good to be with you, i m alex witt in for katy tur. we re right now following breaking news out of washington where the justice department has just announced it will not prosecute attorney general merrick garland for contempt of congress saying in a letter that garland s refusal to hand over audio of president biden s interview with robert hur to gop lawmakers was not a crime. joining us now from capitol hill is correspondent julie tsirkin. so let s interpret what this all means. i guess the implication being this was a political maneuver by congress. reporter: first of all, alex, this was as expected. congress, even republicans here who pushed this contempt vote. remember that just happened a couple of days ago, they successfully voted on party lines pretty much, except for one republican, to hold merrick garland in contempt of congress because he did not turn over those tapes from biden s interview with special counsel hur, and the classified documents case, republicans e
hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. president joe biden s sole surviving son hunter biden was convicted today on three felony counts related to possession of a gun while using narcotics. a delaware jury of his peers found hunter biden guilty of lying on a federal form while applying for a handgun, lying to a gun dealer and illegally possessing a firearm for 11 days in the year 2018. today s verdict marks the end of a painful chapter for the biden family with witness after witness detailing an incredibly troubled period in hunter biden s life, a time when he was addicted to crack cocaine, a time when he was in and out of rehab with a mountain of financial problems. several members of the biden family have attended court in support of hunter, including his sister, his wife and his mom, first lady dr. jill biden seen her walking out of court today with hunter after the verdict was read. hunter biden s defense had denied that hunter had deliberately lied about his drug use when
john. john: interesting to see those voices not only being heard by exercising the options at the ballot box as well. alex hogan for us. thank you. dana: hunter biden s defense team getting ready to pull the trigger deciding whether to put president biden s son on the stand or just rest his case and move on to closing arguments. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill hemmer is off today and i m pleased to be with you, john. john: i m pleased to be with you as well. we ve known each other for a long time and great to work together. a big decision for hunter biden. his defense attorney considers the best course of action. at this point it is not certain that indications make it seem likely hunter will not testify. andy mccarthy earlier on all the reasons why hunter should keep his mouth shut. looking at his potential sentencing guidelines, it looks to me like even if he gets convicted here he has a good chance of avoiding a prison sentence.
war. four soldiers are reunited with their families after being rescued live in gaza by the israeli defense forces. all four were transported to a hospital near tel aviv. there is good medical condition according to phylicia. they were kidnapped from the musical during the attack on october 7th. that includes noa argamani. seen in this disturbing video being kidnapped and driven away on a motorcycle. it was an emotional reunion and her loved ones. including her father who is she is seen hiking in this video. and earlier president biden reacted to the news during his trip to paris, france. before i joining me from tel aviv is sanchez. and what more do we know about how and where this rescue operation was executed? so, jonathan that this rescue operation took place in broad daylight at 11:00 a.m. in central gaza. these three military says that was based on weeks of intelligence. they simultaneously stormed two apartments and buildings around 200 yards away from each other
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