steve: good morning, everybody, it s thursday, december 14th, 2023. we start this 6:00 hour with a fox news alert. the house of representatives yesterday voted to formaize an impeachment inquiry into the current president, joe biden. brian: president biden is now one of six presidents in u.s. history to face an impeachment inquiry in the house. lawrence: now his son hunter could be held in contempt of congress for skipping a closed door deposition on capitol hill yesterday. that s right. brooke singman is here with the latest. good morning. good morning. this is a huge step for house republicans who argue that a formal inquiry is the only way to get the white house to actually comply with their investigation. they are accusing president biden of influence peddling during his time as vice president. and they say they are collecting evidence that shows he was involved in his son s foreign business dealings. but, president biden is writing the whole thing off saying in
i m feeling as parent at some degree. enjoy it. celebrate. have a merry christmas. i don t want to be the grinch but stay on budget. steve: indeed. in fact i was down in dallas, saw my grandson arthur last week. i took him a toy. do you know what he played with? the box. the box it come in. the book is called i m glad for what i have. you know what i have? i have two more hours of fox & friends starting right now. be. lawrence: we begin this hour with a busy day ahead for the biden family at home and abroad. the president is supposed to meet with families of the american hostages taken by hamas, ainsley. ainsley: but on capitol hill, the house is expected to vote in favor of formalizing the impeachment inquiry into biden and his family s business deals and republicans threaten to hold hunter in contempt if he doesn t show up for the house deposition in just a few hours at 9:30. brian. brian: this all comes after president biden s sit down with ukraine s president