investigation of hunter biden. the proverbial walls are closing in and it is incredible he would create this drama in arkansas when you have the delaware criminal investigation into him looking to be coming to a head this week. you ve got his father now being accused by a new whistleblower. you have the oklahoma oversight committee is closing in on a lot of the financial records. todd: lucas tomlinson has more from washington. lucas. lucas: good morning. who doesn t involve a little controversy. there is new information from a whistleblower involving then vice president biden in a pay to play scheme. we have credible information that this possible criminal activity took place and i can t verify whether or not it is really a criminal activity, but i do have faith in it is whistleblowers that bring it to me that this document exists. lucas: in a letter, grassley and comer say the whistleblower describes alleged criminal scheme involving then vice president biden and a
bringing rogue states like north korea to the negotiating table strengthening alliances the strategic partners like saudi arabia and india brazil japan israel and to the horror of some foreign policy expert some of the first u.s. president to recognize and respond to the china threat and is challenge also of the ideology of in this work need the first presidency, and more than four decades to start a new war in the trump era is now remembered, is a period of relative global peace and stability and how distant that now seems pretty laughable coming is the establishment smoke claim, biden in the white house from the apples are the room, we have some adult hood just been humiliated like it really quite intelligence not just black, ukraine, for the lies about it in the documents show, and in february, the administration knew the china had approved armed shipments to russia which would be disguised as civilian eight, but a month after that, here s john kirby at the white house pod
todd: brooke singman with the latest on this morning s hearing. brooke. brooke: a number of key witnesses will testify at this morning s field hearing on violent crime. madeline brame, will testify this morning, along with victims rights new york founder jennifer harrison. we will hear from democratic city councilman robert holden and president of the endowment association. the star witness is jose alba, the former bodega worker charged with murder after stabbing each witness is expected to testify about district attorney alvin bragg s policies, how he enforces the law in new york city and how it impacted their lives. felony convictions are down from three years before alvin bragg took office and the da declined to prosecute 1200 felony cases last year. despite figures, democrats say crime is not an issue in new york city. mayor eric adams insists the big apple is the safest big city in the country. listen. we should be clear, new york city is the safest big city in a
that to you as soon as it gets underway. here is the very latest on that. at least 26 people were killed, dozens injured, after powerful storms ripped through several towns. the ef4 tornado spawned winds up to 200 miles an hour, destroying homes, buildings, and virtually obliterating the entire town of lulling fork, doctors in the state s western border. president biden declaring a state of emergency for the area as now certain rescue teams are combing through the destruction, hoping to find survivors, and helping those in need. we have got our lives. [inaudible]. but we are good. [inaudible]. i ve never seen anything like this. i ve seen tornadoes, but not like this. i must embassy joining us from ground zero about that destruction. welcome, let s talk about the situation there. what is it like? what are you seeing? really, there is not much left standing right behind you. exactly, alex, you can say, we are right next to the area where the governor will be speaki
house republicans use their first week to score political points and not govern. then the trump org hit with a maximum 1.6 million dollar fine for a tax scheme days after its cfo was sentenced to jail at rikers island. so what now? and from a wild week in congress, including multiple calls for a congressman to resign, to the return of the golden globes, our friday night cap is here on all of it, as the 11th hour gets underway right now. good friday evening. i m stephanie ruhle. new signs tonight the republicans running the house may be setting the stage for the first major showdown in the new congress, one that could have a huge impact on our economy. today treasury secretary janet yellen sounded the alarm telling congress the united states is set reach its debt limit next thursday. yellin said she would have to start taking stormy mitch or s to keep paying the nations bills if lawmakers do not raise that limit. she added, if nothing gets done, the united states could go into