And the man investigating hunter biden, the u. S. Attorney out of delaware had been saying up until now that he never asked for and didnt need the powers that came with that appointment. So why was david weiss made Special Counsel today . We have reaction from the white house. Hunter bidens team, and republicans on capitol hill. Joining me now is nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter, nbc News White House correspondent monica alba, and ms p msnbc political contributor and cofounder of punch bowl news, jake sherman. Tom, i want to get some details from you. Sure. The question that is nagging me is why all of a sudden does this investigation, this case need a Special Counsel . Yeah, i really dont understand. And its a question i think we need some more clarity on. So to be specific, what happened here is there was clearly an ongoing plea negotiation, after the judge said, look, im not going to accept this, im not going to reject this Plea Agreement. You all have to get back tog
hour near the site of the sunken titanic. the lead starts right now. an under water expedition to see the wreckage of the titanic is now a race to find and save the tourists and crew members on board the vessel. the mission is ramping up to prevent a second tragedy at that site. plus, super powers meeting. antony blinken reports back progress after a high stakes talk with china. the areas of success and the one major point of lingering contention coming up. and the judge s order that restricts what donald trump can and cannot reveal about his federal indictment. but will the former president obey the judge? welcome to the lead, i m jake tapperment and we start with the world lead. a submersible that takes paying customers to see the wreckage of the titanic in the depth of the north atlantic ocean, it is missing at this hour. the u.s. coast guard said five people are on board. and now a frantic search and rescue operation is underway. coast guard units from ang lo
passenger. the company says they re exploring and mobilizing all options to bring the crew back safely. we re awaiting an update from the coast guard in about a half an hour and we ll take you there. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. we go to alexis mcadams. we re waiting on the update from the coast guard. this comes as the coast guard is coordinating an all hands on deck active search and rescue mission for this missing sub. the coast guard working to find the five mission specialists on board including world explorer hamish harding. i pulled up an instagram post by hard ago few minutes ago. he talked about how excited he was to go on the dive and says the team has a few legendary explorers, some of which that did this over 30 times since 1980 oceangate expeditions is the american company that launched the submarine, which is the size of a minivan. about 350 miles southeast in the atlantic is where they are located. it didn t come back last night. they called the coast
you watching as here in the united states it states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. i head on cnn newsroom scared, frustrated, and terrified for their safety ahead of u.s. environmental protection agency is promising accountability for the toxic derailment in palestine, ohio. but many residents are skeptical. signs of life believe it or not, people are still being rescued from the quake zone in turkey. we are live in istanbul with the latest. and defense and diplomacy the war in ukraine tops the agenda as well leaders, including the u.s. vice president, gather in munich almost one year since russia invaded. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we kim brunhuber. we are getting a better sense of what happened in the moments leading up to the train derailment in east palestine, ohio, that s build toxic chemicals all over the community two weeks ago. have a look here. take a look at the top of your screen. apparent over before pass through
and a train derailment in eastern ohio. what it is showing about the uncertainty that residents are feeling. and president zelensky says there can be no letting up on vladimir putin. we go live to the war center. we begin in shreveport, louisiana, where an officer is facing charges for the shooting death of an unarmed black man. the footage was released on thursday. some may find the video disturbing. reporter: the entire incident took less than two minutes. two officers arrived a the home of alonso bagley. his wife made complaints he was threatening her and her daughter. can you step outside? no. i have dogs. come on in, sir. he is disturbing the peace. i m going to put my dogs in. let her come here. come here. put my dogs up. she can put the dog up. reporter: the first officer follows bagley down the hallway as he says he is going to put his dogs away, and his wife continues to yell in the background. the officer realizes bagley is heading out the do