And two years since the u. S. Militarys chaotic exit from afghanistan, families of the Service Members killed in the Kabul Airport bombing are demanding answers. I wont fight until my last breath gets to the truth. Well discuss two years since the taliban takeover with congressman michael mccall, chair of the committee. House Foreign Affairs committee. And evan smith, top democrat on house armed services. Then a Surprise Development and the Hunter Biden Criminal Investigation im here today to announce the appointment david weiss as a Special Counsel. They are trying to put out a fire and they put gasoline on it. We will ask our sunday panel what role the Courtroom Drama will play. In 2024 p plus shes the bestselling female Gospel Artist of all time. Eagle oneonone with cece winans. Matter where you are in life when you are praying for something, believe me for something. All right now on Fox News Sunday. We begin with breaking news. Nearly a hundred people are confirmed dead on the island of maui, making it the single deadliest disaster in hawaiis history and the deadliest u. S. Wildfire in more than 100 years. Catastrophic blazes began tearing through multiple areas of the state tuesday night. Many residents and tourists caught completely off guard. These drone images out of west maui show the intense flames as they quickly spread across the island. And this is just some of the utter destruction left behind devastating damage in multiple. Homes and communities reduced to just ashes. Residents now wondering where to turn. Take a look at this before and after Satellite Imagery of the Historic Town of law lahaina. It was nearly burned to the ground. A spot beloved by lowells and tourists alike, decimated. Our fox news Senior Correspondent has been on the ground in maui talking to those impacted by the devastating virus. William. Well, shannah, there are a lot of questions like why didnt maui activate the Emergency Alert system, but for those living here it is more simple. Are my friends alive . Where am i going to live . Do i have a job . And how do we recover . Right over there. I was born and raised here, and i was planning on raising my 3yearold daughter there. Reporter like most of lahaina today, lena is homeless. Some Family Members died and others she learned survived she finally answers her. Like she is a oneyearold baby yesterday was his birthday. Lahaina was a really small nice, historical place and it is gone. Reporter Hurricane Dora passed 600 miles south of hawaii. No one predicted high winds. They were wrong. The smoke was so black and so thick we were worried about getting killed. Captain Lydia Linderman Watc the entire marina, including th boats inside, go up in flames there was no real route to go north or south towards the mountains. The only escape was to get in the water. Gary savage jumped off the break wall with dozens of others spending the next eight hours in the water before being rescued. I dont know, man. I would say dumb luck. Really just feel lucky and like this family had just seconds to evacuate, but maui never activated its emergency siren system. There was no emergency sounds. They did not sound off the tsunami warnings. Reporter officials refused to say why. Many died in their cars trying to escape. She jammed her car in there trapping her inside and the car next to her burst into flame. Reporter the search for victims continues with just 3 of structures inspected by cadaver dogs. Countless remain unaccounted for. The fema is mobilizing resources and the biggest challenge is housing. 4500 need shelter. We are not taking anything off the table. Director and governor jeff green say hotels promised a thousand rooms bringing in temporary housing. Is one of the tools we have in our toolbox, but we can also do other things like work with direct leasing and use some of the available vacation homes. But for the generations that built lahaina, the cultural heart of maui is broken. I can look at structures and i dont even remember what that was. Nothing here is nothing here is recognizable to me. There is a curfew in effect and this is where the line , begins and it will stretch for miles in a matter of hours. Shannon . William, thank you so much reporting live from maui. If you would like to help people affected by the hawaii wildfires you can donate at redcross. Org slash mike ford. Or or text hawaii to 90999 and you will make a 10 donation. Back here in Washington A Criminal Trial now appears likely for hunter biden after a plea deal involving tax and gunrelated charges has fallen apart. This week a Special Counsel, a familiar face many conservatives do not trust was tapped to lead the Ongoing Investigation. Its an unprecedented time in American Politics ahead of 2024 with three active Special Counsels whose investigation all have ties to the leading candidates from both parties. Jack smith heading both of Donald Trumps cases into his handling of classified documents and his alleged efforts to overturn 2020 election results. Then there is robert herr investigating President Bidens classified documents case and now the appointment of david weiss overseeing the charges facing the son of a sitting president. We are gonna break it all down in a minute with our legal panel. First, Lucas Tomlinson joins us from the white house with the status of the investigations. Hello, lucas shannon, the white house. Hoped the investigation into hunter biden would be over by now to focus on 2024, but both sides are far on a plea deal. The case could go to trial and a Special Counsel has been named. Mr. Weiss in his capacity as u. S. Attorney began investigating allegations of certain criminal conduct by among others, Robert Hunter biden. Trump appointed prosecutor davi weiss had been leading Hunter Biden Probe for the past five years. Disappointment could allow him to bring more charges against hunter outside delaware. For years republicans have accused the Justice Department of interfering in the probe. The chairman of the house overaoeut Committee Oversight says hunter received 20 million from sources like china, russia and ukraine while his father was Vice President. Joe was right front and center in this from day one. This is an investigation about joe biden. Reporter President Biden has long denied any involvement in his sons overseas business dealings. Never talked business with anyone. Im confident. I have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. Back in washington on friday and for the judge told former President Donald Trump to cool it on social media after this through social media posts following his third indictment. The judge telling trumps attorneys, quote, i caution you and your client to take special care in your public statements about this case. Georgias former Lieutenant Governor will appear before a grand jury on tuesday ahead of a possible fourth trump indictment. When trump was sworn into office in 20 sun 2017 georgia had two republican senators and today it has none. Shannon. Lucas tomlinson, thank you. And now to our legal panel. George Washington University law professor Jonathon Turley and to pre the former Principal Deputy , assistant Attorney General. Well welcome back to both of you. This is a regular thing. Theres plenty of legal wrangling going on abbie lowell spoke about the in the symbian, so lets talk about this. Appointment of david weiss and whether it confers any new powers. Heres what he said is once again people need to understand that the Attorney General and he, that he, mr. Weiss, has sai for a long time, he had all the authority needed to bring any charge that was appropriate, an any place. So what does the special counse do that he couldnt do . The answer should be nothing different. So that banks will question to be here to revoking jim jordan treated. First devin white said he didn have power needed and wanted Special Counsel status. Then he said he had all the power he needs. He gets personal counsel status because he didnt really have the power he needs . Something is not right. Tom, what you make of the timing in this selection . Sure. First, i would say the Special Counsel has greater power now than he did a week ago before he got this uh appointment. He can bring it in new jurisdictions and he has a little more insulation. He is not 100 independent. Merrick garland still post history but has a little more power. All that said, i think its important to understand that because the Special Counsel has just more power does president mean he is going to exercise that power. It wouldnt surprise me if this is just a way for the Biden Administration to cool the flames a little bit on the spotlight thats been put on hunter biden. It allows the Special Counsel to bring hunter biden to trial by bringing charges in new jurisdictions, but the jury is still out, literally, on whether the Special Koupb counsel will bring more charges against hunter biden or potentially nam additional defendants as a result of this probe. And our justice producer asked specifically to the doj is it possible those other people may include investigating the current sitting president . He said they declined to comment on that. Here is what the irs whistleblower said about whether whistleblower Gary Shockley sai about whether the president should be worried. There were investigative steps that clearly indicated the Hunter Bidens father President Biden, had some type of involvement, and we just werent allowed to follow those leads. Jonathon, what do you think the odds the Justice Department would actually be investigating the head of the executive branch, the sitting president . Well, the question is why wouldnt you answer that question . You just gave great detail as to the scope of the investigation of hunter biden and you wont tell the public whether the pub there is no reason for that. President is subject to that mandate. There is no reason for that. You are telling the rank and file, we arent necessarily going to investigate the president. There is a sense of re reluctance. God help us we have another. Special counsel. Are you talking to the only dc lawyers were not serving a Special Counsel lawyers. I am not either. The three of us. Were busy. Yeah. Were busy. The question is, you know, why wont you expand the mandate . Why would you select this individual . I mean, the fact is he violated the statute by going outside the department of justice. Thats happened before. But then he selected the person who was just accused by members of his own Investigation Team of a fixed investigation, and going bar to abbie lowell it is seven the Mutiny On The Bounty by Making Captain White and admiral. It doesnt serve the underling concerns about the leadership. And i think this is going to make it worse. And likely the fuel calls on the hill to move forward with an impeachment inquiry. We will talk about that with the panel a little later, does it throw fuel on the fire. As senator graham said, you are actually making things what about the congressional worse investigations. Let me read something from the Wall Street Journal editor board. They say the special status is politically convenient for weis and gone because it means both men can use the excuse of an Ongoing Investigation to refuse to answer questions from Congress Justices is likely to wall off. Fbi agents and others who walked on the cases and forget members of the biden family. Congress probe may have hit a dead end. Thomas, it comes at the same time that the Oversight Committee says we are going to subpoena members of the biden family. Absolutely it comes at the same time took a look, before all this happened, weiss is going to go to congress and testify Attorney General garland had. Given him authorization to do that. I have absolutely no doubt that now the administration is doing a 180 on this. I strongly expect weiss will say, wait a minute. This is an Ongoing Investigation and the world hats changed and i has changed and i cant come and testify. Ill take a rain check and come in a year. At least. I think its critical for congress to keep their foot on the accelerator they did a masterful job getting. Documents and the Whistleblower Testimony and bringing this information to the attention of the american people. I dont think they need to let up at this point. I think they need to push forward as the Special Counsels investigation whatever form and shape it takes unfolds. So we have a protective order now in the dcbased case from the feds that essentially accuses the president of all kinds of things related to the 2020 election, january 6th. They went to court to decide what information for president would be able to release and to publicly. The judge in that case in the friday hear hearing said this, the fact he is running a Political Campaign currently has to yield to the administration of justice. And if that means he cant say what he wants in a political speech, thats how it it has to be. The former president and his legal team talked about his First Amendment rights. You know he likes to talk about this. The prosecutors, the judge, everybody else involved how much does he risk here in. Potentially violating that order or getting himself a gag order. The judge gave the ultimate Straight Line without breaking a smile and saying the court expects you to show restraint on social media. And that is not likely to happen. So donald trump could trip the wire, and he could force an issue of a gag order. That would go quickly to the supreme court. Theres aspects of the current order i find troubling. They say he cant take any notes, that his lawyers have to watch him at all times when he looks at evidence. This is evidence that is supposedly eventually is going to end up in a trial. Im more concerned with the definition of sensitive material, that as the judge said, im gonna go with the definition of sensitive material. Its a very ambiguous term. So right now this does not look good in terms of the chances of a confrontation and the potential of a gag order. I hope she doesnt go in that direction because i think it would be reverse. He is running for the president presidency of the united states. Part of it will be the merits of the case and about 80 million jurors will vote on those merits. So with all that playing out be will watch to see what happens in georgia and possibly an indictment there in the next couple weeks too. Jonathan, thank you both very much thank you. When we return, two years since the taliban take over in afghanistan. What to make of the billions in your tax dollars continuing to flow to that regime as the Family Members of u. S. Service members killed in that chaotic withdrawal say they cant get answers. Admit to your mistakes. Learn from them so that this doesnt happen ever, ever again. N record on ancestry®, it just changed everything. I feel like a time traveler. Ah, these bills are crazy. She has no idea shes sitting on a goldmine. Well she doesnt know that if she owns a Life Insurance policy of 100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. Even a term policy. Even a term policy . Even a term policy find out if youre sitting on a goldmine. Call Coventry Direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect. Com. Tuesday marks two years tuesday marks two yearsks since the abrupt u. S. Withdraw u from afghanistan where the nation watched the scenes unfold. You remember this. H people trying to evacuate the country in a chaotic and deadly exit. Now, despite assurances it wouldnt happen, the at that point the taliban did quickly regain power in a matter of 10 days. Since the exit of americas longest war House Republicans demanded answers about the h administrations handling ofou situation. Tr now we control theol house and e house response in the final day. Leading up to the u. S. Departure. This week lawmakers heard emotional testimony for th e first time directly from Family Members of some of the 13om Service Members killed in a Suicide Bombing at the kabul ts airport. Ki in a moment we will bring in michael mccall, the Chair Oft House Foreign Affairs committewe and smith. Fox news congressional good morning, shannon. These families, a lot of them have been silent the past twot years. They were waiting patiently fori this administration to explainen the decisions made on the. Round i live every single day knowing that these deaths were preventable. My daughter could be with ushs h she remembers her this week shamblin and five other gold star families spoketa out at a public forum, accusing the Biden Administration of failing their children and then trying to cover it up. We were told lies, given incomplete reports, incorrect reports, total discompany or disrespectts. To today theta administration refuses to take any when our leaders call this evacuation a success, it is like a knife in the heart. They have a real hard time when the Administration Calls with withdraw a success. He we believe it was a correcto policyyo choice. Was a it a success . T they want an apology and Department Leaders to resignbu but have little hopet that will ever happen. My son needed a commanderinchief who cared solely about his life. Instead, his commanderinchief as a pawn. E him when fox asked both the state and the pentagon if mistakes were made, neither would admit that, but state did refer us to its after Action Report which found, shannon, they could have done some things better. But again, we pressed and pressed and pressed, and the wya just will not admit thatndesse anything went wrong here. No mistakes were made. You did a fantastic Job Reporting and pressing this week for those families. Joining us now from texas republican Congressman Chair of the house Foreign Affairs committee michael mccall. Welcome back to fox newsouse su. Hi, shannon. While we talk aboutmi them, h want to put up the 13 serviceul members and their names andm faces so that wei dont forget you heard the parents say theyen were disrespected and disregarded and they have been lied to. Youve been fighting with the State Department as we close in on this twoYear Anniversary for documents back and forth and subpoenas and all kinds of things. Nt are you confident yos u can get answers for these families and more broadly for allamericans . I will not rest until werest get answers and accountability and transparency as to whae t happened. How did this go so wrong . The gold star families are the best, you know, witnesses to this nightmare. They lost their 13 servicemen and women. Os abbie gate, we had the testimony of Tyler Andrew Vargas who said quote, i had the Suicide Bomber in my sights, buvat i was not given permission to engage him. Shannon, this is sort of news breaking. We just have reported today a member of my staff, jerrymb they asked the Taliban Tero Go N the u. S. Military, the taliban denied u. S. Intelligence requested an airstrikeba. Guess what. W this story gets worsore by the day. I will not rest until we get toi the bottom of it. Chairman, who would have known about what you are telling us the first time i am hearing it, the level of detailg and intel we had and the order denied. Who would have had thato information . Wo who would have made that call . Well, it was the general on the ground, mr. Donohue. On it would be general mackenzieie who is in charge of sit com andn we are prepared toes go forwarde with subpoenas to get tod the this was not a clean operation. This was not a successful o evacuation by any stretch of the imagination. Y the taliban was put in charge and in my judgment that was the worst mistake of all was to put them in charge and not our u. S. N military to evacuate u. S. Citizens and our partners who e fought so bravely with us. And many were left behind and still are two years later. I want to ask you this, a news. Report overseeing afghanistan reinstruction. There is this headline from thet report, the Biden Administratiot has given 2. 35 billion to g talibancontrolled afghanistan. What do you tell americanle taxpayers about their dollars flowing to that group, as youll said, that was criticaarl in wht happened at abbiegate and now it is clearly disrespectful is the nicest way is can say it toi women, to girls, to minorities those are u. S. Tax dollars. I am prepared in my position to put a hold on this funding until we get assurances it i s not going to the hands of theit taliban. s by the way, shannon, they areth oppressing women. They cant go out of theiroppr homes. They cant get educated. Women cant even be hired by the u. S. Taxpayer is funding this. So we need some assurance that thie is gonna go to the right hands and it is gonna help the women in afghanistan, and if thego at that if the taliban cannot uh i believe we are releasing iranian prisoners as well. We are told that there will beir strict guardrails on that moneay that iran will now get access to. Here is democrat and veteran this money is gonna still sit in the Banbak Accounnkt and they will have authority to release it. Ha iran will say, wppe want to buy 10 million worth of grain. 0 and qatar will writemi the check for that themselves and the grain will go to iran. The Administration Says theyi will have transparency on wherne the money goes. Ar are you confident of that . Enes you know, look, reagan said trust, but verify. Under obama it was 400 million of cash and airplanes that went into iran. La look, i want tneo get these americans home more thann. Anybody. One of them is a critical asset. I agree with that. But we have to go in eyes wide open. A they are nowsp starting to talk about the jcpoa All Over Again Prime Minister netanyahu came out strongly against this. I think we are going back to the mistakes of the past. And finally, shannon, get this our Special Envoy to iran to negotiate the jcpoa is under investigation for mishandling classified information. He has the most sensitiveas information as our topsi negotiator to iran and to theio ayatollah now under investigation fo to r mishandl g classified information. Very troubling story. I have so much more to ask. Ek about, but chairman we hav to leave iabt there to bring ini yourr colleague. We appreciate your time. S come back soon. Thanks, shannon. Thanks for having me. Joining us from washington i state, adam smith, a rankings member of the house armedit services committee. Thank you for coming back, sir. Thank you, shannon. T i want to start with the irar dea. O as you heard the chairman justhr talking about, we have been told there would be guardrails on this money, 6 million, and here qatar. Heres what Irans Ministry of Foreign Affairs said fridaf y y. Morning us that they still have control of these people and adding thishehe these unfrozen resources and the decision to Financial Assets lies with the ial Islamic Republic of Iranplan Photographing that they plan toe do with them was. The money is obviously fungiblet obviously let us reimburse for peopleilli that chairman say, t 400 million in cash that was followed by the 1 to 3 additional billion dollars in cash that went to prison swap i obama. Der president some of the people were tryingou to get outt. And they were kidnapped Ore Ki Wrongfully imprisoned since we paid thatwr money. Ne do you believe the iranians can actually change their Behavior Change theirn behavior . . There is a fundamentaior . L misunderstanding of what is going on here. The money going from korea to iran is money oil that iran sold to korea, and korea did not pay selfcritical sorry not because of sanctions that were imposed on the trump im. F istration there were a half dozedon t countries in thahat situational italy, india and ay, few others. All of those other countries under the Trump Administration have already given iran thatal money with no Strings Attached under a special Payment System that was set up under Trump Administration south korea didnt pay that. Money for complicated reasons. No doubt they wanted to transfe it. Hi so many of this kind already been transferred this is money to pay for oil. That was given t oo south korea. This isnt some sort of frozen asset situation. This type of money has already beenn transferred. Second, the deal has not bee n finalized. Dea qatar will control the money. Whatever iran has to say about it, it will be controlled by qatar and not iran. That aspect makes sense. We are waiting to see what the Prisoner Swap looks like and to finalize the deal. Lize theres a lot more detail here that i think is not being understood. The Trump Administration transferred billions of dollars from these other countries backed by iran with no Strings Attached and i dont hear anybody talking about that n. Well, in his current sce scenario, though, kingdom c 6 billion and they willan say e, for for medicin humanitarian needs, and we knowr the money is fungible,ns and th are concerns that it amounts to Ann Exorbitant ransom payment, some would saycr again, it is not. Where were the reatl concerns during the Trump Administratione when money from Ia Bunch Of Otr countries was being transferredc to iran, no Strings Attached, nn prisoners returned. It doesnt seem like as legitimate complaint based on the situation. E complaining now and they didnt complain then. In fair question for them. Lets do this, lets talk about critics who say it is putting a Bounty On Americans Heads Including former secretary o fd state mike pompeo involved ithn the questions. Thats an understanding ofyi what the money is speaker it is not abounded because we are not paying the money. It is irans moneyng that wast sitting in south koreawa. So its not a bounty. He let me play the secretary an you respond secretary of state, we denied. The mouth. They were down to a little bit ofmone money. Ir byan demonstration upended all that and the iranians will be flushed and their Terror Campaign is more successful. This is a country that chancs for get to america. Inte i understand, but that Isy Completelypo untrue. Under Secretary Pompeo, these other countries and im aware of them, but iran sold stuff to f these countries and sanctions kicked in and the money hadnt been paid. An under Secretary Pompeo, the money was transferred from those countries to iran, no stringsou ntattached. Okay, so it is not a bounty and thats factually incorrect what Secretary Pompeo was saying lets turn to afghanistan. We are coming up on the second Year Anniversary of the chaotic withdrawal there. The Service Members and we like to remind people oref their nams and faces and their families you heard from this week. The Special Inspector Genera also outlined in his new report this despite taliban promises madrepe. Since gaining power in August Of 2021 to be more inclusive counterterrorism, Respect Human Rights and not pose a securityrm threat to the region, the you and said that the taliban shows, Gnno Signs Of Bending Ts Pressure Forur Reform or compromise because they are r un unchecked by any meaningful political opposition. I will ask you the same questio i asked the chairman, what do you say Icanut Uabout American of giving billions to the organizationthe . I the taliban is awful andle terrible and horrible and no other expectation than that. I have to look at that specific reporthave. I know there are a lot of o again, frozen assets that werewe actually afghan money. H wer i am not sure about the actual u. S. Taxpayer money going in. Im extraordinarily reluctant t. Send that money. There c is one caveat to tha. Afghanistan is also in the Ri Humanitariangh Disaster right n. People are starving to death because they cant get access t healthcare. We are we getting a lot of pre internationally. What can the National Committee do to stop that military disaster . I suppose the answer is, i you the government you got. You got to tell been leading y you. This where we are noat a weeken help. Bu it it is such a huge humanitarian disaster that i would say it is at least worth looking at options, even though i dont think there arte any particularly good options in this situation. I think youre right. Ho quickly i want to asusk you abo ukraine to the white house asking for another round of underfunding. The majority of americans say have done enough, we dont want to see anymore preparations of money going to this appropriation request, the ukraine. Supplemental has tied up witt Tf Domestic Relief Funding and funding for the border. Senator marco rubio said President Biden is Holding Americans hostage bys tieing critical domestic Disaster Relief to Foreign Military aid. He calls it cynical, politicalfo manipulationre. Ls do you think the two should be tied together . Ould it is an initial statementto offer of what the bidegen administration thinks we should fund. We will see how that plays out Going Forward the polling data i have seen is. Well over 60 of people stilgoil think we should be doing everything we can to help the ukrainian people. E look, russia has engaged in a brutal invasion of ukraine. You can see the pictures of hown they are destroying cities and killing civilians. Cturth i think defending ukraine is something in our interest and a overwhelming majoritiny of americans seem to agree withresm that. As far as the other pieces are concerned, every supplemental that i have ever dealt with in my 27 years in congress has been tied with one thing to another. This is an open negotiation and with onesee. I think there are critical need and we will see what the final package looks likelike. I want to be clear, i support it sukraine. H i think as a bipartisan people you should ask congressman mccalls question because ianm certain he would agree that th m is something we should bee supporting. S i know he had been a i know he is a strong supporter of ukraine as has chairman mike really strong supporter rogers who is the chairman of my committee of armed services. S you have been to these t hotspots repeatedly and seend se firsthand so we appreciate your expertise. Gr thank you, shannon. Es coming up, Florida Governoro ron desantis and Isla Taking Hi and his biggest rival i f have first republican primary debate. But donald trump had his own plans up his sleeve we will bring in the sunda sunya. Panel to discuss Thet Th Competg Antics at the Iowa State Fair next. Next. No one should face Breast Cancer alone. Im janelle hail, founder ceo of the national Breast Cancer foundation. When i was diagnosed in 1980, there was no internet and Little Information available to make an informed decision. Today at nbcf we help women at every step of their Breast Cancer journey. Early detection saved my life. It could save yours too. Learn more at nbcf. Org hope. I think it is fine to bring folks in from washington, but iowa ans are more concern concerned about the people in their community and those they work with and go to church with. Thats Florida Governor ron desantis at the state fair. He was referencing former President Trumps decision to bring a congressional delegatioi ron desantiso with him tdeo des moines. F florida to julia manchester, the nationalhe political reporter for the hilla , and special assistant to president george w bush, Michael Allen and Richard Fowler and Katie Pavlich at townhall io townhall. Comwa. Good to see you. Enin the Iowa State Fair is a thing and it is happening. Y am judy, what do you make of theses entourages that were competing among the fried foods . What it tells you is desantii is obviously trying to put everything into iowa and trumpto is sort of trying to cut intog that. Im not saying that trumtrump necessarily has a chance ofow losing iowa at this point, butts Desantis Team feels confident in iowa. I there is a New York Times pols came out a few weeks ago and itu shows trump with the lead in th 50s. However, when it comes to iowa his lead is in the 40s Andis Desantis lead is a few points up. They feel confident and trump is very much trying to sort of nudge r madissenters, or maybe bech dissenters anyway by ve bringing those members of the florida delegation. It was notable this week that steve days supported dasantis. Ri he is a Radio Commentator in iowahis. His team is making a big dealha t. About that. The question is whaton happens after iowa for ron desantis . Appe how does he compete in Newew Hampshire and South Carolina egg but for right now well have to see. Core right now it is all eggs in the iowa basket. If You Scort E Thsee first wn it has not servea d as a guarann to be the eventule nominee eventual nominee. I there is an aspect to scoring a. Early win in one of those states. Donald trump lost iowa and went on to become the republican nominee and won the presidency. For ron desantis, people in iowa, unlike the rest of maybe the gop base, are shoppers. They are willing to change their note, they are willing to look at other candidates. And rois is tan desantis to gab of that by being there and doin the tour. The full grasp and they he sat down with iowas governor call it. And he is doing the Fireside Chats with all these candidates. President donald trump literallr did a fly over. He flew in and did a rally and flew out. Da he may noty see iowa as ase necessary win because he didnte win It Lascet Time and he has bn focused on other things, and other states, Ron Desantiscert though is looking for voters in a place where people are looking at the candidates and willing to make a different choice. Ffer i want to look at the otherao side of the ticket. E with the appointment of thtie Special Counsel for hunter bidee and the plea deal is going away and he may have to go to trial the ap, politico, say it will be biden campaign. Itic they say President Biden will and wall street Editorial Board says they say President Biden wilt pl have the excuse of thevest investigation to refuse to answer questions about the biden Family Business during theduri campaign and the press core may give him the pass. Mr. Garlent has barely flapped into the tran24 president ial c campaign. And, mike, it is a headache or n need. N campaig i will take the general and what it says if at face value. I nonetheless, if i am a House Republican and looking at this politically, i will do a littler dance heree. We have more pressure on Thebi Biden Family to answer for all of hunters activities and all the vice President Bidensviti activities when he worked for Vice President obama. Th for me it brings it more to the mainstream and allows more pressure to the bideo gon famil. I get that this wish thean House Republicans wish it was sa different Special Counsel, but nonetheless, this is political pressure and it is vindication for their efforts thus far. So its not just republicans who might be taking notice ofno this and then impact because there are democrats that potentially sound like they may be souring on President Biden. New york times reports this representative dean philips, the minnesota democrat called fo rtive someone in the party to challenge biden says the Special Counsel news is, my rational for urging about an alternative has gone Froaybem A Distractionw and by the way, he is somebody ridiculous to that has been courted oh, potentially by donors to jump in meanwhile, the racehap in. Maybe something is there. Does this mean that maybe the president does have a doesn have aon clear what the no nomination . I think the president has a good chance of winning this nomination because there arentn any contenders in the fiel tt ds right now. Any contenders that are gathering muchou steam. That being said you have to decouple the two tub. O if you talfok to the folks in tn Biden White House they say wnies are running a campaign and while the president loves his son, his son is a private citizen and hi son should do what he wants to do and he is not above the law. The good news here in the Special Counsel announcement and you havent heard people talk about is once the specialhe counsel is over theyar will isse a report it is likely Merick Garland will make it available to the american people. If the facts are different than republicans talk about, it creates a big problem for them. For the past since 2018 they have been saying there is bribery here and wrongdoin g here, and if that doesnt work h out after era fiveyear Justice Department investigation by a Trump Appointed attorney, p that speak to big problems forr themup. Foreave i doubts the Special Counsel would be done with this report before the election. Stranger things have happened and do every day righttran now n washington. In in the meantime, we are watching georgia to see whether Presidene Trump will face an indictment there. The New York Times reporting e that if mr. Trump were to be tim convicted in a federalr. T prosecution he could t theoretically pour done himself if pardon himself if he was reelected president. But willing to Georgia Law Pardon makes it wait in state matters. After thiblee sentence. Getting a sentence committed say getting a second commuted requires estate approval. It is politically a resourcre Management Problem for theecom president. Emen politically it helped President Trump in the primary, but he had to spend tenlys of millions ofan Campaign Dollars in Funding Theslle indictments federally a at the state level. Oble is a problem for him if he cannot pardon himself if he were to be convicted. We are far from thate fro. When a grand jury returns its event, with 12 out of 28 doing it, is not beyond a reasonable doubt. The District Attorney in georgi is very confident that she has that she will get them to indictments that she thinks she can then go improve. But it is to be seen. We had a lot of these things come out against president trum in theresi faster federally and the state havlevel, and they h fallen apartllen. Marc gatcomb grand jury to a real tree where you have opposing argument and evidence of their will be a position there, and innocence unless proven otherwise in this cou country. Meanwhile, senator joe manchin is making news again becausemak was asked on a radio show this week whether he would consider leaving the party and becoming e independent. Heres what he said. Res i would think seriously aboud that and i have been thinkingtht about that for some time. A i havent made any decisionsboia whatsoever on any of my political direction i heard a lot of anst rd angst from republicans who do i not want him t o turn independent. Moun i dont think there will be r. Thaeurd thirdparty member. D he has apay ch toughgr electiong up, the idea of his posturing ip joe manchin has a really coming up, so n this idea of Him Posturing in to the fact peaks that West Virginia is a red stateswi, and i have to win in state. He is going to posture and say s dont like the president. He is going to say the president is terrible. That will hopefully garner him. Enough votes to possibly win reelection. I dont see Him Mounting Ag thirdparty campaign and no labels have said they wanted to be a spoilero no. Final word. V if he does run, thats bad news for President Bidenoes. There is low enthusiasm for the president and i think it takeses out from his vote. We have to leave it therethis panel. See you next week. 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