Good morning to our viewer in the United States and Around The World. Im kasie hunt. It is wednesday, october 25th. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington where we begin another day without a speaker of the house. About seven hours from now the house is scheduled to vote again to try to fix that. So who might the next speaker of the house be . Well, you would be forgiven to not recognizing this man, that is 51yearold mike johnson of louisiana whose relative complete lack of public profile might be exactly why he could become the last man standing. He was picked late last night after a tumultuous day on capitol hill. Republicans spent most of the day voting to pick tom emmer as their nominee. And he is not exactly a house house name either, but he served in house leadership before. And that seems to be exactly the problem. Emmer was selected as next pick for speaker yesterday around lunchtime, but he was out before dinner. And that was mostly because donald trump knew too much about him. After e
donald trump back in court for new york civil fraud trial. plus, his latest delay tactics in the federal election interference case. and the new charges filed against hunter biden. then, a potential government shutdown looming, the house republicans move to formalize their impeachment inquiry into joe biden. and a judge granted in emergency abortion for a texas woman. the medical realities and consequences for women after roe as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle live from cnn msnbc headquarters here in new york city. and tonight, the justice department has filed new charges against hunter biden, the son of president joe biden. he s facing nine tax related charges, including three felony counts that were brought by special counsel david weiss. the allegations include failure to file and filing a false return. if convicted, he could face a maximum of 17 years in prison. the white house has declined to comment. his
charges against hunter biden, the son of president joe biden. he s facing nine tax related charges, including three felony counts that were brought by special counsel david weiss. the allegations include failure to file and filing a false return. if convicted, he could face a maximum of 17 years in prison. the white house has declined to comment. his lawyer said in a statement if hunters last name was anything other than biden, the charges would not have been brought. meanwhile, we re also following donald trump s legal problems. one day after skipping the latest gop debate, donald trump took his 2024 campaign message to a new york city court. the former president spun his civil fraud trial as a, quote, a political prosecution aimed at keeping him from returning to the white house. we re guilty of nothing. this is election interference at a level that has never been seen before. it comes out of the doj and the white house in order to heard a political opponent. and actually