comment on this scandal. now, the first tactic, it s no big deal. this whistleblower s saying that the irs wanted actually tougher charges for hunter biden. it s not unusual for investigators and prosecutors to have disagreements before they, you know, as you go through these cases. how many times do they have disagreements along the way? all the time. all the time. yeah. all the time. this is part of the process. this is the way that it works. and it s what we want. laura: this is what we want. well, that s the only honest thing said in that exchange. that of course refuses to acknowledge the most incredible claim of all that joe was in the room where it happened when hunter was demanding money for his family from a chinese businessman, all ccp a provshgsd of course. here s how they covered that. the we have not verified it. it s based on a what s app, we don t know the verification on that, we don t know if huntr was exaggerating talking to someone if it
reporter: a major point of this trip was to resume face-to-face meetings and to establish military to military channels and secretary antony blinken said that something chinese leadership has not agreed to but speaking to reporters secretary antony blinken said meeting has helped with a moment of instability in relations. they wrapped up with that meeting. something that was not confirmed until 45 minutes before it started lasted half an hour and followed many hours of discussions with the chinese counterparts this comes after weeks of rising tensions last month in a chinese fighter jet came close to a spy plane and a us destroyer was cut off. and in taiwan it was among the broad range of issues that secretary antony blinken raised. listen. we do not support taiwan and dependence and are opposed to any unilateral changes.we continue to expect a peaceful resolution of differences. we are committed to meeting our responsibilities under the taiwan relations act. including th
hello, everyone, i m dana perino with the judge during prl, jesse watters, greg gutfeld p.i. to its 5:00 p.m. in new york city and this is the five. the hunter biden legal drama coming to los angeles today, the first son leaving the courthouse after pleading not guilty to noncriminal tax charges for dodging $1.1 million in taxes. the trial is set to begin on june 20th. two months before hunter s dad is expected to take the stage of the dnc. if he s found guilty, he could be a convicted tax felon while the dnc is taking place. instead of paying his fair share, hunter with a group $1.6 million from atms. he spent nearly $100,000 on payments to various women. nearly $400,000 on clothing accessories, and $200,000 on the adult entertainment. it comes a media circus where he crashes on contempt house hearing in a political stunt despite the attention on hunter, democrats say what will not say whether he s a liability for his father s reelection campaign. office at home get in
hello, everyone. welcome to the amanpour hour. here is where we re headed this week fresh off his trip to the middle east i asked senator van hollen about the genocide case and why america doesn t doing more to stop the carnage in gaza. then the carnage in gaza. then as awards season kicks into high gear, america ferrera, star of that barbie speech discusses an unforgettable moment. i do feel like the message is deeply universal. and scott galloway on the statistical certainty that something will stick to trump in his many criminal trials, and what scares him most about ai. there s nothing more dangerous than a young, broke, and lonely man. from my archive, the most pe peacekeeping u.s. marines rolled into kosovo in the late 90s to stop ethnic cleansing. welcome to the program, everyone. i m christiane amanpour. hearings began this week at the international court of justice in the case brought by south africa accusing israel of genocide in gaza. now the wor
des moines, iowa. this is the story this hour. former president trump just held a news conference in new york city. the closing arguments on the other side of this equation are still underway in this fraud trial. the former president saying again today that he s innocent. he s done nothing wrong. watch. so they have no case. it s a shame that a thing like this is able to happen. businesses leave new york. martha: hunter biden on the other coast of the country, we re waiting for his arrival in court in los angeles on tax charges. one day after causing chaos on capitol hill when he showed up unexpectedly at his contempt of congress hearing as if he was open to testifying and speaking at the hearing except when he didn t like the way things were going, he stormed out. matt whitaker is standing by here in iowa where he s born and raised in iowa. let s go to nate foy, our correspondent covering the trump trials and he s in new york city on the latest developments in that today