ziegler will be completely exonerated. the board does not have the remove bridget ziegler. only governor ron desantis can. so far, he has not called on her to step aside. as for christian ziegler, the executive committee of the florida republican party will meet this weekend to discuss whether they are going to suspend christian ziegler and take up a vote of no confidence. carlo suarez cnn, florida. >>> in the meantime cnn has learned the florida gop leadership plans it meet behind closed doors tomorrow to take steps towards ousting christian ziegler. just a short time ago, florida republican governor ron desantis weighed in on the scandal as he campaigns in iowa. >> i've called on christian to step down as rpo chairman. my understanding is he's the one under the criminal cloud. clearly, i think bridget, and this is something i've worked with and have really liked the work she's dones going to have to look to see how effective she's going to be able to be in those circumstances. >> and joining us now with more on this story is national political reporter for the messenger,

ziegler and his wife, bridget ziegler. ms. ziegler said in an interview with the authorities that she and her husband had been involved in one sexual encounter with the woman over a year ago. when the woman learned that mrs. ziegler would not be present for the october encounter, the woman said she changed her mind and canceled with mr. ziegler. but the woman said mr. ziegler came to her apartment uninvited and sexually assaulted her. so before we unpack all of that, a little more on bridget ziegler. she has worked closely with ron desantis on a slew of draconian policies, namely anti-lgbtq legislation. here she is in 2022 standing behind governor desantis when he signed the don't say gay bill into law, at a ceremony where once again children were used as props and a clear message was sent to gay floridians that their lives do not matter. the legislation launched the presidential bid of an uncharismatic candidate who will likely not win. but the story doesn't end there. don't say gay inflamed the culture wars, serving as a pre

is married to bridget ziegler.e cofounder of moms for liberty, the extremist group on the front lines of the education culture wars. their mission is to ban any book that mentions race, gender orientation or anything out of the scope of white christian heterosexual humanity. they were able to get a search affidavit. "the washington post" reported, quote, in early october, the alleged victim had agreed to have a sexual encounter with ziegler which was to include his wife, but when the woman learned bridget couldn't make it, she changed her mind and canceled. when ziegler told her in one message his wife was no longer available, she replied, sorry, i was mostly in it for her. she said in a message, according to the affidavit. bridget ziegler was not named in the complaint against her husband, but the affidavit confirmed having a sexual encounter with the victim and christian over a year ago and it only happened one time. quite the confession from someone who espouses the anti-lgbtq agenda she and her moms for liberty

ziegler, or you have ties to the school board here. the apoxsee in duplicity. >> ziegler sat stoically through the three hours a public comment at the school board meeting tuesday night and gave no indication of stepping down from the school board as her husband is being investigated. >> as people may know, i serve another public board. this issue did not come up, we are able to forge ahead with the business of the board. >> still, she got an earful from the community. >> resign. >> the majority of those that showed up criticized her. though she did have some support. >> what an adult does in her private life is hers. it's not for you to judge >> some of the community are pointing to ziegler's hypocrisy in passing judgment on others. >> we hear about all of those hypocrites for my entire life. it's always do as i say, not as i do. >> the fallout from the sex scandal and the criminal investigation has been swift. a moms for liberty chapter in pennsylvania split from the national group, and top republican officials in florida, including

bottom line is christian ziegler and bridget ziegler have been sort of the face of the new right, the christian right, the desantis right in the state. and now it's sort of all unraveling. we also know that police are wrapping up their investigation. ziegler asked the republican party of florida when it stripped him of his power not to kick him out. they didn't mainly because of procedural reasons but they're going to come back in about a month and do just that and remove him from office. she's not going to step down. bridget ziegler is still seen by her supporters to a possible su successor to vern buchanan. but even he has told christian ziegler he should step down. >> if that's the question, what her political future could look like here, i mean, we're hearing not just from conservatives who are criticizing her husband here, but also critics who have faced off with her personally. sandra is an lgbtq activist who people would remember him, he was banned from saying the word gay in his high school graduation speech, something she supported. he went to one of these meetings and said t

battered by ziegler.ied the allegation and no charges have been filed at this point. that is not stop nearly every top elected republican in the state of florida from calling on mr. ziegler to resign's party chair. christian ziegler, however, is refusing to step aside. the reason he refuses to step aside is because of donald trump. according to the messenger website, sources say ziegler has accused republicans who want to boot him from the office of hypocrisy because they are not denouncing trump, even though trump was recently held liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll in 1996. according to one republican florida republican official, ziegler said to him, oh, so you're a big trump guy? but it's okay for trump? you don't call on him to resign but you want me to step down? by way of a response to this logic, i guess, that same republican official told ziegler, trump wasn't the president united states and accused of rape at the same time. he wasn't even in office. you were. and president trump wasn't d

meet christian ziegler.longtime republican party official. christian ziegler was also a sarasota county commissioner around on a quote, family values platform. this is his wife, bridget ziegler. he is equally powerful crusader, hell-bent on the destruction of individual rights. the cofounder of moms for liberty. be bridget ziegler helped florida governor ron desantis built the don't say gay bill and stood as him probably as he signed into law. she also enjoyed -- who appointed her to the board that runs disney world infrastructure. one i have bridget biggest pet projects in that moms for liberty, to ban books that talk about diversity, equality, inclusion, and lgbtq+ issues among other things. and to eliminate them from schools claiming to be protecting children from harmful exposure to these concepts. for good, measure they also like to go after librarians and the teachers, and to alienate lgbtq plus children who are just trying to be themselves. why? because according to the bridget ziegler of the world, t

her fellow board member says ziegler must step down.et ziegler has already resigned from a different position as vice president of school boards for the leadership institute, an organization that provides training for conservative activists. bridget ziegler has not been accused of any crime. but he is engulfed in the scandal nonetheless. her husband, christian, is accused of raping a yet unnamed woman, which he denies. according to a search warrant affidavit first obtained by the florida center for government accountability, the zieglers admitted to police they engaged in a threesome with the accuser more than a year ago. another sexual encounter was set in october, but the woman told police that christian raped her when she refused to have sex without bridget present. so why the ire against bridget if she is not even named in the police complaint? well, the scandal has many layers of messy, and isn't a good look for florida republicans. but also, bridget is essentially an anti-gay crusider who has now admitted to having sex at least on

bridgett ziegler has not been accused of any wrongdoing. she has so far ignored calls for her to resign from the school board. wolf? >> brian todd reporting for us, thank you very much. >>> coming up, the republican governor of texas has just signed a very controversial bill making illegal border crossings a state crime. will it lead to a showdown at the supreme court. >>> in texas tonight, governor greg abbott just signed a bill into law that makes illegal border crossings a state crime. the measure is creating fear throughout the latino community in texas. ed lavandera is in dallas for us. tell us more about what this law will do. >> reporter: well, this controversial bill that was passed by the state legislature just last month in a special session, essentially makes it a state crime to enter the state illegally from mexico as well as gives judges or local law enforcement the power to arrest people here in texas. and it gives judges the ability to deport people who are here illegally. now, exactly how this will be implemented remains to

ziegler has denied wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime. he sent emails to supporters over the weekend saying we have a country to save and i'm not gonna allow false allegations to put that mission on a bench. his vice chair of the state party has called the emergency meeting of the republican party of florida scheduled to december 17th to force ziegler to step down. this is politics reporter for the miami how. harrelson covering the story closely and she joins me now. can we first track how this story first came out and what we have learned about what is being alleged? >> yes. this is a very developing story, it broke a few days ago, right around the time that governor ron desantis was debating california governor gavin newsom on live tv, on fox news. when all of this happened it was pretty much a month old accusation that was raised against christian ziegler and since then we have found out more details because there has been the release of an affidavit that we have seen where there are details of how close a relationship was with this wo

carlos, as you said, christian ziegler has not been criminally charged.status of that investigation? >> reporter: well, right now, pam, we do not. the sarasota police department really has not said anything about this case officially. we know that police have -- we know the investigation at least according to the search warrant affidavit began over two months ago and that police have reviewed text messages and other messages on social media between christian ziegler and the accuser. we also know that police have reviewed surveillance video showing christian arriving at the house of the accuser on the day of the alleged sexual assault. we're also told at least according to the document that christian told police that he recorded this sexual encounter, which again, he says was consensual and that police are still in the process of trying to obtain that piece of video. pam. >> all right, carlos suarez, thank you. >>> up next, more breaking news. the latest from iceland which is living up to its nickname of land of fire and ice with a volcanic eruption tonigh

>> politically christian ziegler is under tremendous fire. i heard before we came on that rick scott, senator, was really behind his wife's political career. brigitte had not been involved in politics until she put her name in for the school board. it was rick scott who appointed her. it was rick scott who met with her and said you are good, we're going to use you in our movement. rick scott has come out and trolled for christian ziegler's resignation. it's a big step. numerous republican -- across the board. it's really -- right now, with this very serious investigation. >> indeed, where, we're out of time, but we will keep up with this story. thank you bob norman and tom edwards. that's tonight's reidout. all in with chris hayes starts now. >>> >> tonight, on all in. >> you look at what i'm trump is trying to do, you can't do it by himself. he has to have collaborators. the story of mike johnson is a story of a collaborator. >> i collaboration is happening in plain sight. >> we have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in t

but the zieglers' case is pretty unique. the reality is, is moms for liberty and bridget ziegler held themselves up as this sort of paragon, almost this stepford wives organization and association. and there was no nuance when they talked about gay-related matters, lgbt-related matters. now, they did talk about, look, this stuff shouldn't be in school, and privately some of ziegler's defenders, very few of them, none of them will really speak publicly, are saying their private conduct is different than what they're talking about publicly-related policy. however, you didn't hear that nuance before. you didn't hear bridget ziegler say before, hey, i'm bisexual, i like to have threesomes with my husband. that's our private life, but in schools they shouldn't have this lgbt-related pornography. you didn't hear any of that. you just heard this very strong messaging that was very aligned with christian conservative values that lgbt-related matters are things we don't talk about, and they shouldn't be brought up in school at all. a

christian ziegler is not being charged with a crime.says he is innocent. >>> restoration of the notre dame cathedral has entered its final stages. coming up, the golden bird new roosting atop the gogothic lalandmark. >>> people around the world watched notre dame cathedral burn nearly four years ago. the restoration might not be on schedule to meet the original goal of reopening before the paris olympics, but an event over the weekend symbolizes the enormous progress that workers have made. flying high over the paris skyline, a golden rooster is hoisted to its new perch on top of the newly rebuilt spire of notre dame cathedral, scheduled to reopen in a year. the rooster, made of gold-colored copper, is a crowning milestone in the church's reconstruction after a blazing fire destroyed the roof of the historic structure 4 1/2 years ago. >> translator: the rooster now means it's the very end of rebuilding of the spire. it stands 96 meters tall, and once the roofers will have covered the spire, we'll be able to take the scaffolding off and

the vote comes amid sexual assault allegations against ziegler's husband. no indication that she plans to step down. >>> the house is expected to vote today to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president biden. the president's son, hunter biden, is scheduled for a deposition today as part of the impeachment investigation. it's unclear if he plans to attend. >>> and actor andre braugher has died at the age of 61, his publicist said. braugher was best known for his roles on "brooklyn nine-nine" and "homicide: life on the street." for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> good evening and thank you for being with us on this busy night here in washington, especially busy for president biden and his national security team, who is handling a number of foreign policy crises. one of those critical global security issues, the israel-hamas war. and today the president's harshest words yet, saying privately what many of his own party have been u

, ziegler leads the statewide republican party.igitte ziegler helped start moms for liberty. -- sources close to the investigation say the woman allegedly seen the couple have been involved in a three-year-long consensual three way sexual relationship. msnbc has not confirmed that. he's the wife of the woman who's been leading the charge to get lgbtq content out of florida school books, and yet, at least according -- again, nbc news has been not confirmed it, she's in a three way, which means you know, she's or the b or q. >> it certainly means that kink is not partisan. we've seen that over the millennia, i think that will be the case going forward. i think you point out the right question, joy. we saw this actually in florida by fabiola santiago, who raises the question, how is it the woman that is going after the gay community is able to have sex with another woman and that be okay? so it's a flaming hypocrisy here, in fact, governor desantis, i think, just moments ago or hours ago, called for the resignation of ziegler. so this

step in removing ziegler from office.sage on how the next steps could play out. >> they're going to come back in a month and vote to officially kick him out of office. they had to do it in this true-step fashion, according to the rules. all of the republican members that i spoke to, and the other media spoke to were just surprised that ziegler just wouldn't quit. showed up at the meeting. he apologized. sorry for putting you guys through this but i'm staying. then they started the motions. censuring, stripping away his authority. and the mileage, from where he lived and orlando, he's not going to get that, sending his salary to a dollar, one of the reps, michelle salzman, the state rep, said i don't know what he's doing here. no one does. he said he's innocent, if he resigns it will look like a sign of guilt, therefore, you have to kick me out, therefore, the gop saying, okay, we'll take that deal. >>> the israeli military says it plans to destroy what it calls the biggest hamas tunnel in gaza. israel said it was secured

ziegler has not been charged with a crime and has refused to step down. the accusations came to light last month. that's when details of a relationship involving him, the accuser and his wife went public. >> okay, let's show you. in mexico. look at this. it was time for the running of the santas. the annual event in mexico city included 2500 and red clad runners, as well as more than 200 pets as well do the pets have costumes? let's look. oh, i see a little red scarf on one of them. organizers hope one day to get as many as 10,000 people there. >> so many missed opportunities there though for rudolph. >> yes, coming up next, it's the countdown to christmas. our toy insider expert is giving us some fun gift ideas for the little ones in your house. from plushies to pokemon and later, the fastest kid alive going viral on tiktok i'm amber, i've lost 128 pounds with golo, taking release. i have literally tried everything. i was on the verge of getting gastric bypass surgery, and i saw the golo commercial, and it was the last thing i tried 'cause it worked. hee

ziegler's to ensure that all americans are treated equally under law.every american should applaud these men for their courage to the truth. irs whistleblowers also revealed that investigators were prevented from following evidence that could have led to biden, the house oversight committees investigation of the bidens influence peddling schemes. reveals how joe biden knew about participated in, benefited from family cashing in on bidens name. in fact, hunter biden's corporate entities implicated by today's indictments funneled foreign cash that landed in joe biden's bank account. and unless u.s. attorney investigates everyone involved in the biden's fraud schemes influence peddling, it will be clear that president biden's doj is protecting hunter biden and the big guy. your reaction to that? >> newt gingrich? well, look, i think at a practical level, when you look at all the information, what you have is essentially what i call in a recent newsletter of the delaware sopranos. this is a crime family. they were willing to sell out the interest the united

. >> bill: those whistleblowers ziegler and shapley, we'll hear from them in our next hour. stay tuned. all this adding to the president's legal problems. he is now facing an official impeachment inquiry and republicans are moving to hold hunter biden in contempt for defying that congressional subpoena of yesterday. >> dana: jim jordan is here, former federal prosecutor, andrew is also standing by. let's go to aishah hosni on capitol hill. hi. >> good morning to you both. i'm told that lesley wolf is expected to testify really any moment now here in the next hour. this is going to be a closed deposition so we won't hear from her. we will see her and we will alert you as soon as we have eyes on her. but this is a huge get for the judiciary committee especially after what happened yesterday. we saw that live on this show. i.r.s. whistleblowers allege that wolf obstructed the f.b.i. from investigating president biden during a five-year long probe into hunter biden limiting questioning or leads about the older biden were waving investigators off a search of the younger biden's h

christian ziegler's salary was also reduced to $1. the state gop is demanding he resign after facing rape accusations. ziegler has not been charged with any crime, and he denies the rape claim. >>> well, a small plane crashed into power lines south of portland, oregon, killing all three people on board. it happened late saturday near the city of independence. federal authorities are investigating. >>> today in texas a collision between a train and a tractor-trailer was caught on camera right there. it happened west of fort worth. incredibly, no injuries were reported there. >>> we learned today about the death of sculptor richard hunt. hunt was a prolific artist who created more than 160 public commissions in over 24 states and washington, d.c. many are soaring metal creations including swing low, a 1,500-pound work that hangs from the ceiling of the smithsonian national museum of african american history. richard hunt died in chicago. he was 88 years old. >>> and there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." do you shop

during an emergency meeting yesterday, the party demanded christian ziegler resign.the victim had a prior consensual relationship with ziegler and his wife. he's not been charged with a crime and says he is innocent. >>> and "the washington post" says a confederate memorial at arlington national cemetery will be removed this week despite republican opposition. critics say the statue, unveiled in 1914, portrays highly sanitized depictions of slavery. more than 40 republican lawmakers have called for the pentagon to suspend the removal of that monument. virginia's governor says he plans to move it to another location. >>> and still ahead this hour, the possible return of egg-flation. why the demand for eggs could be on the rise sending prices skyrocketing once again. ♪ ♪ this year take the time to melt into your holiday moments with lindor. ♪ ♪ irresistibly smooth chocolate. from the lindt master chocolatier. hi, i'm jason. i've lost 228 pounds on golo. ♪ changing your habits is the only way that gets you to lose the weight. and golo is the plan that's going to help yo

since ziegler did not resign, he retains his title. he is under investigation for sexual assault by the sarasota police department. christian and his wife bridget ziegler are florida republican political stalwarts, and the couple rose from their base of power in sarasota county into significant statewide figures under florida governor ron desantis. >>> and stormy weather up and down the east coast right now. parts of eastern south carolina under a flash flood emergency. meteorologist elisa rafa has more on all of this. elisa? >> reporter: yeah, and part of that flash flooding came from the sky, and part of it, fred, came from the oceans. we had a record tide this morning out of charleston. here is a look when it hit 9.8 feet. that makes it the fourth highest tied for the location on record when you include storms that had names like hurricanes. it broke records that were set by matthew and idalia. but it is the highest tide that a nontropical system has ever brought to the area. tornado watches continue until 8:00 this evening for the

governor ron desantis is among those calling for ziegler to resign. >> a pro basketball player is facingder charges in las vegas. chance, comanche and his girlfriend are accused of kidnaping and killing marina rogers. she was reported missing two weeks ago. her body was found in a desert area in comanche. mostrillionecently played for the stockton kings and the g league, and previously played for the portland trail blazers in the nba. no word on a motive in the case. >> a new warning about a surge in respiratory illnesses ahead of the holidays. the cdc says 17 states and new york city are seeing high or very high levels of covid, flu and rsv. the agency says hospitalizations are up, which could force hospitals to ration care by the end of the month. >> rsv appears to be peaking in some parts of the country, but we are still seeing a lot of cases in florenza. like it usually does is running wild, and covid 19 hospitalizations have been up for the past five weeks. >> cdc figures show. e.r. visits for children doubled last week. health officials urge anyone who is sick to stay home. police

he feels vindicated both he and joseph ziegler took a huge risk coming forward. they did it because at the beginning of this your it seemed like the case was dead notwithstanding the very strong findings they brought forward. this absolutely vindicates the claims that were made doubted by so many. in part released to the public right as the justice department announced the sweetheart plea deal. this clearly shows that plea deal was nothing but a slap on the wrist and the stunning facts that are in indictment also vindicate the investigative work of these agents. >> laura: now, hunter's attorney appeared on msnbc earlier today and was asked about whether or not his client was sober when he filed this most recent tax returns. here is his response. >> was he sober when he filed these returns? >> i don't know what year you are talking about i certainly. >> 2018 and 2020. >> i can't sit here today, katy and tell you if there is a 25-page tax return and there is one thing on it that could have been relabeled as something else. that's not the point. >> laura: are we sup

ziegler has not been formally charged, and is denying any wrongdoing. rain and strong winds are causing major coastal flooding in the carolinas tonight. the east coast storm has also left thousands in florida without power. the storm system will continue to sleep -- the northeast after the next 24 hours. russia and ukraine are launching a second straight day of drone attacks on each other. russian officials say that at least 35 ukrainian drones were shot down across southwestern russia. one of these targets, an airbase that was hosting bomber aircraft. ukrainian officials say that they shut down 20 ukrainian made drones in southern and western ukraine. they know that at least one civilian was killed in that aftermath. more ayman with ayman mohyeldin coming up after the break. srupt your life for weeks and could make it hard to be there for your loved ones. shingles could also lead to serious complications that can last for years. if you're over 50, the virus that causes shingles is likely already inside you. and as you age, your risk of developing shing

the party was unable to vote to oust ziegler during her d.c.xt month. ziegler has not been formally charged, and has denied any wrongdoing. and heavy rain and strong winds are causing major coastal flooding in the carolinas tonight. the east coast storm has also left thousands in florida without power. the storm system will continue to sleep sweep the northeast over the next 24 hours. and russia and ukraine launched a second straight day of drone attacks on each other. russian officials say at least 35 ukrainian drones were shot down across the southwestern russia. one of the targets was an airbase hosting bomber aircraft. ukrainian officials said they shot down 20 iranian made drones in southern, and western ukraine. at least one civilian was killed in the aftermath. more of the mehdi hasan show, right after. this right after. this ♪♪ it's a battle, you know i'm going to be there. keytruda and chemotherapy meant treating my cancer with two different types of medicine. in a clinical trial, keytruda and chemotherapy was proven to help people liv

shapley and ziegler said we won't look into campaign finance concerns.se the term big guy when you do interviews, can't talk about political figure number one, joe biden. we want to ask her questions about all that. >> martha: at least she showed up for the questioning. hunter defied his congressional subpoena yesterday. instead offering that he would only testify publicly in front of cameras. but that step usually comes after the deposition step which they wanted to do first. so now republicans are moving to hold hunter biden in contempt of not showing up for their subpoena. some pointed out it may be difficult for the d.o.j. not to prosecute hunter if they get a referral from the house because they have to treat people the same, right? they went after steve bannon and peter navarro also for not showing up when they were subpoenaed to testify. back to democrats saying a different tune about the importance in those situations of showing up for the closed-door deposition. >> this goes on for hour after hour after hour. we want to get all our questions ans

christian ziegler's salary was also reduced to $1.he state gop is demanding he resign after facing rape accusations. ziegler has not been charged with any crime, and he denies the rape claim. >>> well, a small plane crashed into power lines south of portland, oregon, killing all three people on board. it happened late saturday near the city of independence. federal authorities are investigating. >>> today in texas, a collision between a train and a tractor-trailer was caught on camera right there. it happened west of fort worth. incredibly, no injuries were reported there. >>> well, this week, it's crunch time for holiday gift buying and sending. cbs' elise preston got an inside look at how the postal service is keeping up. elise, good evening. >> good evening to you, jericka. the postal service expects to deliver about 15 billion pieces of mail this holiday season. a massive operation is under way to get packages under the tree in time. the christmas crunch is on with shopping and shipping in full swing. >> it's hanging on the edge,

christian ziegler's wife also stepped down. that used to be a power couple.y are saying they are not going anywhere. >> all right. former congressman david jolly and fernanda monty, thank you both. >>> next, if trump's rhetoric sounds like it is coming from a desperate man, that's because it is. charles clement junior on the growing mountain of evidence against the ex president. >>> plus, why every abortion constitutes an emergency. freelance writer and reporter danielle -- joins me on set to explain. >>> first to jessica layton standing by with a look at the other big stories we are watching this hour on msnbc. jessica? >> hi, juliÁn. thank you. north korea fired a short range missile towards the sea of japan sunday. that is according to the south korean military. north korea says the launch was a response to u.s. military movements in that region, including, they say, the arrival of a submarine in south korea. >>> heavy rain and strong winds have caused some major coastal flooding in the carolinas. the storm system left thousands in florida without power on

ziegler's theory is that hunter was trying to avoid taxes on other income by describing it as loans. so what did irs do?they they took ziegler off the case, of coursk zigle and this is the same irs that wants to tax your venmo payments of more than 600 bucks a year. yeah, they go after the little guy who's just trying to make me a designer shorty robe with a hole in theafter thttle g then they look the other way while the big guy uses his son to live well beyond his means.s >> hey, remember when joe said taxes is patriotic? >> it's time to be patriotic . time to jump in. time to be part of the deal. time to help get america out of the rut. >> uh, this guy with no patriotic of betsy ross gave him a , and it's possible she j. might have. rats >> but that's the democrats for you. they claim to be the party of the little guparty of theguy band or even break the rules if it means holding on to their power. even to tour for a president asr as joe. 70% of americans believe joe acted unethically. if not illegally.% the other 30% were sure, because they're still trying to figur be out which b

ziegler and mr.t changed or waivered. >> kayleigh: morgan, payments add up to $4000 and abbe lowell says this is a sham of investigation and these were loan repayments. it is important to take broad view of this and mike johnson laid out the facts. 15 million flowed from russia and china. 22 times, key point biden talked to business associates 16 times and lied to the american people and they reference the checks. >> morgan: i see this as national security issue, period of payments happened between when biden was vice president and running for president. normally people are incredibly careful during that period, they know their finances will be called into question. we could resolve this, have the president and his team fill out an f-86, that is something people fill out in the government, anybody getting political appointment has to fill out and disclose if you are taking payments from a foreign entity. have the president and his son and prother fill out the same form people have to fill out and hav

that's what we need to come to. >> bill: joseph ziegler and gary shapley.> bill: the one thing jordan was most curious about is why you allow the statute of limitations to expire going back to 2014 and 2015. >> dana: the thing is lesley wolf might not have put a lot in writing. she put enough in writing there is a little trail and that's what i think thosese two gentlen were saying. they saw it all the time. this is the one place that was definitely there in black and white. want to show you this on capitol hill the house is voting on the defense bill. this has to be passed every year, a big deal. included is a fisa renewal. the foreign intelligence surveillance act. it is often controversial but at the end of the day intelligence and law enforcement communities say they need it. [shouting] >> dana: this happening as pro-palestinian protests continue across the country, hate crimes are also on the rise with menorahs vandalized during the hanukkah holiday. others are rallying around the jewish community. with gold bond... you can age on your own terms. retin

have been doing this year and especially vin dicasion of irs whistleblowers, gary shapley and zie ziegler and this indictment is an indictment of david weiss, even though his name is on this because that sweetheart plea deal he tried to sweep past the american people would have given hunter immunity was such a disgrace when you look at the depth and breadth of the crimes alleged here. hunter biden is accused not just of failing to pay taxes, but of trying to rip off the tax office. >> todd: that final point is such an important point, what changed? david weiss had access to this information for years, tried to stifle it and wasn't but for the two whistleblowers, we may not have the situation we have now, indictment on real serious charges. >> carley: totally and comer gave the whistleblowers total credit saying it changed the course of history. this is the president's family, i don't think this is an overstatement. they put their jobs and reputation, livelihood on the line to tell the truth, that is the whistleblower element. the david weiss thing does confuse me, though, he was willing t

hearing in congress, where they were afraid to attend the employees of the american tax service, joseph ziegler. the hunter biden investigation was completely different from any other case i've handled in my 14 years with the irs, with decisions made at every level that helped the suspect. for example, they hid the contents of hunter biden’s laptop from us, did not approve of some conversations, and did not allow us to conduct searches. this the work for ars agents is now being completed by republicans in congress, issuing subpoenas to witnesses, demanding bank statements. there are a lot of details, but the overall picture has already emerged. this investigation is all about joe biden. he knew everything perfectly well, if he had been honest with the american people, he could have done anything. avoid, the fact is that he stated that he never knew or spoke to the people hunter was communicating with, but then we saw 82 thousand emails, many of which joe biden sent to people he allegedly never even i didn’t know, so we are not just dealing with a crime, with a cover-up, the government must be h

narrative and profits and that's the breaking news and irs whistle blower gary shapely and joseph ziegler testified to ways and means and the loan actually existed. what do you think, andy? >> yeah, okay, so here's what i think about that. they couldn't find evidence of loans at all. then you also have bank examiners and auditors finding no evidence of loans or where this money even came from. it blows a hole in their narrative and that's one way they were laundering their money claiming it was loans and quite frankly that ultimately is why you end up with an invasion of tax and you've got corruption and invasion of taxes going on. they've lied to the american public and lied to us, which is why we need to get to the bottom of this even more. larry: congressman, the biden white house rejected house oversight chair to release financial documents to pack up these supposed loans and irs whistle blower shapely and ziegler, they're both veteran irs criminal investigators and they've been investigating along with the justice department and hunter biden tax evasion charges and gun charges for th

the only reason they didn't, because ziegler and shapley, the deliberate protection of joe biden five years and documented every piece of malfeasance as they should have. gary shapley was telling his supervisor at the irs should hang their heads as well. people in the doj, irs, and david weiss should be humiliated today because everything that they said, all the investigations they did, that appears now in that indictment. but unfortunately it's only part of the problem because a, they were never allowed to follow the normal lines of inquiry that would reach joe biden. they were not allowed to, for instance, execute search warrants on joe biden's property, they were not allowed to use his name in subpoenas, joe biden's campaign was tipped off when they tried to interview hunter biden, etc., and as well, david weiss allowed the most serious charges that happened in the earlier years, 2014 and 2015, the statute of limitations has expired on those. and that would have included foreign agent registration violation allegations, and money laundering and so on. so, they still got off scott f

ziegler's name doesn't appear on the document.he police department after nbc news asked specifically for a complaint filed against zeigler who did return requests seeking comment. this is the florida republican party chair. his wife is the head of moms for liberty. which is going around banning books and accusing liberals of being groomers and pedophiles. this guy runs the republican party? is this making the shock waves in florida republican politics i feel it should be? >> it is. this scandal has rocked the florida republican party. i think it's important because there's a lot of scandal and hypocrisy. frankly some head turning facts here. but it starts with a serious credible allegation of rape, which means there is a victim that filed this complaint. i think we have to keep that in focus. what is the allegation? the allegation, by the woman's admission, is that she was engaged in a three-year relationship with these, with the party chair and his wife, who's elected school, member who has sought to ban lgbt books and is ahead o

shapley and ziegler we are not going to look into campaign finance concerns.r questions about all of that. >> this is why hunter biden decided to demand a public opportunity to make his testimony. what took place upstairs was a huge waste of time. >> bret: deposition of a prosecutor in the hunter biden case written up here. leslie wolf, prosecutor accused of working to limit questions about big guy and hunter probe out the doj. leslie wolf who served as an assistant u.s. attorney. u.s. attorney's office in delaware is no longer with the doj. according to sewers familiar with the situation. irs whistleblower gary shapley alleged that wolf worked to limit questioning related to president biden and apparent references to biden as dad or the big guy. with that, let's bring in our panel. byron york, chief political correspondent washington examiner. katy pavlich. hall.com and josh kraushaar fox news radio political analyst. whether a do you make. leslie wolf was going to be important witness for the republicans. if you listen to those whistleblowers you just cited,

it was harry shapley and joseph ziegler, despite pressure from the justice department , who ruined hunterttee, republican james comer, noted in a statement. only recently, the same comer published bank reports submitted to the court, indicating that an organization owned by hunter biden carried out direct monthly payments to his father. and biden is again openly lying to the press that he is not aware. can you explain to the americans why you had so many contacts with your brother's son's foreign business partners? i won’t comment, i didn’t do it, it’s all a bunch of lies, it’s all lies. thank you. voters don't trust biden. 60% of americans believe that he not only knew about hunter’s tricks, but also actively participated in his dark affairs. he ran for office promising to assure the american people that he knew nothing about these deals. the facts directly contradict this. for the father, that is, for joe biden , truly dark times have come. on december 12 , representatives will vote on a resolution that will formally open the impeachment process. the next day , hunter is expected to tes

it was garry shepley and joseph ziegler, despite pressure from the ministry of justice, who ruined hunter- said the head of the congressional oversight committee, republican james comer, in a statement. only recently did the same comer publish the bank reports submitted to the court. can you explain to the americans why you had so many contacts with the foreign business partners of your son and brother? i won’t comment, i didn’t do it, it’s all a bunch of lies, it’s all lies. thank you. voters don't trust biden. 60% of americans believe that he not only knew about hunter’s tricks, but also actively participated in his dark affairs. he ran for office promising american people. that he knows nothing about these transactions, the facts directly contradict this. for the father, that is, for joe biden , truly dark times have come. on december 12 , the house of representatives will vote on a resolution that will formally open the impeachment process the next day on capitalist hill and hunter is expected to testify. nine charges against biden jr. add weight to the impeachment proceedings, turnin

nbc's marissa parra is following this, and davis law professor, mary ziegler. that happened in court today, and tell us what happens now. >> as you mentioned, this is historic, the first attempt to seek a court-ordered abortion since the overturning of roe v. wade, but far from the first legal battle since dobbs. it's important to remember the emergency nature of all of this. that was a major factor in not just the decision but the me line. some background here, kate cox is 20 weeks pregnant, you see her on her screen. she's had two c sections from two previous children. she's actively seeking and hopio have her third child. she's carrying a fetushahas trisomy 18, 90 to 95% doot survive beyond the first year. doctors told her she's required to continue with her pregnancy. at 19 weeks, she was told her fetus has no chance of survival. she's been to the er four times. her lawyers argue her future fertility was not only at risk, her life was at risk if she carries this pregnancy. that is why her legal team filed an emergency appeal, and though this was filed tuesd