Maria good wednesday morning. Thanks for joining us i hope you are having a good wednesday morning. I am maria bartiromo, wednesday, march 20, 8 00 a. M. On the east coast, hiding from American Public hunter biden is not expected to show up today for a public hearing before the House Oversight committee his lawyer dismissed the hearing as quote a carnival sideshow in december before he testified under oath behind closed doors hunter pushed for a public hearing, remember . I am here to testify in a public hearing today. To answer any of the committees legitimate questions republicans do not want open process where americans can see expose their faceless inquiry or hear what i have to say what are they afraid of . I am here. I am ready. Yeah hunter biden former business parn Tony Bobulinski testifying today told lawmakers joe biden is quote the big guy, there is oped with exerpts from testimony says i want to be Crystal Clear from a direct personal experience what i have assessed come to
I am here today to answer any legitimate questions and the House Oversight committee may have for me. Shall i allow hunter to give his Opening Statement first . It doesnt appear mr. Biden showed up for his public hearing. With any luck today marks the end of what may be the most spectacular failure in the history of an congressional investigations. State your iniry because we were a very important hearing what is your inquiry . It is not a stunned. I am simply asking you dont have a parliamentary inquiry . Chair recognize him mr. Chairman chairman recognizes mr. Does the committee how the Text Messages . Mr. Chairman we dont have time for games by democrats today. House Impeachment Hearing at 80 he did start, republicans and democrats taking shots at each other with two of Hunter Bidens former Business Partners. Hello and welcome everyone im sandra smith and dajohn craig to be with you. John great to be with you, what a hearing today, im john roberts in washington and this is america r
Welcome back to the weekend everyone. Special prosecutor nathan wade has officially stepped down from the Georgia Election interference case. His resignation coming hours after judge scott mcafee found there was no actual conflict stemming from nathan wades relationship with fani willis and the prosecution of trump and his codefendants could continue as long as either nathan wade or fani willis resigned. Joining us to discuss it all is our friend, katie phang, attorney and host of the Katie Phang Show right here on msnbc and our other friend, justice and Legal Affairs analyst, Anthony Coley. Coley is a former Senior Advisor to attorney general merrick garland. Anthony coley wrote a piece for msnbc. Com talking and has tweets. That without sufficient evidence that the District Attorney and the prosecution, you talk about willis making a strong argument for why she said stay on the case against trump but she needs to remove her team, the attorney from whom she had a personal relationship
Maria good thursday morning, everybody. Thanks very much for joining us this morning. Im maria bartiromo. Is thursday, march 14, top stories right now, 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. Today, tiktok on the chopping block after the house overwhelminglies passes a bill forcing tiktok to divest from Chinese Parent Company bytedance or face a ban in the United States. American companies are now vying for the app as the bill bill mos onto the senate. Markets are trading this way, all to the plus side, just a few days ahead of fed meeting. This morning we look ahead to the february Producer Price index and retail sales out this morning, the fed meeting coming up this week on theth and 20 20th. More earnings out before the bell, Dicks Sporting Goods and Dollar General reporting. Bitcoin above 73,000 but it is below alltime highs this morning, the euphoria around bitcoin continues. Were talking about it. European markets trading this way, the eurozone, we are looking at a mixed story in europe, f
States of scandal with jake good morning. You were alive in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta and washington donald trump is off the Campaign Trail and back in the courtroom just minutes ago he arrived at the federal courthouse in South Florida for a hearing and his classified documents, case trump and his attorneys will ask the judge to dismiss the charges or at least grant them a delay in the trial and delay could also be looming in trumps election subversion okay. Its down in Fulton County, georgia at any time now, the Presiding Judge there could announce if District Attorney fani willis is disqualified from the case and a decision that could derail the trial from starting in august. Lets begin with the classified documents hearing today in florida. Cnns Kaitlan Polantz is outside the courthouse. Kaitlan, how likely is it that a judge Aileen Cannon will dismiss the case . There jim, that is going to be entirely up to her and were watching to see exactly how she reacts to the arguments