lucas tomlinson is live in washington with all of the breaking details this morning. good morning. >> lucas: good morning, carley and todd. not one whistleblower, but two coming out to testify on capitol hill. we do not know the identity of the second whistleblowers, whistleblower x. here is a bit from his opening statement, hunter biden should have been charged with a felon, tax felony and not misdemeanor charge. prosecutors did not do the ordinary process, slow walked and put in unnecessary approval from investigating the case. here is opening statement from irs whistleblower gary shapley levelling the following accusation. quote, prosecutors decided to conceal some evidence from investigators, they were ready by april 2020, delaware pushed them off until after the 2020 election. i have seen undeniable pattern of treatment and obstruction of the process. house oversight committee not easer to hear from the two men saying, they will describe for us their disagreement and frustration with their supervisor, disagreements which began in 2020 when president trump ran the

lucas tomlinson is live in washington with the latest on that, lucas pickwick strongly republican chairmanf the house oversight committee accusing the justice department, trying to intimidate his witness devon archer ahead of his appearance before the committee tomorrow morning for it "sunday morning futures" james, question the timing of a d.o.j. letter which calls on archer to surrender to authority to begin a prison sentence over a separate matter. >> it is odd that he was issued on a saturday. it's on its right before he is scheduled to come in to have an opportunity to speak in front of the house oversight committee and tell the american people the truth about what really went on with burisma. >> lester archer was sentenced to a year in jail for swindling a native american tribe might've $60 million in bonds. last month he lost his appeal to overturn that convention another d.o.j. wants them to start serving it. delaware senator chris kuhn said present biden is innocent. >> there is been a five-year investigation, five years by a trump appointed u.s. attorney. this investigation start

. >> brian: lucas tomlinson. >> lucas: they say they have information that may be contradiction of what president biden was saying. a voice mail indicating that hunter biden knew of hunter's business dealings. here is a bit from the whistleblower's opening statement. prosecutors did not follow the ordinary process, slow-walked the investigation and put in place unnecessary approval and roadblocks from reviewing the case. this is from gary shapley. supervisor that testified last month levelling the following accusation. prosecutors decided to conceal some evidence from the investigators. i have seen obstruction of the normal process. top democrat disagrees. jamie raskin saying the only political interference at play is taking place with donald trump and gop colleagues who continue full-scale attack. here is byron donald and jim jordan. >> joe biden and hunter biden have been lying for years. why did the department of justice slow walk and end investigations? were they politically motivated? i believe they were. >> who do you believe, the biden-garland justice department that says parents

. >> brian: lucas tomlinson will break it down. what are we to believe? be as eye-opening as oppenheimer movie. $10 million bribery scheme for hunter biden and joe biden. the informant said, don't worry, hunter will take care of the issues through his dad. the informant met with the head of burisma after president biden talked about the -- being corrupt. he didn't want to pay the bidens, he was pushed to pay them and coerced to make payments. asked why they wouldn't hire someone with more experience, he replied, quote, hunter biden was stupid, my dog was smarter, burisma hired hunter to protect us through his dad from problems. the informant is a ukrainian informant. the fbi releases this information puts the safety of the person at risk. the white house responding, it is remarkable republicans going after president biden regardless of truth continue to push claims that have been debunked for years. house oversight committee chairman james comer says this fbi information backs up his committee's investigation into the biden family business dealings and th

alicia: lucas tomlinson, thank you so much. griff?all right, returning now to the debate surrounding parents' rights, our top story there. let's bring in our political panel, with us today, marc lotter, former special to president trump, and scott bolton, former committee chair. there's so much to talk about from from trump to hunter to rfk jr., i want to get to him, but let's start with that parental rights case. we keep seeing these cases playing out, and it seems a no-brainer that parents should be notified on what the heck is going on with their kids. but yet it's not. so, scott, let me start with you. is this a vulnerable issue for democrats in statements where these -- states where these cases are playing out? >> i don't think so, because parents are parents first. remember, these are minors, if you will. you can't make decisions on behalf of the parents, the school board and what have you, you can't make these decisions. i don't know how you create an equation like this or a reg that says you don't have to tell the parents. i u

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. >> todd: lucas tomlinson has more. >> lucas: good morning, no one looking forward to august recess more than the dhs chief. chairman jim jordan has a few questions of his own writing to alejandro mayorkas, prior to your last appearance, we wrote to ask you to come to address the immigration policy and programs. during your last testimony last year, you were unable to provide specific data information and to this date, you have not provided substantive responses to questions from that hearing. see if mayorkas did his homework. republicans say they have enough, he perjurred himself and created condition for disaster on the southern border. >> i think alejandro mayorkas more than made the case for impeachment, he lied to me under oath, lied to senate under oaths, i think he lied to me under oath and made the case for impeachment. >> lucas: secretary mayorkas has been one of willful -- federal judge says it is a problem ruling tuesday biden administration asylum rules violate federal law. that policy white house claims helped bring down number of migrants since title 42 ended. this has

hunter's daughter, navy brit lucas tomlinson's live in washington d.c. with an update, lucas?d see other stock of the fireplace this about-face by the president coming weeks ps after near times columnist campus i went on but his grandchildren. the parts and officially recognize the seventh grandchild, navy just-in-time for a fifth birthday party next month. you recrecall jon hunter's guite navy 2014 for testing positive for cocaine. speaking of hunter heat attorney thought they were for quick court appearance in delaware late this week instead it stretches three hours the hearing unraveling the judge asked the prosecutor a simple question. the prosecutor answered yes a chain reaction ended with hunter being ordered to return to court next month to settle depleted of tax experts and most americans will be look at three -- five years in jail for the chargers s like the ones hunter faces they say a misdemeanor plea deal for concealing a millions of dollars of unpaid taxes to the u.s. government is simply not normal. >> these very same lawyers a couple of years ago prosecutor a fo

lucas tomlinson's live at the white house this evening, lucas.s present biden was in no mood to answer it wider collects questions about the president's reelection campaign or cocaine before he left for camp david this weekend. >> mr. president what are you returning to the campaign trail? who brought cocaine to the white house? >> it's been nearly two weeks since cocaine was discovered in the west wing your entry is used by visitors and staff causing the white house to be evacuated. the cocaine was found in a place where mobile phones and illegal medication gets dropped off by butthe secret service has closes investigation after drawing up a list of 500 suspects. but declined to interview any of them the spokesman said it would just take too long. that is unset accorded some republican lawmakers brick practices deeply frustrates the most secure locations in the world some of the best law enforcement officers in the road they don't have any answers because it's friday mentioned the large hall for the biden election campaign off the top $72 millio

arthel: lucas tomlinson, thank you lucas. eric: arthel come for republican congressman sits on the house oversight committee which will depose a devon archer tomorrow. she joins us in now. congresswoman welcome. what do you hope and what you hope the committee will hear from devon archer when he sits down with the committee tomorrow? price you know we are just trying to at the bottom of this and find out the truth for the american people. we are each going to have two hours and really what is going to happen his counsel at each side will run through that with devon. when you hear about all this rhetoric that goes back and forth, specifically in the side of the democrats where they're basically trying to say biden had no ties or any weight sold access to his father. when you see the evidence we've seen brought forward with it to the irs whistleblowers, whether to the fbi documents have been the fbi reject those documents or whether it is through testimony like this you realize this a president is indeed compromised. further it

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aishah: lucas tomlinson at the white house. thank you. griff: aishah and lucas, thank you.nd the world leaders joined for the n.a.t.o. summit and joined for ukraine although the war-ridden country was not admitted to n.a.t.o. and they reinforced their support. and here to break down the n.a.t.o. summit, a former obama state department official. kind of pick up where lucas left off, which in were certainly given a show of support, ukraine was, but not that formal invitation. i want to show you president zelenskyy's tweet that i think was so significant. he says this, during these two days of the summit, we have put to rest any doubts and ambiguities whether ukraine will be in n.a.t.o. it will. for the first time not only to do all allies agree on this, but sigma jort-- significant majority have been pushing, never before the words you are equal from all equals, sound meaningful and with our victory and to n.a.t.o. >> is president zelenskyy being too optimistic for this or do you think the path is clear now? >> it's interesting, president zelenskyy went into the meetings quit

lucas tomlinson live in washington with more on all of that, lucas. >> some of the evidence ziegler's allowed to see if the unclassified document from a ukrainian american informant alleging the head of ukrainian energy giant burisma paid joe biden and his son hunter a total of $10 million. >> you should be able to follow the evidence. we should be able to interview witnesses appeared we should be able to do all the proper procedures. i understand this was a politically sensitive case. but at the end of the day it was a matter of at the end of the date we weren't following all the evidence that we should have. ask the informant says the head of burisma told him he was coerced to pay joe biden and his quote stupid son hunter in order to get ukraine's top prosecutor fired was investigating the ukraine energy company pretty 2018 biden bragged about getting that prosecutor asked. >> will even six hours of prosecutors not fired for not not given the money. he got fired. the extent of the fbi document can be verified some of the said same thing about the steele dossier jon, room called dona

lucas tomlinson kicks things off for us right now. what's the latest? >> good afternoon, griff and aishah. white house officials say they hope to have this investigation wrapped up as early as early next week. we're not sure if we're going to hear about a list of suspects or somebody being arrested or charged, however. now, jean-pierre has been asked about the caper and this pointed question. >> i'm asking again, can we say once and for all, whether or not the cocaine belonged to the biden family. >> i was very clear when talking about this over and over again as i was being asked the question, as you know, and the media outlets reported this, the biden family was not here. so to ask that question is actually incredibly irresponsible and i'll just leave it there. >> the biden family including first son hunter, who admitted to using crack every 15 minutes did not leave until 6:30 p.m. on friday, june 30th, 48 hours before the dime sized bag of cocaine was found by secret service agent on a routine patrol. the cocaine was found on the ground floor of the

arthel: lucas tomlinson, thank you lucas. eric: it t to the controversy or country star jason aldean print you know we spoke from the stage last night. the backlash sh he is experiencg about that music video for the song trie try that in a small t. we are told fans a concert in cincinnati last night that it has been a long week. he says everyone is entitled to their own opinion. the video was pulled from country music television's rotation after critics claim promotes vigilante and violence. critics say it's racist it's getting footage of black lives matter. pushing back against that too. is life at the country under in twin lakes, wisconsin talking to concertgoers because mr. haldane will be performing there again tonight. >> last night in cincinnati was his first performance as a whole controversy erupted. he did not back down he fit to addaddress it head on what partf what he told the crowd is this it is been a long week i've seen a lot of stuff a lot of stuff suggesting this. what i am is a proud american. i love our coun

lucas tomlinson is back at the white house with all of the latest, lucas. >> arthel, the present heads to europe as treasury secretary is just wrapped up a visit to china but she is flying back right now. earlier senator jon spoke about that visit on "fox news sunday". >> joe biden is playing right into the hands of communist china. never again can we allow ourselves as a nation to be dependent upon them for any anything. i just see secretary yellen there bowing down repeatedly in china is embarrassing it's emblematic of this administration. >> this is what senator was referring to, secretary yellen bowing repeatedly as you see here does not look like the courtesy was reciprocated by our chinese communist counterpart though the senior treasury official tells reporters candidly while flying back to the united states there were no specific policy breakers in the visit. this was a follow-up to the recent visit by secretary of state which also had no breakthroughs. instead the west establish the official called a floor and the relation relationship and it made an economic team and hearing

let's get straight to lucas tomlinson with more on if the whistleblowers claims haven't proven false or discredited, lucas? >> arthel, so far no one has come forward to discredit those whistleblowers. on "sunday morning futures" the house of the judiciary committee asked the question many americans are asking, where did the biden family get all of its money for a man who first came to washington as a senator when richard nixon was president, and has not worked in the private sector since? >> or the biden zone to get the money? twenty different shell companies nine different biden's getting paid what was he service, ocs product, was the value? only logical explanation is his access to then vice president biden maybe even before then senator biden. >> just to recap the events over the past week, in case anyone was on vacation, arthel, to career irs agents have supervisor and deputy testified hunter biden received over $17 million from foreign sources. a date later and unclassified fbi document released by iowa senator chuck grassley claims a ukrainian american informant says the head at

lucas tomlinson live9 from the north lawn, thank you very much.hah: for more on all of this, let's bring in our political panel, matt hewland and jonathan cox, former communications director for senator joe manchin and a partner at capital council llc. welcome to the show, gentlemen. i hope you left your you know what at home. [laughter] we have the start with the cocaine issue, of course. karine jean-pierre getting a little bit of back hash from the press corps because she couldn't just say that this didn't belong to a biden family member. why was this so hard for her? >> i think she's just leaving it up to the secret service to investigate who actually did it. i imagine the secret service has a lot of tools at its hands. there's videotaping all over that place, they're going to have fingerprints. let the secret service handle this, let them issue the report, and if somebody brought cocaine in the white house, they're going to be penalized for it, probably a little bit of jail time depending on who it is. i assume there's somebody at home who kno

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august lucas tomlinson, thank you.ns are ramping up their investigation into claims the white house teamed up with big tech to censor information online for the house subcommittee on a weaponization of the federal government will question democratic presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr. as a witness this week. our next guest is a member of the subcommittee let's meet florida congressman greg steube. this is happening a week after trump appointed district judge said it is likely the biden administration and the white house colluded with big tech social media companies to violate people's first >> rights of free speech. one of those examples was robert f kennedy jr. who drink over 19 was very adamant about his anti- vaccine stances what the white house and by the administration said was covid-19 misinformation. what are the american people going to learn that is new or different on thursday and what to expect hear from him? what is going be a lot of talk about that decision and that missouri and one of the quotes f

arthel: lucas tomlinson, thank you.ric: the federal judges getting getting between the white house and social media companies. the justice has been blocked the biden administration from contacting big tech for this after missouri attorney andrew bailey sued. he claims the white house colluded with social media giants jute sensor post he told fox news earlier today the suit is necessary to protect the virtual public square. >> i mean the fact the biden white house and the department of justice are fighting this wall of separation ring tech and say that only applies to protected speech, really question what evidence is a fact they are committed to future violations of first mimic rights as are the important. we've got to keep fighting to protect the open -- free, fair, open debate. eric: what about the suit, keith propp is a former under secretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment and chairman of the institute for tech diplomacy at purdue university. welcome. you certainly know a lot about tech and

lucas tomlinson tracking it all from washington. hey, lucas. >> reporter: hey, neil.dent biden starting his vacation first in maine peek at a tex file factory to boast about the economy and make the polling -- following claim about inflation: >> -- suggested republicans may have to find something else to criticize me for now that inflation is coming down. maybe they'll decide to impeach me because it's coming down, i don't know. i love that one. >> reporter: now, economists pushed back saying inflation is not coming down, it's still increasing just at at a decreased rate as this chart shows. inflation was up 3% last month compare to the year before when it was up 9%. and anyone who goes to the grocery store knows food prices continue to increase and fuel prices are now at an 8-month high. americans owe $1 trillion in credit card debt. the vice president speaking across the country with a different message, acknowledging the hardship many americans are facing. >> most americans are a $400 unexpected expense away from bankruptcy. >> reporter: speak of hardship, hunter b

now, we have lucas tomlinson digging into this. he's live in washington with the latest. we know why the president is acknowledging his granddaughter now? >> well, molly, she does celebrate a birthday next month. she will be turning 5. perhaps that's the reason. or it follows of course that "new york times" column earlier this month telling the president to count to 7. the president did an about face yesterday officially recognizing the 7th grand child in a proclamation to people magazine about hunter's out of wedlock child navy. that means we could see a seventh stocking above the fireplace at the white house at christmas. the president saying quote our son hunter and navy's mother london are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interest of their daughter, preserving their privacy as much as possible going forward. this is not a political issue. it is a family matter. jill and i only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including navy. now, recall hunter was kicked out of the navy in 2014 for testing positive for cocaine. navy's mother

lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with more. hey, lucas. >> reporter: hey, griff.s we just learned from alex's piece, that $72 million that the biden campaign has hauled in, that's about twice as much as the trump campaign and blew away all the other republican candidates as well, though it's notable that $72 million is not as much as a trump -- as trump raised back at this point in 2019 and also obama in 2011. so what does this mean? in this means the biden campaign says they now have $77 million cashin on hand. i think that'll buy a few tv ads. if president biden was not oversees -- overseas this week, he likely would have taken a victory lap at the white house. one of his top economic advisers sounded pretty optimistic. >> people are back in jobs, and it's going to take a while for people to feel really confident. but if you look at how people feel about their own personal finances, you know, they've got better balance sheets, better earnings and their own view of their own situation is pretty positive. and it might take a little while for them to see that in th

. >> lawrence: lucas tomlinson is live at the white house to break it all down for us. lucas? >> good evening, steve, ainsley and lawrence. so much for that sweetheart plea deal. this case all seemed to unravel like a national's park when the rockies were up 4-1 in the bottom of the ninth. everyone thought was over like plea deal proforma. when the judge asked one simple question to the prosecution is this criminal investigation to hunter biden over? the prosecutor said no. and then the judge replied, quote: i have concerns about the agreement. i can't let him plead to something if he thinks he has protection from something and he doesn't. now here at the white house karine jean-pierre refused to weigh in directly and responded with this. >> hunter biden is a private citizen. and this was a personal matter for him. as we have said, the president, the first lady, they love their son. and they support him as he continues to rebuild his life. >> so this plea deal is not over. hunter entering a not guilty plea. he could change it to a guilty plea when both parties return to that c

hunter's daughter for the first time in public writ lucas tomlinson live in washington with more. >>rthel the pressure has been mounting since the column in the "new york times" imploring president biden to count to seven when talking about his grandchildren. now, weeks before it little navy's fifth birthday present biden acknowledging her existence this means there's likely to be another stocking hung up over the fireplace at the white house this christmas before heading to the beach president biden spoke in a textile plant in maine we boast about the economy, now across the country vice president appeared to have a little bit more of a bleak outlook. what's earlier this week the "washington post" suggested republicans may have to find something else to criticize me for. now that inflation is coming down but maybe they will find a news piece because it's coming down a love that one. >> most americans a arthel hundd dollar unexpected expense from bankruptcy. >> economist dispute present they say inflation is not going down so going up. but at a decreased rate. got it gas is at an eig

. ♪ we will be following all this very close to correspondent lucas tomlinson live at the white house as insight from foreign policy expert. we begin today with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich in london with details on biden's visit, hi jackie. it's bill, the present speed with king charles will focus on climates. biden is a bigger lift of both in london and again at the nato summit in lithuania it will be justifying his decision to provide cluster bombs to ukraine which are banned by more than 120 countries. we are not signatories of that agreement. but it took me a while to be convinced to do it. the main thing is they have weapons to stop the russians now to keep them from stopping the ukrainian offensive to these areas. or they don't. and i think they needed them progress a key factor in the decision russia has been using cluster bombs on ukrainian soil since the beginning of the invasion. the land will need to be de- mind anyway ukraine also committed to postwar cleanup and u.s. officials point out they have huge incentive to mitigate risk to their own people. the move

thank you very much, lucas tomlinson. he has a great sense of humor. all right. to go to amy barnes on all of this, messenger, chief white house correspondent. despite those distinctions that lucas pointed out, the fact of the matter is when i talk to administration officials including jared bernstein, the council of economic advisers' chair, he is saying the trend is their friend, and they're jumping on this improvement, 12 straight months of improving inflation numbers and that by election day it's possible we could be back to where we were if not lower. that's what they're hoping anyway, and time is on their side. they've got, you know, they've got some time before the election. what do you think of that? >> well, i think, obviously, they're going to -- and lucas was right, if president biden was in town this week, you would see him taking a rickety lap of sorts. -- victory lap of sources. polls indicate, lots of them, every single one indicates that americans are still sour on the economy. and that is a weak spot for the president. and that's why you see him

lucas tomlinson is live with that developing story. hi, lucas. >> reporter: hi, aishah. >>.st, some breaking news this morning. on "sunday morning futures," maria bartiromo exclusively obtaining a letter about devon archer just one day before he's supposed to appear before the house oversight committee. the republican chairman of the committee, james comer, says this letter's an attempt at intimidating his witness. the justice department wants archer to surrender to be put in prison. he was sentenced last year for swindling a native american tribe out of $60 million in bonds. the letter from the justice department reads in part, quote, the government writes to apprise the court of the status of the defendant deafen deafen arch ear's appeal of his judgment for conviction and request the court set a surrender iser date to to commence his term of imprisonment. now, james comer appeared on "sunday morning futures" earlier and spock about this letter. >> the letter from the department of justice is trying to nudge the judge to go ahead and sentence devon archer for something unre

thank you very much, lucas tomlinson.t to go to john yu right now, by the way, outsandinging author. -- outstanding author. the one i just it shoulded is politically incorrect guide to the supreme court. participants of it -- parts of it are laugh out loud funny. john, very good to the see to you. one of the things you point out here, you know, this notion that politicians can come and go, but in the meantime, it's the courts that are a back with drop for all of this -- backdrop for all of this. the counts, meantime -- courts, meantime, are going to be very involved with what happens with donald j. trump, potentially involved with joe biden regarding hunter biden. that seems less likely. but i did want to get your thoughts on the timeline for some of these investigations or at least trials. the may 24 trial scheduled for donald trump on the classified documents thing, that's smack dab in the middle of the primaries. by then, ostensibly he could be the nominee of the republican party. he could have a -- acquired enough del

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. >> todd: lucas tomlinson joins us with the latest >> lucas: president biden will sit down with president zelenskyy today to discuss joining the alliance. question, first is weapon packages for supporting our army on the battlefield. the second, invitation to nato, security measures will allow, the sword will speak today and fight for this, security guarantee on the way to nato. >> lucas: month-long stalemate and russian troops occupy 20% of the country. >> there is reform, governance, political refrain and we understand it is hard to work on that when you are at war. nato membership in the immediate future is not likely, that would put nato at war with russia. >> lucas: president zelenskyy firing back, it is unprecedented and absurd. vague wording about conditions is added, even for inviting ukraine, seems there is no r readiness to invite ukraine to nato. nikki haley don't see nato make mistakes it made in 2008 when nato welcomed ukraine to join, but did not agree on a timeline, paving the way for putin to invade georgia months later and then ukraine in 2014. >> they are missing the exa

. >> carley: lucas tomlinson has more. >> lucas: off to visit finland, which borders russia.en spoke before thousand at a university in lithuania. >> president biden: we will not waiver. we will not waiver. [applause] >> president biden: i mean that, our commitment to ukraine will not weaken, stand today, tomorrow and for as long as it takes. >> lucas: it is notable biden never used the word win when talking about the war. this war has ground to a stalemate. russia occupies 20% of the country. since russia launched full-scale invasion, u.s. has given ukraine 80 billion in aid. over 2000 stinger surface air missiles to destroy russian aircraft and javelin missiles, artillery rounds which led to a shortage in the u.s. stockpile. president biden is sending -- along the frontline stretching from eastern to southern ukraine and sending 20 soviet -- the nato summit did not end without a gaffe from president biden. he confused name of the ukraine president with the russian president. last night south dakota governor says president biden is showing his age. >> i watch the summits and

. >> ainsley: lucas tomlinson live at the white house to tell us more, hi, lucas. >> lucas: president long denied he spoke to his son about business dealings, that is being refuted by miranda devine, writing, hunter biden would dial into his father then vice president on business meeting phone calling from devin archer, the first son's former best friend. archer is facing jail time for bond fraud and expected to testify about meetings he witnessed that were ashgsz tend by joe biden when hunter biden would introduce him to foreign business partners or perspective partners. they wanted more serious charges for hunter biden. agents say they never saw the fbi document from informant saying joe biden and hunter biden each received 5 million from head of the ukrainian energy company and ordered to get ukraine's top prosecutor fired. the irs agents say they were not allowed to interview the first family. here is jim jordan. >> i think we are at final stage of this whole thing, who are you going to believe? the two whistleblowers whose testimony has been consistent or the garland-biden admini

. >> lawrence: lucas tomlinson is live at the courthouse. >> lucas: thank you, this was supposed to beive minute pro-forma deal and it stretched three hours. just getting word from our colleague jake gibson, both parties have 30 days to come up with written responses to her question. this was supposed to take five minutes, the case starting unravelling when the judge asked the prosecution, is this criminal investigation in the president's son over? the prosecution said it isn't. the judge did not let him plea if he thinks he has protection from something and he doesn't. karine jean-pierre added the following. >> hunter biden is a private citizen and this was a personal matter for him. as we have said, the president, the first lady, they love their son and support him as he continues to rebuild his life. >> lucas: the plea deal is not over, hunter could enter a guilty plea 30 days from today, two days after fox hosts the first gop presidential debate in milwaukee. the terms hunter musts look for a job, not possess weapons, not use alcohol, not use narcotics and permit to testing of subs

facing extreme heat conditions dealing with soaring prices that come with those temperatures, lucas tomlinson has more from the white house. >> seven years since the nation's capital touched triple digits. might be happening, the heatwave enveloped the country, the president received a briefing with folks today. mark meredith head that way. some are blaming republicans for the heatwave. hillary clinton tweeting the following, quote, hot enough for you? thank are himage a republican or better yet, vote them out of office. karine jean-pierre outlined the events of today. >> this president, to deal with a crisis currently same. a couple things to help the community deal with different extremes. extreme weather, a cooling center. >> the cooling centers -- >> as far as where the cooling center is, for all of you to share. >> reporter: for americans, cranking up the air conditioning they can, 50% of the power comes from, and and the national oceanic and abbott circuit been astray should is investing $7 million from president biden's inflation reduction act to improve the nation's weather forecast,

lucas tomlinson at the white house with more, lucas. >> let's go back how the week started. president zelenskyy was angry and fired off a tweet he was angry there was not much more concrete steps to join n.a.t.o. we heard president biden language without a firm date and president biden later spoke in helsinki and hinted the war could be over soon. >> the answer is, putin has already lost the war and my hope and expectation that ukraine makes significant progress on their offensive and that it generates a negotiated settlement somewhere along the line. >> the best possible solution would be some sort of negotiated settlement, as you heard the president talk about, but everybody realizes, dana, that's not possible right now. >> some u.s. officials privately called this war a stalemate. the front lines have not changed significantly, neil, since last november, despite billions of dollars in western arms and ammunition, mostly from the united states. russia still occupies, as you can see here, about 20% of ukraine. president biden's call for negotiated settlement likely to irk m

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lucas tomlinson is there with all the details, lucas.t's white house officials say the secret service hopes to have the investigation to this cocaine here at the white house wrapped up early next week. they are tempering expectations or they might not be producing a list of suspects. all week the white house has been dogged with questions about where did this cocaine come from? white house press secretary is a notable she could not rule out the biden family when asked the following question. >> i am just asking again can you say it once and for all whether or not the cocaine belong to the biden family? what sends a very clear two days ago when talking about this and going over it again as i was being asked a question. as you know immediate outlets reported this the biden family was not here. to ask that question is incredibly irresponsible. and i'll just leave it there. >> the trident family son hunter admitted in his memoir to using crack cocaine at one point in his life every 15 minutes, did not leave the white house for camp david unt

investigation into the cocaine found at the white house without naming a suspect but let's go to lucas tomlinsont the white house with more details, lucas. >> of the president biden was in no mood to answer reporters questions about his reelection campaign or cocaine before leaving this weekend at camp david. >> mr. president when are you returning to the campaign trail? >> who brought cocaine to the white house? >> it has been nearly two weeks since cocaine was discovered in the west w when you're in entris used by visitors and staff. the secret service as you mention, arthel, closes investigation of the drawing up a list of 500 suspects but declined to interview any of them they said it would take too long according to a spokesman for that is according to some republican lawmakers. >> is deeply frustrated as with most secure locations in the world how best law enforcement officers in the world and they don't have any answers? >> he moshi larch hall off the top $72 million now the biden team has $77 million cash on hand despite not having a reelection campaign headquarters, perhaps saving a few

lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with more. >> might come officials say that investigationo who brought cocaine here to the white house can be wrapped up as soon as early next week. some officials say the suspect might not ever be found here is exchange with karine jean-pierre and reporter from the "new york post" got a little heated yesterday. >> and just ask again and said can you say once and for all whether or not the cocaine belong to the biden family? >> i have been very clear i was cleared two days ago when talking about this over and over again as i was being asked a question as you know in media outlets reported this the biden family was not here so to ask that question is actually incredibly irresponsible. and i will just leave it there. former justice department lawyer and now that heritage said that's exactly the question should be asked. >> she is the one who is irresponsible and not giving a direct answer for it is very simple to come out and say no member of the biden family had anything to do with this coc cocaine. and the white house intends to ensure that

lucas tomlinson live at the white house with more. >> president biden has long denied he spoke to his son about his overseas business dealings. the claim is being refuted by "new york post" columnist miranda devine writing hunter biden would dial into his father, then vice president joe biden on speakerphone to meetings with overseas business partners. according to testimony expected before congress this week from devon archer. the first son's former best friend. he is facing jail for his role in a $60 million bond fraud is scheduled to testify to the house oversight committee. last week two i.r.s. agents testified they wanted more serious felony charges lev eled against hunter biden. they never saw the f.b.i. document alleging joe biden and hunter echt received $5 mill from the head. ukrainian energy company to get ukraine's top prosecutor fired who was investigating the company. agents were not allowed to interview the family and say hunter was tipped off during a key search during the investigation. jim jordan yesterday. >> i think the important final stage at this whole thing whic

lucas tomlinson is in washington with all the details on this developing story. >> eric, the new fbicument comes from a ukrainian american informant who claims that both joe biden and his son received $10 million to get ukraine's top prosecutor fired after the same energy company that hunter sat on the board on. this alleged scheme took place when joe biden was vice president. as i mentioned his son set on the same ukraine energy board which is under investigation by ukraine's top prosecutor. earlier this week the irs whistleblowers claimed hunter received even more money, $17 million from foreign sources outside of ukraine. hunter did not pay enough taxes on that by a longshot. claimant b whistleblowers push forward for more serious charges, felony charges evaporator public on the house oversight committee says nobody is denyi denied the existence oe payments. >> they were stonewalled and doing their job. not one single democrat that threw darts at them during this whole hearing which lasted many hours. none of them attacked the substance and credibility but they had to say. >> agen

lucas tomlinson has more from the white house. all right, lucas, now what?is was supposed to be just a 5-minute pro forma, quick in and out deal, and instead this hearing lasted over 3 hours. the whole deal began to unravel when the judge asked a very simple question of the prosecution, is the president's son still urn criminal investigation, and the prosecutor said, yes. the judge replied, quote, i have confirmed -- i have concerns about the agreement. i can't let him plea to something if he thinks he has protection from manager and he doesn't. now, here at the white house katrina jean-pierre said the -- karine jean-pierre said the following: >> hunter biden is a private citizen, and this was a personal matter for him. as we have said, the president, the first lady, they love harrison and they support him ay support him as he continues to rebuild his life. >> reporter: so hunter's plea deal is not over. hunter switched his plea to not guilty which was not the plan walking into the courtroom. he can still change that back to a guilty plea when both parties r

. >> ainsley: lucas tomlinson is here to breaker it all down for us. lucas?ng, lawrence, ainsley and brian. explosive allegation from iowa senator chuck grassley releasing an fbi informant document alleging a $10 million bribery scheme against president biden and his son hunter who is a board member of the ukrainian energy company burisma the informant said, quote: don't worry, hunter will take care of all of those issues through his dad. in 2016, the informant met with krzyzewski the head of burisma after biden had made statement about victor shokin being corrupt and that he should be removed from was o. the informant secretary of state krzyzewski, quote: didn't want to pay the bidens and he was pushed to pay them. he has many text messages and recordings that show he was coerced to make payments. asked why krzyzewski wouldn't hire someone with more experience in the oil and gas market, the informant said krzyzewski replied, quote: hunter biden was stupid. my dog was smarter. burisma hired hunter to protect us through his dad from all kinds of problems. gras

cat tomlinson is live in washington following all of this for us. hey, lucaster: the president's announcement welcoming his seventh grandchild into the family just in time for little navy to celebrate her 5th birthday next month. her mother used to be a dancer here in washington. that means we could see another stocking hanging above the fireplace this christmas. here's a photo from the white house last year. president biden spoke in maine at a textile factory boasting about the the economy, but thousands of miles away not far from where bill melugin was speaking, biden's vice president offered a much bleaker economic message. >> earlier this week "the washington post" suggested republicans may have to find something else to criticize me for now that inflation is coming down. maybe they'll decide to impeach me because it's coming down, i don't know. i love that one. >> most americans are a $400 unexpected expense away from bankruptcy. >> reporter: economists dispute president's claim saying inflation is going down. many people say it's still going up, it's jus

lucas tomlinson is life at the white house with more on all of this. >> i felt north korea launched intercontinentallistic missile and that nato settlement which went unnoticed in the west. however the top u.s. south korean and japanese generals are meeting in hawaii, they certainly noticed it might have been a signal to them. of course all eyes were on ukraine last week. a few hours ago president biden's national security adviser says ukraine will be able to join nato eventually. >> ukraine future is in nato period. no qualifications, no negotiations with anyone. it is going to happen. having ukraine came come into no while the wars going on would mean nato is at war with russia. >> vladimir putin knows as long as he has soldiers in ukraine it will never be able to join nato for that's what experts say this or could rage on for years. right now u.s. officials are calling the war stalemates. those doug and russian troops on the front lines. but russian forces still occupy 20% of the country. earlier today asked republican congressman bryant fitzpatrick k this key question. biden has too reticent? >>

lucas tomlinson has that from the white house tonight. >> reporter: well, good evening, tammy.on archer is expected to offer new details tomorrow morning about meetings he claims he witnessed where both hunter and his father attended together either in person or over the phone. on "sunday morning futures," the republican chairman of the house oversight committee claims the justice department is trying to intimidate his witness by ordering archer to surrender and bin a prison sentence in a separate matter. >> it's odd that it was or issued on a saturday, and it's odd that it's right before he's scheduled to come in to have an opportunity to speak in front of the house oversight committee and tell the american people the truth about what really went on with burisma. >> reporter: last year archer was sentenced to a year and a a day in jail for swindling a native american tribe out of $60 million many bonds. a judge ordered archer to pay more than $15 million in forfeiture and more than $43 million in restitution along with his fellow co-defendants. last month he lost his appeal to

versus go to lucas tomlinson who is live in washington with the very latest on all of this, lucas? >> good afternoon eric pretending morning futures this morning, maria exclusively obtained a letter from the justice department one day before devon archer hunter's business partner of the burisma outlining what james comer says is intimidation of his witness for the justice department wants archer to surrender to be put in prison as soon as possible potentially derailing his appearance before commerce oversight committee tomorrow in the closed-door session. >> a letter from the department of justice trying to nudge the judge to go ahead and sentence devon archer for something unrelated to what we are going to be talking to him about tomorrow. it is all that it was issued on a saturday its audit it is right before he is scheduled to come in to have an opportunity to speak in front of the house oversight committee and tell the american people the truth about what really went on with burisma. so i don't know what this is a coincidence or this is another example of the weaponization of t

lucas tomlinson live at the white house with more precooked straw on the fbi documents of the bidenseceived $10 million according to the informant on "sunday morning futures." republican chairman of house judiciary committee asked the question many americans are asking. where did the bidens get all this money for mandy first came to washington as a senator went richard nixon was president? he is no never worked in the private sector sensor. >> were the bidens or to get the money question for 20 different shell companies nine different bidens getting paid, was a service question customer ghostt customer was a was the value question really logical -isms access to then vice president biden. maybe even before that senator biden. >> note to recap event late last week to career irs agent supervisor and his deputy testified hunter biden received over $17 million from foreign sources. ththere blocked from bringing felony charges by the chain of command fox news legal team waiting on these accusations. >> it appears it may have been political interference from political appointees within the