today on inside politics, hunter in the house. the president s son making a surprise appearance on capitol hill to watch a house committee meeting called to hold him in contempt of congress. chaos, shall we say, ensued. plus, it s debate night in des moines. get ready for nikki haley and ron desantis to go head to head for the first time live on cnn. the stakes incredibly high with just five days left for the top trump alternatives to chip away at his massive lead. and demanding answers. multiple investigations are under way after the pentagon waited weeks to reveal the defense secretary was battling cancer. why was even president biden kept in the dark until yesterday? i m manu raju in for dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. first up, capitol hill meets reality tv. a wild scene as house republicans were starting to move toward punishing hunter biden for refusing to sit for a closed door deposition when the president s son showed up. hunter b
which do you think is unravelling faster? the biden white house or the january 6th committee? for over a year, democrats suggested that congressional republicans had led groups of visitors on so-called recon missions on the capitol on january 5th, 2021. remember that? the implication was obvious that republicans, elected officials, were in on the plot. they were insurrectionist themselves, the smear all began just one week after january 6th. i was really shocked when i got into the house office building and saw these groups inside. there would be no tours allowed, even tours given by members. and so the only reason you d have a visitor is on official business. so to see these groups around the capitol complication was really striking. laura: okay, that mikey cheryl needs to be thrown out of office. new jersey, save yourself. the charge then gained momentum around one particular congressman, georgia s barry louder milk. what we re lettering about laweder milk is he was
this is ingraham angle from w washington tonight . ouwhich do you think is unraveling faster? the biden white house or the january 6th committee now for over a year, democrats suggested that congressional republicans had led groups of visitors gvi on so-called recon missions on the capitol on january 5th. 2020 one remember that the implication was obviousmp that republicans elected officials were in on the plot. they were insurrectionist themselves. yes, well, the smears all began just one week after january 6th .h. i was reallyy shocked when i got into the house office building. and saw these groups inside there would be no tours allowed, even tours given by members. and so the only reason you d have a visitor is on official business to see these groups around the capitol complex is really striking, okay, that mikey shirrel needs tomi be thrown out of office. jersey, save yourself the charge then gain momentum around one particular congressman, georgia s barry loudermilk.
Two hostages have been released by hamas. They are Yocheved Lifshitz and nurit yitzhak, two elderly women, according to a source. A Release Falling Mediation By Cutter and egypt. They were taken out of gaza by the red cross. The source telling nbc news that they are in good health. One of the hostages was in dire need of medication. You can see here, according to the times in israel, she was a founder of the of some of the most horrific violence that was inflicted upon israelis and the terrorisattack of october 7 by hamas. Lifshitz is his Peace Activist who readily transported patients from gaza for medical treatment inside israel. Her husband is believed to still be held captive i hamas. The release of two hostages comes days after two americans, judith and natalie were free from hamas on friday. This is where we start the hour with josh letterman. Former cia director, Senior National kersey as, john brennan is back. And then we have john hudson with us. With us at the table, Executiv
Congress refused to apply with a congressional subpoena with the january 6th select committee. now ultimately it is going to be up to the doj to determine whether to prosecute hunter biden over this. that s assuming that this resolution passes the full house, which we re hearing could happen as soon as next week. but just a remarkable showdown here on capitol hill today between congressional republicans and the president s son as republicans continue to try to pursue an impeachment inquiry into president biden. circus on capitol hill. go forward. in the middle of all of it, thank you for that. i want to bring in my round table of reporters on this afternoon. cnn s casey hunt, laura lopez of the pbs news hour, and the atlanta journal constitution s tia mitchell. what a morning. what an an afternoon. what a morning it was. what do you think about what happened here in hunter biden s decision to show up? clearly he knew no one knew what, this was a surprise actually, the last