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the lead starts right now. this hour, hunter biden is going into court, donald trump is coming out of court, we are following it all. the lead starts right now. donald trump gets a second chance, he is allowed to speak at the closing arguments in his civil fraud trial. what you said and why a judge and then shut it down and one day after hunter biden s shop appearance on capitol hill, he is now back home in california facing federal charges. and now, the first lady, his mom, is weighing in. and a stunning rise in public officials targeted and dangerous swatting incidents, that s when hoax 911 calls report fake violent crimes to get a police response and possibly real police violence against innocent victims. i am going to speak with a republican who has faced threats and ask them what needs to happen for these cases to stop. [ music ] welcome to the lead, i am jake tapper. we start with the final moments of donald trump s civil fraud trial, playing out right now ....
quick sourcing a late surge i think of a shock to the system on monday night. i ve been more adventure than all of the others combined. i was report reward people who work hard to show up and are honest and transparent. i am a florida boy. born and bred. and yet here i am and negative temperatures. people are willing to come out in here for me, i am going to show up all the way till the end of this. see further they are some of the republican presidential candidates who are braving the bitter cold to the finish line. it s on for the final weekend before the iowa caucuses on monday. they re trying to cover as much ground as they can before voting starts in those rooms in the hawkeye state. despite a brutal winter storm that is putting in that state into a real deep freeze. hello everyone this is fox news live a welcome i am eric shawn. hi arthel. arthel: hello eric, hello everyone i am arthel neville. this wicked winter storm that hit iowa and many parts of central a ....
up for discussion as well. but that same official played down the idea that a broad range of deliverables would come from this trip. the two days that secretary blinken is spending in high stakes talks marks the highest level american to visit china since president biden took office. keep in mind, the visit was already delayed once. that was after the chinese spy craft was detected roaming over the u.s. president biden this weekend called that air space intrusion silly. i don t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentioned. so i m hoping that over the next several months i ll be meeting with xi again and talking about legitimate differences we have but also how those areas we can get along. reporter: the taiwan strait is likely not one of those areas at present. the white house recently acknowledged that china secured a spy base in cuba, back in 2019. president bide ....
perino along with judge jeanine pirro jesse watters geraldo riveraed jr. and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city and this is the five the hunter biden legal drama coming to los angeles today. the first son just leaving the courthouse after pleading not guilty to nine criminal tax charges for dodging $1.4 million in taxes and his trial is set to begin on june 20th. it is two months before hunter s dad is expected to take the stage at the dnc. if hunter is found guilty he could be a convicted tax felon while the dnc is taking place. instead of paying his fair share hunter withdrew $1.6 million from atms, he spent nearly 700,000 on payments to various women. nearly 400,000 on clothing and accessories and close to $200,000 on adult entertainment. i m not even sure what that means greg. so it comes after a media circus when he crashed his own contempt house hearing in an obvious political stunt despite all the attention on hunter, democrats will not say whether he ....
trey: good evening and thank you for joining us i am trey gowdy and it is sunday night in america. every four years they tell us this is the most important election of our lifetime. usually it is hyperbole. sometimes it is simply logical sense it s the next election it s there for the most important. but i will concede this election cycle does the field disproportionately consequential. our country is at a real crossroads. more people are questioning democracy as a system of government. americans seem less interested in working things out in more ae interested in duking things out. maybe 82024 is the most important election of our lifetime. regardless it is definitely the next one and is 10 months away. joining us now are two old friends of the show washington times opinion editor charlie hurt the handsome hurt brother as i call him and former biden surrogate democrat strategist kevin wall. you ve got to help me with this when there are prominent republicans and conse ....