sean: welcome to hannity. breaking tonight, hunter biden has finally agreed to comply with a legally binding house subpoena. in fact, will appear before congress on february 28th for his deposition to testify in his father s impeachment inquiry. the house oversight committee chairman, james comer, has all the details. we have an exclusive interview coming up straight ahead. but first, the big winner of the iowa caucuses, donald j. trump, will join us for an exclusive interview and just a moment. now the 45th president is looking to build on his historic win in iowa with another strong performance in new hampshire, and of course beyond. the ultimate goal, victory in november. america and the world, frankly, they are at a tipping point, even a breaking point. overseas, cargo ships and troops are under constant attack, facing a barrage of missiles and suicide drones from iranian proxies. this american carrier ship was hit by houthi rebels, terrorists, just yesterday. the joe
and i get there early in the morning. i go to a biden witch hunt, and then i come here in the afternoon, and i stop and we make speeches and we get you votes and all that stuff, but nobody s ever had to do this before. that was donald trump in new hampshire last night as he travels back and forth between courtrooms and the campaign trail. we ll have the latest on the race for the republican nomination now just days away for the first primary of the contest. also ahead, an update from capitol hill on the push to pass another short-term funding solution to avoid a government shutdown. and we ll go through the new developments out of the middle east including the escalating attacks from the houthi rebels in the red sea. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 17th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with politics, and former president donald trump is now focusing on the next big contest in the republican pr
tonight on the reidout last month, we learned about a justice who for years has accepted lavish trips and real estate purchases worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. from a billionaire with interests before the court. that justice failed to disclose these gifts. how low can the court go? how low indeed. the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on the mounting scandals involving supreme court justices. committee member sheldon whitehouse joins me in a moment. also tonight, it felt like trump had 40 zillion hands. that was testimony today from jessica leads, who claims she was molested by donald trump on a flight. she joins me tonight. plus, some of your favorite tv shows are going dark as hollywood writers go on strike. tonight, a look at the important issues that led to the walkout. and we begin tonight with the united states supreme court. the nine individuals with lifetime appointments highest law giving body in the nation, who have the power to determ
a stolen election. more on how that has changen up these races in a minute. but let s start in my home state of texas, where the issue of abortion has become a key focus in a closely watched democratic runoff. back in march, neither incumbent nor bernie sanders-backed candidate could cross the threshold. in a race that featured an fbi raid and questions on electability and border poicy. they have tried to seize on the intention in the draft opinion overturning roe. putting the issue front and center against the pro-life candidate. this is how she made her pitch to chuck earlier this month. in this moment, we re watching the fall of rome. and the erosion of our fundamental rights. this moment we truly it necessitates a champion that s going to fight fur people s rights. there s so many key issue where is he s siding with republican asks he can become the joe manchin of the house. we don t want it to be the deciding vote on the future of our fundamental freedoms and rights in
godlike personality that has grown around him, that is not seen as invincible any more. russia has faced repeated rounds of western sanctions, but its economy has continued to grow thanks to help from china. it means the mood at russia s equivalent of davos welcome to newsnight. our political panel tonight philip collins, who was tony blair s speech writer and worked alongside sir keir starmer on his 2021 conference speech, and mercy muroki, who is a former policy adviser to the conservative s kemi badenoch. today has been very much about the fall out from last night s tv debate when mr sunak claimed housesholds would be paying £2,000 more in tax if labour win. we questioned energy secretary clare coutinho on newsnight last night straight after the itv debate. clare coutinho, where did you get this £2,000 figure from? because it is not an impartial independent figure, is it, it is your own tory special advisers who have added this up and come up with the sums? no, no, n