capitol hill where if you didn t happen to already be watching the news this morning, you missed a huge surprise that caused a huge spectacle. at 10:04 a.m., the house oversight committee gavelled in to debate ahead of a vote to hold hunter biden in contempt of congress for refusing to comply with a gop subpoena for closed door testimony. at 10:09, hunter biden escorted by secret service and flanked by his lawyers just showed up to the committee room offering himself up for public testimony. but instead of taking him up on that offer, republicans got angry and democrats got exasperated. yes, i m looking at you, hunter biden, as i m speaking to you. you are not above the law at all. i believe that hunter biden should be held completely in contempt. i think he should be hauled off to jail right now. let s vote. let s take a vote. who wants to hear from hunter right now today? anyone? come on. who wants to hear from hunter? no one. mr. biden doesn t make the rules, we make
where he ll finally experience consequences for some of his actions. next week, tuesday, marks the beginning of the second e. jean carroll defamation trial. news on that later on. but first things first, developments ahead of closing arguments. tomorrow in new york s $250 million civil fraud lawsuit. the judge revealed he would not allow donald trump to deliver part of those closing arguments himself as he had requested. the reasoning, neither trump nor his attorneys ever got back to the judge agreeing to preconditions. in truth, it is hard to imagine what trump wanted more, an opportunity to put himself at the center of proceedings to deliver his message in his own way, or an opportunity like this, to complain, whine about being silenced, despite the fact his own team failed to respond to the judge on time. remember, in both cases, e. jean carroll s defamation and new york s civil fraud, trump s guilt has already been determined. these decisions will only settle the punish.
from the floods. and now the new storm set to move in. first tonight, the breaking news just in. chris christie out of the race, five days before the first voting in iowa. tonight, what christie said about his decision, and the most important issue for anyone running for president, he says. and that hot mic moment, right beforehand, what he said about nikki haley. rachel scott in iowa. the search and rescue, the deadly avalanche in california. skiers buried in the snow. search teams battling heavy snow, brutal cold, and winds gusting up to 100 miles an hour to find the victims. the images coming in tonight. in the northeast, the flood emergency playing out. high water rescues. a potential dam breach forcing evacuations. homes surrounded by water. and now, the new storm set to sweep across the country again. it could bring significant snow to some states. rob marciano here to time it out. the stunning moment on capitol hill today. hunter biden arriving unannounced, jus
devastating storms systems without power. 5,000 flights already delayed today with 800 canceled. we have a live report ahead. todd: peppers to another fox news alert, former president trump to arrive in new york city this morning with his arraignment at manhattan courthouse tuesday. you are watching fox & friends first on monday morning, i m todd piro. ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. more on what happens next. that is right former donald trump preparing for his arraignment tomorrow in new york city sing overnight i will be leaving mar-a-lago on monday at 12:00 noon heading to trump tower. tuesday morning i will be going to come to believe or not the courthouse. america was not supposed to be this way. let s take a look what we can look for tomorrow s the president s arraignment. to arrive at the county criminal courthouse 11:00 a.m. several streets are expected to be closed around 1:00 p.m. as arraignment is set to begin at 2:15. this could all be as finished a
appreciate it. and thanks at-home for joining us this hour. happy to have you here. you are getting more of me than you bargained for this week, i m sorry. if everything goes as planned which honestly is basically never, in the news business, but you can t break your plans unless you make them in the first place, if all goes as planned, i will be here tonight hosting the rachel maddow show and tomorrow night as well, and my usual time of 90 am eastern, hosting the rachel maddow show tuesday night tonight, winds and a tomorrow. and then thursday night, i will be here as well, with an all-star team of all of my msnbc colleagues. because thursday night we expect to be doing another primetime recap of the january 6th hearing that is going to be happening during the workday on thursday this week. so, we will see. right? hi tonight, hi tomorrow night as well, my usual 9 pm eastern time. and then big special coverage starting at 8 pm eastern thursday night, after the next january