weekend. let s dive right into the week s top stories. the big story, of, course we have two hot wars for the president to navigate on the world stage. the republican-controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impeachment inquiry into president biden despite failing to provide any evidence of wrongdoing by the president. the vote was strictly along party lines with all 221 republicans voting yes, all 212 democrats voting no. republicans say the move will grant them the ability to better enforce their subpoenas in the courts. house oversight chair republican james comer has accused hunter biden and other biden family members of engaging in, quote, shady business practices. but as we said, has yet to reveal any evidence of wrongdoing or influence peddling by the president himself. so here is what several house democrats said ahead of the vote. see the biden impeachment investigation isn t a who done it. it s a what is it? it s like an agatha christy novel where the
greetings, everyone. you re watching symone, the house is adjourned for the rest of the year. not they don t have urgent work to do it like working on an aid package for israel, ukraine, and southern border security. but they did vote for a baseless impeachment inquiry of president biden. the republican priority actually, why is that? well we will ask congressman tim burchett of tennessee, and then rudy giuliani s lies about two election workers, what they have finally cost him. the jury verdict, 100 $48 million in damages for defamation. no surprise, giuliani called it absurd and he vows to appeal. how is that gonna go for him? we will dig into it with one of our legal gurus. she is feeling good from her head to her shoes, honey. i sat down with the queen of rock and soul, patty la belle. we talked about her amazing career, and businesses and even that crazy christmas tree lighting video that goes viral every year. you want to stick around for this. i am symone sanders-tow
u.s. capitol. so why did you decide to march to the capitol? well, basically, you know, the president got everybody riled up, told everybody head on down. so we were basically just following what he said. after the president s speech as you are marching to the capitol, how did you feel? i was you know, i m angry. you know, after everything that was basically said in the speech, you know, a lot of the stuff he said he already put out in tweets. i ve heard it and seen it before. so i was already worked up and so were most of the people there. thursday a federal judge sentenced him to two years of probation for disorderly and disruptive conduct. he said now that i ve been sentenced, i want to again say that it was wrong for me to be inside the u.s. capitol and that i m sorry. like so many others, i hung on to every word donald trump said and he took advantage of us. my family and i have suffered, first for my bad judgment and then for speaking out. but if it helps th
way too early on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. what is the specific constitutional crime that you re investigating? well, we re having an inquiry, so we can do an investigation and get the production witnesses and what is the crime you re investigating? and documents. high crimes, misdemeanors and what are you investigating? look, once i get time, i will explain what we re looking at. wow. that has the real vibe of a kid who did not prepare for the class presentation. the book was not just about mice, but it also had men. that clip is the house republican agenda in a nutshell. that was also my high school career. yeah. in a nutshell. he s not lying. the lower chamber is moving forward with an impeachment inquiry despite presenting no evidence of any wrongdoing by the president. the vote came after hunter biden defied a subpoena from house republicans, challenging them to hold a public hearing for his testimony. we ll ha
taxpayer dollars on an illegitimate impeachment inquiry because donald trump, the puppet master, has directed extreme maga republicans to launch a political hit job against president joe biden. that s house minority leader hakeem jeffries calling out republicans in the lower chamber before the vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. that came after hunter biden defied a subpoena from house republicans challenging them to hold public hearings for his testimony. we ll have much, much more from a bitter and partisan day on capitol hill. plus, the supreme court will hear the first case tied to abortion rights since it overturned roe v. wade. we ll get expert legal analysis on that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a busy morning ahead, and we ll start here. the republican controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impea