And the man investigating hunter biden, the u. S. Attorney out of delaware had been saying up until now that he never asked for and didnt need the powers that came with that appointment. So why was david weiss made Special Counsel today . We have reaction from the white house. Hunter bidens team, and republicans on capitol hill. Joining me now is nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter, nbc News White House correspondent monica alba, and ms p msnbc political contributor and cofounder of punch bowl news, jake sherman. Tom, i want to get some details from you. Sure. The question that is nagging me is why all of a sudden does this investigation, this case need a Special Counsel . Yeah, i really dont understand. And its a question i think we need some more clarity on. So to be specific, what happened here is there was clearly an ongoing plea negotiation, after the judge said, look, im not going to accept this, im not going to reject this Plea Agreement. You all have to get back tog
we have an update in the river front brawl in alabama we told you about earlier this week. four people have been charged with assault in connection with that violence. 48-year-old rich ant roberts and darkarishipman and alan todd and mary todd who turned herself in on thursday. all will face misdemeanor assault charges, penalized by a fine of up to $6,000 and up to one year in jail. police said that wild other charges still may come, officials are not pursuing hate crime charges. the montgomery police say they are continuing to watch all of the available video of what happened ant the fight that broke out along mostly racial lines. so far most of those that came to the aid of river boat captain have yet to be charged. when president biden makes
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administration from regulating carbon dioxide emissions from cars, trucks and industrial plants. toyota is recalling more than 400,000 older model cars for steering issues. the beleaguered japanese auto giant is calling back 473,000 avalon sedans built between 2000 and 2004 and the company says that the steering lock bar can break under certain conditions. 39,000 lexus, and lx 470 suvs manufactured between 2003 and 2007 are being recalled also for potential steering problems. and a it was a close call for a river boat captain in new hampshire. he was steering his boat under the 80-year-old memorial bridge in portsmouth, when a large chunk of debris fell just in front of his vessel. the captain says that he had four tourists on board of his boat at the time, and he says that he is so relieved that he didn t begin the trip down river a moment sooner. that is right. this is the favorite story of