this. evan gershkovitch and paul whalen are americans. a chance they could come home. putin hopes to find a solution to release them from jail. they have been in moscow for some time. what it all means is not clear. gershkovitch is the reporter for the wall street journal detained since last may. whalen has been behind bars for five years, december of 2018. so we re watching that story. we ll bring you updates if they become available. meanwhile we are off to the races, america. a federal prosecutor accused of running interference for joe biden will testify this morning all part of the official house impeachment investigation which became official as of 5:29 yesterday eastern time. good morning, everybody. it s thursday. you almost made it. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the news broke during the five yesterday. we got all our opinions out there and more news today. they aren t wasting any time. today s witness is lesley wolf. a
nick, mike, great work and congratulations to your parents. merry christmas to you. rachel: third hour of fox and friends starts now. lawrence: fox news alert, the house voted for an impeachment inquiry. steve: his son hunter biden could be held in contempt of congress for skipping a closed-door deposition yesterday on capitol hill. hillary vaughn was chasing hunter biden yesterday. hunter biden could be facing jail time. he was not a no-show, he did show up on capitol hill, but he ditched the deposition and made his case to the press. in the depths of my addiction, i was irresponsible with my finances, but to suggest that is grounds for impeachment inquiry is groabsurd. there is no evidence to point to my father being financially involved in my business because it did not happen. hunter did not want to take questions behind closed doors. he wouldn take our questions either out in the open on camera. mr. biden, was it worth it trying to sell the family name?