energetic in pursuing a hunter biden contempt of congress charge. bill: byron, stand by. 10:00 on the east coast and capitol hill. watching our continuing coverage of the hunter biden saga and what was scheduled to be a closed door deposition to begin 30 minutes ago at the moment it looks like this will not happen. i m bill hemmer along with dana perino and our coverage continues dana: one he would show up, do the deposition, leave and get a transcript and wait for the next shoe to drop. the other option he goes to the deposition and ends up pleading the fifth. bill: or picking and choosing which questions to answer based on what his lawyer says. dana: i gave a long public statement which he said his father was not financially involved in his businesses, he also said that he was very proud of the degrees he had from georgetown and law degree. proud of his business career and he also said i ve made mistakes and wasted opportunities and for that i m responsible and acco
now as hunter biden was supposed to be sitting right now behind closed doors for a deposition on the hill. but this morning again he said he will speak only to lawmakers if he can do so publicly. welcome to the faulkner focus , everybody. good morning, i m martha maccallum in for harris. republicans said they wanted to talk to hunter biden closed doors. they would hold him in contempt if he didn t show up. he did show up on his own terms. he stood before the cameras on the senate side of the building, lots of attention this morning, and then he got back in a car and left capitol hill. watch this. in the depths of my addiction i was extremely irresponsible with my finances. but to suggest that is grounds for an impeachment inquiry is beyond the absurd. it is shameless. there is no evidence to support the allegations that my father was financially involved in my business because it did not happen. martha: there is a lot there and we ll dig it into today. the house will vot
breaking news on ana cabrera reports, hunter biden indicted with nine new tax charges including three felonies. we ll detail the allegations made by the special counsel in this case including money spent on a lavish lifestyle. escorts, cars, and drugs instead of paying taxes. we re also watching the united nations this hour about to convene an emergency meeting on gaza with a new warning that conditions inside the strip are nearing a humanitarian catastrophe. plus, just hours before the start of hanukkah, shots fired at a synagogue in albany, new york. the rising fears of anti-semitism here at home. also ahead, las vegas police releasing this new video of the shootout with the man who opened fire at unlv. and first to nbc, new accounts of the gunman s obsession with vegas. it is 10:00 eastern. thanks so much for being with us on a friday. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with that breaking news. hunter biden indicted on tax crimes. the presid
charges tonight as his father readies for what is expected to be a rigorous rematch with former president trump in the 2024 elections year. the president s son is accused of spending millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle including strippers, sex clubs, drugs, and exotic cars. his lawyer says the special counsel bowed to political pressure. president biden has insisted he had nothing to do with his son s business affairs. correspondent david spunt starts us off tonight. good evening, david. rich, good evening. the government insists that hunter biden chose not to pay his taxes but had plenty of money to do so. this is his second indictment setting up what could be trial number two next year as his dad runs for re-election. hunter biden facing another indictment. this time three felony and six misdemeanor charges relating to his failure to file and pay taxes. special counsel david weiss filed the charges in los angeles. hunter s home since 2018. the government all
right now on early start, israel has a list of hostages that could be freed today. could the truce be extended. plus the pause allows more aid to flow into gaza pl weep have more on how much and from where it is coming. and nikki haley just scored a big endorsement from a group with incredibly deep pockets. will money help put a dent in donald trump s huge lead. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is wednesday, november 29, pa:00 a.m. in washington, noon in gaza where the extended truce between israel and hamas is now in its sixth and possibly final day as negotiators work toward the release of more hostages. we re learning that talks in doha have been positive. a source telling cnn that they are in agreement to extend the pause in fighting. more hostages are set to be freed in the hours to come. sources say a list of names has been given to israel and families have been notified. hamas released 12 hostages at the ra