We are back following the Breaking News. President bidens son hunter indicted on federal gun charges today. Special counsel david weiss recently elevated to that role, brought this case tied to a 2018 firearm purchase, and were expecting the president to speak at any moment. That was previously scheduled. As he becomes the first sitting president to have his child indicted by the Justice Department, but thats not the only reason this is extraordinary. A few months ago this gun case was literally minutes away from being resolved, but the plea deal collapsed in court in front of a judge before questions from a judge, and this could mean a hunter biden trial in the middle of his fathers president ial election bid. Evan, walk us through the charges here and how this fiveyear investigation and lets reiterate five years got to this point. Reporter right, well, we have now the president s son, hunter biden has been charged with three counts. One of them relates to lying on the form back in 20
Nominations. We announce later this morning, were going to have full coverage on gma. Those are our top stories on this monday, december 11th. From abc news, this is world news now. A good morning to you all. Were going to begin this half hour with winter making an early appearance. There is more heavy snowfall in upstate new york and snow in the forecast all week. Theres already a foot of snow on the ground in the buffalo area, and whiteout conditions exist on many highways. There are travel advisories now in place. Rob marciano with more. Reporter more than 100 million americans feeling the effects of this winter blast. Lakeeffect snow falling from indiana to new york. Thundersnow, startling west seneca. Three miles south, this scene, the bills colts game, snow falling up to per hour, so thick at times you can barely see the field. Indiana drivers dealing with whiteout conditions, slick roads causing crashes. A jackknifed tractortrailer causing backups. This car going through a pond.
From abc news, this is world news now. A good morning to you all. Were going to begin this half hour with winter making an early appearance. There is more heavy snowfall in upstate new york and snow in the forecast all week. Theres already a foot of snow on the ground in the buffalo area, and whiteout conditions exist on many highways. There are travel advisories now in place. Rob marciano with more. Reporter more than 100 million americans feeling the effects of this winter blast. Lakeeffect snow falling from indiana to new york. Thundersnow, startling west seneca. Three miles south, this scene, the bills colts game, snow falling up to two inches per hour, so thick at times you can barely see the field. Indiana drivers dealing with whiteout conditions, slick roads causing crashes. A jackknifed tractortrailer slowing traffic to a crawl. This driver careening into a pond outside boston. At the height of the winter storm almost 300,000 without power. Theres trees popping all over. Never
This monday, december 11th. From abc news, this is world news now. A good morning to you all. Were going to begin this half hour with winter making an early appearance. There is more heavy snowfall in upstate new york and snow in the forecast all week. Theres already a foot of snow on the ground in the buffalo area, and whiteout conditions exist on many highways. There are travel advisories now in place. Rob marciano with more. Reporter more than 100 million americans feeling the effects of this winter blast. Lakeeffect snow falling from indiana to new york. Thundersnow, startling west seneca. Three miles south, this scene, the bills colts game, snow falling up to two inches per hour, so thick at times you can barely see the field. Indiana drivers dealing with whiteout conditions, slick roads causing crashes. A jackknifed tractortrailer causing backups. This car going through a pond. At the height of the winter storm almost 300,000 without power. Theres trees popping all over. Never kn
Of the year is a time for reflecting on the path and plotting a better future. Britain, theirfocus is on where brexit is taking the nation. How will leaving the eu will affect the uks sense of itself and its International Standing . My guest is a distinguished political veteran, lord david owen a former labour secretary who tried and failed to change the face of british politics by launching a new party on the ce ntre left. By launching a new party on the centre left. Does the uk currently have a clue where it is going . Lord owen, welcome to hardtalk. Nice to be here. Lets begin with brexit. 2018 must be the year deal is done. An agreement reached between britain and the eu 27 on the shape of brexit. If it is not done this year, there will be no time to ratify it before 2019. Do you believe a deal will be done . It can be done and i think it will be done. I am more optimistic now that we have a transition period which many people called for and i think it is essential. Lighted immedia