before that catastrophic implosion. a light fast repair just days after a fiery collapse. the major highway that millions rely on back open for business in philadelphia. and attorney general merrick garland commenting just a short time ago on those charges against president biden s son hunter. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with nbc news s ryan reilly on what we just heard from attorney general merrick garland. unexpected for the attorney general to talk about it. he doesn t answer a lot of questions. but what did he have to say this time? i think based on the allegations that had come out through the whistleblower, he felt responsibility to lay it out here. essentially what he said is he has not taken any action in regards to this hunter biden investigation. take a listen. mr. weiss, was appointed by president trump as the u.s. attorney in delaware and assigned this matter during the previous administration would be permit
machine is loyaling. we got no answers at the white house press briefing does this not under mine the president s claim during the 2020 campaign and by his 2 press secretaries since he never discussed his son s over seas business dealings with them. no and i will not comment further. i will save you no. let me save you some breath if you are going to ask about this i will not address. i know you do. more than i d like to you have i m not going to address this issue from this podium i will not do t. i believe my colleague at the white house council has answered this question already and dealt with this. his made it clear. i don t have anything to share outside what my colleagues have shared i refer you to him and the doj not going to comment from here. texts. what i can tell you i than my colleague has dealt with this. address third degree. at the white house council was the president. gi just steven. upon steven, i just answered the question. i just said this
intervening. a federal judge ruled yesterday that arkansas s ban on these horrific procedures l. thenstitutiona so now we have the state sanctioned mutilation of children because that s exactly what our founders intended. this truly unfathomable, unfathomable ruling comes as texas governor greg abbott, he signed a bill banningr abbott oriented performances and the presence of minors otherwise peo known as drag shows for kids. but the left, they are doubling downr . npr celebrated san francisco s appointment of a so-called drag laureate. when you win a nobel priz e, you become a nobel laureate. the country also has a poet laureate. many states have poet laureates, and now there is a le drag laureate. npr s chloe veltman recently joinedat the country s first drag laureate on her inaugural public appearance, unfurling a pride flag outside san francisco city hall, rancis getting d arcy drawings ready for hecor first officialpearance appearance as san francisco drag laureate is
someone is lying. the only question is this is it joe, or is it hunter? the house ways and means i committes ite obtained a july 3, 2017 whatsapp message betweenese hunter biden and cfc china energy offician l henry zell. watch what hunter wrote. hu s kind of hard to reah whdat becausnte hunter has a pretty od way of texting. i wonder why. i wonder what he was on. i m sitting here with my fatherd and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. tell the director that i would love the dirr to resolve this e it gets out of hand.it and now means to night and z. a if i get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than using or the chairman, i will make certain thatxt t between the man sitting next to me and every person he knoweo and my ability to forever hold h a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. i am sitting herefo, wait for it, waiting for the call with my father. sounds like a shakedown. three references to h
you would have anticipated. these two countries were allies until this week. in fact, they were laying plans to hold joint naval exercises. on tuesday, iran said it attacked the bases of a group within pakistani balochistan. last night, pakistan responded in kind with precision strikes inside iran. it s hard to see any direct connection to what s happening in gaza but it perhaps reflects just how febrile the wider region has become. here s our analysis editor, ros atkins. ever since the israel gaza war started, there s been a fear the conflict could spread, and that s happening. across the middle east, we re seeing air strikes, bombings, assassinations and border raids. the most high profile escalation involves houthi rebels in yemen attacking shipping in the red sea, they say, in solidarity with palestinians. in response, the us and the uk have attacked houthi positions, most recently with us strikes on wednesday night. and a day before america began attacking the houthis,