treatment. earlier this week we learned the president s son struck a deal with prosecutors that lets him avoid jail time. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off tonight. jacqui, good evening. good evening, trace. white house officials say hunter biden, who just accepted a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, was invited to last night s state dinner with the attorney general you because he is the president s son and white house members attend events. officials were very rye sis tant giving answers how the case was handled and the president s role in it. let me say let me save you some breath. if you are going to ask about this, i am not addressing. kirby wouldn t answer james question though. are you going to answer the question? it s not unreasonable question to ask. after a lot of pushback the white house now says this comment still holds true. i have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. despite a text message whist
we innovate. we compete. we can do an amazing job together. bret: on ukraine, congressman gonzalez the pentagon announcing accounting area $6.2 million extra for ukraine. a lot of people don t understand how $6.2 billion can be found in the couch in the government. but it happened. you are a supporter of getting whatever ukraine needs. but, in the republican party, there is some pushback. you acknowledge that, right? and where do you think this is going? no. there is no doubt that every dollar that we give to any foreign government to include helping ukraine needs to be accounted for. we can t just write blank checks and expect problems to be solved. the other part of it, too. what happens in ukraine does not just impact ukraine. it impacts the entire world from grain and food to national security. taiwan is certainly at the agenda in the region as well. bret: all right, last thing, for people at home who say come on this is all rose colored glasses, you are just talking happy ta