Zuckerberg and elon musk. Bret we begin with a weather alert. Tonight, Severe Weather over much of the eastern part of the country. More than 130 million americans are at risk of seeing the Severe Weather outbreak either late this afternoon, into this evening. Here in washington, d. C. , Federal Government offices closed early today, sending employees home ahead of these anticipated storms. Plane travel up and down the east coast, largely grounded at this hour. No sense of when that stops. This is the most serious threat of the storm that the nations capitol has faced in years. Fox weather correspondent katie berne is in d. C. Tonight on the streets. Good evening, katie. Good evening, bret. Yeah, rain is moving into d. C. Now and we could feel hurricanestrength winds gusting as fast as 75 miles per hour. In fact, in a suburb of d. C. , centerville, virginia people already have reports of 80 mileperhour wind gusts there just in the last hour or. So the storm system is impacting heavily
Federal investigation. The doj is pointing a special council. Republicans say this is not aimed at seeking justice. The Senior National correspondent kevin corke is live in d. C. With the breaking details on this. Good evening, david weiss is the man. The very same same david weiss who says Congressional Republicans attempted to paint a Sweetheart Deal for hunter biden, despite possible or some would say obvious violations. That david weiss is leading an escalation into hunter biden. His title became special council today. His powers were the same yesterday. Whats different . It does not make any difference to us given what we understood to be the case. Critics argued weiss should not have been named Special Counsel citing this as section 6. 3 in the doj regulations. A Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States government. This is a political decision, not a legal decision. Theyre trying to put out a fire, and they just poured gasoline on it. Nobody in their right
Coast of alaska. Putting anyones Cosmic Bulls Eye On Iconic ice cream man. They want to get rid of mr. Softee trucks because they are gas. Should be electric or solar. Today looking at dead heat. One democratic lawmaker admitting that the threat is that trump could come back. Elon musk revealing his upcoming fight with Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg says is he consuming 4,000 calories towed per day. Computer geek turning into zuckerberg 2. 0. Brian all right. Its raining outside. I will bring you this from the inside. We begin with this. Trumps legal team facing a 5 00 p. M. Deadline today to respond to federal prosecutors request for a protective order in his latest criminal case, not security wise, towards evidence wise. Meanwhile, the former president has some requests of his own. A Judge Recusal and he wants a new venue. Can you blame him . Peter doocy joins us with more. Brian, good morning. President trump has until the close of Business Today to explain a truth social post he made
Raid in provo sparked by alleged threats against President Biden and other officials. Authorities say they had treason believe the man was serious about his intentions with President Biden scheduled to arrive in Salt Lake City in just a few moments. Senior correspondent Claudia Cowan is in Salt Lake City tonight with the latest. Good evening, claudia. Good evening, bret. As you mentioned. This happened in provo, utah. Thats about 45 minutes away from Salt Lake City. At the home of a man who has been on the fbis radar for many months. According to a federal criminal complaint, Craig Robertson claimed online to be a 74yearold former air force vet and the owner of many rifles, shotguns and handguns. And a socalled gilly suit. Thats a type of camouflage. The fbi says robertson posted many credible threatening messages on social media. And was planning to take action. The complaint quotes robertson as saying i hear biden is coming to utah. Digging out my old gilly suit and cleaning the suit
Congressional republicans are already saying weisss new status makes him a Fire Wall Insulating President Biden and his Justice Department and could actually impede congressional efforts to get to the truth. Look into that. Also tonight, the Justice Department has moved to officially dismiss the now defunked plea deal with the president s son. Correspondent dazed spunt has the details from the Justice Department. Good evening, david. Reporter bret, good evening to you. The legal jeopardy for the president s son only deepens now that this case has Special Counsel status, and we can say tonight that it appears hunter biden is headed for trial. I have concluded that it is in the Public Interest to appoint him as Special Counsel. David weiss, the u. S. Attorney who had been leading the Justice Departments probe of Hunter Bidens tax and Business Dealings now getting a new job title and new legal responsibilities. Reporter mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigat