lets you pay off your high-rate debt. and you can save $500 a month. nobody takes care of veterans like newday usa. john: pentagon press secretary pat ryder will give an update the first time on camera since lloyd austin s secretive hospital stay. both sides of the aisle demanding to know how was president biden in the dark for days before learning a top cabinet member landed in the icu. sixth in line to the presidency, he is, hello, john roberts in washington. a jam packed first hour. here we go again. sandra: good to be with you, sandra smith in new york. breaking in the last hour, this incident, now forcing the white house to launch a review of protocols for cabinet secretaries, if you can believe that. secretary austin is still in recovery, we are told in walter reed, and the pentagon is not offering any information about that elective procedure that originally sent him into the hospital but ultimately landed him in the icu. john: even the deputy defense secretary d
right now on ana cabrera reports, breaking news from capitol hill, two house committees meeting this hour on whether to hold hunter biden in contempt of congress. what it means for the president s son. plus, countdown to the caucus, nikki haley and ron desantis preparing to go head to head this evening with just five days to go. this as donald trump aims to play spoiler tonight and siphon attention. and there s a new twist in his appearance in a new york courtroom tomorrow. also ahead, extreme weather, millions impacted by a winter storm system that brought everything from snow to floods to tornados. thanks so much for joining us on this busy wednesday. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news on capitol hill where two house committees are kicking off meetings right now to consider whether to hotel hunter biden in contempt of congress. the house judiciary and oversight panels both expected to vote on whether to proceed
i m bill hemmer. a lot of things to follow on the hill. two separate committees meeting now considering a resolution to hold hunter biden in contempt of congress after he defied a congressional subpoena. republicans want his testimony as they consider impeachment proceedings against his father, president biden. dana: fox team coverage for you here. chad pergram tracking the push to impeach the secretary. first david spunt is following the hunter biden saga live in los angeles. that s where that s going down. hi, david. hi, good morning. hunter biden lives in los angeles. he is preparing for a federal court appearance tomorrow to answer for three felony tax charges and why i m in los angeles now. back in washington, d.c. hunter biden paying attention to the news there. the two committees, house oversight and judiciary committee are undergoing what are called mark-up to begin contempt proper senesced. the reason we re we are today in washington, d.c. with hunter biden is be
happy holidays, everybody. you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin about breaking news. president biden revealing details about his long phone call with benjamin netanyahu. we re following everything at the white house. kevin, what did the president have to say? reporter: yeah, he was on the south lawn on his way to camp david, and he said that it was a long phone call with netanyahu that he had earlier today. he said he didn t call for a cease-fire and wanted the talks to remain private. i do think it s interesting, president biden of course is someone who believes very strongly that all of the advice, all of the recommendations that he can provide to the israelis is best delivered behind closed doors. he thinks that s the most effective way to sort of apply pressure on israel to to alter its war plans. certainly the backdrop to this phone call has been this parade of american officials who have been traveling to israel over the last se
supreme court is deciding whether to weigh in on the federal election subversion charges. the special council urges the judges to put the case at a fast track after trump asked them to stay out of the dispute for now. also tonight, rudy giuliani files for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay more than $148 million in damages to two election workers he defamed. we re getting a new window his troubled finances and legal peril. and residents flee in terror as a gunman killed at least 14 people in the heart of a major european city. we re learning more about the shooter who opened fire at a university in prague and how he was quote eliminated. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the urgent question before the u.s. supreme court right now. should the justices agree to an expedited review of donald trump s claim of immunity for prosecution for crimes he allegedly committed while in