just begun, let s get right to it. first coast guard district commander. brief recap of our coordinated search efforts for the 21-foot submersible with the five on board and update on current search efforts and plans for the next 24 hours. on behalf of all the men and women of the united states coast guard and our search partners, we offer our most heartfelt thoughts and prayers for the five crew members, their families and their loved ones. our crews are working around the clock to ensure we are doing everything possible to locate the titan and the five crew members. yesterday we set up a unified command consisting of expertise from the united states coast guard, united states navy, canadian armed forces and coast guard, and the titan s parent company, oceangate expedition. a complex search effort, requires multiple agencies with subject matters expertise and specialized equipment. the u.s. coast guard has assumed the role of mission coordinator, we do not have all the nec
that is expected to start any minute now. we ll bring you that as soon as it begins. plus, the polarizing plea deal for the president s son. republicans blasting the agreement that lets hunter biden avoid jail time as a slap on the wrist. but some legal experts suggest that if his last name wasn t biden, he might never have faced charges in the first place. and this deal was announced just about half an hour after we learned donald trump s court date. now less than eight weeks away. does judge aileen cannon s accelerated timeline suggest this trial could be over before the primaries even begin? but, we start with the extraordinary developments developing the current and former president on the same okay that donald trump s trial date is set, president biden s son hunter has reached a deal with federal prosecutors to avoid a trial and jail time. and we will get to that momentarily. but, first, let s take you to the coast guard briefing, the latest on the sub and the five p
depends what they find, and that s for the experts and the unified command to take a look at and decide what the best course of action is. it seems to have taken the mother ship vessel, those running the operation about eight hours to contact you on sunday after they lost contact with the sub. is that a cause for concern? right now our effort and our focus is on searching with what we know. as soon as we receive the report on sunday evening we immediately launched search effort. we flew assets that evening and have continued constant surface and air asset searches since that point. you mentioned that search operation is very common. what are the biggest challenges you are facing? well, it s this is a complex search and it s complex for a variety of reasons.
enough time to save these five people on board? yeah, i i don t know the answer to that question. what i will tell you is we will do everything in our power to affect a rescue. again, it s going to depend on if the rov finds something, it s going to depend what they find. what steps need to be taken next? and really that is for the experts in the unified ied comm to look at and figure out what the best course of action is. it seems to have taken the mother ship vessel, those running this, about eight hours to contact you on sunday after they lost contact with the sub. is that a cause for concern? right now our effort and our focus son searching with what we know. as soon as we receive the report on sunday evening, we immediately launched search efforts. we flew assets that evening, and we ve continued constant surface
or so, if you were to find the submersible at this moment, would that give you enough time to save these five people on board? yeah, so i don t know the answer to that question. what i will tell you is we will do everything in our power to affect a rescue. again, it is going to depend on if the rov finds something, it is going to depend on what they find, what needs to be what steps need to be taken next and really that is for the experts in the unified command to take a look at and then decide what is the best course of action is. it seems to have taken about eight hours to contact you on sunday after they lost contact with the sub. is that a cause for concern? right now our effort and our focus is on searching with what we know. as soon as we receive the report on sunday evening, we