People have made to congress to buttress the russian side of the collusion investigation. Thank you for that. We thank you for watching this hour of msnbc live throughout, i mean, from the very beginning craig melvin whos about to pick up our coverage from the day that Robert Mueller was appointed thrappoin appointed, this story has never been far from the headlines. Among these many days, this is huge. This is an infection pointing deep. Were going to continue our coverage. Good morning, craig melvin, msnbc headquarters here in new york city. That Breaking News on the Mueller Investigation is where we start. Shortly before President Trump left for his meeting with World Leaders in argentina, last hour just a few moments ago he called his onetime attorney and fixer Michael Cohen a quote, weak person, who is lying. Cohen made a surprise appearance in a Federal Courtroom in manhattan this morning. He named the president. He named President Trump in a shocking new plea deal involving Trum
caroline, elie honig and elana, i want to start with you. i think when you look at what is happening on capitol hill, the balancing act that the house speaker kevin mccarthy has, the fact they may go down this path and it seems inevitable at this point. politically, what does that mean for a slim majority for house republicans? it s tough. i think that right now mccarthy knows that he doesn t have the votes needed to formally launch this. they may not need that, to vote on it in order to move forward with an impeachment inquiry. i think they will. i have been covering these house investigations very closely for months now. it s what the chairmen have been building forward. and everyone, particularly those on the far right section of the party and house have been expecting. mccarthy knows he needs to move forward with this. it s interesting speaking about,
the laws apply to everybody. when hunter biden fills out a fake application, a false application for a gun permit and then is facing a 10-year mandatory minimum, which was mandated by legislation sponsored by his father, and then you have a justice department that walks away from those charges, we are telling people that the law doesn t apply to everybody. in a christie administration he would go to jail for ten years. harris: house speaker kevin mccarthy warning this week he would consider an impeachment inquiry if the special counsel in the hunter biden case tries to block house investigations. there should 100% be an impeachment proceedings brought against joe biden. we talked about this. one of the most dishonest things the media is doing now is constantly saying there is no evidence that joe biden was involved in hunter biden s business dealings. hunter talks about his dad in his business dealings all the time. he called according to archer s
special agent is telling congress behind closed doors that the bidens were tipped off about a surprise interview with hunter biden that was set to be conducted in december of 2020 but was ultimately thwarted, this as the house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan is threatening to hold fbi director wray in contempt over noncompliance with house investigations. here with all of the breaking news, investigative reporter, editor in chief, just the news.com, john solomon. that s a lot to digest, john. it is. it s been a busy day. more of the portrait becoming more clear. hunter biden got preferential treatment. there was political interference into his taxes and possibly into his father s interference in some of these matters. what we heard today is behind closed doors, told james comer s committee, the plan to interview