Say this will be my last term as republican leader of the senate. Im not going anywhere any time soon. However, ill complete my job, my colleagues have given me until we select a new leader in november and they take the helm next january. John as youve been following, Breaking News in the past 30 minutes. Mitch mcconnell stepping down from his Leadership Post this november and with that, welcome to our wednesday edition of the program. Im john roberts in washington. Sandra, big news in just the last little while. Sandra another Breaking News afternoon. Sandra smith in new york. Eightterm senator announcing during remarks on the senate floor moments ago he will continue to serve on capitol hill but hes giving up his Leadership Position within the Republican Party that he has held since 2007. John chad pergram is live on capitol hill with more. Chad, you were saying just in the last hour that he is the longest serving republican leader ever. Longest serving eithe majority or Minority Lea
Welcome to hannity. The transcript of Hunter Bidens deposition was released late last night and we have been extensively combing through it. According to the transcript hunter addressed the infamous i am sitting here with my father, that whats app message telling lawmakers he cant remember sending it because he was either so drunk or high saying, quote, i was out of my mind. The only thing that hunter can say for sure that he can remember is that his father was not there. Wow. How selective can one be. Out of my mind, i dont remember even sending the text. Im not sure if it is my text. I know for share my dad wasnt there. Okay. Just days after threatening messages was sent according to a 2020 Senate Report it accounts linked to hunter biden. Guess what . They received over 5 million from the cefc. Thats where he sent the message to. For being out of his mind, id say thats a Pretty Amazing achievement. Hunter also confirmed to lawmakers that he did in fact receive money from chinese com
Brian its 8 00 a. M. On the east coast, it is friday, march 1, no longer leaping into the new year. This is fox. The funeral for Alexei Navalny is underway as Vladamir Putin threatens Nuclear Action in the west. Ainsley two border visits with the current president slamming the former one. Come to to being and this is a war zone, they view it as a war zone and mexico is doing nothing to help us. Ainsley lawrence is live in brownsville, after President Biden visited that area. Steve and Hunter Bidens transcript has been released. He admits he put his dad on Speaker Phone. Mark levine will join us by satellite. Brian remember for the last time, i cant keep telling you this, your mornings are better because you are with friends. Ance start with a fox news alert. The funeral for Alexei Navalny just concluded. Brian the russian Opposition Leader is being laid to rest. Heavy Police Presence in the area. Steve alex hogan is live in our european newsroom with the latest. There is a lot of quest
illegal arms dealer and lied to authorities about all of those things and now is actually on the run after being indicted? that s who james comer and the republican party is defending? that is. this so-called whistle-blower is now facing charges on all of that. that s interesting. we ll have more on that. interesting tact for any party. republican senator tommy tubberville of alabama is backing up on comments about white nationalists serving in the military wait. i m confused here. you have the republicans in the house who are supporting a guy who like funnels illegally iranian oil to the communist chinese and is an illegal arms trafficker and illegal agent for the communist chinese and then on the senate side, you have a 57, 58-year-old guy from alabama who refuses to call white nationalists racists? is this i guess i don t know, is this their 2024 strategy? and senator tuberville had been to be dragged kicking and screaming to that position. he said i de
and more shocking pictures coming out of vermont. rapid flood waters pounding that area following those massive storms. so much damage that the federal government has now officially declared a state of emergency there. so lots to get to, but we begin with the high stakes nato summit in lithuania. members making decisions that could change the course of the war in ukraine and that are already reshaping the alliance itself. this as the man with arguably the most at stake, ukrainian president zelenskyy here, you see him arriving ending speculation on whether he would even be invited or show up to this summit. well, he will meet, as we said, with president biden tomorrow less than three days after the president poured cold water on the idea of ukraine joining the transatlantic alliance. and ahead of his speech, where he ll make his case for his country s membership. zelenskyy tweeted earlier today uncertainty is weakness. nbc s monica alba is traveling with president biden in lit