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.
Investigation goes from here. Hi, david. Hi, gillian and sandra. Safe bet this investigation is now prolonged for at least the next several months now that david weiss is Special Counsel. All that talk about whether or not david weiss requested Special Counsel Status from Attorney General garland, talk about the plea deal in delaware, throw all of that out the window now that he is Special Counsel. And saying david weiss asked for the status, the trumpappointed u. S. Attorney investigating the president s son for several years will continue. Attorney general Merrick Garland decided to give him special County Status after Plea Deal Negotiations fell through. In a new Court Filing Shows during the july 26, 2023, hearing, the defendant pled not guilty. Since that time they have engaged in further negotiations but are at impasse. The government believes it will not resolve short of a trial. I am committed to making as much of his report public as possible, consistent with legal requirement
The averages passed a major number on tuesday, the nasdaq passed 7,000. On wednesday, tyesterday the do hitting 25,000 for the first time ever. This morning the dow futures are indicated up by 75 points s p futures up by 7 1 2. Nasdaq up by 30. The first trading week of the year on that time we are talking about some strong days the best threeday winning streak to start the year for the nasdaq since 2006, for the s p since 2010 of course we always talk about what happens in january often indicates what happens for the full year. Well talk all about this throughout the program today green arrows across the board. Lets look at asia the nikkei ended up by 0. 9 a gain of 208 points 23,714 hang seng up by 0. 25 . The shanghai up by 0. 2 . In europe, you will see also same story there up across the board. The biggest gainer being the dax, which is up by more than 1. 1 quick update to a security flaw that may have exposed some smartphones and pcs to hackers really did in a big way. Intel is s
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Residents are uniting to help the victims of hurricane maria. This morning an organization looking to help the people of puerto rico is holding a donation drive in oakland. Kron 4s Camila Bernal is live at the jamtown Basketball Center with more on how they plan to help. camila good morning marty, as we have reported, the people of puerto rico are suffering. Many lost their houses. They dont have water, food. Thats why a group of bay area Puerto Ricans formed a coalition called sf for pr. They plan to do as much as possible to send money and donations to the island. Many of these bay area residents have family members in puerto rico who have been directly affected by hurricane maria. Sf for pr is asking people to donate things such as bottled water, canned food, firstaid kits, blankets and more. Theyll be at jamtown from 11am until 4pmtheyre asking people to help as much as they can by bringing these donations. Reporting live in oakland Camila Bernal kron 4 news. marty thanks camila. W