indicated he would like an assault weapons ban sank it makes no sense for people to be able to purchase a weapon with 300 rounds. he called on congress to cooperate and say his powers don t go that far. this saturday he also urged our country to unite honoring sacrifices of our troops. president biden remembering americans you made the ultimate sacrifice in what he calledle a sacred ritual. we must never betray the lives [indiscernible] hety depended democracy amon the war in ukraine. he stood alongside goldstar families. he addressed the families of th service members who lost their lives in afghanistan but make specific mention of the 13 who died under his watch during the withdrawal, the only armed forc to diet by enemy attacks since he took office. the ceremony is coming one day after he privately grieved for the shattered community in uvalde, texas, telling reporter there s some hope for gun control agreement in congress, encouraged by mitch mcconnell to find com
ban, saying it makes no sense that people can purchase a weapon that fires up to 300 rounds. he called on congress to cooperate and said his powers alone don t go that far. this on a day he also urged our country to unite, honoring sacrifice of our troops. president biden remembering americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in what he called a sacred memorial day ritual. we must never betray the lives laid down to make our nation a beacon to the world, a citadel of liberty and justice for everyone. reporter: biden marked the importance of defending democracy amid russia s war in ukraine. also mourned on the anniversary of his son beau s deathed, a veteran who died of brain cancer. biden addressed the families of the 2,461 service members who lost their lives in afghanistan but made no mention of the 13 who died under his watch during the withdrawal, the only armed forces to die by enemy attack since he took office. the ceremonies coming one day after biden privately grie
He says there are serious and credible allegations and listed abuse of power, obstruction and corruption. The white house calls it red meat for the extreme right wing. Senior Congressional Correspondent chad pergram has details tonight live on capitol hill. Good evening, chad. Bret, good evening. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy talked about impeachment for weeks. Now he is doing something about it. I am correcting our House Committee to open a formal Impeachment Inquiry into president joe biden. This is exactly what many conservatives clamored for since summer. The entire biden family has been enriched by tens of millions of dollars. They sold out joe bidens power. Republicans say the allegations warrant investigation because of the socalled Sweetheart Deal hunter biden was initially offered in the presbyterian into his business dealings. It appears that the president s family hab offered special treatment by bidens own administration. Treatment that not otherwise would have received if t
embracing artificial intelligence. should would he be worried? and in your health, experts are warning of a tripledemic this year. the flu, rsv and covid. bret: but, first, breaking tonight, one of the prosecutors who has worked on the hunter biden investigation gave a deposition today on capitol hill. leslie wolf has been accused of obstructing the fbi probe into the president s son. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie starts us off live tonight on capitol hill. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. that interview lasted about four hours. and, yet, produced very little new information, a lot more frustration. mr. wolf refused to answer most of our questions. house judiciary chairman jim jordan reacting to a closed door interview with former assistant u.s. attorney leslie wolf. jordan s committee bringing her in after irs whistleblowers accused her of obstructing the fbi from investigating president biden during a five-year long probe into his son h
court has agreed to fast track consideration of a case testing whether former president donald trump has immunity from some of the criminal charges against him. the man in charge of prosecuting the former president on charges of election interference asked the nation s top court today to step in and now the highest court in the land has responded. correspondent david spunt has details tonight. good evening, david. bret, good evening. they certainly did. just moments ago the justices instructed the former president s attorneys to weigh in by next wednesday, december 20th. the supreme court is a body of nine that tries to remain apolitical but those justices are now being asked to enter the nerve center of the 2024 presidential election. special counsel jack smith has made an emergency plea to the justices asking them to rule on whether donald trump is immune from prosecution. smith petitioned the court earlier this afternoon asking for a quick decision. the federal judge ove