if the justice department proceeds with any charges against hunter biden, that the president will not pardon his own son. howard: right. and that could well happen. and at the same time, he could be -- he's facing jail time. we can't lose sight of that fact. great to see you, alex hoff. thank you. that's it for this edition of "mediabuzz." i'm howard kurtz. you can describe to my daily podcast, "media buzzmeter." join the millions who have downloaded it where we have a good time. i'm going to keep talking at length, so many stories we would like to get to, but iowa is the big one, donald trump. we'll see what happens tomorrow. back here next sunday, 11 eastern, with the only media analysis show on national television. ♪ ♪ [sneeze] dude you coming?