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could accelerate an impeachment inquiry into president biden. but we begin with that plea deal or more accurately a plea deal no more after things turned south at a hearing in the hunter biden case. the first son now pleading not guilty to federal tax charges. senior national correspondent kevin corke joins us live from the nation s capitol with all the details. good evening, kevin. reporter: evening my friend. the headline is hunter biden s plea deal fell apart today. that s the top headline of the day, pleading not guilty as federal prosecutors confirm once again that, yes, he is still under investigation. but beyond the top headline, there s still plenty to unpack here jonathan. first of all, the president s son was expected to plead guilty to a couple of misdemeanor tax counts of willful failure to pay federal income taxes as part of a plea deal to avoid jail time on a felony gun charge. but district court judge marry ellen morika slammed the brakes described did ....
accommodations are being made. team biden is secretly helping joe appoint countless embarrassing moments like when he stumbles up the stairs. so what is their solution? give him shorter stairs to get on and off air force one. i wish i was kidding. biden uses small steps toward every flight on his recent nato trip. they are also making biden change his footwear. joe is rocking casual sneakers instead of dress shoes, which could be more prone to slipping. there is, however, one top biden challenger who doesn t need accommodations to run for the presidency. democrats prorated and censored rfk jr. during yesterday s government censorship hearing, and now they are defending their behavior. what is the fear of having rfk jr. come to the hill to testify? what are you afraid he would say? i m not afraid of anything he would say, i just want to hear him. rfk jr. s point that he is being censored by democrats? i don t think you want to bring him before congress. trying ....
as its guinea pig to test of a method of execution never attempted before. it s the state s second attempt to execute mr smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher s wife in a hired killing. in a statement following the execution, governor kay ivey says: alabama is one of 27 us states where the death penalty is still legal. however, there are executive orders in six of those states, shown in orange, that have placed a hold on executions. that includes california and oregon. all this is data from the non profit death penalty information centre. with me is the bbc s david willis. thank you forjoining. what more do we know about the execution now? in more do we know about the execution now? more do we know about the execution now? in the last few minutes the execution now? in the last few minutes the governor - execution now? in the last few minutes the governor of - execution now? in the last few minutes the governor of the i minutes the governor of the ....
will be in attendance in the chamber and says the execution will be a horrififc moment for the country. it isa it is a death days. and execution day. it is just horrible. every time one of these executions happens it is horrible. it is important to point out this is a day nobody wants. it is a sad, awful day for everyone, no matter what your perspective is. alabama s governor kay ivey gave the bbc this statement. she says: this method has been thoroughly vetted and both the alabama department of corrections and the attorney general s office have indicated it is ready to go. governor ivey also said, the legislature passed this law in 2018, and it is ourjob to implement it. alabama is one of 27 us states where the death penalty is still legal. however, there are executive orders in six of those states, shown in orange, that have placed a hold on executions. that includes california and oregon. all this is data from the non profit death penalty information centr ....
by prison officials earlier. by by order of the alabama supreme court at 7:53 central time alabama executed mr kennison smith at the correctional facility. it was exhibited for the i988 facility. it was exhibited for the 1988 capital murder of elizabeth dorling sennett in culver county. after the execution, a number of witnesses addressed the media and described what happened. once the execution began within a couple of minutes, kenny began to violently push against the straps. his head began to move back and forth violently. this was the fifth execution i witnessed in alabama and i ve never seen such a violent reaction to execution. in a statement following the execution, governor kay ivey says: mr smith s legal team also came out with a statement: alabama is one of 27 us states where the death our correspondent, tom bateman, was in alabama and visited the facility where the execution took place. hejoins us live. tom, what more do we know about the execution and how it ....