already struggling to wages war on ukraine. we have a live report what this means for the kremlin and will sit down exclusively with the key member of the senate foreign relations committee. democrat ben cardin to ask what the u.s. knows and how we should respond. plus we will ask about critics is a president biden is a bungling the u.s. relationship with china. and we will debut a brand-new survey from the reagan institute on how americans really feel about the u.s. position on the global stage. then, when you re after the dobbs decision states make bold moves on abortion and some candidates draw a line. the supreme court of the united states set roe versus wade to the ash heap of history where it belongs. former vice president mike pence calls were 2024 test on one of the nation s most divisive issues. asks for his rivals to join him. i did this call and every other candidate. for the republican nomination to support a minimum standard of 15 week band too. pence joi
u.s. district court in los angeles, california. hunter biden is there as we speak. he s being arraigned formally on the nine federal tax charges. prosecutors are alleged that he engaged in a four-year scheme to avoid paying millions in taxes. we re on top of that. i m neil cavuto. glad to have you with us. let s get to it with kelly o grady who is there and how things are going now. kelly? neil, the hearing is expected to get underway any minute now. this is going to be hunter biden s first appearance in court over these charges. he arrived at the courthouse behind me roughly 1 1/2 hours ago or so. it was very much in contrast to yesterday s chaos on the hill. the arrival was planned. he was driven in to underground parking. today he s facing nine charges of tax evasion, three of those will be felonies. according to the indictment as you mentioned, he failed to pay $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016 to 2019. he did, however, spend millions on a lavish lifestyle. there
right now on ana cabrera reports, breaking news from capitol hill, two house committees meeting this hour on whether to hold hunter biden in contempt of congress. what it means for the president s son. plus, countdown to the caucus, nikki haley and ron desantis preparing to go head to head this evening with just five days to go. this as donald trump aims to play spoiler tonight and siphon attention. and there s a new twist in his appearance in a new york courtroom tomorrow. also ahead, extreme weather, millions impacted by a winter storm system that brought everything from snow to floods to tornados. thanks so much for joining us on this busy wednesday. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news on capitol hill where two house committees are kicking off meetings right now to consider whether to hotel hunter biden in contempt of congress. the house judiciary and oversight panels both expected to vote on whether to proceed
china has dismissed the elections, saying it doesn t change the fact that from beijing s perspective, taiwan is part of china, and she jinping has been clear in his view that reunification of taiwan with the mainland s, in his eyes, inevitable, and he will use force to achieve that same. it doesn t mean that war is imminent here. tension is likely to escalate. the icy tension that has defined the past eight years, but throughout the day today, people we were talking to and in polling stations, and on the streets, people were saying that this was an election about choosing taiwan s identity, and choosing taiwan s future, and it s just choice asked a be left to the people of taiwan. listen, keeping a close eye on all of this in the future, and we thank you for doing so. janis mackey forero. in a moment, oh the possibilities. who will get the not from donald trump for vice president? we re going to run through the list. list as i bid you all a very good day from msnbc world
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: straight to the a fox news alert, eight victims killed and seven others hurt after a shooting at an outlet mall in allen, texas, yesterday. [gunfire] [inaudible conversations] [gunfire] rachel: the gunman was shot and killed by a police officer or who just happened to be nearby while responding to an unrelated call. pete: alexandria hoff joins us with the latest. reporter: good morning to you. this is a terrible hinge to wake up to the. at last update, three of the injured victims remain in critical condition, four have been described as stable, and our fox affiliate in dallas reporting of those who received hospital treatment, their ages ranged from 5 to 61 years old. of course, not everyone made it that far. our rescue task force teams found seven deceased individuals on scene. we transported nine individuals to the hospital to the area trauma facilities. of those that we transported, two have since die