trial diversification which means his charges gets dropped if he doesn t do drugs. this plea deal actually goes against justice department guidelines on the tax and the gun charge. this isn t a plea deal. this is a cover-up. hunter biden s attorney says the case is closed. this was an investigation into fara violations which is now you register to work with a foreign government if you are an american citizen. money laundering. again, five years and what they came up with is two misdemeanor tax counts. that s the resolution we have is that mr. biden is going to take responsibility for failing to timely pay his taxes for those two years? is this the end of it? my understanding is that we are done. jesse: they are done because the prosecutors never even cracked open the laptop. the laptop has evidence of money laundering, bribery sex trafficking, wire fraud. foreign lobbying crimes kickbacks and racketeering. almost as if the laptop wasn t a part of the investigation wel
the first day back to school after the holidays turns deadly in iowa. the new details about the guns and the shooters social media posts. this strikes at the heart of everything we hold dear. norah: the major winter storm barreling to the northeast, bringing heavy snow, ice, and wind. once it gets to the eastern seaboard, that is when things get really tricky, right, who gets the snow and who doesn t? norah: new concern about judge safety after that attack in a nevada court room. we are still definitely in survival mode. eye on america. snow crab season counsel for a second year in a row. wyatt has fisherman on edge. we are a dying breed. norah: and honoring the legacy of harriet tubman. good evening. i m norah o donnell and thank you for being with us on this thursday night. there is breaking news out of new york city, with two subway trains colliding. at least 24 people are hurt. we are going to have the very latest on their conditions and what caused
the ingram ankle. we begin, with the crypto creek. sam franklin s three names one big scandal. he was actually free after the introductions the hamas. posting a $250 million bond. in federal court this afternoon. will get back to that in a moment. and now he s moving them back with his mom and dad in california after being put under house arrest as he awaits criminal trial or multiple criminal charges. back up. stuck up. back up. it out of my car. would you say the investors is also much? yes, the disgraced founder and then made office facing 150 years in prison. after allegedly defrauding investors over $1.8 billion. yes, many people are out of money. i see was flying back from the bahamas last night, two of his minions, one was a cofounder. and one is his ex-girlfriend. they both pleaded guilty to multiple fraud charges and i said to be cooperating with prosecutors and they are more likely it s going to be against them. there he is expected back in court january 3rd
morning. we have major announcements, joe biden will hold a phone call with the president of china. the state department offers a deal to russia to get brittney griner and paul whelan release from jail in moscow. at what price? we have the host of way too early and the bureau chief of politico, and the author of the big lie. we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, and the former chairman of the republican national committee. good morning to you all. let s dive in after a year and a half of on and off negotiations. joe manchin has reached a deal with party leaders to pass a number of democratic agenda items through the reconciliation process. in a statement, he wrote in part, this bill will cut the inflation taxes that americans are paying. it will lower prescription drugs and health insurance. it will ensure that we invest in energy security and climate change innovations. he went on, it is time to put away the partisan swords and advance legislation that is in the b