Dozens more unaccounted for. Were live from the burn zone coming up shortly. First this. Like father, like son. President biden and son hunts both under Special Counsel investigation. Is it too much to overcome, we wonder . Well find out in time. Good monday morning. Im bill hemmer live in new york. Hello. Dana good to see you again. Im dana perino. This is americas newsroom. Its been a very tough weekend for everyone in hawaii. Much more for you on that. We want to get to this information. The appointment of a Special Counsel on hunter biden is the latest as the president deals with his own Special Counsel for mishandling classified documents. The legal challenges are mounting. That is bad news for a president already facing questions about age and electability. Bill meanwhile hunters Special Counsel. The same prosecutor who tried to give the sweet plea deal about a month ago. According to republicans, that just does not simply pass muster. Dana peter doocy is live at the white house for us this morning. Good morning. Good morning. Hunter bidens lawyers are confirming a key component of devon archers testimony and explaining what the then Vice President was doing on the phone talking to the international businessmen. The most people are criticizing the biden family is that when the president calls his son every day and it goes on the speakerphone and says hello to the people in the room, thats not an offense. Thats nothing other than a loving father. Republicans are reversing their calls for a Special Counsel now that they know it will be the same prosecutor who signed off on that plea deal that gave hunter biden immunity for undiscovered crimes, david weiss. Do as bad as he did with weiss. Not only did weiss drag his feet for five years and try to negotiate a Sweetheart Plea Deal with the president s son, he also let the statute of limitations run out. It was one of the biggest complaints from the i. R. S. Whistleblowers. Biden allies are not excusing hunter ears behavior. They dont want it connected to his dad. Havent been able to show any criminal corruption on his part. They have hunter biden. This guy was addicted to drugs and did a lot of really unlawful and wrong things and we have said let the Justice System run its course. They are not saying that about donald trump. President biden is coming back from the beach in two hours. He has not said anything about this. There might not be a chance to talk to him until friday afternoon when he hosts a Tri Lateral Press conference with some visiting dignitaries, dana. Dana we have that to look forward to. Hopefully get more answers before then. Thanks, peter. Yesterdays announcement was an admission by Attorney General garland that they have not been truthful. Department of justice hasnt been truthful with the American People and goes right to what you said. He did not have the authority to make the decisions as he said in the october 7th, 2022, meeting. That gentleman was 1 of 2 whistleblowers. Gary shapley from the i. R. S. Reacting to the appointment of that Special Counsel. His attorney is here joining us. Thank you for your time. Good morning. Good to be with you. Bill where would we be without the testimony of these two whistleblowers . Its pretty clear, bill, first thanks for having me. Its pretty clear that there probably would have never been a plea deal or effort to resolve this case without the whistleblowers coming forward. I would like to point out one little fact that came out in the pleading that was filed by the defense. They have four law firms on this case representing the biden family. They referenced in their pleading yesterday that the prosecutors reached out to them in may of 2023 just this past may to give an invitation to initiate plea discussions. Thats a pretty crucial fact when you look at the timeline of what was happening with the whistleblowers come forward. If you recall, i wrote a letter to various committees of congress on april 19th of this year noting that i represented a whistleblower who wanted to come forward in a Major Investigation to discuss Conflict Of Interest and possible false statements by a president ial appointee. In may 24 is when Gary Shapley First came forward and revealed he was a whistleblower to come forward. The timing is precarious when the defense says the government reached out to have a plea in may, the same month. It makes it sound like they were never going to charge this case but because the whistleblowers were coming forward, they decided to just see if they could get this thing resolved quickly. They moved too quickly and made a bunch of mistakes like theyve made mistakes throughout the investigation. Dana could you react to Congressman Goldman . This is what he said Sunday About Weiss becoming a Special Counsel. I want to get your take. David weiss, The Trump Appointed u. S. Attorney in delaware was right all along. He had ultimate authority and when he requested Special Counsel status because the Plea Agreement thats broken down and he may have to charge hunter biden in outside of his own district, which he requires Additional Authority to do, he got it. Dana how do you react to that . Well, i think were hearing different statements from mr. Weiss. Weiss has come forward and said first he wrote three letters to congress saying the first letter said he had all the authority he needed to charge anywhere, any time he wanted to. Attorney general garland was echoing those comments that weiss had all the authority and even more authority than Special Counsel has. Then he wrote a second lets saying its common practice to consult with u. S. Attorneys in other districts to partner up with them if you want to bring a case. Only in those circumstances if thats denied would he seek Special Counsel status. Well, gary shapley, if you recall, his october 7th, 2022, meeting the red line meeting where weiss told him that and other executives with the Law Enforcement agents that he tried to bring it in d. C. And tried to bring it in l. A. But he was refuted and denied. And he sought Special Counsel back then authority from d. O. J. And declined for that. So these statements are bouncing all over the place. When Attorney General garland said that weiss had more authority than a Special Counsel, the fact he has been appointed Special Counsel did he get a demotion . Their statements dont make sense with each other. They are across the board. Really appointing weiss as Special Counsel now doesnt give confidence to the American People that this thing will get done the right way under the facts and law. Bill lets try to squeeze in two more. Dana do you think the timing and appointment of david weiss as Special Counsel is suspicious . Well, there is so much history under the water over the dam. The blocking of investigators efforts to try to get to the bottom of any connections following the money, any connections with the father, blocking those steps, and then coming forward now and appointed him as Special Counsel. He is the wrong person. Ive always called for a Special Counsel in this case so that somebody neutral could get to the bottom of the facts and charge the facts under the law. But also bill people would argue that weiss is not neutral because he has been on this from the beginning quickly. Without the house hearings, many of this stuff we dont know. Now that you have a Special Counsel, do the house hearings happen . Does weiss appear before a House Committee at the end of september as he is scheduled or not . Well, i dont work for congress or the department of justice. It seems to me congress has the authority to force people to come and testify under their oversight authorities. I think weiss has to come forward. But he has already invoked that he couldnt talk about ongoing investigations. We arent expecting an open book from him. Bill terrific. Thanks for coming on. We have a lot of questions and still looking for answers. Dana we are. Were not the only ones. Maureen dowd wrote a little about this. Joe biden should have reined in hunter when he began living off his dads position and connections. The president , who lost two kids and nearly lost this one is clearly paralyzed when it comes to hunter. It will be harder for the president to argue that trump is the one with all the legal and ethical albatrosss. If they are the two candidates for each Political Party there is a comparison you could lay out there. Maureen dowd a month ago wrote the piece about the granddaughter of President Biden, the daughter of hunter biden. Things changed after that. Dana they recognized the granddaughter. It was Maureen Dowds system who is a strong supporter of biden. Former President Trump has to watch what he says about the charges against him related to the 2020 election and january 6th. The judge says his rights arent absolute. Mark meredith live in d. C. On this and other legal challenges facing trump on the trail. Good morning to you. Former President Trump continues to condemn both the charges against him and federal judge here in d. C. Overseeing his case. There will be limits what can be discussed publicly. The former president is on the campaign trail. This weekend in iowa. The judge says trump should not expect special treatment just because he is a president ial candidate. On friday she ruled trump is prohibited from sharing Sensitive Information about the january 6th case. Federal prosecutors led by Special Counsel jack smith were pushing for a full protective order. They fear trump may intimidate potential witnesses by exposing some of the evidence against him before trial. A trial date has not been set. Meantime this week all eyes on federal courthouse in atlanta where a potential fourth indictment against trump could come at any time. The Fulton County districked Attorneys Office is looking into efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. The Lieutenant Governor will testify tomorrow and tweeted over the weekend i can confirm i have been requested to testify before the Fulton County grand jury tuesday. I look forward to answering their questions around the 2020 election. Republicans should not let honesty for weakness. In addition to the former president aides may be indicted. If an indictment is handed down like many people are expecting trump could be forced to show up in Court Within Days if not hours. Dana thank you. I could lose my house. It could have happened. It didnt happen. You immediately go im really lucky and what can i do . 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The men did not resurface after jumping from a boat around noon yesterday. 50 miles sought of cape fear. Coast guard helicopters and boats searched the area throughout the night. Their families meeting them on land just a few hours ago. Thanks goodness for that. The tragedy of every single life that has been lost. Those who are still missing, we must continue to focus on finding every one of those people. There are so many others who are struggling to survive and also looking for what happens to tomorrow. Bill thats a former hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard. She was there in the middle of the night with will cain. Crews are still fighting the fires that killed 96. Hundreds more unaccounted for. 1,000 acres scorched. 2,000 buildings reduced to ash. This is hawaiis deadliest disaster since it became a state in 1959. Hard to imagine much that could be worse than this. Will cain is there. He spent every summer of his life in maui. But no summer ever like this, will. What have you seen before the sun comes up . I think what local time about 3 20 in the morning there now, will. Good morning to you, bill. What ive seen this morning. Ive been here 5 or 6 hours. Took off after fox friends yesterday and landed about 5 or 6 hours ago. I have oaf seen inspiration. Im on the north side of the island. Checkpoints keep us from going to the west side in lahaina. This side of the island is the recovery, support, survivors of la hein yeah. Behind me is kings church. I know one of the pastors. He baptized my sons. He spoke to some of the people who are there lahaina who went to their church. All their homes and church gone. Bill, i have to tell you, im not just saying this. Im not forcing it. Im not looking for happy talk. Their eyes, face, resolve is inspiration. They are filled with faith. They are filled with family and filled with culture and a love of each other and hawaii. I will tell you something. It is inspiration. As is, by the way, everyone watching this program. As you know, bill, many viewers have known my friends and family who have been here a long time. We put together to help families. A Gofundme Help the people of maui. Im blown away by the viewers of fox. There is so much in this country thats an inspiration. So much of america. Dana one thing i was wondering as people wake up and realize as the woman who interviewed with Ainsley Earlier today. Her home, car and work is gone and the future seems uncertain. Have you heard about the resources that they have in order to start picking up the pieces . How do you start taking that first next step what to do and where to live . I dont know. Lets look backwards if we might before we look forward. Its difficult because were literally still looking for bodies. At the same time, we do need to also look for some measure of accountability. I am sympathetic. This is an island of 150,000 people. Lahaina itself 12,000 people. If you looked at a map you could find no place on earth more isolated from a major body of land than the hawaiian islands. That being said, United States military is a few miles