steve: good morning, everybody, it s thursday, december 14th, 2023. we start this 6:00 hour with a fox news alert. the house of representatives yesterday voted to formaize an impeachment inquiry into the current president, joe biden. brian: president biden is now one of six presidents in u.s. history to face an impeachment inquiry in the house. lawrence: now his son hunter could be held in contempt of congress for skipping a closed door deposition on capitol hill yesterday. that s right. brooke singman is here with the latest. good morning. good morning. this is a huge step for house republicans who argue that a formal inquiry is the only way to get the white house to actually comply with their investigation. they are accusing president biden of influence peddling during his time as vice president. and they say they are collecting evidence that shows he was involved in his son s foreign business dealings. but, president biden is writing the whole thing off saying in
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