he through music. the organizations come from as far away as new zealand and peru to be part of this. >> i know san francisco is the perfect place to welcome all of these folks from all over the world. kumasi: all of the proceeds go to a local nonprofit lyric center, which is an organization that helps lgbtq+ youth. if you want information on how you can ge tickets, go to internationalprideorchestra.org. the san francisco pr parade isive days away and abc 7 is a

proud sponsor. you can watch thearade this sunday on abc 7 and are aus7 bay area streaming app. reggie: i need to know about the forecast on sunday. has it changed? drew: yesterday we had a high of 62 in the city. on the parade day it is 63. very similar. 62 to a lot of people is cool but comfortable. we will have the morning fog. we will take a look at the parade forecast. a very typical june pattern. we will have low to mid 60's. morning fog to afternoon sunshine. in the morning if you're out before 11:00, layers rt. 11:00 to 3:00 you can wear warm clothing. exploratorium camera.

a lot of us waking up to temperature starting off in the 40's. some are beginning tomorrow. temperatures will remain below average the upcoming weekend. a lot of sunshine. mid-60's to mid 70's. it is gusting anywhere from 15 to 30 miles per hour. if you're craving summer have to head east. we have minneapolis at 90. 99 in dallas. the east coast and the west coast, we have cooler than average temperatures. all of the heat is sandwiched. back at home we have cloud cover reappearing along the coastline away from the coast with clear skies and chilly temperatures once again. here is the accuweather forecast. sunny and breezy. summer arrives tomorrow at 7:57 with a minor warm up.

temperatures tanks thursday and friday. minor warm up for the weekend. by sunday we will have temperatures closer to average. >> three hotspots and t all affect east bay drivers. we are starting up for the crash on the bay bridge. some of the blinking lights near the tower. traffic on the bridge has backed up the other major hotspot is westbound 80 where two big rigs have blocked out of the except one. this is causing almost hour long delays on the westbound 80 stretch through richmond and el cerrito. details are sidestreets in the area. the other trouble spot is in fremont, southbound 680.

multiple cars blocked. traffic is slow approaching the scene. elsewhere it is looking good in the south bay peninsula and also in the north bay. reggie: good morning america coming up at 7:00. kumasi: ginger zee has a look at what is ahead. ginger: so nice to be with both of you. you know we have to keep going on that story you've been following, the urgent search for the submersible that managed on a tour of the titanic wreckage. the coast guard commander leading that search will join as to discuss. the reaction to the high-stakes meeting between secretary blinken and chinese president xi. the secretary of state will join us this morning. it is world refugee day and robin is sharing refugee in berlin. we have a new to retire. we'll hear from a father of two about he -- about how he stopped

working.

reggie: you research is showing is the impact of using aspirin on a daily basis. adults who take aspirin daily were 20% more likely to be anemic. aspirin is one of the most commonly used medications in the country. study show upwards of 40% of people over age 60 taken aspirin every day. anemia is especially dangerous for older adults. researchers say doctors should keep an eye on hemoglobin levels for those who use aspirin regularly. would you rather live simpler life when tech took a much less prevalent role? many gen millenials said the answer is yes. a survey asked of people would

like to return to a time before society was so plugged in. 77% of americans aged 35 to 54 said they would. that is compared to over 63% of 18 to 34-year-olds who say they favor a less tech heavy lifestyle. here is one we do not see coming. legendary mcdonald's character grimace, the script says big purple blop, i think that is rude. let's a big purple icon. he has become in lgbtq icon. it started with the to celebrate grimace's birthday. grimace took over mcdonald's social media account. social media responded bait with many considering grimace a queer icon since his birthday falls in pride month.

i went to mcdonald's and people were ordering the grimace shake left and right so i guess it is working. people played piano o artificial lake in madrid. the group is on tour in spain. until august. all right. next, targeting reddit. why hackers are threatening to leak user information. in the search for a missing titanic tourists up. the coast guard leading the search.

announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. reggie: now at 6:30, new video captures cars spending down the embarcadero and a shootout in san francisco. what we're learning about the

investigation. kumasi: president biden's a.i. agenda. part of his discussion with researchers today. reggie: beyonce with a show in amsterdam. i'm trying not to see the condearth before i see the concert. if i look away, you'll understand. kumasi: we'll know why. it is tuesday, june 20th. reggie: first we'll check on your forecast. hey, drew. drew: hi. it's lovely out there. clear skies and temperatures beginning in the 40's. one of the colder moments we've had in quite some time. 45 in santa rosa, and palo aalto. a heavier jacket is not a bad idea as you begin your morning. we're cloud free and it's bright and breezy this afternoon. winds gusting 13 miles per hour this morning with temperatures in the 60's and 70's. let's check the traffic with francis.

frances: good morning, everyone. we'll start off with a alert that's been out there for a few hours. two big rigs collided with sugar in the lanes at el cerrito approaching carlsson. traffic is really backed up, almost hour long delays and detours are on side streets at this point. southbound 680 approaching mission boulevard multiple cars approaching the right lane and slow in that area and it's jammed across the bay bridge. you may have seen the crash and shot behind reggie and kumasi. left lane is blocked and traffic is slow in san francisco and metering lights are on and backed up to the foot of the maze. kumasi? kumasi: thank you. contra coste fighters are investigating the fire at the warehouse where flames broke out before 11:00 at the antioch marina.

crews had difficulty assessing the building because it has a large basement and there was concern about the structure. there is no word if injuries. firefighters say the building was abandoned. reggie: looks like we have a special report coming from abc news. >> a deal reached to plead guilty to two minor crimes and admit to charges of gun crimes. the terms would likely keep him out of jail. the department of justice has been navigating a politically sensitive investigation regarding hunter biden's activities. the charges relate to his taxes and whether he lied about his drug use on a gun application form in 2018. this investigation was led by the u.s. attorney in delaware appointed by former president trump and kept on the job by president biden and the biden administration. the investigation does not involve president biden. i want to get to our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. you have the court filing in front of you. walk us through the details of

this deal. >> the justice department and attorneys for hunter biden have reached an agreement that would end the long running federal investigation into his personal and professional life, according to a new court filing just reviewed by abc news. the plea deal calls for biden to plead guilty to a pair of tax related misdemeanors in exchange for probation to allow him to not serve time in prison. the deal was negotiated for the u.s. attorney by delaware, david wise, a trump appointee includes a felony count due to his illegal possession of a firearm and prosecutors would agree to drop the charge if biden adheres to certain terms of a program such as no illegal drug use. sources close to hunter biden believe this will end the more than five-year investigation that has dogged hunter and his father, both men accused of corruption as critics focused on hunter biden's business deals in ukraine and china. >> i want to bring in abc's

chief white house correspondent mary bruce on this. the president has talked about a close relationship with his son. any reaction from the white house on this? mary: no reaction yet, diane. over recent years and months, the white house, the biden administration often tried to distance themselves from this investigation, not commenting on it, simply instead referring to the justice department. the president has been emphatic that he believes his son, hunter, did not break the law, that he did nothing wrong. we know that joe biden is extremely protective of his family and he's also deeply proud of his son. i think it has pained the president to see his son be used to launch political attacks against him for so many years now. this president also has been very open about the very real struggle his son faced with addiction which is of course at the center and linked to some of this investigation. he said hunter, like so many

american families, like so many in this country, grappled with addiction on and off for much of his adult lifetime. to see the president use for what has been for him a struggle which he is very proud of his son to have gotten through that and to see it to be used to launch political attacks towards him has been hard for this president to watch. while we are learning more about what the president's son here is being accused of and what has been reached here, the accusations that have been at the center of this, the accusations that hunter has traded family connections and seized on his actions with ukraine have been used to harm the president. the issues the republicans have been seized on don't seem to have been mentioned. diane: i want to bring that to dan abrams joining us on the phone. what does this deal tell us about the case and what's not here you think that's notable and what does it say, if

anything, about those accusations about bribery and the laptop and ukraine? what are we learning? dan: i think you have to separate these really into two separate buckets. one is a criminal investigation, which is initially what many republicans were asking for. but once this investigation heated up, a separate issue arose as to what they're investigating. so let's talk about what this is. these are pretty technical violations. i think it was always clear that hunter biden had not paid for a couple years. it was always clear hunter biden had not been honest about drug addiction on a gun form. the question is once you pay the money back do you still get charged criminally. and on the gun form do people really get charged just for that violation with nothing else?

those were the questions that they were grappling with. those questions have now been resolved in the context of this agreement. they've reached an agreement and they're going to recommend probation if the judge signs off on and that question is over. the question about barisma and hunter biden getting money from china and republican investigations of hunter biden and joe biden with regard to money coming from abroad, those are entirely separate issues and investigations and those in the last six months to a year have become much more important to republican leaders than this criminal investigation. diane: dan, we're also now getting in a statement from hunter biden's attorney saying in part, it's my understanding the five-year investigation into hunter is resolved. hunter will take responsibility for two instances of misdemeanor

failure to file tax payments due to a plea agreement and a firearm charge that will be subject to a pretrial diversion agreement and will not be the subject of the plea agreement will also be filed by the government. he says, i know hunter believes it's important to take responsibility for these mistakes he made during a period of turmoil and addiction in his life and he looks forward to continuing his recovery and moving forward. i want to focus on that part saying this five-year investigation into hunter is resolved. does that mean all of it is resolved? dan: no. from the hunter biden team and most importantly democrats and those close to joe biden, they're going to try to move forward and say ok, we've addressed this, hunter biden has taken responsibility and it's time to move forward. i promise you you'll hear republicans say, particularly in the oversight committee, this doesn't address -- that's interesting and that's important and they're going to criticize hunter biden but they're also

going to say this doesn't go to the heart of our investigation of the biden family. so you're going to see two very different narratives here. one from the biden family and those close to joe biden who are going to say he accepted responsibility and this has been the five-year investigation, it's time to move forward and you're going to hear oversight committee members and some other leading republicans say no, that doesn't relate to our investigation of where certain money came from because remember, part of the tax crime here was for not reporting money he was getting from overseas. te leading republicans would say is we still need to know a lot more about why that money was being paid. was there additional money being paid? et cetera. i want to bring that point to our chief washington correspondent, jonathan karl. joe john, this is not only a legal issue, it's

also a political one. and president biden is not only current president, he's also running again for 2024. so what's the big picture impact here? well, first of all, a couple of points. president biden has said point blank, and this is an exact quote, my son has done nothing wrong. now now we see his own justice department concluding an investigation that, in fact, the president's son did do things wrong. he he committed crimes both in his failure to pay taxes in 2017 and 2018. by the way, he eventually paid the money. he owed it was some $2 million that he paid in in 2021. significant amount of tax liability that he did not pay. and secondly, he has now pleaded guilty to a firearms charge. so that's one point. but for the republicans, this is just the beginning. and as dan said, there's the question of the earnings in the first place. his business dealings quite lucrative business dealings in both china

and ukraine in getting paid millions of dollars. why was he getting this money? what did he do in return? in the case of ukraine, this is a story i remember covering while joe biden was vice president and asking about it in the white house briefing room. why was the president, his son, the vice president's son at the time, getting paid millions of dollars from a ukrainian energy company because he was an expert in energy? i mean, there's no evidence that he has any expertise whatsoever in that field. or was he trading on his name and what else were was this energy company getting an and as far as the republicans are concerned, and this is just the beginning, it's not even a matter of just hunter biden. it's the biden family. i mean, there's the questions about the president's brother, james biden, and his dealings with china. so i think you'll see this as a significant issue for republicans on capitol hill going forward. they won't be satisfied in any way with this.

and also a significant issue in the presidential campaign of 2024. i want to bring in our senior investigative reporter, aaron katersky on that, because, aaron, the doj has been looking into all of those issues. so what do we know about their findings so far? the findings only include these two relatively minor tax charges that hunter biden has now agreed to resolve and one felony charge of making a false statement on his firearms application. and the charge is fairly simple, diane. it says that on or about october 12th, 2018, robert hunter biden knew that he was an unlawful user of a controlled substance, and yet possessed a firearm anyway, even though the republicans will want to make a political case about china, burisma and other matters that that have become almost conservative talking points on a campaign trail, a prosecutor that former president trump appointed, that president biden left in place has now concluded none of those things seem to be chargeable. he has come up with

misdemeanor tax charges for 2017 and 2018, money that is jon karl notes. hunter biden has already paid back and this one felony charge involving lying about being on drugs while possessing a firearm. pierre for hunter biden, why take this deal and could we see more charges in this case in the future? well, diane, a couple of things number one, hunter biden's attorneys are making the argument and they believe that the us attorney for delaware, david weiss, has looked at all these matters regarding china, burisma, ukraine, all of them, and could not come up with a chargeable case. that is their belief. that is what they will you will hear them putting forth in the coming days that the justice department again, a trump appointed us attorney in investigating for five years, could not bring any prosecutable offenses. that is the position that they're going going to take in terms of hunter biden. sources are saying that

he felt it was important for his own recovery to take responsibility for the actions that he did regarding the taxes, not paying the taxes properly, and also so on the gun charge, he had a belief, according to sources, that look, under normal circumstances, people in similar situations don't face criminal prosecution, particularly on the tax matters. their position is that those people typically pay the fine and the matter is handled with the irs and it's done with on the gun charge. typically the federal government is not charging individual charges like this. it's usually some other accompanying violent crime or other crime. so in that regard, he's willing to allow that charge or agree to allow that charge to be filed against him not entering a plea on that. if he does not get into trouble over the course of the next few years, assuming a federal judge and again, we have to emphasize, assuming a federal judge approves this deal, then that gun charge would later be

dropped. and i want to bring in abc's senior congressional correspondent rachel scott with some of the politics here. rachel, no doubt there will be large reactions to this from washington on both sides of the aisle. what are you watching for? well, look, diane, make no mistake about it, house republicans have made this a number one priority since the first initial day of the new congress. they have centered their entire push around investigating not only president biden, but also his family, specifically hunter biden. they have held hearings on this around his business dealings. and so they will likely not be satisfied, abide by this deal and we will likely only see the outrage start to grow as this starts to ripple throughout capitol hill, lawmakers are expected to come back here to capitol hill later this afternoon. and so while the federal investigation appears to be wrapping up here, you can only expect that the outcry from house republicans is to only increase as they try to demand more answers to see how this all played out behind the scenes. and of course, all of this is taking place against the backdrop of the 2024

presidential election, which is already starting to heat up. and we have seen republicans make the case that they believe that the justice system is being weaponized. diane. so, aaron, what's next? what happens now at some point, diane hunter biden is going to have to appear in federal court in wilmington, delaware, and a judge is going to have to sign off on this tentative agreement to resolve these charges, putting him effectively on probation for a couple of years, but avoiding going to prison over these tax and this gun charge. so at some point, we will see hunter biden, in all likelihood, in court. but otherwise, as far as his team is concerned, this matter is largely resolved. the politics, of course, are yet to come. but from a legal matter, it appears that hunter biden is going to be on probation, meaning if he keeps his nose clean for the next couple of years, these charges are going to be resolved. i want to bring in our political director, rick klein, for some final thoughts here. rick, given we are entering an election year here, what do you think the impact is of this

deal? i'm hearing from republicans already saying two tiered justice system. they're equating the charges brought against donald trump with the lack thereof and the lack of accountability that they see in the hunter biden case, even though the cases are entirely different, it is striking to me. there was a poll from fox news a couple of months ago, diane, that had almost as many people thinking that hunter biden committed the crime as think donald trump committed the crime out of that manhattan case. now, of course, hunter biden is not the one running for office. his father is. there are still pretty, pretty extensive efforts by republican on capitol hill and on the campaign trail to try to tie joe biden to his son, hunter, through the business deals. but because they aren't in here, that doesn't mean it's going to go away. i'd anticipate that the republican candidates are going to continue to make hunter biden a centerpiece of the argument against joe biden. and keep in mind, joe biden also has some some lower tier democratic challengers, primary challengers, some of whom have at least hinted around the edges around hunter biden. i'm interested to see if any of them pick that up when so many democrats are rallying behind the president. this has always

been something of a political liability for president biden. john, how big of a challenge is this for president biden now? well, it's an enormous challenge given the trump cases, because you have these highly consequential prosecutions of donald trump, an indictment in the in the documents case and a continued investigation in the january sixth case. and the challenge for the biden justice department and for president biden is to reassure, particularly independents and republicans in this country, that there is not an unequal system of justice, that this is not a case of donald trump being prosecuted, being investigated because he is a political opponent of donald of joe biden, but because he has done something wrong and so the test case will be was this a legitim effort, serious investigation of hunter biden? i think it is notable that you do have these guilty pleas here. you know, two misdemeanors and a felony

charge, a plea deal. it shows that the biden justice department did bring a case against hunter biden. but the challenge here is republicans are going to say that they didn't investigate the far more serious allegations sufficiently. terry, i want to bring in our senior national correspondent, terry moran, for just some final thoughts here. terry, when you look back historically, how significant is this day? it's big. look, there have been a lot of relatives of presidents who have tried essentially to make money off of that relationship. that's what hunter biden stands accused of in the largest sense. what this indictment is are very specific violations of the law. a united states attorney for five years looked at this one individual. you don't want to be on the receiving end of that kind of scrutiny. and this is what it results. misdemeanor tax charges and a essentially a gun charge that is at the minor level. the question is the one that pierre thomas has asked is, is this what the only thing that the us

attorney in dela ware, appointed by president trump was looking at over the course of five years, us attorneys have a tendency to look wherever there might be wrongdoing, which then leaves the question for republicans and democrats and the country. maybe there's a difference between what's legal and what's right. what hunter biden may escape legal accountability, as might the president, the question before the country now is, was it wise for joe biden when he was vice president to be the obama administration's point person on ukraine when his son was buck raking off his dad's name in that country and those are the relationships also in china that the republicans will continue to scrutinize and that will have political ramifications. but right now, this charge, these charges have got to be disappointing to republicans who are looking for more out of delaware. so, again, i just want to reiterate, abc news is learning that hunter biden, the president's son, has reached an agreement to plead guilty to tax charges and a gun charge. the

deal will likely involve no jail time, but this is, of course, a developing story. we will continue to watch it for you. right now, we'll return you to your regular programing for some. that's good morning america. and our coverage, of course, will continue on abc news live and abc news.com. and we will have a full wrap up on world news tonight with david muir. i'm diane macedo. have a good day. this has been a good day. this has been a special kumasi: as diane just shared, hunter biden pleading guilty to those tax-related misdemeanor charges and that plea agreement. there are two misdemeanor counts for failing to pay taxes on his income from 2017-2018 and will recommend probation and likely avoid prison time. reggie: he's paid back the money and these are misdemeanors and you heard some of the analysts talk about this was a five-year investigation and we'll see if the president has anything to say about this today because he's in the bay area, he's

waking up in the bay area this morning and was here for a series of fundraisers and that continues today and he'll be talking about a.i. in san francisco and we understand going to the north bay to raise money for his campaign. how that's going to affect his campaign is what remains to be seen. as you heard from the reporters, you know, the most likely outcome of this is that the biden campaign is going to say after five years, this is over. we'll hear from republicans who will likely say no, it's not. we'll see what if anything that politically does to the president's campaign. and it is very interesting he just happens to be here during this major announcement about his son. we'll be right back.

kumasi: it is 6:57.

if you're just joining us, there's seven things to know this morning. number one, breaking news, president biden's son, hunter biden, has agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges with the department of justice which are related to a failure to pay tax. there's also a firearm charge that's separate. reggie: president biden is waking up in the bay area this morning and is expect to discuss artificial intelligence and going to campaign event with, two of them with one in san francisco. kumasi: no signs of a missing submarine with five people onboard that disappeared off the coast of newfoundland during a tour of the wreckage of the titanic on sunday. reggie: a large fire burns at the antioch marina and the fire grew to four alarms and don't know the cause now. drew: it's a bright but breezy day today and the future track showing you by 5:00 or 6:00 p.m.

we'll have winds gusting 15-30 miles per hour. it is a nice looking morning out there. it's a live look from our camera showing you that sunshine. again, that breeze will pick up as the day goes on. not as windy as yesterday but still breezy today and temperatures slightly warmer as compared to monday. we'll go to the 60's and 70's later today. kumasi: number six, the spot to avoid causing almost hour long delays is in the east bay, westbound 80, a big rig accident is blocking the lanes near carlsson and it is causing a big backup on westbound 80. you'll want to take city streets as alternate routes and avoid that spot. and number seven, a growing -- do they all have to be on the screen? a cricket crisis, thousands of these insects have invaded nevada after hatching in idaho last month. the state d.o.t. is using plows to move the bugs off the rows. experts say the crickets have a

4-6 year cycle and then go dormant. drew: see the little kid with his vacuum? he was sucking them up with a vacuum. kumasi: not going to be enough. street cleaners. reggie: people do eat crickets. i've had it. kumasi: and grasshoppers. they're crunchy. reggie: i had it in ice cream. kumasi: uh-uh. >> good morning america. time running out for the crew of the missing sub, hundreds of miles off the u.s. coast. overnight, the desperate search for submersible that disappeared on the deep sea mission to pl