three narratives at play during this hearing. fbi director wray talked about the good things the fbi are doing. democrats talked about donald trump and republicans talked about what they perceive as weaponization of government. i m curious are you protecting the bidens. absolutely not. hold on you won t answer whether that s a shakedown. he pledged to stay above the frey. fbi dricket christopher wray could not escape the politics. i come from a fairly rural district is weaponization of the fbi and the doj coming after conservative citizens who just simply want to have a voice in the process? the idea that i m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me given my own personal background. wray is a republican. democrats accused the republicans of having an ulterior motive. it is an elaborate show designed with only two purposes in mind to protect donald trump from the consequences of his actions and to return him to the white house in the next election
treatment. earlier this week we learned the president s son struck a deal with prosecutors that lets him avoid jail time. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off tonight. jacqui, good evening. good evening, trace. white house officials say hunter biden, who just accepted a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, was invited to last night s state dinner with the attorney general you because he is the president s son and white house members attend events. officials were very rye sis tant giving answers how the case was handled and the president s role in it. let me say let me save you some breath. if you are going to ask about this, i am not addressing. kirby wouldn t answer james question though. are you going to answer the question? it s not unreasonable question to ask. after a lot of pushback the white house now says this comment still holds true. i have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. despite a text message whist
[music] its red meat thursday. serving stuff you love! you agree with us itself red meat if you don t like these pol politics, that is because you are a little bitch! [applause] could you just put something together, that is what he does. sick little boy. yeah, it is red meat thursday, where we tell you what you already knew to be true and everyone who disagrees can go f himself, to quote dana perino. tonight s red meat, leftists are ugly. i know, you knew that already, you ve seen the view. now scientist bearing it it out, amazing, new artificial intelligence study out of denmark, which is a country, i believe. turns out ai can predict a person s political leanings with 61% accuracy, based solely on their face. it is far more accurate than the old method, which was based on ass eyes. when the judge the official features used for this, they found something else, the right-wingers were where hot-air. yeah, yeah, yeah. some notable exceptions, of course. brought down
gillian: first possible relief over the debt threat. the house is going to vote tonight imminently on the debt extension deal to avoid a historic default on federal obligations. a lot of staunch conservatives are against this agreement which means democrats will definitely be needed to get the measure across the finish line. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill tonight. hi, chad. good evening, gillian. the vote comes some time after 8:00 tonight. expect broad bipartisan support. lots of democrats will vote yes. albeit with reluctance. when trump was president, they approved every extension of the debt relief and, yet, when biden s here, no. this is extortion. but we have to deal with it, it s for the benefit of our country. and the world s economy and i will vote yes. some conservatives berated house speaker kevin mccarthy for negotiating the deal. graves negotiated the for the g.o.p. is he tired of the right torching the deal and the spe
tonight, we begin with breakin news it s all hands on deck this weekend, donald trump i huddling with a team of lawyer down at mar-a-lago this comes as nbc news learned that the ex president has been invited to testify before a ne york grand jury next week. it s part of the manhattan district attorney s years long investigation into hush plenty payments made for adult film star during trump s 2016 presidential run so, why does the da offer have trump so spooked the invitation is why they received the a warning of criminal charges may b imminent manhattan district attorne alvin bragg joined reveren sharpton a short time ago, and he appears to be keeping his cards close to his vest. we have an active investigation. many observed last year that the trial of the trump organization, in some ways, would say is the same team tha is working with the same typ of professionalism and rigor the same type of team on our active investigation i am constrained from saying anything more tha