Attorne Attorney General Merrick Garland announcing he will give david weiss Special Counsel status to investigate the president s son. Hello and welcome everyone, im sandra smith. Gillian, great to have you back. Gillian this is America Reports. Garland says weiss told him he wanted to be given Special Counsel status to continue his probe into hunter biden. This after insisting for months that step was not necessary. Sandra the timing of this announcement is certainly being highlighted at this hour, and raising Big Questions about how the probe will intersect with a separate congressional investigation. And a Draft Plea Deal between hunters attorneys and weiss thats currently being reworked. Gillian Lindsey Graham as well as house ways and Means Committee chair jason smith are both here to react. Sandra mark meredith, live at the Justice Department at this hour for us. Why did the attorney yes decide to do this and decide to do this now, mark . Sandra, good afternoon to you. The u. S.
Not a matter of if but when and they want answers why these documents may have already been drawn up and posted before a grand jury vote. We begin tonight with correspondent Jonathan Serrie in atlanta outside the courthouse. Good evening, jonathan. Good evening, bret. The case appears to be moving rapidly with at least two witnesses originally scheduled to testify on tuesday being called to the court house this afternoon. One of them, former lt. Governor jeff duncan, a republican who has been highly critical of the former President Trump and george cheaty, a chils who says he walked in on a meeting of alternate electors who attempted to certify georgias 2020 election for then President Trump after his narrow loss to joe biden. Earlier today, The Grand Jury heard from two former Democratic State lawmakers including former senator jen jerry continue attended a post Election Hearing with trumps personal lawyer. In that meeting critics say Rudy Giuliani tried to convince Georgia Legislator
Agreed to the debate in milwaukee . That is a good question. Eric he said that is a good question. More than a dozen other 2020 white house hopefuls are out the fair today looking to impress voters and create some breakthrough moments in the Campaign Trail as well as eat the fried oreos and twinkie. Well be covering all of their doings throughout this hour. But first the border crisis becoming a Cartel Crisis but fox news has the video that shows armed Cartel Members at the southern border. Some faiths say using machetes to bully and rob migrants. Welcome to a brandnew hour of foxFox News Live i am eric s. Aishah Hey Eric Good to see you i am Aishah Hasnie in for ortho level. Troubling story coming on board right now in a surge of migrants overwhelming Border Patrol agents yet again. Meantime police are investing in the death of a 3yearold on a migrant bus that was headed from texas to chicago. Those Republican White House hopefuls are talking border security. We should crush the carte
Wildfire updates. What can you tell us now in. Reporter hey there, griff, good morning to you. Were alongside one of the main entry points into the town of a lahaina. People here have been lined up for hours, some of these folks sleeping in their cars waiting for the curfew in the town of lahaina to expire. Some of these people have nothing left, they just want to get in, see whats left of the town. Take a listen to some folks about what theyve seen there. I want people to know that there are people out here suffering, and we need donations. We need, we need people shipping things out here. We need families fed, we need yeah, we need so much men help. Reporter home after home in lahaina, gone. One estimate from core logic puts the estimate of destroyed homes at more than 3,000. The rising death toll now at 80 people as rescue crews search for more victims. Thousands of people have now left the island, and around 1400 are currently staying in Emergency Shelters here. Its still unclear h
But rebuilding will cost more than 5 billion fox weather max Gorden Standing by live on the scene and maui. Well get to him in a moment but will speak to a Senior Pastor who is helping those whove lost everything from the flames appeared. Aishah a former the former pret trump speaking a moments ago in iowa whether or not its going to make it to the first gop debate its coming up fast in just 11 days here right here on fox news. Our Alexis Mcadams is on the ground. She is going to bring us his reaction from the Iowa State Fair. Eric first more legal troubles bring for hunter biden as you know Attorney General Merrick Garland has named u. S. Attorney david weiss who has been investigating him. As the Special Counsel in the investigation of hunters overseas business dealings. Weiss has been on the case since 2019 at the federal prosecutor in delaware. The Attorney General said he requested the Special Counsel status this week nearly two weeks after the plea deal that weiss oversaw with hu