In an influence peddling scheme. Its a stunning allegation that raises a number of questions. Who is the whistleblower making this claim . Is that person credible . And what are authorities doing about it . The white house says the president has an unprecedented level of transparency and calls this a political attack. Senior National Correspondent rich edson is here with our top story. Good evening, rich. Rich good evening, bret. House Oversight Committee chairman james comer claims the fbi likely has a document describing this alleged Criminal Activity involving then Vice President joe biden. Comer has issued a subpoena for the purported document. He and senator Chuck Grassley have been investigating the biden family and their business conduct. They sent a letter this afternoon to attorney general Merrick Garland and fbi director chris wray claiming, quote a highly credible whistleblower maintains the Justice Department and fbi likely have a form that, quote describes an alleged Crimi
National security, must not be charmed by wolves in sheeps clothing. When innocent syrian civilians were measureslessly attacked by chem mercilessly attacked by chemical weapons, the Obama Administration was caught on its heels in a Foreign Policy quandary. America was reminded again that the United States must always be vigilant and embrace an International Relations framework which enables proactive engagement rather than merely reactionary crisis response. Mr. Speaker, i desperately hope that these discussions will proceed in the context of the grave reality the human family will face if Nuclear Weapons fall into the handles of jihadists in iran. To use the slight hely altered words of our secretary of state, mr. Speaker, quote, in a world of terrorists and extremists, we ignore these risks at our peril. We simply cannot afford to have Nuclear Weapons become the i. E. D. Or car bomb of tomorrow. Neither our country nor our conscience can bear the costs of inaction. Mr. Speaker, the
I want to thank you for your unbelievable strength and courage and leading that conversation. Thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] out hearing of the subcommittee will resume. Thank you, e. G. , for your service, for dedications, for your sacrifices youve made for country. Im so grateful you are here today with this important hearing. Am also incredibly grateful that many of you came this morning and participated and listened to the first two panels. That means a great deal, not just to our witnesses but also to their families and all of our military families. We appreciate it very, very much. I know that this is becoming very debated issue, both within the military and in everyday conversation. I also know that many of you have seen the film the invisible war, so the jumping off point on how important this issue is for our military and their families. Im very, very eager to hear your testimony, and
Prince, the Vice President will also be abroad and the special counsel could wrap up all next week. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is friday, february 22nd. Along with joe, willie and me, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, politics editor for the daily beast sam stein, legendary ad man, donny deutsch. Oh, no. Thats right. Political analyst susan del percio, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and msnbc political analyst Eugene Robinson and msnbc legal analyst Danny Cevallos back with us this morning. Good to have you here this morning. A judge yesterday ordered that 49yearold Christopher Paul hassan be held without bail for at least two more weeks to allow prosecutors to build their case against him. Hassan was arrested last week on drug and gun charges. On tuesday prosecutors filed papers alleging he had been gathering a stockpile of weapons and ammo with plans to launch a widespread attack on prominent democratic lawmakers and several highprofile journalists. Prosecut
Appeared to threaten her. Two, a tv star who says he was a victim of a hate crime faces a judge. And an angry public after he is accused of staging it. What police say was his motive. And third here, a coast guard officer in court charged with plotting to kill journalists and democrats in a massacre. But first, roger stone, the president s longtime friend. Moments ago we saw him enter the federal courthouse. Now that he has arrived for his hearing minutes from now, there is a chance he may not leave, instead going to jail. It is for reasons that have little to do with his federal indictment accusing him of obstruction and witness tampering and false statements in the whole russia investigation. Oh, no, stones legal troubles today stem from instagram, this Instagram Post of the judge overseeing his case, including todays hearing. She is amy berman jackson. She appeared to have crosshairs of a gun drawn beside her head and stone said that she was presiding over, quote, unquote, a show tr