synagogue leader found stabbed multiple times outside her home. what we re now learning about the suspect. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we start with rudy giuliani s trial nearing the finish line in d.c. ryan reilly has been following it for us. the jury deliberations got underway in the last hour. what s the update? reporter: yeah, so the jury now has this case. they had lunch delivered to them. they will be able to begin starting deliberations right away and have about three hours before the end of the day here. these eight jurors are going to decide just how much in damages to award to these two individuals who were defamed by rudy giuliani and as you mentioned, rudy giuliani said previously that he was going to testify and whose lawyers said he was going to testify did not end up taking the stand, and the way that the lawyers sort of framed that to the jurors here was they didn t want to put the two plaintiffs through any more of
taxpayer dollars on an illegitimate impeachment inquiry because donald trump, the puppet master, has directed extreme maga republicans to launch a political hit job against president joe biden. that s house minority leader hakeem jeffries calling out republicans in the lower chamber before the vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. that came after hunter biden defied a subpoena from house republicans challenging them to hold public hearings for his testimony. we ll have much, much more from a bitter and partisan day on capitol hill. plus, the supreme court will hear the first case tied to abortion rights since it overturned roe v. wade. we ll get expert legal analysis on that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a busy morning ahead, and we ll start here. the republican controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impea
republicans, but certainly the moderate republicans, ryan was talking about the 17 republicans that currently hold seats and districts that were won by joe biden. they do not want to defend this, and yesterday, a court ruled in favor of democrats on the house map in new york that makes it more likely that democrats will take control back of the house. i think this vote today, assuming that it passes will make it more likely that democrats will take back control of the house. the republicans leadership are motivated by what trump wants because that s what helps them win their republican primaries. but let me ask you about the idea that even if this does not hurt joe biden politically, you talk about the love of a father being politicized, even if they sympathize knowing someone, knowing a friend of a friend, a family member who has had the same kind of problems that hunter biden has had, understanding that he is facing the music right now in the courts. somebody who spent a
i m katy tur. it has been a dramatic day on capitol hill. emphasis on dramatic as house lawmakers loudly debated whether to formalize an investigation into president biden. as you would imagine, it got combative. we were waiting on the vote, but if all republicans tow the line, it will pass. that is not all. this morning, right outside of the capitol. hunter biden told reporters he was ready to testify in front of the house. but only if republicans agree to do it in public stating, quote, my father was not financially involved in my business, not as a practicing lawyer, not as a board member of burisma, not my partnership with the chinese private businessmen, not in my investments at home nor abroad, and certainly not as an artist, and he s blaming republicans by name for using his own personal struggles to try to take down his father. in the depths of my addiction, i was extremely irresponsible with my finances. but to suggest that is grounds for an impeachment inquiry is
for six years i have been a target of the unrelenting trump attack machine shouting where s hunter? well, here s my answer, i am here. all this just hours before the house is set to vote on launching a formal impeachment inquiry into president biden. meanwhile, for first time today, at the white house, the president is meeting in person with the families of american hostages taken on october 7th as israel wages its war against hamas. and breaking from the supreme court, it will hear a major case over a widely used abortion pill, we ll break down what is at stake. and millions of teslas under a software recall as the company warns of a defect in its auto pilot technology. we begin with breaking news involving president biden and his family. the president s son hunter apparently defying a subpoena to appear before the house oversight committee for a closed door deposition, but did appear on capitol hill this morning to repeat his demand for a public hearing and to blast