let s get right to it. at this hour, adding to the horrific humanitarian crisis in ukraine, filthy water putting people at risk. plus, in just under 60 minutes, john durham set to testify in front of the house intelligence committee. expect a lot of questions about his scathing report on the fbi and doj s handling of the trump russia probe. the judge sets a date for former president s trial in his classified documents case. and the breaking news that charges filed against the president s son, hunter biden, mean he ll plead guilty to federal tax charges as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that plea deal for hunter biden. ken dilanian joins us now. my understanding, ken, is the judge still needs to approve this so what happens next and what more can you tell us about the terms of this deal? that s right. we expect hunter biden to appear in the coming days at this courthouse behind me
democrats with many of them running on a stance to protect abortion rights were able to beat back republican challengers to make the margins very narrow in the house and hold off republicans taking back the senate. so at this point, it s all a messaging game, chris, with the hope that if they re able to take back the house and perhaps increase gains in the senate, meaningful legislation could be passed down the road. meantime, that legislation is in the states the day dobbs was decided. i was talking to a lot of antiabortion activists who said to me we are lined up in multiple states to take action asap. what has happened between now and then? i think the big thing that s happened, chris, is that they re not just trying to ban abortion in states. as you said those anti abortion activists hold sway. they re also going after the
their own messaging. they have an issue when it comes to messaging. you re talking about it in your new standup set. let s play it. we are just so bad at messaging. how did this guy become president? we democrats are just so bad at messaging. [ applause ] so they turn the estate tax into the death tax, right? right. we every one of our bumper stickers ends with continued on next bumper sticker. how do democrats get better at selling their at the messaging game? well, i don t know. what you said is true, democrats are terrible at messaging. and we try. believe me, we spent more time on than we probably should. we d have senatorial, democrat
own messaging. they have an issue when it comes to messaging. yes. you re talking about it in your new stand-up set. let s play it. we are just so bad at messaging. how did this guy become we just we democrats are just so bad at messaging. [ applause ] they turn the estate tax into the death tax, right? every one of our bumper stickers ends with continued on next bumper sticker. [ laughter ] how do democrats get better at the messaging game? well, i don t know. what you said is true. democrats are terrible as messaging. and we try. believe we, we spend more time on it than we probably should. we would go we would have
underlying report more than the back and forth with each other. is it a mistake to keep waiting around for bob mueller to show up and testify? reporter: i agr. i agree with you. no matter how you spin it, the republicans are winning the messaging game. i m glad you pressed the senator on this, right now that s not the narrative. for the chatter class to sit around and spill over the minutia of it, it s really about protecting america and our elections. and documents just reviewed by nbc news, there was new evidence now that russians are actively again attacking our democracy. so think there are members of congress who have not read this mueller report, everyone saw the sound bite that had the woman saying i didn t know the mueller report said anything bad about donald trump. that should let you know that no one is with you because they have not heard the story. investigations, investigations,