zack cohen. keep us posted. thanks so much.ht, and now to another cnn exclusive the investigation into hunter biden is intensifying as his legal team is set to meet with the justice department officials next week. sources say the long running probe into the president's son is focused on potential tax crimes and a gun purchase. cnn's paula reid has details. we have learned that this meeting between hunter biden's legal team and justice department officials was actually arranged at the request of biden's legal teams seeking an update on this year's long investigation into biden, now at this meeting is expected to be a top career justice department official as well as the trump appointed u. s attorney who has been overseeing this investigation. he stayed on after trump left office to continue overseeing this politically sensitive case. but it's unclear if we're going to get any update on exactly what the status of that criminal investigation is now. cnn was one of the first to report last summer that the case had narrowed down to

zack cohen with the exclusive reporting. thank you very much. let's get you another cnn exclusive. now, the investigation into hunter biden is heating up as his legal team is scheduled to meet with justice department officials next week. sources say the long running probe into the president's son is focused on potential tax crimes and gun purchase. he has not been charged with any crime. cnn's paula reid has more. oh good morning, victor and amara. we have learned that this meeting between hunter biden's legal team and justice department officials was actually arranged at the request of biden's legal teams seeking an update on this year's long investigation into biden, now at this meeting is expected to be a top career justice department official as well as the trump appointed u. s attorney who has been overseeing this investigation. he stayed on after trump left office to continue overseeing this politically sense. the case. but it's unclear if we're going to get any update on exactly what the status of that criminal investigation is now. cnn was one of the first to report last su

zack cohen. a very important story. thank you very much. we know you'll stay on top of it for us, the manhattan district attorney's office and the house judiciary committee have come to an agreement to allow congressional testimony from a former manhattan prosecutor. it's part of the gop led investigation into alvin brags indictment of trump bragged previously brought a lawsuit seeking to block this testimony and cnn senior legal analyst elie honig joins us now, ellie first can you give us a little insight into who mark pomerantz is? that's what we talking about here. jamison. mark palmer hands was a prosecutor with the manhattan d a. he's now jim jordans star witness. so let me explain how that happens. now palmer and many many years ago was a federal prosecutor at the southern district of new york, where later i would work along with alvin bragg. actually who was a colleague of mine. pomeranz came out of retirement a couple of years ago to join the manhattan d. a s investigation of donald trump by his own statement. since then, pomerantz

zach cohen , cnn washington. all right, zack. thank you to analyze here. no one better to do it within state attorney from palm beach county, florida. dave ehrenberg , dave. thanks for waking up with us. i always have to say that because you know it's early, but what we're going to talk about a lot here. first of all, former vice president mike pence has already spoken out about january 6th just not under oath. he's got a new book about it. but what new information? are you? are you expecting to learn from his testimony and your experience? how do stories change if at all when they're told out in the world versus under oath? yeah good to be with you, omar. yeah it's amazing how people get so much more truthful when the alternative is wearing a pair of steel bracelets, because that's what happens if you commit perjury, so we'll know more about the conversations between pence and donald trump. now, a lot of it has already been revealed in mike pence's book, but there's still some stuff we don't know. and you know, if you ask me, i think this is all for perfo