alleged that biden accepted a million dollars bribe from a ukrainian oligarch, the owner ,burisma, and 83% of voters in the new harvard harris poll believe that the fbi should make that file public. now, it s not just the scandals either, because biden s approval numbers on the issues that matter most to people, well, they re upside down in every category. 62% of the country say we re on the wrong track as well. so if america has a car, the dashboard lights are all flashing red now on edge about the future. the american people know that this really isn t the same country they grew up in since the george floyd riots. young people believe that they can wreak havoc with no consequences as they did the juneteenth holiday weekend in l.a.. oh, more on other weekend celebrations later in the show . now, meanwhile, as the chaos unfolds here, our beloved president can barely speak without some verbal interlude. all right. god save the queen man or find his way off the stage with
Celebration for freedom. Now, a national holiday, juneteenth is the direct result of centuries of resistance and revolution by black people leading a fight for their liberation. In 1861, tension between the north and the south reached its Breaking Point over slavery and statehood, and The Civil War began. On january 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of The Civil War, president Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all people held as slaves within the confederate controlled states were now free. The proclamation also granted black men access into a struggling union army. By the end of the war, more than 200,000 black soldiers, known as the United States colored troops, had enlisted, becoming instrumental to the unions victory. The civil war officially ended in april of 1865, but it wasnt until june 19th of that year, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, that thousands of colored troops arrived in galveston texas, to read general or
robot arriving at the search zone for the missing titanic submersible. the mission to find the five people on board critical juncture as experts warn the air supply may run thought a matter of minutes. todd piro joins us with the latest. todd: the coast guard is leading the international effort to find the five passengers on board who to your point are expected to run out of oxygen just minutes from now at 7:08 eastern time that literally is seven minutes from right now. officials are unsure if those reported under water banging noises are a sign of life. we don t know what they re. it s inconclusive. the important pieces we are searching in the area where the noises were detected. todd: the search now expanded to over 2.5 miles below the surface with more vessels and special equipment joining. in crews also surveys over 14,000 square miles twice the size of the state of kentucky cut. we are learning more about the history of ocean gates expedition with reports one pass
for a missing titanic sub, the u.s. coast guard acknowledging it needs more equipment. and the vessel running out of breathable air and france now sending an underwater robot for the mission. plus a utah woman accused of killing her husband and then writing a children s book about dealing with the grief, now wait until you hear how she s trying to get the courts to obtain money from his business. and leading this hour, the plea deal and the president s son, new federal court filings show hunter biden will plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors and that he struck a deal with federal prosecutors to resolve a felony begungun charge. and the department says the investigation is ongoing. we start with evan perez and also laura coates. hunter biden will plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors and he truck a deal with the gun charge. walk us through. bottom line is that his lawyers tell us that prosecutors are going to recommend that he serve no time, no jail time for pleading guil
from his own lawyers, and furthermore, there s evidence of him saying things that are completely incompatible that this was an idea. do you believe he lied to the justice department do i personally believe it? yes, i do. that s former attorney general bill barr, continuing his criticism of done in another sunday show interview. we ll have more of barr s damning comments about the president in just a moment. meanwhile, 2024 republican presidential candidate chris christie is mocking the rnc for its loyalty pledge we ll explain. and we ll have the very latest from beijing as u.s. secretary of state antony blinken meets with chinese president xi jinping amid heightened tensions between the world s two largest economies. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 19th, juneteen. i m job nathan lemire. thank you for starting your day and week with us. former attorney general bill barr is offering a scathing new case against former president donald