vote for that amendment, and i'll vote for hunter biden contempt. i yield back. >> the chair recognizes ms. green from georgia for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. excuse me, hunter, apparently you're afraid of my words -- >> whoa! oh -- >> i would like to reclaim my time, mr. chairman. >> you can't burst the bubble -- >> the gentlelady -- order. >> wow, that's too bad. >> the chair recognizes ms. green for georgia. >> i think it's clear and obvious to everyone watching today that hunter biden is terrified of strong, conservative republican women because he can't even face my words as i was about to speak to him. what a coward. and this is also a coward that sat right here in front of mickey babbitt, babbitt's mother who was -- >> what kind of crack do you normally smoke, mr. biden? >> let me start again. hunter biden was and is a public citizen. despite this, republicans have sought to use him as a surrogate to attack his father. and despite their improper partisan motives on six different occasions since february of 2023, we have offered t

this committee used and issued a lawful subpoena to hunter biden. a critical witness in this committee's investigation into biden family corruption. hunter biden and his lawyers did not claim privilege of any kind because clearly he has none. they didn't contest the legitimacy of the reasons for issuing the subpoena, no reasons because they clearly are legitimate, and yet, he refused to comply. trump's family members, don trump jr., he did not defy a congressional subpoena. he showed up multiple times for multiple depositions for several hours. in doing so, you know, hunter biden broke the law. he did so deliberately. you did so flagrantly. you showed up on the hill on the senate side the day of that congressional subpoena to defy it and spit in the face of this committee. that's what you did. the question the american people are asking us is what is hunter biden so afraid of? why can't you show up for a congressional deposition? this is just a pr stunt to you. this is just a game that you are playing with the american people. you're playing with the

hunter biden is, the biden family was.o to defend a fellow that doesn't wear it, that kind of defense, it is interesting and i find it sad as well. and i think that he's a coward coming here with of this stunned. you can define someone that's all about themselves and he clearly does that let's talk about the process because to make it very clear and digestible when you are deposed in congress from the majority gets an hour at the minority gets an hour. what usually happens is you can get 100 hours of questions and drill down and get into the efficacy of the procedure and you can hold whoever is the witness to account. if we have just public testimony, what happens is we all get five minutes. time is up. that's five hours. if so instead of hundreds of hours you only get five. and witnesses are very good with their counsel to deflect and distract you to really slowly et cetera. that's why this is about procedure. one hundred hours, 200 hours and then we can come into public testimony and ask questions about what we have read

even hunter biden thinks she is intrepid. >> mr. biden, why did you put your dad on speakerphone with your business partners if he had no involvement in your business? >> do you have a dad? does he call you? >> yes. >> do you answer the phone? >> yes. why did you need to talk to him during business meetings if he had nothing to do with your business? >> you're very dangerous. >> dana: he says you are very dangerous. one of the reasons you might say that is because i'm sure his lawyer said we're going to go out in the hallway, i will handle the questions, you don't say a word. but he can't help himself. so he answers that question and then says you are very dangerous. what do you think of that? >> i think that's why they want to get him in the deposition chair because they think that even though it's in his interest to not answer questions, and even though abby low will be there to keep him quiet. the impulse is always to be too smart or too clever by half and answer questions. prosecutors bank on that, dana. i would have had a short

times set about hunter biden, biden is still on the nepotism gravy train. at the daily mail reported, hundred mitzie got $50,000 per month because of his family name. and it goes on and on. again, the los angeles times described hunter biden as a child of privilege. that is the only privilege hunter biden has ever asserted. he asserts not that he should be exempt from testifying because there is some constitutional prescription, and even the chairman of this committee would agree to as bennie thompson agreed to on the j six committee issuance of subpoenas to members of congress. he doesn't assert that kind of privilege. he asserts only the privilege that he does not need to come and testify before the united it's congress who has issued a subpoena, and he personally has acknowledged that subpoena for the simple reason that you say biden. so where are we? merrick garland has authorized pursuing republicans for contempt of congress. you must also authorize prosecution of hunter biden. failure to do so on the part of the attorney general to show his content fo

this was the same when hunter biden walked in. what about these documents? president joe biden, went to jeffrey epstein's island. it is on the list. >> okay. let's look regarding hunter biden, and his attorney. they have gathered at the capitol behind his appearance at that hearing. >> this is on six different communities. >> we have offered to do all of this within the house committee. we are looking at relevant information. really, we are providing this. >> this is our first time offer. >> within november, we are looking at this issue. >> behind closed doors. >> they are looking at all of this. we are selectively meeting this. we are mischaracterizing what they are seeing. >> let's go to massachusetts. democrat, richard, good morning. >> it would be nice to know, because i have always voted, my son was in the marines. >> tell me what you prefer williamson. >> i have followed her over the last couple of years. one thing that i have found in her writing, is that we are going for it. this is part of that respect. we are looking at the environment. i didn't see

i'm hunter biden's business partner. that's typically what the person would say? at vice president biden was acting consistent with u.s. policy. >> that's not what we received. >> basically said some type of a deal for hunter. how do you explain the slow-walking. >> that's a great point when the courts ruled against hunter biden i don't think you heard a single complaint. we should let the justice perceive. we have people today that violated over subpoenas and it was illegal. could i ask you a question? >> just out of curiosity why did you all not hold themñ in contempt? >> the people that didn't -- >> we didn't have time at that point. we got up to the very end. if you want to work on -- >> i was just curious as to why you didn't. >> everybody good. >> congressional subpoenas. >> i'm sorry? >> you did hold in contempt. >> convicted by a court. i don't think you have a single person on your side of the aisle to utter a word of people who violated subpoenas in the last congress. i mean, that's extraordinary. all that i've been saying about hunter biden is he accepte

hunter biden walking in unannounced to an oversight committee hearing about him. the committee had just begun considering legislation to hold hunter in contempt of congress for defying a congressional subpoena. a taste of how wild it got. >> my first question is who bribed hunter biden to be here today? that's my first question. second question, you are the epitome of white privilege coming into the oversight committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed. what are you afraid of? you have no balls to come up here and -- >> point of inquiry. >> mr. chairman, >> the lady is recognized. >> if the general lady wants to hear from hunter biden. we can hear from him right now. let's hear from hunter biden. what are you afraid of? >> order, order, order. >> are women allowed to speak in here or no? you keep interrupting me. >> i will interrupt the chairman. i don't know that he is a lady. >> i think that hunter biden should be arrested right here right now and go straight to jail. >> i think you should have decorum and courtesy and don't a

fairly stoic hunter biden.s a much more somber, much more serious proceeding than we witnessed on capitol hill yesterday. hunter biden walked in to the courtroom alongside his lawyer, abbe lowell. dressed in a dark blue suit. he was red then the actual crimes that he is accused of, the nine tax-related counts against him. he exchanged some whispers with abbe lowell and then he was asked how he pleaded to those nine separate counts. he said in a firm voice, not guilty. he looked as relaxed as a man possibly can be when facing such serious charges. a conversation with abbe lowell here around there. a couple of smiles. i had went on, i would say, about40 minutes or so the entire proceeding. and hunter biden then stood as the judge left and left the room himself along with abbe lowell. there was some discussion whether he completed the post hearing processing. abbe lowell thought he had. the judge and the clerk informed him that he may have to do a little more exit processing with the u.s. marshall service. he shou

do we know what led to hunter biden appearing today, why that decision? porter: the strategy from biden was likely a mix of pr reasons and also legal reasons. hunter and his legal team have been trying to make the point for several months that he is willing to show up and publicly testify for republicans under oath, i might add, and he just doesn't want to sit for a closed your deposition but republicans have pushed back and they say this is not how congressional subpoenas work. he does not get to dictate the terms of his appearance, although several republicans have defied subpoenas in the past. so this showdown really has been brewing for months between republicans and hunter biden, the president son but it really came to a head today when that surprise, dramatic appearance from hunter biden and it led to fireworks at the beginning of the hearing. let's take a listen to one of those contentious exchanges. >> you are the epitome of white privilege, coming into the oversight committee, spitting interface, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed. wh

is this hunter biden's version of pop biden's democracy crusade, disrespect the congress? give them the middle finger, set an example for lawbreaker be, joe biden's out of control son will not help joe biden get reelected, personally, i favor sending president biden into retirement but i don't think that pro-reelection biden supporters would love who hunter biden pulled this morning, hunter biden already has been indicted on gun charges, and tax evasion charges, and in dell de delaware and california, maybe facing additional charges for failing to register as foreign agent, then money laundering, wire fraud that go with all of his so-called investment schemes, and in china, russia, ukraine. and elsewhere, this is not an amiable record, note something that an adult -- not something that an adult would want have advertise with more bad behavior. biden jr.'s ignoring sage advice with his arrogant attitudeses and his game, pop joe should tell his out of control son just crawl into a hole for the next year, instead of displaying his not only contempt for congress but for law ab

this is "america reports," amid all the chaos, fox business's intrepid hillary vaughan pressing hunter biden over whether his father could have been involved in his business dealings. listen to this. >> mr. biden, why did you put your dad on speaker phone when your business partners, if he had no involvement in your business. >> does he call you? he answered the phone? >> yes. >> why did you need to talk to him during business meetings if he had nothing to do with the business. >> john: hunter not denying he did put his father on speaker phone in the meetings, a key piece in the republican impeachment investigation. >> sandra: it happened as a pair of house committees are barrelling toward a contempt resolution, adding another headache for the president's son, who is already facing taxes and gun charges. >> john: andy mccarthy standing by with legal analysis, but first chad pergram is live outside the hearing room where it all went down. chad. >> chad: john, good afternoon. it was absolute pandamonium here. he was not expected to appear. this was just a meeting to hold him in contempt of con

the special counsel charged hunter biden in california where he lives. n the first place, martha, because a plea deal fell apart in wilmington, delaware. the judge said this deal is unprecedented. started asking questions and how we are in california today. hunter biden is charged with firearms violations in delaware. he lied about his substance abuse on a federal firearm form. again, this begins in 15 minutes. it's supposed to be a first appearance in an arraignment. should be 20, 30 minutes. as we saw with the plea deal that fell through on capitol hill, this could change dramatically. martha? >> busy times for hunter biden going from capitol hill to an l.a. courtroom in less than a day. david, thank you. we'll watch this as it unfolds live here on "the story" in the coming minutes. first lady joe biden says that what house republicans are doing to hunter is "cruel." watch this from this morning. >> how have you been coping personally with the onslaught of accusations against your husband and your family and hunter as the contempt hearings, obsessing ov

let's take a vote and hear from hunter biden. >> i'm speaking. are women allowed to speak here -- >> hold on. hold on. order. order. order. >> are women allowed to speak in here or no? you keep interrupting me. >> order. >> so clearly some fireworks there at the start of the hearing which is still going on. republicans making the argument that this is just a political stunt and a distraction from hunter biden and that he has not complied with the terms of their subpoena. but democrats meanwhile pointing out that hunter biden was right there in the audience, and if they wanted to hear from him he could have testified under oath in a public setting which hunter biden has said he was willing to do. democrats also made the point during the hearing that there have been several republicans who are defied congressional subpoenas including last year when the january 6th select committee wanted to hear from a number of house republican lawmakers. so there was a contentious back and forth. but that hearing is still going on. we're expecting to last a quite

the chairman, chairman comer invited hunter biden to come to the committee. he said you can choose between coming to a public hearing or a deposition. and then all of a sudden when hunter said, okay, i'll come to a public hearing so the american people can hear my side of the story, all of a sudden they started changing the narrative and saying, no, no, no, no special rules for hunter biden, he has to go to the basement of the building where we can take his deposition where no one will hear what he has to say and where we can spin exactly what we want to sell to the american people. and so, look, you saw me ask my colleagues across the aisle, hunter is here, let's take his deposition now while the american people are watching and not a single republican raised their hand. at the end of the day, i think what the republicans, my colleagues across the aisle showed the american people, this is not really about getting the evidence or getting the truth, it is about trying to go after the president, hurt his poll numbers with a lot of fake stories they want to tell.

as we know, hunter biden has been a very touchy subject even among top biden aides. cnn's arlette saenz is outside the white house. did the white house know about hunter's plan to show up here, and are they supportive of it? >> reporter: we're still waiting to hear whether the white house or president biden himself had any types of heads-up that hunter biden would be appearing up on capitol hill today. we know that in the past when hunter biden went and spoke outside of the capitol that day, that he did not show up for his closed door deposition. we know that the president was familiar with his remarks at that time. of course, hunter biden and his lawyers had argued that he was willing to sit down with these committees if it was in a public venue. we are still waiting to hear if in this exact instance whether the white house had any heads-up. of course, heading into these meetings today, they said they were pushing back against what they describe as baseless attacks amid these house gop investigations saying that these committee members, republicans are simply interes

>> reporter: that's the first time we've heard from hunter biden on camera about it. iginally we had this nugget of information from his ex-business partner devon archer who said in a closed-door deposition sometimes joe biden was on speakerphone and hunter would put him on speakerphone but today seems like he is saying he was just answering his dad's call. larry: hilary, last one, did the house committee, did the oversight committee decide contempt or not? >> reporter: the hearing is still going on right now, larry. at some point they will hold that vote. if it passes through the committee it will go to the house floor for a full vote there. larry: hilary vaughn, thank you very much, really exciting, hilary, very exciting stuff. here is quick take on me. if hunter biden thinks his spoiled brat antics in front of the oversight committee will help his father get elect nod november, think again. people around the country watching news clips of his antics, they will say this is kid of privilege, spoiled because his father's president and somebody who thinks he is above th

>> as summer heated up so did water a round hunter biden. >> james comer was determined to tie hunterng oversea with money made by joe biden. >> investigating president biden. >> and his family shady, deals that capitalize on joe biden's public office and risked our country national security. >> where's at money. >> joe biden said, where's the money, follow the money, and that became the focus of james comer and the oversight hearings. >> a bunch of malarkey. >> they found 93 wires totalo below 2.5 million directed to business associates of biden family. >> james biden and the sitters, the god daughter, the niece, like everyone but not joe. >> hub help hunter biden business har partner said that hunter was using his father's perceived influence inned business dealings. >> profiting from his faker thatfather's position. >> committee heard testimony from two irs whistle blowers who seja investigation to hunter biden was slow walked by the doj . >> okay that you can't charge him on most of that stuff any more. >> that was not the plan. >> to run out the clock. >> then narnl marjorie tayl

father. >> this committee is not interested in prosecuting hunter biden. president biden profited from his name and the person that arrange the deals was hunter biden. >> reporter: but so far they do not have the votes to bring articles of impeachment as they continue digging for anything connecting hunter biden approaches business dealings to the actions of the president, something they have yet to prove . >> issue go to the house floor for a vote but i don't know if we have the will to do it and i don't know if it would pass. >> reporter: that is a reality facing republicans, many conservatives are wanting to impeach joe biden but there are not the votes to do that. a number of republicans in swing districts are not there yet but they are there on the different question, impeaching the homeland security secretary , alejandro mayorkas, who faced his first impeachment hearing today and moments ago i asked the chairman of the homeland security committee if he believes he has the votes to impeach alejandro mayorkas and he said there will be the votes to impea

hunter biden is appearing in federal court in los angeles this hour. he's has pleaded not guilty to nine felony and misdemeanour tax offences. mr biden is facing three felony and six misdemeanour counts of evading $1.1; million in taxes. the president's son is also the focus right now of an inquiry from house republicans who yesterday staged a hearing to hold him in contempt of congress, for not complying with a subpoena to sit for a closed door deposition. what caught them by suprise was hunter appearance was hunter's appearance in the committee room in the middle of those contempt proceedings. and that sparked utter chaos. it doesn't matter who you are, where you come from or who your father is or your last name. yes, i'm looking at you, hunter biden, as i'm speaking to you. you are not above the law, at all. you are the epitome of white privilege. coming into the oversight committee, spitting in ourface, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed, whata re you afraid of? you have no balls. to come up here and... mr chairman, point of inquiry. mr

hunter biden, you get to pick. emily compagno we have bven highlighting the hypocrisy about the biden family and immunity they enjoy since minute one of this. this displayof hubris is display of that. hunter biden got to orchestrate the presser in the parking lot. he has command of the news media if he is subject of the headlines. he is the fool accidentally in the right place. today was a stunt and made him look pitiful and ridiculous. it would have been fantastic if they would have -- him. to this important point, pres secretary had spoken to his son before that december 13th stunt. the purpose of today as jim jordan pointed out, ascertain that the deadline was today. did you flaunt the subpoena? did the president weigh in on you ignoring you describe why it was significant? today that is not the highlight and conclude by pointing out what hillary vaughn underscored. in that exchange, hunter biden did not deny his father was on speaker phone and in the calls. he said, do you have a dad, does he call you, that is i

this is an interesting difference from the last time we saw hunter biden on capitol hill when he, instead of sitting down for a deposition, decided to give a press conference instead and made this impassioned speech trying to separate out his own father, president biden, from his own legal troubles. at the time, you might remember the white house official said that had been forceful and that the president himself had been given a heads up. that he would be giving those remarks. but obviously, today, the white house, much more tightlipped and really not engaging on again, multiple questions that they got at the white house press briefing. i can tell you, for sure, there are many other things that the white house would rather be talking about and would rather be getting questions about, particularly given this moment in time that we are now in the calendar year 2024 mother re- elect campaign, the election, is just around the corner, this is certainly a tough issue for them and a sensitive issue for the white house and anything related to the president's son, one question that a colleague of

comer: are they going to treat hunter biden the same way? at the end of the day, we want hunter biden to come, answer all the questions from the committee. after the deposition. because, look, the hearing, you all know and let's not be naive here, everyone knows the most sensitive forum to get a bunch of questions answered is a deposition. no question about that. the hearing we are going to provide that to fsh -- if he wants it. he wants to have a hearing that's fine. after the deposition. thank you all. sorry it has been a long difficult. we will be in touch. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] captioning performed by the national captioning inite, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org. >> u.s. house today blocked three bills favored by republican leadership by a vote of 203-216. 13 repubca voted against advancg lls as a protest. members of the fed caucus who are upset wh e agreement reached with senate majit leader chuck schumer and failure to address the situation. this led to the

that's what we want to do with hunter biden. we want to talk to hunter biden and ask him questions along with jim biden as well as kevin morris who was sitting in here today by our accounts nearly $6 million and, you know, thons. >> will you be able to write final report about hunter biden coming to testify? >> obviously everybody that they are doing is to slow down and do everything they can to delay. but, you know, we are going the move forward. we are going to continue to bring people in for depositions and if they don't come in for depositions, if they don't honor our lawful subpoenas, we will hold them accountable. that's what just happened in the room. we hold them accountable. we have assurances it'll go to the house. i don't know a specific day. i would assume next week. i would say it would be one package. well, i mean, bank records don't lie. we produced four substantive memorandum. when they said that no money has been trace today joe biden, that's just simply not true. even if vote were loan repayments which they wer

hunter biden, that is, this is all happening publicly, hunter biden doesn’t bother, he takes them by t of the kindness of his heart, and leads straight to the office to vice president biden. documents about this meeting later emerge, this is the testimony of one of the witnesses who was present at this meeting. and it’s interesting that in this milano cafe there is another character about whom we will talk today, a certain devan archer, exactly him. then we will remember him in the company of burisma, it was he, together with the hunter in ukraine , who, having nothing to do with the oil or gas sector, would suddenly find himself on the board of directors, but generally speaking, the very story of burisma, for which they will still be judged hunter biden, and which is the reason that the elder biden is now being accused of impeachment, began back in 2002. and you won’t believe it, in the state of de lover, where, in fact, joe biden was a senator from for many years. hold that thought, a few minutes after the short commercial, we will continue to unravel this mysterious tangle. thank y

i believe that hunter biden should be held completely in contempt. i think he should be hauled off to jail right now. >> let's vote. let's take a vote. who wants to hear from hunter right now today? anyone? come on. who wants to hear from hunter? no one. >> mr. biden doesn't make the rules, we make the rules. >> mr. chairman, you make the rules, and the rule you made is that he can choose. >> excuse me, hunter, apparently you're afraid of my words. >> it was messy, and shouty, and not exactly easy to follow, so let us bring in our reporters to explain the context and what the gop does now. nbc's sahil kapur is on capitol hill. also with us is jacqueline alemany, "washington post" congressional investigative reporter and msnbc contributor, and robert gibbs, former white house press secretary under president obama and msnbc political analyst. sahil, explain the context here. why was it such a surprise and why did it throw things so out of kilter when hunter biden showed up. >> reporter: what hunter biden was attempting to convey here is he's not hiding

at the end of the day, we really want to hear from hunter biden. t joe biden, hunter biden is a key witness in the investigation. we believe that at the end the day if we make every effort to bring hunter biden in that that will help solidify the final report that we are going to issue to the american people. if he doesn't come in, if he doesn't answer the questions, then he'll be held in contempt. we are still scheduled to vote thursday. we have the votes to hold hunter biden in contempt. the fact that abbe lowell has come back offering to come in and now answer our questions i think shows we were right all along. most of the people in our committees want to hear from hunter biden. >> sean: let me ask you about the other two issues. the stories john solomon was reporting on. one is the art dealer in the testimony that was given. were we not told they had an ethics agreement that hunter would not know the people that purchased his art? now we know that joe biden, the big guy himself was speaking to the art dealer directly, there was testimony that y

deeply personal terms, biden walking out. >> thank you, mr. chairman. excuse me, hunter. apparently you're afraid of my words. >> whoa! oh. >> reporter: moments later, biden's lawyer with this parting shot. >> the republican chairs today then are commandeering an unprecedented resolution to hold someone in contempt who has offered to publicly answer all their proper questions. the question there is, what are they afraid of? >> reporter: that house committee just voting to advance their efforts to hold hunter biden in contempt of congress, refusing to testify privately, even though he's repeatedly offered to answer their questions, just only in public, and all this coming as hunter biden tomorrow is set to be arraigned on charges of tax evasion. david? >> david: another day on capitol hill. mary bruce, thank you. >>> meanwhile, here in new york city, donald trump's plan to deliver his own closing argument in the civil fraud trial against him now very much in doubt. trump not agreeing to limits set by the judge, who said trump must stick to the facts and to the evidence in

biden, walking out. >> thank you, mr. chairman. uh, excuse me, hunter. >> apparently you're afraid of my words. uh, here go. >> oh. >> moments later, biden's lawyer with this parting shot, the republic chairs today, then are commandeering in precedented resolution to hold someone in contempt who has offered to publicly answer all their proper questions. >> the question there is, what are they afraid of now? >> that house committee has just voted along party lines to move ahead with their effort to try and hold hunter biden in contempt of congress for refusing their subpoena to testify privately, even though he has repeatedly offered to answer their questions just only in public. all of this also coming as hunter biden is set to be arraigned on charges of tax evasion. mary bruce abc news, capitol hill mary, thank you. >> work to fill an illegal tunnel in a new york synagogue is underway. a cement truck was seen at the site yesterday as hasidic jewish worshipers looked on the 60 foot long, eight foot wide tunnel was allegedly dug by a group of extremist s

the status now has to be on hunter biden. he has to send a date and commitment to the date. hink congress will send a subpoena locking in to that and then hunter has to come in and testify and they will stop the contempt proceedings. until then they will proceed forward and keep maximum pressure on hunter biden. one thing we all have to consider. because hunter biden says will he show up, doesn't mean will he answer questions. he has two federal indictments, two federal charges. he may take the fifth amendment because he doesn't want to say things to use against him in the court of law. there has to be pressure and awareness this could be another stunt. we don't know the state of play. i can't get an answer from hunter biden's lawyers if he has fifth amendment issues to invoke this. will be a game of chicken. they will stand their ground until hundreder biden gives them the date. the tone deafness is still there. joe biden talk ing about cracking down on tax cheats when the day before his son was in court for tax cheating. the disconnects couldn't be farther apart. the biden

hunter biden was and is a private citizen. epublicans have sought to use him as a sign to attack his father. and despite the improper and partisan on six different-- >> hunter, his lawyer abby loyal and sugar brother kevin morris. they quickly departed the capitol complex. keep in mind kevin morris, hunter's new and mysterious bff spent millions of dollars on the president's son. he helped hunter pay a huge tax debt. now we are learning that morris bought most of hunter's high dollar amateur art, portraits of a crack addict. hunter's new found career as an artist was another way for morris and other democratic donors to send hunter money. according to testimony from the new york art dealer, hunter knew about the sugar brother buying up his art despite those promises from the white house that the patrons will, quote, "be kept confidential, from even hunter himself in an attempt to avoid ethical issues that could arise as a presidential family member tries to sell a product with a highly subjective value. according to the art dea

must decide whether to prosecute hunter biden. justice department has prosecuted former trump aides like steve bannon and peter navarro, not mark meadows and dan scavino. >> bill: miranda devine, you've been on the story since the beginning. october of 2020 was the first time. i will call up call for number three. your headline in your piece. you write hunter biden's crashing of congress cracked reality is making his family look like a circus. i want to focus on one of the three gentlemen from there yesterday. hunter biden in the middle, abbe lowell, his attorney, well-known in washington, d.c. circles. a gentleman by the name of kevin morris. he is significant in hunter biden's life. tell us why. >> yeah. kevin morris is known by hunter biden's friends as his new sugar brother because kevin morris is a very wealthy lawyer. made his fortune in hollywood representing the south park people and he has spent millions of dollars, 2.8 million repaying the i.r.s. for hunter biden and several million more funding his lavish lifestyle and

in fact, he was standing right there behind hunter biden when he was on the senate side. mr. e said throughout this whole thing, this is an investigation of joe biden. you've said this very much, many times, that you are investigating whether or not president biden was involved in all of these decisions, including hunter biden's decision to defy the subpoena. tell me about this. is this another impeachable offense in fact the president helped hunter biden defy your subpoena? >> if he did, absolutely. that was clear evidence of obstruction. i would argue we have more evidence of obstruction by joe biden but with respect to this defiance of a lawful subpoena, we know that john pierre said from the press box that the president was aware of what his son was going to say and that he was going to do that so we want to know more about that, did he advise his son, did his speech writers write hunter biden's speech. the fact that the president of the yate united states who is on record that anyone who defied a congressional subpoena should be held accountable. he was talking about the

i mean hunter biden is in an unusual circumstance. there's no debate about whether or not he paid or doesn't pay certain types of taxes, but you know, he needs to change public opinion because there's been a very concerted campaign, public campaign against him, and so, trying to move the needle on that is probably his best move. and so, that's why his lawyers have pursued this. i think it's a very savvy strategy by a gifted defense attorney who i respect very much. >> i appreciate the perspective. thanks very much. >>> so in a few hours, republican presidential hopefuls desantis and haley will face off for a primetime battle in iowa, right here on cnn. this is the final republican primary debate before monday's critical iowa caucuses. >> of course donald trump has a significant lead in the state. he did qualify as per usual, to be on the stage tonight but he is skipping the debate like all of the previous ones. let's preview tonight duel with a pair of cnn political commentators. jeff duncan, and karen finney. what a thing to follow,

biden? >> jesse: hunter did answer a question his lawyer wasn't happy about. he confirmed he had disdad on the phone with his business clients. >> mr. biden why did you put your dad on speakerphone if he had no involvement? >> do you have a dad, do you answer -- >> yes, why do you need to talk to him if he had no dealings. >> he broke the law and admitted dad chatted with clients. president justice department is going to have to decide whether they are going to arrest the president's son or give the spoiled brat special treatment. hunter doesn't care because he is making a movie. all of today's drama and last couple of years, he had a film crew following him around. he had a film crew there. his sugar brother is going to sell the hunter biden documentary. he is making a movie about dodging taxes, child support and subpoenas. how i destroyed my father's presidential campaign. lawyer, artist and actor. is dads di proud? >> hunter biden on capitol hill today? how big of a headache is that for you? >> hunter biden is a private citizen. he is not a member of the whi

maria: there's the whole hunter biden debacle. diciary committees voted to advance a resolution holding biden in contempt of congress, setting up a house vote on the matter. the talk is of hunter showing up yesterday unexpected to capitol hill making a surprise appearance during the contempt hearing. south carolina congresswoman nancy mace called him out. watch this. >> coming into the oversight committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed, what are you afraid of. you have no beep to come up. hunter biden should be arrested right now, go straight to jail. maria: congressman, your thoughts. >> she's right. peter navarro, they obviously charged him. steve bannon, they charged him had. they're civilians. hunter biden, you may be the president's son, but you're still a civilian. so i think he walked into that oversight committee, he sat there with a bunch of goons around him and he spit in the eye of congress is what he did. we must hold him accountable. i believe congress will hold him accountable.

hunter biden has agreed to sit for a deposition in the biden impeachment inquiry.. finally complying with the house subpoena. meanwhile, it was a very important day on capitol hill today. hunter biden's sugar brother, the hollywood entertainment attorney kevin morris, was interviewed by house investigators as part of biden's ongoing impeachment inquiry. well, maybe we will know more now about why kevin morris has been so financially generous to the biden family, especially hunter. according to democrats, morris was just being friendly. after all, what's a couple million dollars between friends? take a look. >> he befriended hunter biden. he felt an immediate affinity with him, as -- you know, a fellow irish catholic from pennsylvania-delaware part of the country, with several brothers, and they became really close friends. now it's about whether or not a friend can loan a friend a lot of money, which is a lot of money for normal people like us, but for him, it was not a lot of money. he testified it was less than 5% of his assets off the top of his head. and he mak

i think if hunter biden had ignored the subpoena, he would face the same consequences. he has not done that. >> are you confident, based on the evidence you have seen so far, that president biden was not involved in hunter biden's business dealings? >> i'm completely confident that either as president or vice president, he did nothing that was illegal or wrong, and that there has been no evidence that suggests he has done anything to use his political officer to gain any favorite or to make new money. >> democratic congressman, ro khanna, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >>> coming up, an air strike injures distinction. a group of first responders is among the categories. >>> a hospital in central gaza is reporting dozens of casualties after an israeli air strike, including first responders. cnn's jeremy diamond has the story. >> reporter: they emerge from the dust screaming. another israeli air strike, this time hitting a market less than 200 feet from the largest hospital in central gaza. here, even the injured must dig themselves out of the rubble. piece by

can, which i think actually is a benefit, the reason why i said it was strategically smart of hunter bidens my guess that the biden campaign is going to run against the do nothing -- just like harry truman -- do nothing republican congress who's only interested in getting their names in the media or on the front page of the newspaper or getting clicks. and so to that end, which i think feeds into the biden campaign's effort to say this is what we're running against. it's not only donald trump, but it's the complete circus that's been created by republicans in congress, and we have important issues to discuss and deal with, and they don't want to deal with it. so with that in mind, i actually think it's helpful in the debate between democrats and republicans for biden in this case. >> julie tsirkin, kelly o'donnell, and matthew dowd, thank you so very much for being with us today. >>> in just 60 seconds, we're going to get to the other major hearing on capitol hill, which could lead to another impeachment push by house republicans. that's next. postmenopausal ostes and are at high risk for

kim straw saul has been covering the hunter biden saga. get from his testimony? >> pursuing those specific charges against hunter biden, the bigger question, the biden family business. what if any role president biden has in that business. we know david wise is not only not looking at that question, we understand members of the team blocked investigators from going near that. we heard from a lot of people who are hunter biden's business partners, he needs to come in and they need to put him under oath and get information from the man at the center of it all. paul: why behind closed doors as opposed to public where hunter said he was willing to testify? congress is not know for its shyness in front of the cameras. >> that suggestion shows ignorance of what depositions work in washington. they are not conducted by members, they are conducted by lawyers. staff lawyers for republicans and democrats. the deposed is accompanied by a legal team. questions have been prepared for 10, 11, 12 hours, sometimes over the space of days. it is not somethi

the tax court, what was the mood inside the court, who was hunter biden's demeanor like. >> fascinatingin the courtroom, six months ago hunter was about to strike a sweetheart plea deal with the delaware prosecutors and yesterday when he walked into that courtroom, i mean, it felt like the weather in iowa had entered los angeles because the reception was frosty. completely different to the sweetheart situation he had a few months ago. they didn't even acknowledge the prosecutor sitting opposite them. hunter was shaking hands and smiling with some court staff but then as they sat there waiting for the judge to come in, ten minutes or so before the judge came in, hunter was looking nervous, pushing back his hair, wiping sweat from his upper lip it looked like and looked at the prosecutors and adjusted his collar and took a deep breath in. looked like a man under pressure and nervous but trying not to show it. >> sandra: if we can put up the video of him at the congressional committee hearing the other day, seated with him was his attorney abbe lowell and the other side kevin morris to his

yes, i'm looking at you, hunter biden as i'm speaking to you. you're not above the law at all. >> the house oversight committee prep add contempt of congress citation for hunter biden. hunter biden showed up in december on capitol hill but not for a prescheduled deposition before the house. he instead held a press conference on the senate side of capitol hill. right as marjorie taylor green began asking questions, hunter biden ducked out. >> excuse me, huntser. apparently you're afraid of my words. i think it's clear and obvious for everyone watching this hearing today that hunter biden is terrified of strong conservative republican women. because he can't even face my words. >> democrats believe republicans are trying to have it both ways. they want to enforce a subpoena for hunter biden but they note that gop members refused to supply with subpoenas for the 2021 capitol riot. >> i'll vote for the huntser contempt today. you can get my vote. i want you to show the american people that you're serious. here's the subpoena to representative scott

but hunter biden doesn't appear worried at all, after all, is that his doj will more than likely go to great lengths to protect him. so yesterday, while hunter flouted his impunity during that surprise appearance on capitol hill to attend his very own contempt hearing, he sat in the back of the room, glaring at lawmakers. his camera crew in tow. it was either a sad attempt to intimidate members of congress or probably likely a stunt for his upcoming documentary. either way, hunter didn't stick around for very long, fleeing the room after getting publicly humiliated by congresswoman nancy, south carolina. >> take a look at this. you are the epitome of white privilege coming in to the oversight committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed. what are you afraid of? you have no to come up here. >> i think that then hunter biden should be arrested right here, right now. >> and go straight to jail. time to expire. recognize miss greene from georgia for that. >> thank you, mr. chairman. excuse me. hunter, apparently you're afraid of my word. >> why? oh, well

the only contract he had which had that provision with hunter biden. 70% of the art purchased in the last two and a half years totaling $1.5 million. 70% came from a couple purchasers who happen to be biden donors. donors to the president's campaign. tomorrow we will talk with kevin noris who about $875,000 worth of art from hunter biden. hunter newman that guy was. he was with him last week when he came to the oversight committee. we expect to get some important information that will help us answer the questions we have as we move forward within our impeachment inquiry. >> he was one of the big purchasers of hunter's art on top of the $5 million that had been previously reported. will joe biden be called in? do you believe your committees will subpoena joe biden at the end of this? >> we will move through the key players we need to get to in the impeachment inquiry. kevin morris tomorrow. next week kevin sherman and rob walker. then we will talk to jim biden and hunter biden. all of that will happen and we will make a decision to move forward with articles of impeachment. as i said m

>>> and in los angeles, hunter biden pleading not guilty to nine federal tax charges. and first lady jill biden coming to his defense. what she said about republican attacks on him. >>> breaking news. the u.s. and uk launching air strikes in yemen against iran-backed houthi rebels who have been attacking ships in the red sea. also, the major cross-country storm. the midwest bracing for a bomb cyclone blizzard. then the threat moving into the northeast. more potential flooding. we're tracking it. >>> four days to iowa. nikki haley and ron desantis on the campaign after their contentious debate. our interview with haley. how she is responding to chris christie's hot mike moment. >>> israel and hamas in talks to deliver medicine to hostages in gaza, as they mark nearly 100 days in captivity. >>> and after 24 seasons and 6 super bowl rings, the end of an era for the man many consider the greatest nfl coach ever. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome. it was a memorable split-screen moment in american justice today. a former p

it's a waste of time to prosecute hunter biden. but he created this for himself along with the rest of his sad tale of his life. the facts show that president biden profited from his name and the person that arranged the deals was hunter biden. so we would like to delve in to that. >> here's what's going to happen in the next hour or two. the committee will vote for contempt of court on hunter biden. then it's up to the department of justice to prosecute hunter biden. they have a mixed track record on this score. they prosecuted peter navarro and steve bannon. they did not prosecute the former white house chief of staff, mark meadows or the former trump aide, dan scavino. martha? >> martha: thanks. let's bring in jonathan turley, g.w. law professor and fox news contributor. i watched this play out this morning. wait a minute. turn the volume up. this is quite interesting. i also thought it was interesting that nancy mace, the congresswoman from south carolina said we should arrest him right here and right now. would they have had th