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.
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com tonight straight from the source, the man investigating hunter biden is now a Special Counsel, and Hunter Bidens attorney will respond in his First Exclusive interview. Plus a judge lays down the law for donald trump, reminding the former president that he is now a criminal defendant whose right to free speech is not absolute. And the death toll still tragically climbing in maui, as rescuers are now entering some of the hardesthit neighborhoods for the first time, most of which have been burned to the ground. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. Good evening. Tonight we start with tonights big story, which was news that we learned today regarding the Special Counsel investigating hunter biden. It is the same person who has been investigating him for several years now, david weiss, a u. S. Attorney who was appointed, i should note, by former president trump. But today we heard from Attorney General Merrick Garland, who announced that david weiss
a san francisco neighborhood known as strollerville for how many families live there has been hit by a gang of teenagers police say are targeting women with young children. allegedly robbing more than ten people even hitting one with a baseball bat. strollerville, can you believe it? on the other side of the country, new york city subways have gotten so bad, even manhattan s far left d.a. says it is not safe. so, why is the mayor still blaming the media? we could as america reports heads into hour two. mike, great to have you here today. mike: great to be here with you. who better to do it than lawrence jones coming up in just a moment, but kick it off first with this fox news alert on how your sensitive information may be up for grabs. sandra: and troubling new reports exposing how at risk your personal data may be. both private companies and the federal government to blame. a new report from the director of national intelligence finding the government is buying up
from poking fun at his age. despite serious worries from voters. have a look. i ve been doing this a long time. i know i don t look that old. [laughter] i m a little under 103. a lot of you are tired. you re tired. i get it. try being 110 and doing it. i know i m 198 years old. but all kidding aside, think about that. call me old. i call it being seasoned. all the years i was a senator, which were 270. jason: meanwhile, the white house cocaine scandal isn t going away. house republicans announced they are launching an investigation, which of course was immediately dismissed by the left as a political stunt. and when asked about the incident earlier today, white house press secretary karine jean-pierre completely dodged the question. have a look. can you say once and for all whether or not the cocaine belonged to the biden family? so. a couple of things there. we ve answered this question. we have litigated this question for the last two days exhaustively. you know, th
at issue, a colorado business seeking permission not to work for same-sex wedding couples, only this time it wasn t the baker. that case was decided in 2018 when jack phillips refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. back then the court narrowly decided for the baker but didn t determine whether a business owner s speech writes can justify refusing service to gay couples. well, five miles from the colorado baker is a graphic artist named lorie smith who will join me momentarily. she said she didn t want to create any same-sex wedding message at odds with her religious beliefs. she said she had never received a request to design a same-sex couple site, nor had she turned anyone down. smith won. a majority of the court saw colorado s public accommodation laws an unconstitutional attempt by the state to compel her speech. the minority cast the outcome as the first time the court permitted a commercial business to refuse service to a protected class. justice neil gorsuch