Some republicans going as far as calling it a coverup. What is the white house saying . For that we go to Lucas Tomlinson at the white house. Federal prosecutors say negotiations with bidens legal team have hit a snag and this case could be going to trial. The Justice Department refused to rule out if President Biden would be part of future investigations after that Special Counsel was named yesterday. Special counsel will not be subject to the daytoday supervision of any official of the department, but he must comply with the regulations, procedures and policies of the department. Republicans have been calling for Special Counsel for a long time to investigate hunter biden, but many in the g. O. P. Are not happy charles that it was david weiss named who has already been investigating hunter for the past five years. The appointment of a special council allows him to file additional charges against hunter biden outside delaware. Heres Jonathan Turley. Theres no question this magnifies t
Counsel to look into the investigation against the president s son, hunter biden. Lucas tom lynnson has the latest on this story. Reporter it was just a few weeks ago that hunter biden thought he was minutes away from freedom are from any further charges. Of course, that thats not what happened. The plea if deal fell apart, and now it could be going to trial, according to federal prosecutors in a filing yesterday. A Special Counsel has been named. Mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently are. Based only on a facts and the law. Reporter that Special Counsel, david weiss, of course, has been investigating hunter biden for the past five years now and negotiated with what many republicans call a, quote, sweetheart plea deal. President biden left the white house yesterday for the beach, he did not take any questions before Boarding Marine Wunsch the president one. The president has long main
he s a navy sue. i ve done a lot of work with navy seals. i appreciate that. what he s done for this country, it is difficult right now for your candidate in the party you do have to be very careful saw that and how he responded to your questions. all right. thanks, guys. thanks for a great discussion and thank you for joining us. i m on roger casey, cnn news central starts right now a sweeping change in immigration jim policy, new legal protections for half 1 million people standing by for a major announcement from the president wildfires burning across the west now thousands of residents in southern california and new mexico forced to flee their homes as fire crews tried to stop the flames from spreading even further. and breaking news john berman is on cloud nine celtics bringing home a historic championship when cementing their place for the most championship titles. in league history, they have done it hi, i m sarah said or read john berman, kate bolduan is out this is
He says he wants to renegotiate. The irony is he didnt win pittsburgh. That is ironic. One of trumps central pledges was about jobs, andi trumps central pledges was about jobs, and i think his diagnosis was right but the solution is wrong, it is aboutjobs but the jobs are being taken by the robots no the immigrants. What is really interesting as well is that the chinese are onboard with this. You know, the chinese are the biggest polluter, america comes nec so it would have been really great if america could have stayed onboard for this and obamas reacted angrily about the whole thing, it will take him a few years to get out of the paris accord, so on the basis of that, it may well be. It might not happen. We may have a new president by the time. This is classic trump, he there thinks there are Simple Solutions to complex problem, nigel said that will be borne out over the few days. It looks as if he is giving the empee ho voted for him what they wanted. But what is interested , what t