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.
roof completely torn apart while children were inside. luckily no one was hurt. the governor declaring storm disaster emergencies for several counties, no deaths or injuries reported so far but the flood warnings are still in effect for some areas. on to another fox news alert, we are now learning that a u.s. navy detection system heard the titan submersible implosion on sunday and told rescuers immediately. you re watching fox and friends first on this friday morning. i m carley shimkus. and i m ashley strohmier in for todd piro. loved ones speaking out about the five explorers who lost their lives in that stripling i did with some of them questioning why it took the company so long to alert authorities that the sub was lost in the first place. marianne rafferty has the very latest. marianne good morning. good morning carley and ashley. a senior navy official says an implosion was detected on sunday, us navy detected an anomaly consistent with an implosion or explosi
jesse: welcome to jesse watters primetime. tonight. i would vote for a head in a blue liquid over donald trump tomic it s a moot point. he will [ bleep ] when cedar joe biden fighting father time. is a laptop yours? i don t know. i truly do not know the answers to the hunters ex-wife takes the stand. our goal is to drive people who seek and need humanitarian relief in to the lawful, safe and orderly pathways. jesse: the white house change cheat for illegals? plus. get off my plane. [ ] jesse: fox news alert, breaking the details on donald trump s search for up vice president. reporters out tonight, that say the trump campaign has begun the process of formally requesting information from a small group of potential running mates. the vetting, the potential candidates are, north dakota governor doug brigham, florida senator marco rubio, in ohio senator jd vance. other people are still likely being considered, about this initial outreach suggests these men on t
has committees referring to hunter and james bond into the department of justice for lying to congress under oath. the referrals as hunter light about joe s involvement into the biden s family schemes among other things and james biden lied about joe not needing a number of hunters associates. speaker meg johnston is going on with the attorney general to a act. these are clear violations of federal law and it s an opportunity for merrick garland, the attorney general to prove if you want to demonstrate to this knotted two tiered system of justice, they have to use the mechanisms, the appropriate steps the department of justice should take and cases like this. jesse: hunter biden s worst nightmare came true today. his ex-wife, ex-girlfriend and gun dealer, all testified under oath. while his wife and stepmom watched. david was in the courtroom today, what happened? jesse, busy day in the
october. the justice department was going to allow that to happen. that would be put on hold because the special counsel work would be ongoing. likely asked to testify if not forced to testify and as the attorney general mentioned there will be a report but as to when that will come out, before, during, after the election, wait to find out. sandra: bear with us a second, mark, a lot of breaking news, a lot of reaction to what we have just learned over the past hour or so. james comer, the rep leading the investigation in the house, the hunter biden investigation, has just issued a statement, make sure our viewers see and hear this. this move by a.g. garland, comer says, is part of the justice department efforts to attempt a biden family cover-up in light of gop mounting evidence of president biden s role in family schemes, selling the brand for millions of dollars to foreign nationals. this also just in, too, read