likely averts time behind bars and gives hunter probation instead. he may have to pay a fine. some in the media defending the president s son while attacking republicans in the process. republicans have been trying to stir up conspiracy theories left and right. one after another have been disproven. i suspect we will have lots of howling from the g.o.p. house republicans are going to keep this up. they ve decided to go all in on this as a way to keep the republican base enthusiastic. these are criminal charges. republicans will call them a slap on the wrist. you re already hearing a lot of shouting. oh, sweetheart deal. oh this, oh that. this is not a sweetheart deal. it s a good deal and i think it s a good deal for hunter biden. dana: hunter s lawyer calling this matter resolved and taking responsibility for these mistakes but the d.o.j. an hour later said the investigation is still ongoing and the republicans are vowing to plow ahead on investigations into th
potential human remains. reporter: quite right. exactly, jake. and also questions about whether or not something like this could have been prevented. again, this all happening this morning when these officials who were running this massive search, at the time search and rescue operation, the remote operated vehicle that was down on the ocean floor early this morning at 8:55 a.m. came across that debris field. right now what they are doing is the r.o.v.s are still there on the ocean floor, still trying to map the ocean floor, still trying to figure out exactly what is down there in terms of debris. the coast guard earlier today, the rear admiral gave his assessment of exactly what happened and in addition to that a deep sea expert weighed in on exactly what was found. we found five different major pieces of debris that told us that it was the remains of the titan. the initial thing we found was the nose cone, which was outside of the pressure hull. we then found a large de
oh you re no fun. [lock clicks shut] all five passengers on the missing titanic sub are suddenly dead, starting now, the titanic wreckage area, the site of yet another tragedy after debris believed to be from the missing submersible is found with the passengers feared dead and wreckage on the ocean floor. rescue operations now shift from rescue to recovery. safety concerns flagged well before the operation, one contractor that worked with oceangate says there was an experimental decision during construction of the vessel, and in the wake of this tragedy, cnn is going to examine deep- sea exploration and the inherent dangers that come along with these kinds of curious mind expeditions. welcome to the lead time jake tapper, the world lead, a tragic ending to the search for the missing sub, the missing coast guard confirmed debris has been found on the seafloor near the wreckage of the titanic, the rear admiral says the debris field is consistent with a quote catastrophic
than 30 hours of oxygen left. the sub losing contact while on its way to explore the titanic. five people on board. search teams lowering a remote dive vehicle into the sea. the coast guard says there s been no sonar contact, no sign of the sub. the search area covering 10,000 square miles. the u.s. navy and new york international guard now joining the search. gio benitez in canada. also tonight, the plea deal signaling an end to a tumultuous five-year investigation. president biden s son, hunter biden, agreeing to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and settling a gun violation charge. former president trump blasting the deal made by a federal prosecutor he appointed, calling it a mere traffic ticket. house republicans and gop presidential candidates saying it s a sweetheart deal. how president biden is now responding. pierre thomas at the justice department. as for the classified documents case against former president trump, the judge today setting a trial date
just begun, let s get right to it. first coast guard district commander. brief recap of our coordinated search efforts for the 21-foot submersible with the five on board and update on current search efforts and plans for the next 24 hours. on behalf of all the men and women of the united states coast guard and our search partners, we offer our most heartfelt thoughts and prayers for the five crew members, their families and their loved ones. our crews are working around the clock to ensure we are doing everything possible to locate the titan and the five crew members. yesterday we set up a unified command consisting of expertise from the united states coast guard, united states navy, canadian armed forces and coast guard, and the titan s parent company, oceangate expedition. a complex search effort, requires multiple agencies with subject matters expertise and specialized equipment. the u.s. coast guard has assumed the role of mission coordinator, we do not have all the nec