earlier as the house ways and means committee releases stunning testimony from two agents. they say the lead prosecutor overseeing hunter biden s investigation was not actually in charge of the outcome, thanks to meddling from the justice department, despite attorney general merrick garland insisting it s not true. mr. weiss had more authority than a special counsel would have had, as complete he had and has complete authority to bring a case anywhere he wants in his discretion. we will get reaction from republican 2024 presidential candidate will hurd, he s joining us in just a moment. david spunt, you got to ask a.g. garland about all of this today. what did he say to you? aishah, about 90 minutes ago and the attorney general has remained consistent over the past two years saying that david weiss has fully been in control of the hunter biden investigation. now, there s a notion out there that david weiss was told not to bring charges against hunter biden last year, ac
standing by to weigh in. first hillary vaughn is live on capitol hill with the latest. hillary, so it passed the house, what are the odds it passes the senate, too? not impossible, aishah. 14 house democrats voted with republicans to overturn president biden s new mortgage rules that basically mean if you are a home buyer with good credit, you are paying more so that home buyers with bad credit are paying less. you, the middle class, are now going to be punished under the new biden rule because, guess what, people who didn t do the hard work that you did to make sure that they maintained good credit so that they could participate in the same way, you and i are now going to subsidize them. this is harming home ownership and it s attacking the middle class. and when you do the math, that s exactly what the mortgage rules do. according to bank rates analysis, for homeowners looking to take out a $350,000 mortgage,
people with good credit under biden s rules are paying 1300 bucks more in fees, people with bad credit are paying $2,600 less in fees. but democrats are brushing off concerns from republicans these rules don t help everyone in the middle class, it hurts the middle class who were financially responsible. president biden and house and senate democrats standing up for the middle class and those who aspire to be part of it and trying to make sure that the things traditionally associated with the middle class lifestyle, like affordable home ownership are sustained in the united states of america. aishah, it s not just people with good credit that are being punished under these rules. if you have the money to put more than 20% down on a house, you are going to pay the highest amount in fees as opposed to someone who doesn t have enough money to put down 20% on a home. aishah: hillary, beige a house, not the same as it used to be.