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 that s 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
but rebuilding will cost more than $5 billion fox weather max gorden standing by live on the scene and maui. we ll get to him in a moment but will speak to a senior pastor who is helping those who ve lost everything from the flames appeared. aishah: a former the former pret trump speaking a moments ago in iowa whether or not it s going to make it to the first gop debate it s coming up fast in just 11 days here right here on fox news. our alexis mcadams is on the ground. she is going to bring us his reaction from the iowa state fair. eric: first more legal troubles bring for hunter biden as you know attorney general merrick garland has named u.s. attorney david weiss who has been investigating him. as the special counsel in the investigation of hunter s overseas business dealings. weiss has been on the case since 2019 at the federal prosecutor in delaware. the attorney general said he requested the special counsel status this week nearly two weeks after the plea deal that weis
hunter biden. now weiss says the agreement well apart in july along with hunter s plea deal on tax charges. team hunter disagrees indicating both sides signed the diversion agreement. meanwhile congress now is looking into whistleblower claims that the secret service tipped off hunter biden to a potential i.r.s. interview which foiled those plans for the interview one month after the election of 2020. jonathan turley telling us last hour congress has no choice but to pursue the evidence. this is going to end up with a confrontation between congress and the administration. the question is why the administration is doing this? it s like a game of chicken and they want to see if congress jumps out first. well, congress can change the game. they could start an impeachment inquiry and they could say look, we want these answers. dana: we re live in washington. last week we said this court hearing will be a week from today. here we are, david. high stakes for hunter biden? it
locum everybody and jesse water along with judge jeanine pirro, katie pavlich, and greg gutfel what is the endgame? will you yourself nominate welcome, everybody i m jesse watters along with judge jeanine pirro, jessica tarlov, katie pavlich, and greg gutfeld. it is 5:00 o clock in new york city and this is the five. on this vote, the yeas are 216, the nays are 210. the resolution is adopted without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table, the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. it s over, kevin mccarthy has been ousted as speaker. the house taking away his gavel in a vote of 216-210. the house is now in recess, so the democrats and republicans will meet separately to discuss who they want to have as speaker. the effort being led by florida congressman matt gaetz who is fuming over out of control spending and claims mccarthy has broken promises. lawmakers duking it out all day ov
dana: so it s official. kevin mccarthy given the green light for an impeachment inquiry into president biden. the house speaker telling americans that the gop has exposed a culture of corruption in the biden family. the move gives republicans more power to investigate how hunter biden leveraged his dad s brand to rake in foreign cash, and whether president biden was involved. the white house calling it extreme politics, claiming there s no evidence of wrong doing by president biden. there is no evidence of wrong doing by president biden, because president biden didn t do anything wrong. the purpose of what they re doing is a politically motivated far right extreme series of attacks on the president and his family that are not rooted in the truth. dana: democrats and the media ready to defend the president. oh, my god, really? oh, my gosh. you know, oh, it s devastating. ha ha. oh, don t do it, please don t do it. there is zero evidence of any malfeasance on the pa