china has dismissed the elections, saying it doesn t change the fact that from beijing s perspective, taiwan is part of china, and she jinping has been clear in his view that reunification of taiwan with the mainland s, in his eyes, inevitable, and he will use force to achieve that same. it doesn t mean that war is imminent here. tension is likely to escalate. the icy tension that has defined the past eight years, but throughout the day today, people we were talking to and in polling stations, and on the streets, people were saying that this was an election about choosing taiwan s identity, and choosing taiwan s future, and it s just choice asked a be left to the people of taiwan. listen, keeping a close eye on all of this in the future, and we thank you for doing so. janis mackey forero. in a moment, oh the possibilities. who will get the not from donald trump for vice president? we re going to run through the list. list as i bid you all a very good day from msnbc world
steve: good morning, everybody, it s thursday, december 14th, 2023. we start this 6:00 hour with a fox news alert. the house of representatives yesterday voted to formaize an impeachment inquiry into the current president, joe biden. brian: president biden is now one of six presidents in u.s. history to face an impeachment inquiry in the house. lawrence: now his son hunter could be held in contempt of congress for skipping a closed door deposition on capitol hill yesterday. that s right. brooke singman is here with the latest. good morning. good morning. this is a huge step for house republicans who argue that a formal inquiry is the only way to get the white house to actually comply with their investigation. they are accusing president biden of influence peddling during his time as vice president. and they say they are collecting evidence that shows he was involved in his son s foreign business dealings. but, president biden is writing the whole thing off saying in
guaranteed of this progress so we are moving carefully. that s tonight s last. where the 11th hour stephanie ruhle begins now. r stephani tonight, republicans in the house vote for a formal impeachment inquiry into president joe biden in the final days of the year. but here s the question. do they have any evidence? then, federal election interference case put on pause as trump s legal team accuses jack smith of trying to steal their christmas. then, the showdown over the abortion pill, now headed to the supreme court while reproductive rights hang in the balance, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. today president joe biden officially became the subject of a formal impeachment inquiry. late today, in a party line vote, or the gop-controlled house voted to 21 to 2:12, officially approving an investigation that has been underway for months. house republicans ha
impeachment inquiry into president joe biden in the final days of the year. but here s the question. to they have any evidence? then, the federal election interference case put on pause, as trump s legal team accuses jack smith of trying to steal their christmas. then, the showdown over the abortion pill now headed to the supreme court, while reproductive rights hang in the balance, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. today president joe biden officially became the subject of a formal impeachment inquiry. late today, in a party line vote, or the gop-controlled house voted 221 to 212 officially approving an investigation that has been underway for months. house republicans have been focusing on the business dealings conducted by president biden s son hunter. they have accused joe biden of profiting from those deals when he was vice president, which he has repeatedly
for six years i ve been the target of the unrelenting trump attack machine shouting where s hunter. well, here s my answer. i am here. there is no fairness or decency in what these republicans are doing. they have lied over and over about every aspect of my personal and professional life. john: christmas break is almost upon us but it is a busy afternoon here in washington as any moment we are expecting to hear from the white house as kayleigh was pointing out, after hunter biden s shocking public statement and refusal to appear before the house oversight committee and republican lawmakers are expected to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry into president biden. so begins wednesday, hello, i m john roberts in washington. buckle up, sandra, here we go. sandra: and just 12 days from christmas, can you believe that, john. this is america reports . gop leadership has indicated they do have the votes to approve the impeachment probe with debate for the measure happeni