streets with raymond to track down the pot revelers. what we found may surprise you. and in moments my angle on how the left wants you to live in never land. but first breaking tonight senior law enforcement officials telling nbc news that there is growing frustration inside the fbi as they finish the bulk of their work on the hunter biden case over a year ago and reportedly the irs finished its part of the investigation more than a year ago as well. now, remember, the washington post previously reported there was enough evidence discovered to charge hunter biden with tax crimes and a false statement related to a gun purchase. now this comes out on the heels of another bombshell report that could be the straw that broke biden s back. a whistle blower special agent from the irs has come forward to allege that joe biden was getting special treatment and special protection in the agency s investigation of his son hunter. the whistle blower s lawyer appeared on special report ton
officials saying the dirtbags first son s laptop was russian disinformation. well, it turns out that the biden campaign orchestrated the entire thing. ex-cia director mike morel revealing in sworn testimony that secretary of state, now secretary of state antony blinken, who was then a senior biden campaign advisor, led the effort to release that letter. republican jim jordan ripping into the revelation. that letter became the basis for keeping this information from the american people, and the other thing that was important we learned in that deposition with mr. morel, mr. morel was trying to direct who the biden campaign told him who to get this to in the media. it was that coordinated. that is the scary thing. it was a little political operation and the most important fact is, laura, it was false. jeanine: both joe and hunter used that letter as proof to dismiss the laptop. 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what he is accusing me of is a russian plan
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city we must be consistent morally around these legal issues. absolutely and also on politics nation this weekend, sorry, rev, yeah, you have joe that does it for i have the star of my mornings, and everybody, i just tee that up because i want everybody to watch his special monday night. we have to say our apologies to ana cabrera that does it for us this morning, ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now thank you so much for being here, and happy friday it is 10:00 here on the east coast. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york as we come on air, the 2024 presidential field has never been in sharper focus. three sources now telling nbc news that president biden is expected to announce his white house bid as early as this tuesday. another source familiar with the planning says top advisers have been sending signals in recent days to, quote, get ready. why now? is the timing more about superstition or strategy and what might it mean for the republican fistfight be
have access to an abortion pill. this hour, president biden will announce he is running for a second term as early as next tuesday. the anniversary of his 2020 announcement will that set up a rematch with donald trump and as we celebrate earth day tomorrow, i ll be joined by white house special presidential envoy john kerry as the u.n. secretary-general criticizes the biden administration s progress in reducing greenhouse gases enough to avoid a disastrous outcome for the world. good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington where the clock is winding down on that supreme court s midnight deadline tonight to announce what he s going to do about controversial lower court rulings that would severely limit access to the most widely used abortion pill the justices have been meeting in their regularly scheduled friday morning conference where the issue is expected to come up a decision could be posted at any moment options include the court could grant a full stay send