now with elycia menendez in for alex. reporter: the bread and butter of conservative media for years now has been hyping up the investigation into president biden s adult son, hunter biden. it s never been seen to end. they used it to create asymmetry that didn t really exist between trump s alleged crimes and what they speculated was the crime ridden biden family, and so long as this case was open and the investigation was behind closed doors, they could really make it whatever they wanted it to be. and even though that was the case, even though republicans have been dining out on this hunter investigation for years, they also have been up in arms about how it hadn t finished yet. they were aghast that trump was indicted before hunter. they wanted hunter s case resolved immediately. well, today we have some closure in that case. today we got the news hunter biden is expected today enter a plea deal for two tax misdemeanors in that investigation. he s also expected to strik
reaching the u.s. a victory for donald trump. he can appear on michigan s primary ballot, what it means for the 2024 presidential election. could the wet, wintery weather impact your new year s plan? we will have the forecast. there s fraud going on. absolutely. jericka: the important warning about kratom, an herbal supplement people are using to treat anxiety. saying it could be addictive and even deadly. they are selling it like it s coffee or tea. i was just trying to teach you the value of a dollar. all i had was $0.68. that s right. jericka: and we remember tom smothers, one half of the iconic comedy duo, the smothers brothers. what is the message this song sends to you? i m sorry, i wasn t paying attention. jericka: good evening to our viewers in the west, thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. i m jericka duncan in for norah. we begin tonight at the crisis of the southern border. right now, a massive convoy of migrants is making its w
welcome back to cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. new this hour. dramatic new details about the unidentified object shot down by fighter jets just miles off the coast of alaska yesterday. unlike the chinese spy balloon last saturday, this demanded more immediate action yesterday. officials say it was flying much lower at 40,000 feet making it a dangerous potential threat to civilian aircraft. now we are learning u.s. military pilots who approached the craft have given conflicting accounts of what they saw. this new report coming in from cnn national security reporter natasha bertrand. this is interesting. this is kind of unusual that these pilots saw different things and that is sort of, i guess, adding to the mystery of all of this. not even the pilots were able to identify what they saw. just to take you back for a sec. on thursday the u.s. defense officials sent f-35 fighter jets to try to figure out what this object was flying around near alaska. those pilot
Qunol. The brand i trust. On this new hour, how far will trump go to get some cash . His reported pitch for a quid pro quo with big oil companies. And trump has a nikki haley problem as the clock is ticking for him to name a running mate. And calling out republicans for giving more rights to appliances than women. Im aman moyelledy, lets do it. I made a pledge to your state, you have highest energy costs in the country. In the first year, they will be reduced by 50 . Because we are going to drill, baby drill. That was trump bragging about dismantling President Bidens green agenda if he wins a second term in november. Now his positions on Climate Policy are on sale to the highest bidder. A stunning new report by the Washington Post details a meeting at maralago last month between donald trump and about two dozen top Oil Executives. Dourg a dinner, one executive complained they spent 400 million lobbying the Biden Administration and had nothing to show for it. The president had still not
self-defense. the concern tonight about the u.s. being drawn into a wider war. america s opioid crisis. will the supreme court uphold a multibillion dollar with the makers of oxycontin? do you blame the sackler s for ryan s death? i do. i absolutely do. norah: breaking news, an american tourist killed after a shark attack at a popular bahamas resort. and a night of celebration. the kennedy center honors. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for being with us. we begin tonight with a dramatic escalation in gaza as israel and hamas engage in some of the most intense fighting since the beginning of the war. and that is taking place in southern gaza, specifically around khan younis, the city where israel believes the remaining hostages are being held. it s been four days since the cease-fire ended that allowed 100 women and children to be released, and tonight the state department says one of the reason hamas chose to end the truce and not