colleague katy tur will interview the attorney for hunter biden, abbe lowell about the new indictment against the president s son. katy tur reports starts right now good to be with you. i m katy tur. would he be facing criminal charges if he were not the president s son? hunter biden s lawyers argue their client is only being federally indicted because his last name is biden. and because the now special counsel appointed to investigate him faced enormous pressure from republicans to help them make hunter biden a campaign issue. after all, his team argues, prosecutor david weiss looked into hunter biden for five years, and only decided to indict now after the plea deal fell apart. we ll get to the bottom of how much those arguments hold water in a moment with chuck rosenberg, but first, we will exclusively speak with hunter biden s attorney, abbe lowell. let s lay out what david weiss says he found. there are nine counts in the 56 page indictment, including three felony
Prosecutors to provide the name of the first three trial witnesses. Prosecutors refused explaining that while they typically would turn over the information, they did not want to in this case because trump already has an posting online about potential witnesses. The judge said he could not blame prosecutors for the objection. Trumps attorneys offered to commit to the court that trump would not post about any witnesses but the judge responded, i dont think you can make that representation. So to say the least. Trumps attorneys say, sure. We will control him this time. He wont tweet about the jurors. And the witnesses. So how unusual is this first of all . In a typical trial that is not John Gotti or another mobster, would they protect the identities of the witnesses like this . No. And i Cannot Underscore for you how typical it is to provide the names of witnesses
up, and we will be using school buses to get people to shelters if needed. we have already evacuated our local humane society. we are in the process of evacuating our homeless to a safe shelter for them. we do have means to get people where they need to be, and for that reason, we just ask those who really do have somewhere that they can go to safely to do that so that we can use our shelters for the people that do not have the means to do so. cannot underscore that enough. thank you, mayor. myrtle beach mayor brenda bethune. we ll be keeping a close eye on myrtle beach and all those areas right in the path of this storm. stay right here, we ll have a live report from msnbc for special korccoverage of hurrica florence all week.
because his eyes were gouged out, his tongue was gouged out. this was personal. this was personal and they just don t know why yet. all right, lynn berry, thank you. very gruesome. cannot underscore that enough. coming up here, more breaking news involving the mysterious death of that teenager found inside that high school gym mat. his body has beexhumed. it was found stuffed with newspaper and now we have learned this afternoon that the justice department revealing it will reopen the investigation, but what might they find? we have new video of his final moments. plus, 20 years ago today, river phoenix died in a nightclub. and coming up next, we re giving you a new look inside the viper room. the secret is out. hydration is in. [ female announcer ] only aveeno daily moisturizing lotion has an active naturals oat formula that creates a moisture reserve so skin can replenish itself. aveeno® naturally beautiful results.