u.s. district court in los angeles, california. hunter biden is there as we speak. he s being arraigned formally on the nine federal tax charges. prosecutors are alleged that he engaged in a four-year scheme to avoid paying millions in taxes. we re on top of that. i m neil cavuto. glad to have you with us. let s get to it with kelly o grady who is there and how things are going now. kelly? neil, the hearing is expected to get underway any minute now. this is going to be hunter biden s first appearance in court over these charges. he arrived at the courthouse behind me roughly 1 1/2 hours ago or so. it was very much in contrast to yesterday s chaos on the hill. the arrival was planned. he was driven in to underground parking. today he s facing nine charges of tax evasion, three of those will be felonies. according to the indictment as you mentioned, he failed to pay $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016 to 2019. he did, however, spend millions on a lavish lifestyle. there
Kremlin. Now, russia did not provide any evidence of these claims, which were reported on russian state media. Ukraine claims they have nothing to do with the alleged overnight drone attack. Well have a live report with what we know and dont know at this hour. And more Breaking News this morning, the massive manhunt in texas is over. Social media video appearing to capture the moment an accused mass murderer was taken into custody just 20 miles from where the horror unfolded. Police say Francisco Oropesa was found hiding in a closet underneath laundry. Hes charged with five counts of murder and being held on a 5 million bond. And his arrest just one of several. There has been several arrests, but i cant go into the details on that. We will have the very latest from a Police Update this morning about how that days long search came to an end. Lets begin with those claims out of russia that Ukrainian Forces tried to strike russian president Vladimir Putins residence at the kremlin with tw
kremlin. now, russia did not provide any evidence of these claims, which were reported on russian state media. ukraine claims they have nothing to do with the alleged overnight drone attack. we ll have a live report with what we know and don t know at this hour. and more breaking news this morning, the massive manhunt in texas is over. social media video appearing to capture the moment an accused mass murderer was taken into custody just 20 miles from where the horror unfolded. police say francisco oropesa was found hiding in a closet underneath laundry. he s charged with five counts of murder and being held on a $5 million bond. and his arrest just one of several. there has been several arrests, but i can t go into the details on that. we will have the very latest from a police update this morning about how that days long search came to an end. let s begin with those claims out of russia that ukrainian forces tried to strike russian president vladimir putin s reside
into a debate. that could happen after new hampshire, especially because trump wants to finish this in south carolina. haley has a lot of money now. she could be go on for a while. it would be embarrassing if she doesn t do well in her home state. neil: thanks, bob. my apologies to mark penn. the failed feed. had nothing to do with the 0 cold. speaking of the cold and the problems and it, rick reichmuth has said we have this storm, the issues. it s not new for that part of the country. i hear you on that. what is coming could be a doozy. it s 25 degrees in des moines. monday, it will be probably minus 25. that s about 50 degrees difference than it is now. 50 degrees from 25 up is 80 degrees. imagine what it feels like when it s 80 and what it feels like when it s 25. take that difference from 25 to
a lot of them have to take second jobs to make ends meet. as we discuss how the fabric of this industry has changed so drastically from the last time we had a work stoppage in hollywood which was 2007, 2008, i do wonder how the rise in streaming and the introduction of ai is factoring into what s happening right now, not necessarily in terms of why they re striking, but who has the leverage in terms of ending this strike? what do you think, steven? well, i think the studio s going to let this go on for a while because there is actually a side benefit from them, a financial benefit in the strike. you are not paying for programming. you re not paying for new stuff, your costs are going down. however, you have things in the pipeline. you have things in your library that people are still watching. they will actually make money off of this for a while. also, if it goes on for a couple of months, they can use this to exercise force majeure clauses