it over to josé diaz-balart to pick up on the coverage right now. good morning, it s 11:00 a.m. pacific, and 11:00 a.m. eastern. an attorney for hunter biden released a statement to nbc news that reads in part, quote, i know hunter believes it s important to take responsibility for these mistakes he made during a period of turmoil and addiction in his life and he looks forward to continuing his recovery and moving forward. joining us this morning, nbc s justice and intelligence correspondent, ken delanen, and barbara mcquade, msnbc legal analyst, and u.s. former attorney and law professor at the university of michigan. walk us through this deal and the charges. good morning, josé. so hunter biden is agreeing to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay income taxes in 2016 and 2018. we know he paid back more than a million dollars, or paid a tax bill of more than a million dollars last year as part of the effort to resolve this case, and those
so good to be back with you on this second special hour of msnbc reports with josé diaz-balart. it is 1:00 p.m. eastern, 10:00 a.m. pacific. it looks like former president donald trump will not be allowed to have the last word at his civil fraud hearing in new york. what the judge is now saying and what it could mean for the former president s legal case. plus, the surprise standoff on capitol hill, hunter biden visits congress sitting feet away from house republicans trying to hold him in contempt of congress. the witness being afraid to come in front of the committee, that s interesting. he s here. he doesn t seem to be too afraid. inside that faceoff and the political impact next. and the major impeachment push playing out on capitol hill right now as republicans hold their first critical hearing tied to removing secretary of homeland security alejandro mayorkas from office over the crisis at the border. we ll talk to the ranking member of the house border
mystery surrounding secretary austin s illness and hospitalization with new nbc reporting on president biden s point of view. plus, secretary blinken heads back to tel aviv after a new wave of explosions along the gaza strip and new israeli strikes against hezbollah targets in lebanon. and we will go live to south carolina where president biden will arrive this hour ahead of his speech at mother emmanuel church as part of his 2024 campaign kickoff. thanks for being here. it is 11:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera joining you for a special second hour this morng. josé diaz-balart will be up at noon today. it is the final push in iowa for republicans running for president, and the front runr donald trump is not even holding a campaign event in the hawkeye state until this weekend. the former president, who is out defending january 6th rioters again is set to appear in courtrooms instead, in two separate trials this week. meanwhile, the two candidates fighting for second place,
i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. at a start of a historic week for our country. later this morning donald trump is expected to travel from new jersey to florida where he ll be arraigned tomorrow, set to become the first former president ever to enter a plea in a federal case. but there could be a wrinkle in the proceedings. we ll explain that. this as some of trump s closest former allies are warning the facts are against him. if even half of it is true, then he s toast. it s a pretty it s a very detailed indictment. it s very, very damning. security in miami ramping up ahead of the former president s arrival. we ll have the latest on the massive effort to keep everyone safe. plus a travel nightmare. a fire causing a section of the very crucial interstate 95 to collapse. this is near philadelphia. we ll have a live update on the repairs and the investigation repairs that could take months. later, a miracle in absolutely every sense of the word. four missin
his club. we ve got all angles of the story covered including new reporting that the arraignment could be delayed. meanwhile, in pennsylvania, the governor expected to issue a disaster declaration today after a tanker carrying gas burst into flames causing a section of i-95 in philadelphia to collapse. this critical stretch of highway could be shut down for months. a miracle in colombia, four children found alive deep in the amazon jungle 40 days after their plane crashed. we ll bring you a live report from bogota. and a major clarification from the biden administration, how china has been spying on the u.s. for years with help from the cuban regime. we begin with breaking news on preparations for what could be an historic court appearance in florida. this hour former president donald trump is set to leave his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, for newark airport. there you see these live images of the group of automobiles that will be carrying the former president to