here s the story. the former prosecutor whom irs agents said kept them from investigating the biden case the way that they thought it was leading and they thought they say fit today, she s answering questions about all of that behind closed doors with congressional investigators. that happened one day after the president s son risked a contempt charge, which is likely headed his way, and dodged their questions after he gave what amounted to an opening statement of his own on the sidewalk outside congress. no doubt though leslie wolf was likely asked about this based on the irs whistle-blower accusations against what she did. did u.s. attorney leslie wolf confirm your investigative effort that you had sufficient probable cause for search? yes, she did. thanks very much. you told congress that u.s. assistant attorney wolf said whether the juice was worth the squeeze. that s a quote. and that optics were a driving factor in the decision on whether to execute a search war
i m greg gutfeld along with roseanna scotto and dana perino, it s 5:00 in n.y.c. this is the five. greg: the white house cranking up the spin cycle after a whirlwind 24 hours for america s foreign cash guzzling father-son duo. republicans launching their inquiry into president biden. and hunter playing a risky game of contempt chicken blowing off a congressional subpoena, team biden spewing out the talking points. spewing? wow! they ve come up with not a single shred of evidence of any wrongdoing of any kind by president biden. yet, they re storming ahead with this impeachment stunt anyway to please their far right base and play politics and it really cheapens what a historically grave constitutional remedy of last resort. there s no evidence that the president has done wrongdoing. there s none. absolutely none. they are wasting their time instead of doing the work on behalf of the american people. they go after the president s family. greg: and while they claim t
phil mattingly. good morning. we are glad you are with us. in just hours from now the house is set to vote to formalize an impeachment inquiry into president biden after a resolution passed yesterday. republicans have alleged that the president biden benefitted from his family s foreign business dealings. they have not provided evidence of wrongdoing. hakeem jeffries with us in moments. rudy giuliani is back in court today. jurors heard voicemails that an election worker said they heard lies about the election. rebuking trump s former attorney as he repeated the lies about the election and the election workers outside the courthouse this week. in half an hour, the labor department will release a key report giving us a critical look at the state of inflation in the country. we will have the numbers for you as soon as they come in. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. trump says jump, the maga extremists say how high? donald trump asks them to impeach joe biden a
democrats are still on his side with the white house pleading for congress for $61 billion more in aid, but congressional republicans are not moved. speaker mike johnson even avoided posing for a picture with zelenskyy today. instead telling the wartime leader that the u.s. border must come first. zelenskyy is meeting with president biden right now as you saw. we should hear from both of them again at the white house in about an hour. what can they say to change the mind of republican lawmakers and if they cannot, what will happen to ukraine and how soon? first, let s find out how moscow is viewing this. joining us is keir simons from moscow and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles from capitol hill. chief, keir, excuse me. i ll just call you chief from now on. how is putin seeing this? is he watching this closely? he absolutely is. he hasn t said that himself but his spokesman, the kremlin spokesman, has been clear they are watching closely. kremlin officials w
emily: hello, everyone, this is outnumbered, i m emily compagno here with my co-host kayleigh mcenany and joining us today fox news correspondent molly line, fox news contributor katrina campins and mission.com s chris valletta. harvard standing by their president, claudine gay testified on antisemitism and appeared to defend students calling for jewish genocide. watch. calling for the genocide of jews violates harvard code of conduct, correct? depends on the context. it does not and this is why you should resign. emily: after that testimony, harvard governing board is throwing full support biden president gay stating as members of harvard corporation we reaffirm support for president gay s continued leadership of harvard university. we are confident president gay is the right leader to help our community heal and address the serious societal issues we are facing. trouble doesn t end there for the ivy league president, she is facing accusations of academic plagiaris