Attorne Attorney General Merrick Garland announcing he will give david weiss Special Counsel status to investigate the president s son. Hello and welcome everyone, im sandra smith. Gillian, great to have you back. Gillian this is America Reports. Garland says weiss told him he wanted to be given Special Counsel status to continue his probe into hunter biden. This after insisting for months that step was not necessary. Sandra the timing of this announcement is certainly being highlighted at this hour, and raising Big Questions about how the probe will intersect with a separate congressional investigation. And a Draft Plea Deal between hunters attorneys and weiss thats currently being reworked. Gillian Lindsey Graham as well as house ways and Means Committee chair jason smith are both here to react. Sandra mark meredith, live at the Justice Department at this hour for us. Why did the attorney yes decide to do this and decide to do this now, mark . Sandra, good afternoon to you. The u. S.
Family. Weve been waiting for these for a while. They show how those who contributed to hunters ventures were seemingly reward evidence with access to his father. Bill it all flies in the face of what the president and his staff have been saying on repeat. Have you ever spoken to your son about his overseas Business Dealings . President biden ive never spoken to my son about his overseas Business Dealings. Do they stand behind the comment he has never been involved or spoken to his son about his business . Ive been asked this question a million times. The answer wont change. The answer remains the same. The president was never in business with his son. Dana chad pergram is live on capitol hill. She has been asked that question a lot. Her answer did change slightly and we have noticed that. What did you find out this morning from the new records . Good morning. The question is what was Hunter Biden Doing to earn access to this money . Republicans on the House Oversight Committee Say the
But breaking tonight, we first told you about this last night. But now at least 36 people are dead and thousands are fleeing their homes as i will wildfires sweep across the Hawaiian Island of maui. The flames have forced some adults and children to literally run into the ocean to avoid blaze. This is a disaster of historic proportions for the island state. President biden is promising immediately help for those affected. And the u. S. Military is assisting in the response. Some historic areas have been totally destroyed. National correspondent William La Jeunesse joins us now from outside a shelter on maui. Good evening, william. Good evening, bret. You know, the fires are still burning. So this remains a Search And Rescue operation. In fact, were told a number of individuals are still up in lahaina. They survived the fire but they dont want to leave because they wont get back. In the video i want to show you is from lahaina. Thats the commercial heart of this island and it was litera
who bribed hunter biden to be here today. that s my first question. i think that hunter biden should be arrested right here, right now and go straight to jail. the witness being afraid to come in front of the committee, it s interesting. he s here. doesn t seem to be too afraid. the rule is those are your words. he was issued two lawful subpoenas, the chair recognize miss green from georgia. thank you, mr. chairman. excuse me, hunter, apparently you are afraid of my words. sandra: whoa is right. fireworks on capitol hill after the president s son crashed that house oversight contempt hearing just a short time ago, taking a seat before leaving just minutes later. house republicans ripping his surprise appearance as nothing but a stunt, and what was a chaotic scene for sure. any moment now the white house is expected to face a series of questions, and we do anticipate the hearing and hunter biden will be front and center. sandra smith in new york. what a day so
and welcome to hannity. and tonight, the ceasefire in gaza that will continue for at least another day. but now joe biden is reportedly asking israel to go easy in the fighting against the terrorist group. go easy on terrorists. shouldn t you be having a goal of victory against terrorism and it will bring you the latest sad chapter of joe biden s impotent foreign policy. that s straight ahead. plus, the u.n. wants you, the american people, to stop eating meat. we actually give them billions of dollars for their advice. maybe it s time to say bye bye to the globalist organizations. and later, a full report on what is the latest mysterious outbreak in china. guess what? masks are back. distancing is back now, by the way, in china, it s causing hospitals to become overwhelmed with sick children. could this be another covid like pandemic out of china? we ll have a full report. but first, hunter biden, he s back in the news and not for his world renowned artwork. now, tonight,