having this moment of freezing, there are colleagues who are checking on him, john borasso says mitch do you have anything else to say? are you okay? that is a moment where you can see sort of larger concern within his leadership team about that incident particularly. if you talk to them they say they believe in their leader. they say it is up to him to make decisions about his health and his future. lauren, appreciate the reporting. thank you. this morning hunter biden s legal fate is in serious question. this is after his plea deal collapsed at the last minute in this remarkable, really unprecedented court hearing yesterday. the federal judge put it on hold as the president s son was preparing to plead guilty to tax crimes to avoid prosecution on a felony gun charge. this hearing was supposed to be quick, 30 minutes, just a formality. it turned into an hours long ordeal as the judge raised questions about this deal. she called it unusual, at one point asking if it was even
our sandra: hunter biden just departing, a moment we have been waiting some time for, his legal team departed a moment ago. we will rewrack the video you saw here live, the president s son departing the courthouse, and taking questions to the legal team who did not step in front of the microphones as some suggested they may, or the justice department. the white house through karine jean-pierre is not giving nany further notice other than the president loves his son. john: maybe it was wishful thinking, but a podium had been set up in front of the courthouse in hopes the legal team or maybe even hunter would be by to talk about the deal. but clearly after the whole thing fell disastrously for hunter biden and potentially joe biden as well, they decided to
agreement, this thing was done, off the table, something they could put to bed and focus on the re-election of president biden. so whatever the democrats come up with, whether it s spin or moving in a different direction, that s going to be the thing to watch. because the republicans have said for quite some time they think there is a lot of fire coming from this smoke. john: let s turn to mitch mcconnell, a moment there, he was speaking to reporters, he had to step away and then come back. what happened. every tuesday or wednesday in this case wednesday, you have senators from both sides, leadership come out and speak the ohio clock, just outside the senate chamber, weekly press conferences and mitch mcconnell was 12 seconds into his opening remarks before he starts to take questions and he froze. he froze for a full 18 seconds. he had been talking about the defense policy bill that s on the floor right now, and you had joni ernst, the republican senator from iowa, john borasso,
in his testimony a couple months ago. if you secure the border, as a result of the border policies changing, january 20, 2021, that s where most of the fentanyl is coming from. it is squarely on his watch, as i said in my testimony, fentanyl is becoming synonymous with the name mayorkas, and these fentanyl families, as ken buck said there very well, poisonings at this point. john: supporters of biden border policy say look at all the fentanyl at border crossings, ports of entry. shows what we are doing is working. but then we talk to art del cueto and brandon judd and the border patrol, and they say we are just getting a tiny fraction of what s coming not country. think about all the fentanyl at the ports of entry. that tells you how much is being pushed in the country. go outside the ports of entry and it is just unbelievable. all you have to do is talk to your local sheriff. anywhere in the country, every
in value, good for their retirement. sandra: if they are in there, people got spooked about what s happening. john: let s hope they didn t. sandra: a lot of economic indicators need help, like wage growth, for example, inflation is still up. and so we are going to be watching how all those economic indicators react, the whole point is inflict economic pain to bring those prices down, so that could take some time to play out. all right, that s the reaction on wall street. dow up 152 points. there is breaking news on irish singer sinead o connor. we ll have that for you after the break. your spouse has earned the right to apply for a va home loan. a va home loan is unique. it s different than other loans because it allows you to borrow up to 100% of the home s value. that extra borrowing power may allow you to pay down debt, lower your monthly payments, put cash in the bank, and give you the peace of mind that every veteran deserves.