heritage foundation. but we begin with team fox coverage. marianne rafferty with key information on the five crew members including a fascinating connection to the passengers who sailed on the titanic but first the matt finn live with what we know about the implosion and the investigation. good evening. reporter: good evening. the coast guard says a report discovered a debris field from the imploded ocean gate sub just 1600 feet from the bow of the titanic 2 1/2 miles underwater. the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. upon this determination, we immediately notified the families. on behalf of the united states coast guard and the entire unified command. reporter: the coast guard said the sub did not collide with the titanic and the debris location appears to be consistent with the sub s dissent path. a coast guard admiral says sonar buoys in the water for the past 72 hours did not detect any boom, indicating that sub may have been d
the president s son will plead guilty to federal criminal charges. the lead starts right now. hunter biden strikes a deal on a felony charge and agrees to plead guilty on two misdemeanors, the criminal prosecution the president s son now avoids, as the republicans blast the deal calling it a slap on the wrist. a trial for donald trump set to begin in less than two months as the former president argues his own defense of sorts on national tv. these boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things, golf shirts, glclothing, pants, shoe many things. many things. and the urgent underwater rescue mission running out of time as the coast guard estimated 40 hours left of breathable air for the crew on board the missing sub. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with our law and justice lead. hunter biden has struck a deal with federal prosecutors one that the legal teams hopes keeps the president s son out of prison. he ll plead guilty to two misdemeanors for fail
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
tonight on msnbc for the bes possible reason. it s because she was on route, traveling to texas o assignment joy is in texas tonight. she will be there tomorrow for a roundtable with vice president harris it happens tomorrow night at seven pm right here on msnbc one year post roe, a readout special with vice presiden harris joy can tell you more about it herself in the next hour whe she joins the last word with lawrence o donnell that will be it for me for now but now it is time for the las word with lawrence o donnell a that is correct, joy is going to join us in this hour. and rachel, am i the only on who is untroubled by the washington post reporting toda about how long it took for the justice department to get wher it is now on the jack smit investigation of january 6th it s slow, i think they will claim it was deliberate in the best sense it was careful and they ve ended up where man people, including many of ou guests tonight were urging the to end up. and a year, i
a story we followed for years it comes to what appears to be a conclusion at least on these two stories. on these two. good morning. i think you re right, that this really was not that big of a surprise. there were a lot of people who predicted that this may happen specifically on the tax charges and the gun possession charge. and that charge essentially goes away being diverted, the gun charge. the two misdemeanors he will plead guilty to. this does not stop the investigation into what else is there and the alleged bribery scheme the house republicans are going after pretty intently. i do think that this is another step in the road but one that was predicted and obviously it goes to the president saying he has faith in his son, he never believed he did anything wrong but you heard in that statement from the white house they love him and he is essentially they want to move on. dana: they want to move on. can they move on will be the question. if the justice department has