me save you some breath. if you re going to ask about this, i am not addressing [inaudible] i know you do. more than i d like you to have. i am not going to address this issue from this podium. i m just not going to do it. [inaudible conversations] thanks, guys. have a great weekend. maria: oh, yeah, no response from the white house to the damning message from hunter biden to the to a chinese executive demanding he keep his, quote, commitment or face retaliation from the big guy. then-vice president joe e biden. and, quote, everybody he knows. coming up, chairman jim jordan on why fbi never followed up on the potential corruption in plain sight. oversight committee members byron donalds and south carolina congresswoman nancy mace on what comes next in their investigation of the biden family influence peddling. all of this as communist china ramps up aggression with plans for a military training and spy center in cuba, 100 # miles away from the florida coast, amidst a we
i will be right back. would a cupcake kill you. jesse: he will just hit you with why don t you love me anymore? it was an accident. you said you would love me no matter what i did. why would you buy a giraffe? you wanted one. jesse: there is a 53-year-old who never grew up. with hunter, every day is bring your kid to work at the white house. what do you do when your dead beat son is your bagman, who just got pinched? when trouble came his way, he said daddy, i want to go to the state dinner. hunter gets what he wants. what we saw was the president, his son wanted to come, so his son is going to come to the dinner. that was in the family circumstance of him wanting to come and the president wanting to show he loves his son and he is standing by him. it is possible he said i don t want to go and his dad set i want people to understand i am your dad and you are hereby my side. you are watching the left rediscover fatherhood. all of a sudden she thinks father
let s get right to it. at this hour, adding to the horrific humanitarian crisis in ukraine, filthy water putting people at risk. plus, in just under 60 minutes, john durham set to testify in front of the house intelligence committee. expect a lot of questions about his scathing report on the fbi and doj s handling of the trump russia probe. the judge sets a date for former president s trial in his classified documents case. and the breaking news that charges filed against the president s son, hunter biden, mean he ll plead guilty to federal tax charges as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that plea deal for hunter biden. ken dilanian joins us now. my understanding, ken, is the judge still needs to approve this so what happens next and what more can you tell us about the terms of this deal? that s right. we expect hunter biden to appear in the coming days at this courthouse behind me
the president s son will plead guilty to federal criminal charges. the lead starts right now. hunter biden strikes a deal on a felony charge and agrees to plead guilty on two misdemeanors, the criminal prosecution the president s son now avoids, as the republicans blast the deal calling it a slap on the wrist. a trial for donald trump set to begin in less than two months as the former president argues his own defense of sorts on national tv. these boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things, golf shirts, glclothing, pants, shoe many things. many things. and the urgent underwater rescue mission running out of time as the coast guard estimated 40 hours left of breathable air for the crew on board the missing sub. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with our law and justice lead. hunter biden has struck a deal with federal prosecutors one that the legal teams hopes keeps the president s son out of prison. he ll plead guilty to two misdemeanors for fail
part of an agreement that includes hunter biden pleading guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses and reach an agreement with prosecutors on the felony charge of illegally having possession of a firearm as a drug user. the rich and powerful and system of justice for everybody else. there are more questions than answers. this plea deal does have all the makings of an avoidance of any jail time. more importantly it was an evasion of the more serious allegations facing hunter biden and the biden family. so it is historic in the sense that the president s son is going to plead guilty to criminal acts. it is going to be very controversial for critics. i think for many, this is going to look like you ticketed the getaway driver after a bank robbery. harris: civil rights attorney and fox news contributor tore leo terrell is with me now. before we get to you, i want to begin with fox news correspondent david spunt who is now at the d.o.j. david. harris, this investigation into hunter