if that was the case, then merrick garland, this is he would be in big trouble and could go to jail. ch, garland went to congress and says the investigation was free from political interference, maybe it didn't reach his desk. that was this past march. the irs has been investigating for a long time. irs finished the investigation a year ago, fbi finished theirs a year ago, there is word there is growing frustration within the fbi because their work was completed a year ago. possible charges, two misdemeanor charges for failure to file charges, one felony count for tax evasion and one related to a gun purchase. if he is charged is yet to be determined. the cia information, what happened was the post released that hunter biden laptop story before the election. behind the scenes, it appears the biden campaign is panicking, antony blinken and joe biden go to the intel community, they had close buddies in the intel community and they say, gather your people, head of the cia, acting cia director, sign this letter and we need 51 signatures on this letter. if your boss said to sign this lette

i didn't think merrick garland wanted to be here.low rolling this investigation from the beginning and he was pushed into putting jack smith, a pit bull, in charge of the investigation only because donald trump committed an unforced error. he announced for president so early to try to intimidate merrick garland, to try to dissuade him. >> well, it worked merrick garland hasn't touched any of the trump cases. >> he put jack smith in charge instead of a person being a bit timid in merrick garland, you've got this bulldog in jack smith who is ready to go if merrick garland declines to prosecute, he has to explain it. there's got to be a report and the public will know is that the legacy he wants. >> next to the shelf on the mueller report people have been investigating trump and finding criminality for seven years now. what do you think the stakes are of jack smith's work and merrick garland's treatment of it? >> i would just add that what we saw last week is that trump had one of his best fund-raising weeks since he left the oval so i

as for merrick garland, there are only two possibility.either knowingly died or he was utterly oblivious when two of his u.s. attorneys that report to him who were appointed by joe biden, according to the whistleblower, blocked the plan criminal charges against hunter biden. look at the moorthy's investigators and the house oversight committee examine these 162 -- 170 suspicious activity reports, banking records, the more shocked and appalled that they are if hunter biden is only charged with two misdemeanors and two felonies, that will be the sweetheart deal of the century. i would take those four crimes and multiply them by a factor of 10 or 20. every single transaction, every wire transfer that goes into a biden family account, if it is influence peddling and money laundering as it appears to be those are set for crimes. you are talking about potentially hundreds of crimes here. we will have to wait and see how this works out. but i guarantee you the more thatthat the house investigatorg into this, the more they are going to find influe

that would be merrick garland to act upon any recommendation and garland will have at his disposal. prosecutorial discretion. when a g garland appointed jack smith, he said that smith would not be subject to the day to day supervision of any official at doj. but will merrick garland feel obligated to follow smith's recommendation? here's what the code of federal regulations says about the powers of a special counsel. the special counsel shall not be the subject to day to day supervision of any department of the department. however the attorney general may request that the special counsel provide an explanation for any investigative or prosecutorial step, and may after review concluded that the action is so inappropriate. or unwarranted under established departmental practices that it should not be pursued. in conducting that review. the attorney general will give great weight to the views of the special counsel. well, what exactly does that mean? perhaps that the a g will go along with the special counsel unless he finds such a prosecutorial step to be so inappropriate. or unwarrant

but why is it that when attorney general merrick garland took the rains as the doj that the sdny didn'ttinue its investigation? it speaks to how the political doj has become when i say political, i do not mean that in a partisan sense but rather in a sense they do seem to be acting with the political risks in mind. because there really was no reason for the southern district of new york to not pursue this case trump was out of office. he was not a candidate, just a u.s. citizen like you or me. the only reason not to pursue it, as i can see it, was some reticence on their part to pursue trump in particular and it is hard to argue that that would have been the case with any other former politician and that brings us to where we are today. where it has been left to local prosecutors to pick up the pieces of the case doing what the doj and the sndy should have done from the start. joining me now is andrew weissman, former fbi general counsel and former senior member of the mueller probe andrew, it's so great to see you in person. >> yes. >> so, last night when we were on our big set and all

attorney general merrick garland accused of interfering in the hunter biden investigation. that would be obstruction of justice at the highest level. the biden re-election campaign will have to deal with this. separately, the former cia chief helped organize a letter from intelligence professionals calling the hunter biden laptop the story, quote, russian disinformation. it was nothing of the sort. but biden used the bogus letter to slime trump. to the markets, a little price movement for stocks at least in the early going, dow up maybe 50, nasdaq down about 15. same with interest rates, not that much change. i've got the yield of 10-year treasury still just above 3.5%. as for the 2-year treasury, i think it's just above 4%, 4.11 as we speak. bitcoin hanging around $28,000, it's at 28,1, to be precise. etherium just under two grand. watch teslad to. some shareholders are asking the tesla board to the rein in elon musk. they're not happy that tesla's value has dropped $600 billion. musk responded saying, quote: tesla is executing better than ever. end quote. the stock is up

if it is true, what could be the fallout for merrick garland?ant and it's very concerning that the attorney general of the united states would be putting his thumb on the scale of an investigation. these investigations are typically handled by the professionals at the department of justice and merrick garland as you saw there told us that he was not interfering and was not going to interfere but it's very clear as this whistle blower's testimony is coming to light and bestill have a lot -- we still have a lot more to learn in this regard, but it is obvious to me that this case is not being treated in regular order. that was one of the things i made sure while i was attorney general to emphasize was how we were going to follow regular order. we weren't going to cut corners, weren't going to take exceptions in cases and we were just going to follow the facts and the law. i think this whistle blower will tell us that the biden administration through merrick garland is running interference for hunter biden trying to keep him out of trouble. will: ma

attorneys appointed by joe biden answerable to merrick garland came forward and stop to the criminal prosecution of hunter biden over his influence peddling schemes that implicate the president of the united states. that is if it's done for a corrupt purpose, political favoritism. political interference. that is obstruction of justice. >> do you see this going anywhere, larry? >> i do. this is not the only whistleblower. they are going to be several going forward. whether or not the non-fox media will give a rip. the answer is they won't. cnn and msnbc, i watch it often. this is probably the most corrupt information i've seen in my lifetime. the trump family had one fraction of this kind of filth on them, it would be nonstop on the non-fox networks. the question is whether or not the rest of the country knows about it. all too sadly is they don't. >> favorable treatment from merrick garland will be the last word here. tony blinken gets 51 former intel guys to lie to the american people about the laptop of hunter biden. they are all going to get away with it. they will all get away wi

did merrick garland cover the biden family? will there be an investigation into tony blinken who organized the 51 intel agents, former intel officials to go out and say something they couldn't possibly know to be true about the laptop of hunter biden. there is a cover up there. why did the fbi go to big tech in the months leading up to the 2020 election and warned them that they might be subject to the misinformation campaigns and it may be about joe and hunter biden. of course the story broke and "the new york post" and it got censored. the american people were not told the truth and it was a high-level effort by biden's top effort to do this. >> yes to all of the above, the fix is in, obstruction of justice by the department of justice. how else do you explain an absurd five year long criminal investigation in the face of a plethora of incriminating evidence on the laptop alone, not to mention many of hunter biden's partners who can implicate as well -- >> sean: last week it was nine and now we are up to over a dozen family m

when merrick garland came in with the biden administration, he took david weiss on and said i will have him run this investigation to give it a modicum of impartiality. it is not affect the biden administration is directing -- so it does not look like the biden administration is directing it. and mixes of instances, like in tax cases, -- in specific instances, like tax cases, they have to get specific signoff. but they do not need the attorney general to sign off. host: tanning signs they are closer to an indictment or otherwise -- any signs they are closer to an indictment or otherwise? guest: we have to assume they are close. some agents involved believe they have enough to charge him. there has been a bit of a delay. fescue desert between various other factors -- prosecutors are weighing various other factors. going back to 2018,, we have an election that it will be underway soon. we have to assume this will be resolved and we will see a decision made soon. host: our guest is a senior reporter for the wall street journal. her regular beat is national security, the fbi, the justice de

we believe that person is the ag, merrick garland. according to the whistle-blower hunter is receiving preferential treatment, in other words, hunter's criminal case is being mishandled, swept under the rug apparently, keep in mind the whistle-blower is not a political person. he or she gains nothing from coming forward except probably abuse on fake news cnn and msdnc. but is choosing to do the right thing. here's the whistle-blower's attorney earlier today on with bottom line bret baier. >> my client is not coming here with a political agenda. >> he has been at the irs a long time. >> been at the irs more than ten years, now he is a supervisor, special agent. he is trusted at the irs. he has been trusted as an assistant special agent in charge in other cities, entrusted with international investigations and working with other countries' tax enforcement burst. >> sean: he is doing the right thing through appropriate channels. hunter biden's attorney is threatening the whistle-blower, accusing him of committing a crime simply for comin

. >> here's merrick garland. >> lisa monaco, and fbi director paul bate. department arrested jack douglas tecira. an employee of the united states air force national guard fbi agents took him into custody earlier this afternoon without incident he will have an initial appearance at the u.s. district court for the district of massachusetts. i want to thank the fbi justice department prosecutors and our colleagues at the department of defense for their diligent work on this case this investigation is ongoing, we will share more information at the appropriate time. >> that's it, no questions for the attorney general basically con confirming what we already knew we knew the name of him. we knew how old he was certainly nbc news, "new york times," lots of other agencies have a lot more reporting on this what do you make of that brief statement? >> the attorney general was reading from a prompter. it was a carefully crafted statement. short and to the point, and he did not take any questions again, i think the strategy here, just, you know, from the outside look

we are now hearing doj merrick garland will be speaking shortly. hat do you want to hear from a.g. garland? >> number one, how about some human emotion, outrage it could take place. immediate overhaul and the committee named to take a look at the series of events that brought us to this moment and accomplish chelsea manning, a different first name and different gender, he got pardoned by president obama after giving up secrets and embarrassed the nation ten years, and just as we get some credibility back, edward snowden thought he would do the behavior and give up all of it, and escape to a communist country, russia. time and time again, america is caught with their pants down. we can get the intelligence, can't hold it. unacceptable through three administration's. >> sandra: thank you for joining us as we look at the video where the arrest was just made and david spunt from the justice department. what can you tell us? >> we are waiting to get more updates from fbi officials and to hear more about what happened, that is going to be happening moment

merrick garland, all of the biden administration is not working.e asked them to pay attention to come down and not just look at who is crossing over, but asked him to pay attention to the families that live there and endure this every single day. we're there, we feel it, we see it. it is just everywhere in all of south texas and in our hometown it is everywhere. we need his help and leadership and need him to step up to the plate and own up to his role. >> ashley: you both lost your mother maria and elisa, you lost your daughter emilia. there is a picture of your beautiful daughter, she was in second great. you heard gin talking about. you are begging for help. when you ask him for help and say these things and want security at the border, what does he say to you? >> i went in there and i was blunt and honest and shared graphic images of my daughter that i hadn't shared with anyone. it wasn't just to show him, but to make him realize we are feeling this. i should not have had to bury my little girl and seen her covered in blood. i should not have h

we believe that person is the ag merrick garland. now, accordingrdin the whistleblower, hunter is receiving preferential treatment in other words, on his criminal case is being mishandled, swept under the rug, apparently. and keep in mindnd,e-blow the whistleblower is not pol person.blower is not he or she gains nothing frompt coming forward, except probablyn abuse on fake news, cnn and msnbc. but is still choosing to dot the right thing. now, here'ing.s the whistleblows attorney earlier today on with bret. >> take a lookr toda. >> but my client wants to come forward. he's not a political person. ttom linhe's not a social mediam he's not coming here with at coi political agenda. he's been at the irs for a longe time. he's been at the irsn i forrs r more than 10 years. s and now he's a supervisoryrviso special agent. he's entrusted at the irs.uste he's been trusted as an assistant special agent in charge and other cities and trusted with international investigation. trusted and working with other countries, tax enforcement bureaus. >>

needs to sign off on it. >> the final decision is merrick garland's, but he has made it verynless there is some extraordinary misconduct on the part of the special counsel, something that undermines the plausibility of a recommendation to indict is not going to upset that recommendation and conversely, if a special counsel doesn't decide to indict merrick garland, we know for sure, is not going to override him. although the final signoff is going to be in merrick garland's hands, the decision is ultimately going to be made for jack smith, and i'm quite confident, given how he has proceeded that the law are going to make it clear that if you don't have an indictment here, that means that no insurrection will ever be held accountable. no attempt at coup, and the country cannot survive that, jack smith knows it, and in the end, merrick garland knows it. >> appreciate your time, thank you. still ahead, new questions about president biden's age, as he announces his second bid for the white house, republicans claimant, what they are calling a cheat sheet at a press event this week

so although the final sign off is going to be in merrick garland's hands, the decision is ultimatelysmith. and i'm quite confident given how he's proceeded that since the facts and the law are going to make it clear that -- that if you don't have an indictment here, that means that no insurrection will ever be held accountable, no attempt to coup. and the country can't survive that. and i think jack smith knows it, and i think in the end merrick garland knows it. >> laurence tribe, appreciate your time. thank you. >>> still ahead new questions about president biden's age and his ability to serve as he announces a second bid for the white house. this as republicans are saying he had what they're calling a cheat sheet due to in part his age. and what dr. sanjay gupta says about the president and all of our cognitive abililities as we age. ♪ ♪ get $1500 purchase allowance on a 2023 cadillac xt5 and xt6. ♪ visit your local cadillac dealer today. ♪ great estimations ♪ interesting piece. let me bring in my expert. mmm... so many scratches... oh those are from my car keys. such a rich histo

and really, if merrick garland doesn't know that he is not doing his job properly. the attorney general of the united states can't commit crimes by definition. that's got to be the end of him as our attorney general, i would think. >> it would be if you could prove it. all these people are clever. they have plausible deniability, layer upon layer in which they can pretend they don't know what's happened. that's what biden's entire business model is all about. his relatives go and get the bribes and he pretends he doesn't know about it. >> such a smart point. thank you so much for that summary tonight. we'll be talking again i hope. thank you. >> thank you. >> by the way, should say based on something miranda pointed out for all of the grouching we've done about the republican congress, it has been chuck grassley of iowa, ron johnson of wisconsin, two republican senators who have been honest from the beginning. they're the ones that pushed the doj to answer the question. has nick mcwade recused himself from the hunter biden investigation. never got an answer as far a

the way things have proceeded this year in that early juncture i do want to take up for what merrick garland did as attorney general just a little bit. i'm sure this will get me criticized, but there is some value in a prosecution in letting some time go by, in letting some of the evidence marinate, because you do find witnesses like cassidy hutchinson who have come forward. she midnight not have come forward march 2021 sometimes something comes across your email at midnight, a great tip, only because someone's been watching an investigation move forward, and they decide to help so it's tough to evaluate. >> joyce vance, mike schmidt, rick stengle, thank you all so much for sticking around and having a conversation none of us planned on having when we got to this table today our breaking news coverage continues now on "the beat" with ari melber ari, has there been a day this week when you came on at 6:00 and covered the story you thought you would at 9 or 12:00? >> no, and i am indebted to you, nicolle. stick around for a second. i'm prepared to cover this breaking story, broke late in your

house away from child payments. >> yeah, and greg, let me ask you , i mean, when we look athei merrick garland here and the whistleblower, i thinkwer dese certainly that whistleblower deserves whistleblower protection. >>whistlebr protecti but now ise a possibility that merrick garlan posd lied under oath to congress? and what about tony blinken? are there any charges possible in the case of tony blinken inth terms of he had no knowledge knd whatsoever about the laptop, bu t he got fifty one intelligence officials, former officials nt sig n a document that d joe biden used in a presidential debate to get hun away from the idea that biden'sa laptop was real when everybody in the fbi knew at that point it was real. >> well, remember, democrats tru were accusing trump of trying to undo the influence of federal election, which i is arguabls y crimes to the same standard could apply to tony lincoln. for merrick garland, there are only two possibilities. he either knowinglossibilityy le was utterly oblivious. >> when two of his us attorneys that report to him, who wereingo appointed by joe biden, ac

attorneys appointed by joe biden, answerable to merrick garland, came forwarmerrickd and stopped thecriminal prosecution of hunter biden over his influence peddling schemes that implicate the president of the united states . >> that is , if it's done for a corrupt purpose, political favoritism,that i political interference. >> yeah, that's obstruction ofs justice, a felony. >> do you see this goinge this anywhere ? larry, i do. and this is not the onlynot the whistleblower. they've been whistleblowers within the doj, withinr. the ir. >> they're going to be several of them going forward. the issue is whether o r not the on fox media will give a report and the answer is they won't. you cut on cnn, msnbc, as i watch often and it's like this doesn't even happen. this is probably the mosprtobaby corrupt administration i've ever seen in my lifetime. if the trump family had one fraction of this kind of filth on them, it would them, be nonstop on the on the nonr ot fox network. the question is whether or noter the rest of the country knowss about and all too sadly answery is they don't. >> s

when something called january six occurred, the inauguration occurred, and merrick garland probablywould applaud. not to look back and prosecute donald trump who just left office probably he made the judgment, we have better things to do, but that is the second guess that we can all make about merrick garland. >> lanny davis thank you ver much for joining us. >> i love being on your show thank you. >> our legal panel will be bac after this break ng a multi-vitamin alone, you may be missing a critical piece... preservision. preservision areds 2 contains the only clinically proven nutrient formula recommended by the national eye institute to help reduce the risk of moderate to advanced amd progression. preservision is backed by 20 years of clinical studies. so ask your doctor about adding preservision and fill in a missing piece of your plan. like i did with preservision. now with ocusorb better absorbing nutrients. (wheezing) asthma isn't pretty. it's the moment when you realize that a good day... is about to become a bad one. but then, i remembered that the world is so much bigger t

in other words, merrick garland and the doj exposed here? >> well, you got to wonder in the timing is interesting, buttw i think it's that probablyon the coupled with all the facts that chairman culmer and the house oversight committee i've uncovered, i mean, you gotmethi one hundred and seventy some now suspicious activit actiy reports ,thousands othf pages in thesenh reports, multiple l.l.c.es that were receiving money fromg monem foreign entities and foreign governments and that money wasfn now going to 12 different bidene family members. and the fundamental question y'h you always have to ask is what service did they provide to receive the funds? . what value did they add? what job did they do?t find you can't find anything. and so tha t in and of itself then plus this whistleblower coming forward, i think is whatg you're probably finally now starting to see some action on the part of the u.sto see s . attorney . >> let m>> seae ask you , did tt knowingly send agenthes to bigst tech companies even though they had hundreds of laptops sinc

g., merrick garland. the whistleblower is prepared to reveal flarls to handle clear conflicts of interest in the case and detail preferential treatment and politics improperly infecting decisions and protocols. >> brian: he also believes the senior appointee lied in front of congress, gave false testimony to congress about this case. the "wall street journal" expands on that, and they have said in the past the "wall street journal" that investigators believe they have more than enough evidence to indict president biden's son. but the case has not moved forward. john solomon breaking this story picked up by the "wall street journal" and us said this last night. >> the interesting thing about this whistleblower is he doesn't want to just hang out with republicans. he wants to face the music. he wants to look democrats and republicans and independents in the eye so he sent this letter to the democratic side. he sent it to the republican side. he is not afraid to confront the adam schiffs and the eric swalwel

naming that employee as attorney general merrick garland who said this back on march 1st. i promise to leave the matter of hunter biden in the hands of the district attorney of delaware. i have pledged not to interfere with that investigation and i have carried through on my pledge. >> that's what the whistleblower says they can disprove the white house dismissing the allegations stating this, quote: president biden has made clear that this matter would be handled independently by the justice department under the leadership of a u.s. attorney appointed by president trump free any political interference by the white house. as for the hunter biden laptop story of course we have to go there, too. of course a cia official has testified that secretary of state antony blinken who was then a biden campaign senior adviser played a role in the inspection. that was the letter that claims that the story was russian disinformation, steve, ainsley, brian? >> brian: wow, alex. i understand maybe you can get clarity one of the quirks of the federal laws because he works for the irs, he n

we are also expecting the us attorney general, merrick garland to make a statement on the situation in who answered questions from press sink there is an ongoing department of justice investigation that they want to make sure that investigation has continued before he could give more information, but we are hearing and have been hearing that in the last few minutes, the fbi has said that it has made an arrest and is continuing to conduct authorised law enforcement activity at a residence in massachusetts. we are expecting a press conference from the us attorney general merrick garland who will make a statement on the situation in the next few minutes. the new york times and cbs have both reported that the suspect�*s name is jack teixeira and he is a 21—year—old. as soon as we have more information on that developing story, we will be bringing that to you. let's go to the rest of the days news now. to france now. there have been minor clashes with the police in a few places but much less violence so far than during some previous rallies. this was the scene at the constitutional court in

more on the breaking news of the suspected leaker of the classified documents attorney general merrick garland identified him as 21-year-old air national guardsman, jack tech t teixeira "the new york times" spoke with members of the private group teixeira oversaw the chat where 20 to 30 people, mostly young men and teenagers came together over a shared love of guns, racist online memes and video games. it is in that group that airman teixeira is said to have uploaded hundreds of pages of intelligence briefings, according to the times joining me now is justice correspondent, ken dilanian. the details are unbelievable in this case. walk us through what we know one more time, what is out there and how we think it got out there. >> what is out there, alex, are some highly classified documents showing the fruits of american eavesdropping, signals intelligence on russia and many other countries. very embarrassing revelations that the u.s. has supplied on allies not surprising to the allies, but embarrassing when it becomes public, ukraine's air defenses and weaknesses, relevant to the war. the justi

>> again, that was attorney general merrick garland describing some of the sinaloa cartel's violencepeople charged have been arrested and remain in custody. and colombia, greece, guatemala and the u.s. the father of the gunman who shot and killed 5 people in louisville this week says that his son's brain >> will be examined for cte. the degenerative brain disease is typically found in people who have had repeated instances of head trauma like professional athletes, a family spokesperson says that the gunman suffered 3 concussions when he played football and basketball in middle and high school symptoms of cte include aggression, depression, and sometimes suicidal behavior. currently, cte is only diagnosable with an autopsy and a neuro exam after death. >> that in florida baby was rescued from a home under the night sky. it happened in fort lauderdale, florida, first responder sharing video. they say they've not responded to more than 900 calls for help after the area experienced historic flooding. drivers are being urged to exercise caution and avoid roads that still have standing wa

doing his job properlyg hi, if merrick garland properlyg hi, if merrick garland oath to the congress, i mean,th the attorney general, f the united states can't commit crimes. i mean, by definition, that's go t to be the end of him. as our attorney general. i would think. ov >> well, it would be if you could ever prove it. but all ofop thesele people, clever, they have plausible deniability. they have laye havr upon layer which they can pretend thatd thy they don't d. what's happened? that's what joe biden's entirebi businessne model is all about. hi as relatives go and get the bribes and he pretends he doesn't know about it. that's such a smart point. a ed.ary fine, thank you so much for that summary tonight. we'll be talking againking, i h. . thank you. thank. somet >> by the way, we should say that based on something miranda just pointed out for allbout the grouching we've done about the republican congress, it has been chuck grassley of iowaa, hoen chuck grassley of iowaa, two republican senators who have been on the story from the beginning. the the ondng. the doj to answer the q

>> it's not something that merrick garland would be doing, even if we might like it salaciously. but one other point, i just urge everyone to think about this in its time it is now march 2021, garland had just taken the reins his number one lookout is to right the ship at doj. he's generally focused on not relitigating the past, and he's got quite a lot to go after for donald trump i think it's an understandable reaction, you know, maybe not to fight about it today i just -- that he would say look, for now, we've got plenty on our plate, and if we come out of the box in my second week here, charge him here with rel relatively trivial and insignificant crimes from before he was president, talk about the department being subject to being pilloried on being political. so it's just important to think about it as of march 2021. but i like to focus on bragg >> do you think bragg's case is trivial? >> no. i really don't >> you just said so. you said it's trivial. >> i said relatively many people have pointed out in the overall menu, it goes least to the wickedness of trump i think it is

ag merrick garland holding that press conference yesterday announcing the arrest of the chipito's, els son is running the operation now and they've busted incredible amount of fentanyl, the deadly drug coming across and killing hundreds of thousands of americans, in the last few years. is it your belief that the administration has got a handle on the threat that this fentanyl crisis is posing? >> absolutely not. again, they're attacking a modern day problem with a historic model that doesn't work in this situation. they're looking at the cartels as if they were the chicago mafia and you knew where they live and could reach out and touch them all the time. i applaud arrests and never want to walk away from that. however, in this situation, that model has failed miserably for our country and look at the ag's comments, they were all reactive, he spoke about the victims and feeling sorry and never forgetting the victims. how about we prevent more victims and we save lives by simply securing the border, kind of like a broken windows theory in new york. if you secure the border and take awa

. >> are you confident in the conduct of attorney general merrick garland when it comes to this case? >> i am. look president biden from the days he was campaigning to his first days as president made it clear that he thought restoring the independence of the department of justice removing any political influence for potential investigations was a core value that he brought to this service as president, and i'm confident that's in no small part why he chose a seasoned circuit court judge, someone with deep experience at doj. i am confident merrick garland has conducted himself appropriately here. >> cbs reported back in october that fbi gathered evidence sufficient enough to charge hunter biden with tax and gun related crimes, and sent it to the u.s. attorney in delaware. we know that in the coming days, mr. biden's attorneys are set to meet with the u.s. attorney in delaware. do you have any sense if this is concludes soon? it's been ongoing since 2018? >> no, i don't nor should i. it is an ongoing investigation that, as you say, has been conducted for years. the u.s. attorney here i

especially if merrick garland takes the pass, which i think at this point he probably will. f that on where garland moved before, the politics were very different than they are here on the supreme court. so i think durbin will look at this at least in the short term to see what more flows out of it before he pulls the trigger. >> well, investigative journalists are not waiting. there's a bombshell a day. it's really -- it's really stunning and we owe them a great debt of gratitude for a lot of what we know about the thomases. brian fallon and michael steele, thank you for being part of this conversation cecile richards sticks around. when we come back, it may seem counterinyou tootive at this point. but the texas judge's ruling banning medical abortion may not be the slam dunk to survive that some on the right think it is. even if the conservative supermajority of the u.s. supreme court is as anti-abortion as we believe them to be. we'll explain all that nuance next plus, country music superstar brad paisley is just back from a secret trip to ukraine he met with president zel

and tomorrow you meet the us attorney general merrick garland, what do you hope to achieve? , ., ,, ., achieve? we are speaking about the war crimes _ achieve? we are speaking about the war crimes and _ achieve? we are speaking about the war crimes and the - achieve? we are speaking about the war crimes and the supportl the war crimes and the support of the united states in investigating war crimes and bringing criminals who committed those crimes to responsibility.— responsibility. president of the supreme _ responsibility. president of the supreme court - responsibility. president of the supreme court of- responsibility. president of. the supreme court of ukraine, thank you for being with us. stand with ukraine, thank you. turning to the un, the russian foreign minister chaired a contentious security council meeting on monday, during which the un secretary general accused the nation of inflicting great suffering through its invasion of ukraine. the us, france and britain were among the nations condemning russia for its waragainst ukraine, saying it struck at the heart of t

did attorney general merrick garland interfere in this case and obstruct justice?ooks like it. >> the only way to find out about this is from a whistleblower. that has always been the case. calling for people inside to show us what you have because otherwise it is so protected and they have gotten away with so much. look at everything the doj has starting with the tea party and lois lerner and the revealing with the irs by the irs of tax filings to the enemies of the pro-life groups as an example, spying on americans and nothing has happened to anyone. no wonder they think they could get away with it. a whistleblower with receipts which this particular one claims he has, not like he said he said that he says he has receipts, his lawyer says this which could be valuable and important. i don't know if they expect nothing will happen but this is on hunter biden. this reveals how we have a system that is operating like a cartel. we have to stop it. we've got to interfere with this rollout that they have that emboldened them to do this. all of us are at risk when you've

i think at that point, once he has all of that evidence, he has to si down and merrick garland has tey have got t make really, really toug decisions here about whether either of those cases are goin to be brought, and there are reasons to bring either one of them, or not bring either on of them. that is going to be a really tough call for both jac smith and merrick garland. >> all right, former congresswoman donna edwards, thank you all so much. greatly appreciate your time and insights. next, why the gop is so obsessed with banning books and not guns with banning books and not guns? with banning books and not guns? with banning books and not guns? with banning books and not guns? with banning books and not guns? with banning books and not guns? with banning books and not guns? with banning books and not guns? with banning books and not guns? allergies don't have to be scary. (screaming) defeat allergy headaches fast with new flonase headache and allergy relief! two pills relieve allergy headache pain? and the congestion that causes it! flonase headache and allergy relief. psst! psst

details that are in this are shocking, disgusting, gruesome, what can you tell us about what merrick garland had to say today. >> it's incredibly disturbing, chris, and what my sources are telling me is this level of detail and the announcement today is no coincidence. the timing comes just as a mexican delegation of government officials came to the u.s. yesterday meeting with the biden administration to work on a deal where we've previewed this on nbc news where the mexican government is going to do more to share information on what sinaloa cartel and other cartels are doing as they manufacture fentanyl, trying to track down on the trafficking of deadly fentanyl across the southern border into the u.s. while the u.s. is trying to do more to trace guns that are going and winding up in mexico this is all part of enhanced cooperation, and the announcement, the sinaloa cartel, a dozen of top members taken down, including four sons of el cha po guzman, now merrick garland making that announcement today, and here's what he had to say about the gruesome details you previewed, chris. >> those defen

this doj under auspices of merrick garland who is under the auspices of joe biden.ow can we be guaranteed this will not continue in the meeting between hunter's lawyers and the doj? >> that is a very important point to make. i think all eyes are on this case and this investigation. no one is above the law and that is right, no one is above the law and no one should be above the law and we hear that over and over in the news lately through different investigations and this is a true test. is no one above the law? we'll see what happens. >> ashley: we will see, it is usually directed toward the right when they say that, it goes for the left, as well. there are implications of joe biden in this story. james comer says several biden family members could have benefited from hunter's business dealings, listen to this. >> when we hear biden family lawyers meeting with the doj to talk about potential indictment of hunter biden, it would be impossible for the department of justice to cherrypick hunter biden for indictment and not do anything to the other family members, they

, _ recommendations are given to merrick garland, but_ recommendations are given to merrick garland, to the mr trump has been _ garland, but we do to the mr trump has been investigated for many years over a _ has been investigated for many years over a variety of different issues and many— over a variety of different issues and many of his attorneys have been questioned _ and many of his attorneys have been questioned before and only one has thus far_ questioned before and only one has thus far gone to prison which is michael— thus far gone to prison which is michael cohen. it remains to be seen, _ michael cohen. it remains to be seen. but — michael cohen. it remains to be seen, but it is certainly possible. do you _ seen, but it is certainly possible. do you see — seen, but it is certainly possible. do you see more legaljeopardy for donald trump in these two cases, given who has been subpoenaed, then perhaps the one we were talking about a couple of weeks ago in new york? �* ., g ., ., , about a couple of weeks ago in new york? 1, g. ., , ~ about a couple of weeks ago in new york? b

we heard the same from merrick garland moments ago. the "washington post" managed to track down and interview a member of the online chat group that teixeira led for the past few years. >> any claims that he's a russian operative or pro russian is categorically false. he's not interested in helping any foreign agencies with their attack on the u.s. or other countries. he was a young man, charismatic that loved nature, god, who loved shooting guns and racing cars. >> this teenager in california told "the washington post" he was one of 20 or so members that met with the alleged leaker during the pandemic on a server called thug shaker central on discord. he acted like a father figure to the teens. they called him o.g. >> every day we would watch movies, play games, do activities together. we'd stream our houses and mess around and dance and have fun. when members would have issues like mental health crisises, o.g. and other members would help them out. >> the teen described the small group as his online family. unlike edward snowden and

merrick garland, if you're listening, this could be something you can investigate.kes people sad, i know, but unfortunately, the only way to remove a supreme court justice for an ethical violation like this or any other is through the constitutional process of impeachment. that is the actual way but i will say to your listeners that don't let clarence thomas off the hook simply because republicans like jim jordan and kevin mccarthy won't hold him accountable. there was another supreme court justice who was also accused of taking undisclosed millions, right. he was appointed by a democrat there was a democratic congress. it's not clear if that congress would have impeached him but abe fortas had the sensibility to resign. and that is all -- >> you never know. >> -- that's an option open to clarence thomas, to have some dignity and resign >> it is and, again, we don't do predictions. if the public and the system and the bar and these other entities deal with this as a serious infraction as it is, who knows where it will lead as you say, some of the legal bars are high

but our attorney general, merrick garland, spoke today t about the department of justice's prioritieshave a look at this. invoi'm grateful to the all the professionals across the department who are working to ensure america's freedom to reproductive rightst to protected by federal lawgather together and and with the peopln this room, will continue to fulfill the justice fulf founding responsibility to protect the civil rights of all o americans . >> know what he's really saying. come on , let's be honest abouts it. he really means civil rights for those who are politically on his side. that's what he means, doesn'tt e it? >> yeah. i mean, planned parenthood? and the abortion industry hasod a grip on the biden administration. they are has willing to send the fbi after christians praying outside of abortion clinics. they're they're willinnd tg to o after parents and school board meetings, are willing to send the fbi to infiltrate churches in richmond, virginia. a but they're going to turn b a blind eye to these abortion industry activist and trans terrorist terrorizing catholic churches

who is starting us off in this fight back >> from a legal strategy, that's all about merrick garland.d on the day the dobbs decision was handed down talked about the formation of a reproductive health access task force, and he specifically invoked making sure that women have access to mifepristone what the department of justice didn't do, hauowever, was affirmatively litigate whether or not the fda had the authority to tell mifepristone was not in their control to regulate. that's why in part we're in this situation now, that they didn't seek the preeminence of the federal government of the regulator of drugs which mifepristone is. to your point, who is going to be the lead spokesperson, from a political perspective, i think we should look to kamala harris again. recently, the administration has put her out as the person who is most responsible for communicating with the american public about the implications of this decision. a few weeks ago, she said publicly, look inside your medicine cabinet because that is what these folks are trying to do the implications of this decision go far

we're expecting attorney general merrick garland to come out any second now to talk about u.s. plans to target and continue targeting mexican drug cartels with us, gabe gutierrez and general barry mccaffrey. general, i think it's extraordinary to think about the influence and the impact that these cartels have not only in mexico but throughout the world. let's go to the attorney general. >> good morning. i'm joined today by deputy attorney general monaco, u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york williams, acting u.s. attorney for the northern district of illinois pass kwaul, u.s. attorney for the southern district of california grossman. fbi associate director turner and i.c.e. acting deputy director lechlightner. today the justice department is announcing significant enforcement actions against the largest, most violent and most prolific fentanyl trafficking operation in the world that operation is run by the sinaloa cartel and fueled by chinese precursor chemical and pharmaceutical companies the justice department is attacking every aspect of the cartel's operation

for his part, merrick garland has claim under oath there would be no political interference in the hunter biden probe. through his attorney, the whistleblower says he has information to contradict garland's statements, which were under oath before congress. that is a crime if he lied that could carry up to five years in prison. >> todd: huge deal. >> ashley: it is, anita vogel, thank you. jonathan turley says this should be the first of many investigations into the biden family business. listen. >> jonathan: yes, you have an irs agent trying to speak to congress about what he believes is the political influencing of a federal investigation and so he's acting the way whistleblowers are supposed to act. what is really important here to note is that many of us have been baffled at how there has been no perceptible movement in the investigations, that has been the problem, as noted, from the very beginning when the laptop was given to the fbi, seemed to be on its way to mars. there was no indication they did anything but put it in a file cabbet. >> ashley: mancjoe manchin cal out president bi

new questions for attorney general merrick garland and his role in the hunter biden probe as an i r s agent trying to get whistleblower protection. claims he has information that contradicts the attorney general sworn testimony this as hunter biden's lawyers book a sit down with prosecutors, plus as the nation waits to hear if the u. s supreme court will keep a partial ban on a an abortion bill hill in place canada is now offering american women and girls access to the bill from north of the border. and an american kill as a vile, volatile situation in sudan gets even worse. the u. s. is now deploying troops nearby, ready to evacuate its embassy as other countries are going in to pull their citizens out. welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper. we start today with our health lead any moment the u. s. supreme court could rule on the most critical abortion case since it overturned roe v. wade last year , the justices have until 11:59 p.m. eastern this evening to decide the future of the widely used abortion pill cristo. the bill is currently available, though a texas judge moved to block t

naciones aliadas y buscaremos la deportaciÓn para que enfrenta la justicia", dijo el fiscal general merrick garlandieron en el consumo de fentanilo. el departamento del tesoro tambiÉn sancionÓ y acusÓ a dos empresas y cinco personas en china por exportar materia prima para fabricar la temida droga. el departamento de estado ofrece recompensa para la captura de varios acusados. las acusaciones provienen de fiscales federales en distintos estados. hoy fue capturado cÉsar osvaldo "n" en sinaloa, acusado de manejar un laboratorio de producciÓn de fentanilo. el asistente de seguridad del presidente biden dijo que estas imputaciones son la culminaciÓn de una semana de coordinaciones en la casa blanca entre los altos funcionarios de mÉxico, canadÁ y estados unidos para combatir el fentanilo. " nosotros adelantamos a importantes funcionarios del gobierno de mÉxico los anuncios hechos hoy por el departamento de justicia", seÑalÓ. el canciller de mÉxico dijo que hizo una solicitud especial. >> un grupo especial que se ubique en la frontera para que se reduzca el trÁfico de armas. reportero: la casa blanca di

of covering for the first family. >> merrick garland is a cover-up artist, like a mob lawyer biden family. there is massive amounts of evidence from the comer committee, from grassley, from johnson, from the laptop, from bobulinski, first-hand information, e-mails, texts, everything prosecutors want. to appoint a special counsel and drag joe biden in for an interview with a special grand jury under oath. >> todd: we are taking a closer look at this with cheryl casone in the next hour. >> ashley: three minors shot in chaos brought on by crowds of teens over the weekend, but illinois lawmaker robert peters defending the incident. i would look at behavior of young people as political act and statement, mas protest against poverty and segregation. three boys shots were 17, 16 and 6. 6 years old. chicago progressive mayor-elect brandon johnson condemned the violence, did you tell defended it saying it is not constructive to demonize youth. not constructive to accept this. a mob of looters ransack a gas station leaving behind thousands in damage and stolen merchandise. [video playi

preet and i discussed on our podcast, the fact that doj wasn't investigating the first year merrick garland exactly what we've seen in the last year -- we've seen witnesses subpoenaed to the grand jury and they protest. they try to get out of testifying, and that's how these sorts of investigations become public so it seems fairly clear that there was nothing going on, at least nothing overt, nothing as pressing as the way things have proceeded this year in that early juncture i do want to take up for what merrick garland did as attorney general just a little bit. i'm sure this will get me criticized, but there is some value in a prosecution in letting some time go by, in letting some of the evidence marinate, because you do find witnesses like cassidy hutchinson who have come forward. she midnight not have come forward march 2021 sometimes something comes across your email at midnight, a great tip, only because someone's been watching an investigation move forward, and they decide to help so it's tough to evaluate. >> joyce vance, mike schmidt, rick stengle, thank you all so much for stick