ruin his father s presidency. this is as the president s son is fighting against nine new tax related charges. i m mike emanuel and griff is on assignment. i m alicia acuna, am g.o.p. hopefuls are questioning the indictment handed down by david weiss, blasting the justice department for slow walking the case. alexandria hoff is live with reaction to the indictments. hi, alicia. special county weiss is focusing on that hunter biden could have paid his taxes, but spent on women, cars, an extravagant life style. nine charges were filed against the president s son in los angeles, three of those felonies. the government alleges he failed to pay $1.4 million in taxes. here is his attorney. somebody in their family or they know it s not behavior that he s proud of, but it doesn t make him into a tax felon in a 56-page indictment. hunter-wide faces up to 17 years in prison, and an only probation deal fell apart after a delaware judge questioned what republicans called a sweet
i m fredericka witfield in new york today. with just weeks before key 2024 election contests take place, president biden is hitting the campaign trail this weekend amid new legal distractions hovering over his son. on friday, the president kicked off a campaign swing out west just hours after his son hunter biden was indicted again. hunter biden is now facing new federal tax evasion charges. prosecutors accuse him of a four-year tax evasion scheme and spending millions of dollars on things like drugs, escorts and exotic cars. if convicted on all nine criminal counts, he could face up to 17 years in prison. the charges come as house republicans continue to pressure hunter biden to testify in a congressional hearing and prepare to vote on a resolution to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president biden. cnn s senior white house reporter kevin liptack is with us. how is the white house responding to hunter biden s latest charges? reporter: certainly there is no more sensi
will only plant the seeds for the next war. u.s. facing global criticism for vetoing a u.n. resolution calling for a cease-fire. we ll look at how other nations are responding. plus, trump s gag order back on. an appeals court ruling the former president can t go after witnesses in the election interference case, but there is one person whom he can still attack. and the state of texas has once again pushed a pregnant woman from having an abortion. after a court order allowed her to move forward. we ll look at why this indicates is this case is so important. the united states facing fierce international criticism for vetoing the u.n. security council s latest attempt to call for a cease-fire between israel and hamas. human rights watch warned that the u.s. had put itself at the risk of complicity in war crimes. the medical charity doctors without borders condemned the u.s. vote as, quote, a vote against humanity. the u.n. security council resolution had 13 votes in s
volume of questions that came her way. needless to say, a lot of students and their reaction has been pretty volatile on campus. many students say they don t feel safe here at upenn, given there has been a rise in antisemitic rhetoric and activity, even before the october 7th attacks. again, you have all these donors now threatening to pull some funding. so, that influence clearly adding some pressure here, and the board of trustees, again, set to meet tomorrow at five pm to have that discussion about whether or not liz magill will have a job here moving forward. yasmin? george soliz for us there. george, appreciate. i have a lot more coming up, folks. you re watching msnbc, our second hour starts now. hey, everybody. i m yasmin vossoughian. if you just joining us, welcome. if you are sticking with us, we are thankful for that. we are just days away from an expected vote in the house to move forward in the impeachment of the president, despite lacking any evidence t
leading presidential candidates dealing with major legal distractions as they prepare to head into the first contest of the 2024 election season. on friday, a federal appeals court upheld most of a gag order barring former president trump from attacking certain witnesses, prosecutors and court staff. trump is vowing to appeal the ruling, which centers on his federal election subversion case. this comes as president biden hits the campaign trail just hours after his son was indicted again. hunter biden is now facing new federal tax evasion charges. prosecutors accuse him of a four-year tax evasion scheme and spending millions of dollars on things like drugs, escorts and exotic cars. if convicted on all nine criminal counts, he could face up to 17 years in prison. the charges come as house republicans continue to pressure hunter biden to testify at a congressional hearing and prepare to vote on a resolution to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president biden. paula reed ha