colleague katy tur will interview the attorney for hunter biden, abbe lowell about the new indictment against the president s son. katy tur reports starts right now good to be with you. i m katy tur. would he be facing criminal charges if he were not the president s son? hunter biden s lawyers argue their client is only being federally indicted because his last name is biden. and because the now special counsel appointed to investigate him faced enormous pressure from republicans to help them make hunter biden a campaign issue. after all, his team argues, prosecutor david weiss looked into hunter biden for five years, and only decided to indict now after the plea deal fell apart. we ll get to the bottom of how much those arguments hold water in a moment with chuck rosenberg, but first, we will exclusively speak with hunter biden s attorney, abbe lowell. let s lay out what david weiss says he found. there are nine counts in the 56 page indictment, including three felony
the stand. his testimony a day after paul pelosi shared his chilling first memory after the attack, saying quote, he remembers waking up in a pool of blood. plus right now, powerful images are coming out of d.c. tens of thousands of people standing together. a forceful show of support for israel. loved ones of hostages demanding their release today while the idf shares heartbreaking news that a 19-year-old that was being held captive is now dead. what we know about her, the revelation that one israeli peace activist thought to be held hostage in gaza was actually killed on october 7th. and a lot of new developments there. our nbc news reporters are following all of those developments but we begin on capitol hill where we just heard from that senator who stood up seemingly ready to fight a witness before the committee. ali vitali is reporting for us. what did he say, ali? basically, no regrets, chris. he defended his actions that happened during the committee hearing. look
the prosecutor. providing a plethora of details about the days and weeks after the 2020 election. when donald trump and his allies tried anything and did everything they could to reverse what they knew was trump s election defeat. we re getting a look at what sidney powell and jenna ellis told prosecutors during the recessions. those are the meetings where defendants who take plea deals reveal any information that could be used against the other defendants in this case. which includes rudy giuliani and donald trump. former trump attorney general ellis descriing a chilling conversation with trump aid at a white house christmas party. i said something to him like i m sorry that we haven t been able to do more. and i emphasized to him i thought that the claims and the ability to challenge the election results was essentially over because of the dismissal of the case from the the supreme court. he said to me in an excited tone, well, we don t care. we re not going to leave. i
comcast business, powering possibilities. hello. and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church, live from atlanta, with our continuing coverage of the israeli/hamas war. we begin in gaza, as the war between israel and hamas is about to enter its second month. the israeli military says it is carrying out a significant strike right now on the territory. [ explosions ] an idf spokesperson says the strike was, quotes, very extensive and targeted hamas in in infrastructure above and below ground. its soldiers have reached the gaza coast, in an effort to cut off the northern part of the enclave. this comes as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has once again rejected calls for a cease-fire, saying all hostages must first be released. meantime, an intense diplomatic push is under way to prevent a wider conflict in the region. antony blink en landon in turke sunday night. and the corrector of the cia is travel
wrestle with as he ushered in the far right wing into the mainstream of italian life. and i think we re going to suffer regardless of what happens to trump, we will suffer the far-right wing in our lives can also men s on an anna navarro. thank you great to have you write of time. thank you for joining us on this historic great night. the news continues with abby phillip on newsnight cnn breaking news guilty on all counts. good evening. i m abby phillip in new york for a special edition of newsnight it just moments. i ll sit down one-on-one with a trump relative and a man who may be trump s pick for vice president. but first tonight strangers in a jury box, 12 manhattan nights came to a unanimous decision to convict the former president of the united states of crimes 34 times these 12 people unknown to each other before april 22, we re asked to reach a conclusion about donald trump s guilt 34 times. they agreed 34 times. they said trump broke the law and that he used a paper