the hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. hunter biden appears in federal court in los angeles, and pleads not guilty to nine felony and misdemeanour tax offences. hunter biden is appearing in federal court in los angeles this hour. he s has pleaded not guilty to nine felony and misdemeanour tax offences. mr biden is facing three felony and six misdemeanour counts of evading $1.1; million in taxes. the president s son is also the focus right now of an inquiry from house republicans who yesterday staged a hearing to hold him in contempt of congress, for not complying with a subpoena to sit for a closed door deposition. what caught them by suprise was hunter appearance was hunter s appearance in the committee room in the middle of those contempt proceedings. and that sparked utter chaos. it doesn t matter who you are, where you come from or who your father is or your last name. yes, i m looking at you, hunter biden, as i m speaking to you. you ar
[playing national anthem] [playing national anthem] [playing national anthem] [playing national anthem] if you are in new zealand, happy new year to you. as you are waking up somewhere around the globe throughout this program, someone is partying their face-off because it is 2024 already. you are looking at the future right there. rachel: we are going to party with everyone celebrated the new year around the globe every hour. nonstop party all day. it s two and a half men it past the new year, we are celebrating, we have noisemakers and hats. all where the guns had. the great late jimmy buffett said it s 5:00 o clock somewhere. right now it is new year s somewhere. pete: here we are straight to new year s all day long. rachel: can i bring this back into the kids. i love it. pete: get more for her we need lots more. joey: that s what i m talking about. pete: the street already blocked here in new york. rachel: it was hard to get to new york. rachel: i almost pree
earful. brian: yes. there is a lot of people her, vip s, generals, colonels, small business owners, all concerned about the country. one of the most patriotic places in the nation. they are big-time viewers, it will be special talking to them shortly, including an eagle scout. i will bring in one of the busiest guys in america, house speaker kevin mccarthy. mr. speaker, thanks for joining us. thanks for having me all the way down in florida. brian: right. i know how hard you worked on the deal, it will be a nail-biter it seems going down to the wire. how concerned are you about the bill you cobbeled together getting out of committee? speaker mccarthy: it s a different congress, new day, you have to pas a bill to find out what is in it. you have 72 hours, this is 99 pages. this is different than before. we will spend less money this year than last year. debt limit is like the family having a credit card you have been charging up every year and keep lifting the limit. t
intercepted. residential buildings in the cities were struck for the first time since putin invaded more than a year ago now. russia says kiev is behind the attack. listen. it is totally clear that we re talking about a response of the kiev regime to our very effective strikes on one of the decision-making centers. such a strike took place on sunday. gillian: ukraine is denying direct involvement. it came after another russian air assault on kiev overnight. one civilian killed after putin s forces bombarded the ukraine capital three times in the last 24 hours. mike waltz is here to weigh in in a moment. first we go to senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot in london. the war between russia and ukraine just got a lot more tense. never before in this 15-month conflict have civilian areas around moscow been targeted. at least eight drones were fired. most shot down. there were injuries and building damages and including where russian president putin has a home. h