steve: good morning, everybody, it s thursday, december 14th, 2023. we start this 6:00 hour with a fox news alert. the house of representatives yesterday voted to formaize an impeachment inquiry into the current president, joe biden. brian: president biden is now one of six presidents in u.s. history to face an impeachment inquiry in the house. lawrence: now his son hunter could be held in contempt of congress for skipping a closed door deposition on capitol hill yesterday. that s right. brooke singman is here with the latest. good morning. good morning. this is a huge step for house republicans who argue that a formal inquiry is the only way to get the white house to actually comply with their investigation. they are accusing president biden of influence peddling during his time as vice president. and they say they are collecting evidence that shows he was involved in his son s foreign business dealings. but, president biden is writing the whole thing off saying in
threshold where they re going to have to start reporting this. pete: they really are good on the tijuana mayor for saying this. it s the type of things angela merkel wouldn t say for a long time. rachel: right. pete: she covered it up, the refugee crisis in her own country. i can t handle this. i m calling on the mayor of mexico. what will our congress ever do if anything there is a loft frustration, rachel, to your point. republicans have had control for two years. rachel: right. pete: this president is serious about this issue. will they spend the time in this lame duck session to actually try address it. rachel: some of the media has covered it. just knot a lot. certainly it goes against the narrative that has been out there. so it s been very muted. back to your question about the funding. look, i think he sending out warning signals. i could shut down the government commodities 7th. the question will be who will get the blame.