hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield in new york today. so with just weeks before voters head to the polls at key 2024 election contests, president biden is hitting the campaign trail amid new legal distractions hovering over his son. on friday the president kicked off a campaign swing out west just hours after his son hunter s latest indictment. hunter biden is now facing new federal tax evasion charges. prosecutors accuse him of a four-year tax evasion scheme, and spending millions of dollars on things like drugs, escorts and exotic cars. if convicted on all nine criminal counts, he could face up to 17 years in prison. cnn s senior white house reporter kevin liptak is in los angeles where the president is fundraising. kevin, has the president said anything about these indictments? reporter: no, he hasn t, fredricka. he seea few times but the president is fairly tight lipped on this. what the white house says is that the presiden