father. this with the house poised to vote today on whether to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry into president biden. also ahead, the president set to meet today with the families of americans held hostage by hamas. and his new warning to israel about the war. and later, rudy giuliani set to testify as soon as today in the defamation case against him as an election worker tearfully recounts the threats that made her fear for her life. hello, everyone, thank you for being here. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with this breaking news on capitol hill this morning. hunter biden speaking there moments ago saying he is ready to testify publicly this morning, as house republicans have him scheduled to appear for a closed-door deposition. hunter biden acknowledged his troubled history, but accused house republicans of distorting the facts. there s no evidence to support the allegations that my father was financially invol
support about to start debating a resolution to open an impeachment inquiry into president biden this hour, despite providing no evidence that the president was at all involved in his son hunter s questionable business deals. a day after president biden sharply criticized israel s prime minister netanyahu, for the first time, mr. biden meets in the white house with hostage families today along with overwhelming general assembly vote in favor of a cease-fire in gaza adding international pressure on israel to do more to limit civilian casualties. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell on a big day on capitol hill here. house republicans are going after president biden and his son hunter, pushing an impeachment inquiry against the president. the house is debating and it today, despite having no hard evidence linking the president to his son s foreign business dealings. on capitol hill this morning, hunter biden slamming the impeachment inquiry, defending his father, despite
republicans, that s good for us. that s a russian speaking. if you re being celebrated by russian propagandists, it might be time to rethink what you re doing. history history will judge harshly those who turn their back on freedom s cause. that s president biden yesterday calling out republicans for blocking critical aid to ukraine. we ll have much, much more from volodymyr zelenskyy s high stakes trip to washington straight ahead. meanwhile, on capitol hill house republicans are choosing partisan politics over finding a compromise for that foreign aid package with a vote today on an impeachment inquiry into president biden. and also ahead we ll go through the president s harshest criticism yet of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the far-right members of the israeli government. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, december 13th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day us. our apologies about yesterday s technical difficu
zelenskyy. the ukrainian president is set to meet with president biden and the entire senate in hopes of securing critical funding to fight off russian forces. plus, special counsel jack smith is taking his prosecution of donald trump all the way to the supreme court. we ll explain why smith is petitioning the highest court in the land. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. israeli troops continue to hunt for the leader of hamas in southern gaza, but top officials there are now signaling an escalation with another terror group. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, december 12th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in washington where today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is state side for the third time since russia launched its full-scale invasion back in february of 2022. zelenskyy will meet with president biden at the white house to discuss his country s needs on the battle
you for this second hour of chris jansing reports. any minute now, president biden will meet with ukrainian president zelenskyy as he makes a direct appeal for u.s. aid for their grueling fight against russia. and it is in russia where allies have imprisoned putin foe navalny are sounding the alarm, saying they haven t heard from him in days and his whereabouts remain unknown. plus, the big cop 28 climate change summit forced into overtime after activists warned a deal was in complete failure. plus, decision day. the embattled president of harvard will keep her job after nearly over a week of outcry over the speech she made about antisemitism. our nbc news reporters are following the latest developments and we start with ukraine s leader sitting down with ukraine s leader sitting down with president biden any minute now. kelly, set the stage for us. the stakes are particularly high and they have been in different ways each time zelenskyy has come to the united states an