china has dismissed the elections, saying it doesn t change the fact that from beijing s perspective, taiwan is part of china, and she jinping has been clear in his view that reunification of taiwan with the mainland s, in his eyes, inevitable, and he will use force to achieve that same. it doesn t mean that war is imminent here. tension is likely to escalate. the icy tension that has defined the past eight years, but throughout the day today, people we were talking to and in polling stations, and on the streets, people were saying that this was an election about choosing taiwan s identity, and choosing taiwan s future, and it s just choice asked a be left to the people of taiwan. listen, keeping a close eye on all of this in the future, and we thank you for doing so. janis mackey forero. in a moment, oh the possibilities. who will get the not from donald trump for vice president? we re going to run through the list. list as i bid you all a very good day from msnbc world
moments ago, democrats on capitol hill just pulled a political stunt. was it to save, a, joe biden, hunter biden, hunter biden crashed the house oversight committee hearing. and they were considering contempt of congress charges against hunter biden. so he didn t want to show up for a subpoena but he wanted this circus. he wanted the cameras. make no mistake about it. democrats knew it was coming. secret service was in place over an hour ahead of all of the stunt that went on in that hearing room. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. it was a crazy move. hunter biden walking in unannounced to an oversight committee hearing about him. the committee had just begun considering legislation to hold hunter in contempt of congress for defying a congressional subpoena. a taste of how wild it got. my first question is who bribed hunter biden to be here today? that s my first question. second question, you are the epitome of white privilege coming into the oversig
do you think you have a better understanding of him, now that you have written this book? i should note, for people, the book does not start with inauguration day on 2017. it goes back to his family, his roots, his father, fred, who, no offense, sounds like an awful dad to have. do you think you understand him better now, having plunged into his background more for this book? i think there are parts of him that i understand better than before, but the goal had always been, because i come from new york, and i have covered new york politics, and aspects of new york s various systems for a long time, i think the goal had always been to try to show the animating forces. which i understood before, about the world he came from, and what has shaped him, and how he exported that to washington d. c., to the white house, and to the republican party. it lives on in our politics. it was understanding, previously, that i have a richer understanding of certain aspects it s a fantasti
The answer remains to be seen. as of right now, all roads still lead to the house. voting on those contempt resolutions next there is day. now, republicans are arguing that they intentionally wrote the formal impeachment inquiry resolution to back date all subpoenas and making them valid. but hunter biden s attorneys are arguing that they are legally invalid, and they called this contempt resolution impermissible and misplaced. now, they re arguing that despite that, hunter biden would be willing to come for a hearing or disposition with the new subpoena. they prefer a hybrid model of a closed-door deposition in the public hearing. now, the house oversight and judiciary committees have not yet indicated whether they will issue a new subpoena, but here s what we do know. first, i want to play a bit of chairman comer s thinking from before this letter, in light of hunter biden s appearance.
First step. is there a two-tier system of justice that protects this family? do you have confidence in the justice system at this point? especially after what you just saw for him to get away twice, first in december and now? i don t. i think that s where they can shine. they can provide that equal justice under the law. let s see if they do it. they did it a couple of years ago when democrats issued contempt resolutions against steve bannon and other individuals. so let s see if they will hold this family accountable for failing to appear before congress in the same way. harris: i appreciate your time today. i know you are busy. you have to go back into that room and we ll cover this as it continues to unfold. thank you. thank you. harris: let s bring in phil holloway, criminal defense attorney, former assistant district attorney as well.