Has the details from Los Angeles. Evan, what do we now . Well, this was a bit of a Surprise Gambit that we had in court here, just about 20 minutes ago here in Los Angeles Dana Hunter bidens attorneys asked for him to enter an unusual plea. Its called an Alford Plea where Hunter Biden would accept whatever punishment that judge doles out, but he maintains his innocence and instead of Pleading Guilty, hes maintaining his or is attempting to maintain his innocence. Of course, as expected the Justice Department does not does not agree with this and they objected in court to this request from Hunter Bidens attorneys and now the judge has called for break for a couple of hours while he considers what steps to take next. Now this is unusual as you pointed out as i pointed out, today, obviously was the first day of Jury Selection and this trial this is a Hunter Bidens second time going on trial earlier this year, he was found guilty on gun charges in delaware. And these charges have to do wit
Harris Breaking News. Moments ago, Hunter Biden, son of the President Of The United States, has changed his plea to guilty in his Tax Trial that was set to begin next week. The development comes as Jury Selection was just getting underway today in Los Angeles. The president s son is charged with nine counts of tax fraud, three of those are felonies, maximum prison time at this point would be 17 years. Word is they are talking about it behind the scenes. Hes got a little bit of leverage by Pleading Guilty. This is outnumbered. Im Harris Faulkner with Kayleigh Mcenany and Emily Compagno. Also joining us, Anchor And Executive editor of The Story, martha mccallum. Former Deputy Assistant Attorney general, Uc Berkeley Law professor, former Law Clerk for Clarence Thomas in first timer on the outnumbered couch, John Yoo. At least first timer in 2024. Jonathan hunt is in Los Angeles. We will start with him. Jonathan. Harris, i am so happy that you have John Yoo, one of my favorite people in th
11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. right now in new york city, former president donald trump inside the courtroom at closing arguments in his $250 million civil fraud trial. just hours after police responded to a bomb threat at the judge s home. meanwhile, on the campaign trail, nikki haley and ron desantis traded insults during last night s gop debate in the battle for second place. you re invisible in new hampshire. you re invisible in south carolina. you re in fifth place. she s got this problem with ballistic podiatry, shooting herself in the foot every other day. this as chris christie is caught on a hot mic talking about haley and desantis right before he dropped out of the race. and in california, presidential son hunter biden is due to face tax charges in court this afternoon, a day after his surprise appearance on capitol hill. and we begin with breaking news from new york city, where cloing arguments are under way in former presiden
georgia. looking forward greg s all-star panel. thanks, dana. dana: bye. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the biden administration seems to be desperately solution to border crisis. officials announcing the president is sending two of his top people to mexico to see if there is any diplomatic fix to be negotiated. fox team coverage. bill melugin is in lukeville, arizona. a major choke point in the southwest where hundreds, if not thousands cross into the u.s. in a matter of hours. but we begin with senior national correspondent rich edson at the white house tonight with what the administration is trying to do. good evening, rich. good evening, bret. well, the white house says president biden is dispatching secretary of state anthony blinken, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas in the coming days to meet with new mexico s president to address that massive surge. the president has enough authority on his own to mitigate the surge. white house says pres
rolled off the production line. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start the programme for you in the middle east where the us. secretary of state antony blinken been holding discussions to resolve the escalating crisis there. he has told israel it will endanger its long term security if it abandons efforts to resolve the conflict with the palestinians. mr blinken who was speaking after talks with israeli prime minister, bejamin netanyahu said his immediate priority was to restore calm. the visit comes in the midst of a spate of violence between israelis and palestinians. the bbc s middle east correspondent, tom bateman, has more. in tom bateman, has more. jerusalem at the wreckai spreading injerusalem at the wreckage is spreading and another generation grows up in its wake. israel s new far right police minister is vowing to step up home demolitions of palestini