Congressional republicans are already saying weisss new status makes him a Fire Wall Insulating President Biden and his Justice Department and could actually impede congressional efforts to get to the truth. Look into that. Also tonight, the Justice Department has moved to officially dismiss the now defunked plea deal with the president s son. Correspondent dazed spunt has the details from the Justice Department. Good evening, david. Reporter bret, good evening to you. The legal jeopardy for the president s son only deepens now that this case has Special Counsel status, and we can say tonight that it appears hunter biden is headed for trial. I have concluded that it is in the Public Interest to appoint him as Special Counsel. David weiss, the u. S. Attorney who had been leading the Justice Departments probe of Hunter Bidens tax and Business Dealings now getting a new job title and new legal responsibilities. Reporter mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigat
says a further six classified documents have been found in the us president s home in the state of delaware the files were discovered during a 13 hour search of the property. you are watching bbc news coming up click but first sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. a 90th minute winnerfrom nketiah, as arsenal go five points clear at the top of the premier league how much we try and we kept going and going to the people were behind us. it wasjust and going to the people were behind us. it was just beautiful. the fastest to four premier league hattricks. erling haaland chalks up another record as manchetser city keep up the pressure score a screamer and then get sent off. but lawrence shankland helps hearts win the scottish cup edinburgh derby also coming up in the programme. it s a day for the big names to drop out of the australian open with the women s top seed one to fall. too young for last year s winter olympics. but 16