formally launch their impeachment inquiry into president biden will they move now to hold his son in contempt. markets soaring, the dow reaches a new high. retail numbers in, beating expectations, stock furthers up again. how high can it do? i m john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner, this is cnn news news central. just moments ago we watched as rudy giuliani arrived at court in washington d.c. after saying he intends to take the stand in his defamation damages trial. in a move to counter emotional claims from two election workers who say his lies and conspiracy theories after the 2020 presidential election turned their lives upside down. over the past two days, the court heard gut wrenching testimony from former pole workers. they described how giuliani s lies spawned a flood of racist messages and even death threats that forced them to leave their jobs and home, cost them some friends and made them feel so unsafe they were afraid ton even use their own names. ka
wrongdoing. his son, hunter biden, snubbing a subpoena to testify today behind closed doors saying he ll only do so publicly and stating his father has no financial ties to his business dealings. will the gop move to hold the other biden in contempt of congress? also tonight, president biden welcoming the families of all eight americans still being held hostage by hamas to the white house. what they said to him in their private meeting. the record day on wall street. big news from the fed on interest rates. the supreme court taking up a major case over the abortion pill that could restrict access nationwide. the massive recall impacting nearly every tesla on the road in the u.s. safety concerns over its autopilot feature. our nbc news exclusive with holiday shopping in full swing. inside the undercover operation to bust retail thieves. and he was the emmy-winning star of hit nbc shows. remembering andre braugher. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester h
hello i m dana perino. my ear was blown out. i m here with the team and this is the five. the house set to vote any minute on making the impeachment inquiry into president biden official acis his son claims ma republicans are targeting him g anhid family, hunter biden show up on capitol hill this morningn defiantly ducking the close door deposition republicans sets up, instead ofno honoring a subpoeni the presidenlet lashed out at t g.o.p. lawmakers who want to question him. for six years i ve been the target of the unrelenting trump attack machine shouting where ie hunter. well here is my answer. i am here but i m also here to correct how the maga right has betrayed me for their politicale purposes. republicans do not want an open process where americans can see r tactics. expose their baseless inquiry or hear what i have to say. what are they afraid of? i m here. i m ready. hunter biden choosing his words very carefully on if his father joe biden was involved in his b
all republicans in the house voted in favour of the impeachment probe. congressman and chairman of the housejudiciary committee, jim jordan, gave this reaction to reporters afterwards. the house has now spoken and i think pretty loudly and clearly with everything republican voting in favour of moving into this official inquiry phase to do oversight. when a majority of the house goes on record in support of an official impeachment inquiry with the power that resides solely in the house of representatives, i think that sends a message. our reporter helena humphrey has been following the impeachment inquiry vote on capitol hill. i asked her what comes next. for this republican party puts them on a sure footing on how they prosecute this in sense of expanded powers to request his to me by subpoena from documents then they will have the job of documents then they will have thejob of going documents then they will have the job of going through the documents the evidence deciding wh
today on inside politics, a baseless political stunt. that s how president biden is describing house republicans impeachment inquiry. republicans say they are just following the evidence, though so far, they haven t produced it. donald trump is celebrating after a judge hit pause on the election subversion case against him while appeals play out. it means his scheduled march trial could be delayed potentially for months. and more signs of an economy that s actually in pretty good shape. stocks are at record highs. inflation is down. economists think the worst might be behind us. the big question is how voters see it. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start today with the biden impeachment fugt. we have not yet seen evidence of wrong doing by president biden, but yesterday the gop-led house voted to officially begin an impeachment investigation into matters related to his son hunter biden s business dealings. it means the early mon