christie, along with his prospects in the republican primary contest after that fiery debate performance. a growing divide between the biden administration and israel s prime minister over this death toll and the humanitarian crisis in gaza. world leaders break their silence on how hamas used rape as a weapon of war on october 7th. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the president s son hunter now facing a second federal indictment and not the misdemeanor tax charge he thought he was being handed with the plea deal that collapsed in june. this time, nine charges on an alleged criminal scheme to avoid paying taxes on millions of dollars in income. the president himself is not named in the indictment. it could help weaponize house republicans with their upcoming vote to open an impeachment inquiry into mr. biden, with enormous political implications for the re-electi campaign. the president ignoring reporters questions about his son just moments ago a
good afternoon. i m chris jansing live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. today another escalation in what is already a brutal 2024 presidential race. this time coming from hunter biden who says the right is trying to kill him in order to destroy his father. that accusation made in a rare interview after prosecutors filed a shocking new indictment. what his lawyer is saying and what this latest round of charges could mean as his dad tries to hold onto the white house. overseas, the u.n. calls the situation in gaza a, quote, spiraling humanitarian nightmare. people with open wounds and people stand in line for hours to use one shower or toilets. families who have lost everything sleep on bare concrete floors wearing clothes they have not changed for two month thes. the chilling new letter from the leading u.n. official on the ground who says they are, quote, hanging on by their fingertips. and the major controversy that just keeps growing after leaders of some of
duly elected election or to deny the voters the results of that election by not upholding the electoral process. i was there on january 6th at the u.s. capitol. it was not just an attack on our building. it was an attack on the foundations of our democracy which are, our schools, supports, and the most important and fundamental right, our right to vote. that s why the congressional black caucus, our members are working to pass the voting of the john lewis act. it is the first time that republicans have not worked with us to reauthorize that. these are the corner stones of our democracy. we ll be talking to constituents here later about what they have their role and their power in ensuring that we ll continue to uphold our democracy at a time that is under attack. not just the last election. but the elections to come.
republican chairman of the senate intel committee. [ inaudible ]. review what s going on here. republicans and donald trump spent a year lamb basting hillary clinton for allowing classified information to leak into her private e-mail server and her state department e-mail. now they are talking about voting to release a memo that is about one of the most classified things the government does. you know, conducting surveillance on u.s. persons suspected of being foreign agents. it s just incredible that this is even being contemplated and without the kind of justice department and fbi review that you would hope to have to prevent from compromising sources and methods. there s already been a series of leaks that may have been deeply damaging to the investigation including the new york times story, that he reupped the surveillance of carter page during the trump administration, during the spring. what i m told is you would never get approval from a fisa judge to reauthorize surveillance o
well, i don t want to reup this now. we re in too much danger? we have expectation of privacy. fisa section 702, the foreign intelligence surveillance act is a legal authority that s been in place since 2008. set to expire at the end of the year, congress is having legislative debate whether to reauthorize it. on one hand, multiple senior national security officials of both parties said it s a productive and important legal authority. on the other hand, this issue of the security of information really is one that the government has to address if they re going to retain sensitive information, they have to have ability to protect it. judge jeanine: do you think we ll ever get there, carrie? certainly a lot of work that can be done between the government and private sector to improve information, both the government and private sector have insider threat programs but the government has to be able to assure the american public if it s going to collect sensitive information that it has