Are the calls for his resignation . I will speak live with congresswoman some lee. Then the gops broken priorities, instead of focusing on the looming Government Shutdown, the erosion of our democracy, talking about John Fetterman in shorts, seriously. And two of the worlds most influential men are pushing the world on this good evening, im mehdi hasan. One of the main reasons americans are so fed up with washington d. C. , so distrustful about, government so angry about the state of our public life, is because so many of our politicians on both sides of the political divide seek to be bought and paid for by billionaires, and by big corporations, and by dark money groups. This winter Robert Menendez democrat of new jersey was accused of being bought and paid for by the Egyptian Government who was indicted by the doj on friday, on corruption and bribery charges that he denies. Now lets be clear, corruption is a huge issue for the voters. It is a cancer in our system of government. What
Unlawfully using illegal substances. This is the same gun case for which prosecutors elected not to charge hunter biden as part of a now defunct plea deal several weeks ago. Bidens attorney still contends that agreement is binding. We have complete coverage tonight. We begin, though, with Correspondent David Spunt at the Justice Department with the latest. Good evening, david. Bret, good evening to you. After week intense pressure. Special counsel david weiss gave the green light to go ahead on charges and ultimately a grand jury approved charges against the son of the sitting president of the United States. Tonight, hunter biden facing two false statement counts, which are felonies, also a third count of possessing and owning a gun, another felony. According to the special counsels office, back in 2018, hunter biden lied on a federal form to purchase a gun in delaware when he said that he was not addicted to any Stimulant Narcotic Drug and any other controlled substance when, in fact,
of its youngest citizens. hello. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in the uk where a manhunt is continuing for a suspected terrorist who escaped from a london prison. daniel khalife got out of wandsworth prison on wednesday morning, by clinging to the underside of a food delivery van. thejustice secretary has ordered an urgent investigation into what happened, and why the former soldier wasn t held in a higher security prison. but the prison officers association says that while it does not want to speculate about the issues surrounding the incident, it claims that wandsworth prison is overcrowded, and has chronic staffing shortages which it is blaming on cuts to the prisons budget. we ll be speaking to them live shortly. in the last few minutes thejustice secretary alex chalk has given an update in the house of commons announcing an independent review. we will hear that shortly. but first. live now to the bbc s
zelenskyy. the ukrainian president is set to meet with president biden and the entire senate in hopes of securing critical funding to fight off russian forces. plus, special counsel jack smith is taking his prosecution of donald trump all the way to the supreme court. we ll explain why smith is petitioning the highest court in the land. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. israeli troops continue to hunt for the leader of hamas in southern gaza, but top officials there are now signaling an escalation with another terror group. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, december 12th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in washington where today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is state side for the third time since russia launched its full-scale invasion back in february of 2022. zelenskyy will meet with president biden at the white house to discuss his country s needs on the battle
person. you can come over here and relax in the chairs in between commercial breaks and you know, or do the long opening from here. we re all open to that. i have to say, the chairs look so comfortable that i can t possibly imagine ever being in one. i m so stressed when i m on tv, i m essentially levitating. so i could never. you don t seem that way ever. acting. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. really happy to have you here. it was june 1942, which means obviously, we are in the thick of it in terms of world war ii. june 1942, in a german submarine, a german u-boat, turned up in the hamptons. a german submarine hit a sandbar 100 yards off the coast in amaganst which is in long island in the hamptons in new york. this german nazi submarine drops off four guys. four saboteurs. and we know that they were saboteurs because they came ashore in a raft launched from had submarine. once they hit the beach, they buried the raft. the