this hour we are tracking to stories out of washington that impacts the two front runners as of now. for the white house. dave now released at 1023 form that outlines the bribery accusations against vice president joe biden. and on the right, all isaiah washington grand jury as we wait another indictment against donald trump. welcome back to america reports as we kick off our two. here we go on a friday afternoon. great to be with you in a jam-packed hour ahead. the former president has been named as a target of a special counsel a new investigation in a way to overturn the presidential election in 2020. and they re leading up to the attack on the u.s. capital. there standing by to break down both stories for us one of our reporters. first let s go back to the source, the former president donald trump representing him in the jack smith probe and he joins us now. john thank you for being with us. the president was told to appear before a grand jury just down the st
dealings. my son has not made money, in terms of this thing about what are you talking about? china. how involved were you with your son s chinese shake down text message? were you sitting there? no. in moments we ll ask the chair man of the house oversight committee james comer exactly what information he plans to get from whistleblower x but we begin with matt finn live with why the testimony could be so damaging to hunter biden and the biden family. matt, good evening. reporter: good evening, trace, tomorrow the house committee on oversight and accountability is scheduled to hold a hearing called hearing with irs whistleblowers about the biden criminal investigation. americans are supposed to hear from irs whistleblowers who claim to have critical information about the biden family s alleged pedaling schemes which the bidens have denied. committee chairman republican congressman james comer of kentucky tells fox news the two whistleblowers scheduled to testify
calling on the president to susspend interest payments for student loans for 12 months. nancy mace on that and who pays for it. she s here. welcome, everyone. i m not neil cavuto. neil cavuto is getting well-deserved vacation. i m edward lawrence. this is a special edition of your world. first to jacqui heinrich on what the white house is saying about next steps for this. jacqui? yeah, the white house is going to have a hard time fulfilling calls from alexandria ocasio-cortez and others to suspect interest on students loan payments during that 12-month great period the administration is enacting before payments resume. as part of the budget agreement, the president signed in to law those payments must start again after august. the first ones are due in october. the only reason this grace period is considered a valid work around is because the bills would still be due but interest would be accruing. otherwise, it would be a postponement, which is barred under the new law.
flight delay and cancel llation stacking up meaning the domino affect is under way. ashley is live in new york, the country s biggiest air traffic hub. it s kind of a mess out there. reporter: it is. the severe weather and staffing shortages are contributing to scenes like this at airports across the nation. more than 28,000 flight s were delayed wednesday and 2,000 were cancelled. some travelers have been stuck at the airport for days. i am so mad but i m trying not to explode. they just told us it was delayed and they delayed it and they delayed it. at 4:00 a.m., they said it was cancelled. reporter: could you imagine. united had the most cancellations. the ceo putting the blame on the faa for staff and overall inexperience but the flight agency fired right back in a statement saying we will always collaborate with anyone seriously willing to join us to solve a problem. in denver, set up 3,000 cot and stranded passengers, it was all for them. cell phone video taken
was his plot foiled? a new report says yevgeny prigozhin wanted to capture a pair of top russian generals before his plans leaked. as president biden says vladimir putin, quote, absolutely is weaker after the mutiny. plus, mccarthy backtracks. the house speaker trying to stay in donald trump s good graces after questioning whether he s the strongest republican candidate in the race for president. we have details about a personal call he made to trump apparently to apologize. and a critical development in the titan investigation. debris recovered from the ocean floor now back on shore, back to canada. a key step in the search for exactly why the submersible imploded, killing all five on board. we have all these stories coming in right now to cnn news central. new reporting today that wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin had some big plans, even bigger plans before calling off his brief revolt. western officials telling the wall street journal that the wagner leader planned