good morning, it is 10:00 eastern, thanks for being here. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. and we re going to go straight to the breaking news out of delaware. any moment now we expect the son of the sitting president to appear before a federal judge in wilmington. hunter biden is set to plead guilty to two tax crimes and admit to pesing a gun while he was addicted to drugs. there was a bit of a curve ball just ahead of today s hearing, a last minute deal, a legal dispute between hunter biden s legal team and lawyers for house republicans. here to help us understand what is happening right now and where things are headed, msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin, state attorney for palm beach county, florida, dave aronberg, and former fbi assistant director frank figfigliuzzi. let s begin at the courthouse with mike memoli. walk us through what we expect to see in court in just moments. reporter: ana, as you say, this closed proceeding beginning shortly if it has not alr
if more of this continues to unravel, it rises to the level of an impeachment inquiry. this comes as we are waiting on a third indictment for donald trump connected to trying to overturn the 2020 election and as we ve learned the special counsel s office has spoken with two more key witnesses in that investigation. former trump administration official chris krebs and trump s acting deputy attorney general richard donoghue who had this to say at the january 6th hearings. you also noted that mr. rosen said to mr. trump, quote, doj can t and won t snap its fingers and change the outcome of the election. how did the president respond to that, sir? he responded with very quickly and said, essentially, that s not what i m asking you to do. what i m asking you to do is say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. this just in. rudy giuliani conceding in a new court filing that he made defamatory statements about two atlanta-area election worker
bergdahl is thrown out, the just citing scathing comments about bergdahl made by donald trump. and a terrifying scene right outside our office window, a huge crane collapse set off by a five-alarm fire. look at that. this happened just a short time ago. we have new developments coming in, including on how many injuries or whether anyone was hurt. sara and kate are off today, i m john berman with rahel solomon. this is cnn news central. well, happening next hour, hunter biden will be in federal court in delaware. he is expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanors for not paying taxes on time. pit roaden s son also struck a deal with federal prosecutors to resolve a felony gun charge. the plea agreement is a major step toward the conclusion of the justice department s investigation into hunter biden s finances. a probe that began in 2018. now, over the course of the probe investigators examined allegations of money laundering, foreign lobbying and other potential charge
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