You are watching velshi on msnbc. It is sunday, october 1st. I am Charles Coleman junior, filling in for my friend and colleague, ali velshi. And weve got a lot to talk about. In a surprising turn of events, the federal government will remain open, after Congress Managed to passed a lastminute stopgap measure late last night. Less than just three hours before funding is set to run out, the Senate Overwhelmingly voted in favor of a shorter funding bill that was rushed to the house floor by speaker Kevin Mccarthy earlier in the day. Then, shortly before midnight last night, President Biden signed a Bill Into Law and in a statement, he called the whole episode, quote, a manufactured crisis. Now, this lastminute agreement will keep the government funded, and existing Spending Levels until friday, November 17th. And it authorizes additional money to be set aside for Disaster Relief. However, what it does not do is include funding for ukraine aid. This was a key Sticking Point for democrats.
these the deals on before there shot with jury selection is underway in the first trial against the son of a sitting president. we are live outside the courthouse in delaware where hunter biden is facing we ve felonies for allegedly buying a gun while using illegal drugs. how his father, the president, is reacting and fighting words on capitol hill is dr. anthony found she testifies to lawmakers about the origins of covid-19 and the us response to the pandemic and brace yourself the thermostat please, in your house can be pretty busy this summer. i ll look at how much it will cost you to stay cool and how that number has risen over the past five years. we re following these developing stories and many more we re all coming in right here to see it a nuisance just days after former president trump was convicted of 34 felonies and his hush money case. another unprecedented and in criminal trial with major political implications is getting underway. hunter biden now facing ju
particular case. also brought by the special counsel. and so we have this situation where you ve got the son of a former president who has been charged by a special counsel in two different jurisdictions, two different trials. and so it really just highlights the fact that unusual circumstances where these could not have i ve been relieved through plea agreements probably based on the fact that it was the special counsel s investigation as opposed to just an ordinary mary tax case or an ordinary firearms case, carrie, thank you so much for taking us through all that. we appreciate it. and still to come republican lawmakers turning up the heat on the man who led the us government s response to the covid pandemic. dr. anthony fauci is on the hill right now and he is very much in the hotseat and we re following it. plus president biden is set to now it s big moves on the border. we re going to explain his immigration plan and why republicans aren t happy about it despite calls to secure t
Hunter Biden has been ordered to appear in person for a hearing regarding federal firearms charges. He had requested to appear via video conference, but the judge ruled that he should be there in person. The court found that video appearances were only allowed during the height of the pandemic or in certain circumstances. Biden is accused of lying on a form about his drug use when purchasing a firearm and keeping the gun for 11 days. The court date has been rescheduled, and additional investigations into his business dealings are ongoing.
not registering as a foreign agent, the government said, yes, we could and the defense said, no, they can t. that s obviously not a meeting of the minds. you have to have a complete understanding between the two parties to the agreement as to what the agreement is. that alone, even though i believe they came back and said, okay, we reached agreement on that now, it shows that the parties didn t vet out all the possible scenarios. the other problem was the judge was uncomfortable with the pretrial diversion on the firearms case where they wanted the judge to be a party to decide whether he successfully completed the pretrial diversion. i don t think it s unusual that the judge said, let s take a break, go back and talk about it some more. there s a high percentage change they re going to come back with an agreement. we learned some interesting