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>> i mean, what she was essentially saying, you know, part of it had him agreeing to a two-year diversion program, prohibited under biden from using drugs or drinking alcohol -- using drugs or owning a firearm. -- if he violates these terms -- didnt seem to have an answer -- >> this is such an important point. because its a minor civics lesson. the judge tried to say, i am part of the judicial branch, you are the executive. your job is to actually decide prosecution terms. a diversion program no...

Democratic senator of missouri and she joins me now. you have a legal background, a political background and were all trying to make sense of what happened today. so let me start with this. is it unusual for a judge not to accept a plea deal like this? because it felt kind of surprising to everyone watching it. >> well, there are some things in this plea deal that were unusual, thats when the judge focused on both the scope of the immunity, not unusual to have that hashed out in detail, but also...

Any time prosecutors develop a cooperating witness we drill into their head, do not speak. dont speak publicly. dont speak privately with anybody regarding the nature of your cooperation or the information youre providing to the prosecutors, to the investigators. mark meadows is asking like a cooperating witness. >> glenn, ken, yazmine, everybody stay close. we have new questions about this collapse of hunter bidens plea deal. the presidents son was expected to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax ...

And of course there is a charge related to possession of a firearm while he was on a -- had a drug addiction. certainly you cannot do that under federal law. unterm the agreement, it is anticipated had he will get no jail time for the misdemeanor charges and with the gun charges, he will enter into a diversion program which means that you participate in the program, you stay out of trouble, and there will be no felony prosecution. he will walk away clean as it relates to that charge. and so that...

>> reporter: ana, as you say, this closed proceeding beginning shortly if it has not already begun in which we really see the beginning of the end of this five-year investigation into the presidents son, both his personal and business dealings. its going to be the formalization of the agreement which federal prosecutors will seek probation, not jail time, in return for the presidents son pleading guilty to two charges of failure to pay taxes. this is on income of over $1.5 million in 2017 and 20...

For their son. not clear yet if we will see a similar statement put out today. the president has no public events on his schedule. the first lady is traveling in france at the moment. but i want to also mention, jose, some additional information that was just brought out to us, there appears to be a pause in the proceeding at the moment. i mentioned there appeared to be alignment between the judge and both sides, the prosecutors and the defense on the misdemeanor tax charges. but now there appea...

Are they still arguing over how to proceed? >> reporter: the latest indication we have just gotten in the last few minutes is the proceeding has resumed and that it does appear they are trying to get back on the track the day began with with the agreement. the gun charge will lead to a pre-trial diversion program in which hunter biden agrees to undergo counseling, potentially go through testing as part of that agreement as well. that charge could be thrown out. it appears based on the conversati...

Potential gun crimes he committed from 2014 through 2019. a gun charge is where the things went off the rails a bit, when the judge asked about the relationship, whether the two things were connected, whether the tax counts were connected to this diversion program under which hunter biten agrees to abide by any stipulation from the court. as part of that, this possession of a gun charge goes away. it is a felony, so it is a serious charge. hunter biden bought a firearm at a time he was not quali...

Significant questions still outstanding is and perhaps nonalignment about what could potentially be outstanding. based on the latest information we had, it does appear after a significant breakdown about 90 minutes ago, the u.s. attorneys office here in delaware as well as hunter bidens lawyers are cobbling back together an agreement, a revised agreement that would limit the scope of what hunter biden could still face charges for in the future. remember, this was all supposed to be an agreement ...

Like the idea of this diversion program on the gun charge and then there was the disagreement between the prosecution and hunter bidens attorneys over how far immunity on the plea deal and the misdemeanor charges would go, that the prosecutor indicating potential charges coming down the pike regarding the foreign agent registration act and who knows what else, and then hunter bidens attorneys said well, if this doesnt give him immunity from that, this deals off the table. well see if its going t...