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china has dismissed the elections, saying it doesnt change the fact that from beijings perspective, taiwan is part of china, and she jinping has been clear in his view that reunification of taiwan with the mainlands, in his eyes, inevitable, and he will use force to achieve that same. it doesnt mean that war is imminent here. tension is likely to escalate. the icy tension that has defined the past eight years, but throughout the day today, people we were talking to and in polling stati...

moments ago, democrats on capitol hill just pulled a political stunt. was it to save, a, joe biden, hunter biden, hunter biden crashed the house oversight committee hearing. and they were considering contempt of congress charges against hunter biden. so he didnt want to show up for a subpoena but he wanted this circus. he wanted the cameras. make no mistake about it. democrats knew it was coming. secret service was in place over an hour ahead of all of the stunt that went on in that he...

>> do you think you have a better understanding of him, now that you have written this book? i should note, for people, the book does not start with inauguration day on 2017. it goes back to his family, his roots, his father, fred, who, no offense, sounds like an awful dad to have. do you think you understand him better now, having plunged into his background more for this book? >> i think there are parts of him that i understand better than before, but the goal had always been, becaus...

The answer remains to be seen. as of right now, all roads still lead to the house. voting on those contempt resolutions next there is day. now, republicans are arguing that they intentionally wrote the formal impeachment inquiry resolution to back date all subpoenas and making them valid. but hunter bidens attorneys are arguing that they are legally invalid, and they called this contempt resolution impermissible and misplaced. now, theyre arguing that despite that, hunter biden would be willing ...

First step. is there a two-tier system of justice that protects this family? >> do you have confidence in the justice system at this point? especially after what you just saw for him to get away twice, first in december and now? >> i dont. i think thats where they can shine. they can provide that equal justice under the law. lets see if they do it. they did it a couple of years ago when democrats issued contempt resolutions against steve bannon and other individuals. so lets see if they will hol...

Grievances versus issues, do any issues get discussed? does this become the main factor as we look at a presidential campaign? >> well, i think it is important to look at congress right now, at least the house, as part of trumps campaign. look, theres a lot of people who dont want donald trump to be the nominee going forward. but the people who are there, jim jordan, as mentioned, kevin mccarthy, elise stefanic, they will have to be on donald trumps -- they will probably do a lot of his meddling...

Megyn: fox news alert, right now on capitol hill house lawmakers are preparing to vote on whether to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt for refusing to turn over thousands of documents related to a gun-running sting known as operation fast and furious that put weapons into the hands of very bad criminals down in 34ebgs coe resulting in -- mexico resulting in the death of hundreds down south of the border as well as the death of one border patrol agent in america. we are also hearing t...

Member of the house oversight and reform committee. let me start off with attorney general holder in denmark answering more questions about what we all witnessed yesterday. let me play his remarks. >> we put before the committee a proposal that would have allowed for the resolution of that matter consistent with the way in which these have been resolved in the past through negotiation. i think the possibility still exists that it can happen in that way. >> congressman cummings said yesterday to ...

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To vote in favor of attempt. pressure is also coming from the national rifle association. >> its clear that once the nra decided they would score this, if you want a perfect record with the nra you have to vote for contempt. >> the house is expected to consider two contempt resolutions against the attorney general. one is example, which passed the house oversight committee last week. the other is civil, which if passed would allow the house to ask the court to force them to hand over the "fast a...