Begins now. Martha good Afternoon Everybody im Martha Maccallum and this is the story. We are waiting right now for hunter Bidens Tax Trial to come back from a quick breakin Los Angeles. This is kind of bizarre the more we learn about whats going on here. This morning he offered to change his plea to guilty. His lawyer dropped that bombshell on Day One of Jury Selection which was supposed to be Today And Tomorrow and opening arguments all set for monday as far as the group does government new. And then this. If charge the president s son with dodging more than A Million dollars in taxes and a big nono filing false returns. All that could add up to 17 years in jail the jail if convicted prosecutors say instead of paying taxes this period he spent his money among other things on Adult Entertainment and various women in Adult Entertainment. Some of this is just raising quite a few questions. Lets go first to our Chief Correspondent on the Scene Jonathan Hunt live at the courthouse. What w
Minutes ago at zero for the visibility, now at a quarter vo i know what youre thinking. Mile. Looking at a mile for santa rosa electric, its not for you. Right now, so please, be careful and, youre probably right. On the roadways. Electric just doesnt have enough range. As we head through the afternoon, seasonal daytime highs, mostly cloudy skies, a it will never survive the winter. Spotty shower or sprinkle is possible. You can see temperatures running charging stations . Good luck finding one of those. Mainly in the upper 50s to low so, maybe an electric car isnt for you after all. 60s. Lets check in with that foggy commute. Gianna . Lets do that. Or, is it . We start offit s mateo bridge. I cant show you a live image. It is so socked in. Heavy fog and visibility reported across the span there. We have reports of a crash near the toll plaza chp has been unable to locate the accident. That is the latest in the update so theyre looking for that. Theyre also reporting limited visibility
Has attacked the house impeachment inquiry, focusing on a likely senate trial, where he and white house aides believe he would get acquittal much more easily. Heres the tweet from the president a short time ago saying, among other things, if you are going to impeachment, do it now, fast, so we can have a fair trial in the senate and so our country can get back to business. I speak to Kellyanne Conway the president s counselor. She described the house impeachment process as illconceived and illegitimate. By the president s tweet, savannah, it is peclear the president is growing impatient with this process. He wants to get to the next step in the new year, where its expected he would be acquitted by the republicancontrolled gs benne bennett, who covers capitol hill for us. If you have any indication what Speaker Pelosi might be saying on that microphone right there, in a couple moments. And the issue of timing, how quickly they want to move. Thats what we hope we can get from the House S
America, today i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. I commend our Committee Chairs and their members for their somber approach to actions i whh i wish the president had not made necessary. David they ask them to move fast so the senate quote, can have a fair trial. Edward lawrence with more. Reporter White House Press secretary Stephanie Grisham says the democrats should be ashamed of themselves. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi outlined in the statement that the house is protecting against threats foreign and domestic. She is saying that the house is protect the u. S. Constitution. Listen to her answer when she was asked if she hated the president . This is about the constitution of the United States and the facts that lead to president s violation of his oath of office. As a catholic i resent your using the word hate in the sentence that addresses me. I dont hate anyone. Today with the speaker announcement she has weakened this nation. Reporter that is House Mi
Again, that wasnt the perceived goal here. That was the perception among his supporters that think its gone too far. Lets get more from Griff Jenkins. Thats right, neil. Fox news confirmed that former President Trump is indeed in the courtroom right now. He entered at about 3 52 p. M. So just under ten minutes ago. Hes wearing a blue suit, a red to you. Flanked by his two attorneys. Fox has confirmed that we expect him to plead not guilty to the four felony charges hes facing in this indictment. Three are conspiracy charges, one is obstruction. Before he entered that courtroom, a little less than an hour ago, his motorcade entered the garage here at the federal courthouse. He was processed and fingerprinted. Theres no mug shot taken because the court says theres plenty of pictures of him to provide. Hes not arrested. But he is obviously being processed. Now we wait for this Court Proceeding to get underway at the time of our note from our producer, jay gibson inside, the Magistrate Jud