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Now to the us with angry scenes in congress after president bidens son, hunter, unexpectedly turned up at a hearing that was deciding whether he should be charged with contempt. hes refused to comply with a subpoena to give testimony to a republican committee which is investigating whether his father corruptly profited from his fathers business dealings. the evidence may be used as a future impeachment trial. do you plan on testifying today? do you plan on testifying toda ? , , , , do you plan o...

Attorney general matt whitaker joinings me now. if hunter biden is held in contempt and doj does not prosecute following that stunt and the stunt last year, how can we think other than merrick garland is in the pocket of joe biden. >> what i know is what you said, there is a two-tier system of justice. if hunter biden is not held accountable. think about peter navarro, and steve bannon, they were convicted of contempt of congress. they had better arguments, argument of executive privilege and wa...

Come on, who wants to hear from hunter? no one. >> thank you, mister chairman. excuse me, hunter, apparently are afraid of my voice. >> will the gentleman yield for a question? >> now, unfortunately sir, you did not yield to me so i will not yield to you. >> the context for that spectacle is amazing. republicans talked about hunter biden, trashed hunter biden, recommended the household in contempt for not talking behind closed doors even though he offered to testify in public, all while hunter b...

Today in california on tax charges after stunning lawmakes by crashing the oversight committee hearing where they were about to vote on whether or not to hold him in contempt. ultimately they did, ainsley. >> ainsley: they did. and now that goes to the full house for a vote. plus, were going to speak to an atlanta college professor who says he was fired for speaking out after t the inflated his students grades. >> brian: have you noticed this expensive obsession among tweens? >> there is a bunch...

Or not they would hold him in contempt. how can you hold me in contempt, im here, swear me in and ill take questions with the tv cameras rolling. if he was trying to persuade republicans because he did show up, that did not work and the committee will see if the house vote on the floor convinces republicans to say, he has shown up twice under congressional subpoena. not the way we want him to. we will see if that, wos. >> steve: you cover a lot of capitol hill, have you ever seen such a crazy da...

Involvement in your business. >> do you have a dad? does he call you. >> yes. >> do you answer the phone. >> yes. why did you need to talk to him during business meetings if he had nothing to do with your business? >> steve: she is my favorite reporter on capitol hill. just saying. >> ainsley: he should have said do you talk to your father-in-law? so hillary is married to steves son. >> steve: indeed. and i accidently did call her yesterday when she was working on capitol hill. i apologized, how...

An expert that said this was clever of the biden team. the house decides whether or not to hold him in contempt, the committee voted yesterday. argument will be, he showed up. i imagine when hunter biden documentary we were talking about last week shows up on our screens, this will be a sympathetic passage. i went to capitol hill and tried to talk to republicans and they would only do it in secret. >> this is something we heard rumors about a few minutes before he walked in, not something you be...

How problematic is that for you? >> hunter biden is a private citizen, not a member of the white house, as you know. and i just dont have anything else to share. >> the last time he was on the hill he said the president was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say. >> i did say that. what im saying today. >> president biden does not help with his business deals but helps him skirt congressional subpoenas. >> thats not true. thats a jump. i dont have anything else to share. >> harris...

Look, quick question for you because there was a time when a show of hands was asked by one of the democrats who in here wants to hear from hunter biden? why didnt republicans raise their hands and why not just read -- just start the process right then and there before the whole country with two committees watching? >> well, i was probably in the other committee when that happened. i would have raised my hand. i want to hear from hunter. i think my colleagues do as well but that was just gamesma...

Helping him. >> steve: plus its -- abbe lowell. >> behind closed doors it will be leaked. >> steve: selectively leaked. >> brian: transcripts. the oversight committee 25-21 to hold him in contempt. now up to a judge and what the attorney for the whistleblower told me last hour. he said the thing that is good about this for hunter bidens perspective is that a judge will have to say listen, he was willing to come, so how i do actually take the extreme move of holding him in contempt that might hav...