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.
border this is a second and our woman intercounty by an illegal alien. in both cases suspects from el salvador with ties to criminal gangs it. it should not be happening. shannon: . eric: strong words from a man to cross into the u.s. illegally charged with raping and killing a mother of five last year. federal agents tracked the suspect down to a bar and oklahoma and arrested him on friday police that he had ties to a salvadoran gang has a violent history including at least one other murderer in his home country. hello everyone this is a brand-new hour of fox news live by eric shawn. hello eric i am arthel neville. on a popular hiking trail. police say that illegal immigrant hid out in a draining pipe then dragged the 37-year-old mom into the woods. authorities also linked him to an attack on a 9-year-old girl and her mother during a home invasion in los angeles back in march for the problem of migrant crime has m as maryland democrac governor pointing the fingers at con
nomination, so far he s faced two challengers but they are polling very low. whether or not this would recreate the fire of whether he s going to be challenged further is yet to be seen. but the president is just getting ready to head out on the campaign trail, a huge swing out west, at a campaign fundraiser last night. the biden campaign was likely thinking it was going to be behind them. as of three weeks ago a plea deal where it was all going to go away and that is no longer the case. gillian, if i had a crystal ball i would try to figure out when will the trial take place, a finality to any of this, and immediate pushback from the republican presidential candidates saying it s happening while the voters are trying to make up their minds. gillian: if you figure it out, mark, let us know when the trial is going to be. sandra: thank you so much. gillian, bring in house ways and means chairman jason smith joining us now. thank you so much, sir, for joining us and jumping on the bre