leading presidential candidates dealing with major legal distractions as they prepare to head into the first contest of the 2024 election season. on friday, a federal appeals court upheld most of a gag order barring former president trump from attacking certain witnesses, prosecutors and court staff. trump is vowing to appeal the ruling, which centers on his federal election subversion case. this comes as president biden hits the campaign trail just hours after his son was indicted again. hunter biden is now facing new federal tax evasion charges. prosecutors accuse him of a four-year tax evasion scheme and spending millions of dollars on things like drugs, escorts and exotic cars. if convicted on all nine criminal counts, he could face up to 17 years in prison. the charges come as house republicans continue to pressure hunter biden to testify at a congressional hearing and prepare to vote on a resolution to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president biden. paula reed ha
hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield in new york today. so with just weeks before voters head to the polls at key 2024 election contests, president biden is hitting the campaign trail amid new legal distractions hovering over his son. on friday the president kicked off a campaign swing out west just hours after his son hunter s latest indictment. hunter biden is now facing new federal tax evasion charges. prosecutors accuse him of a four-year tax evasion scheme, and spending millions of dollars on things like drugs, escorts and exotic cars. if convicted on all nine criminal counts, he could face up to 17 years in prison. cnn s senior white house reporter kevin liptak is in los angeles where the president is fundraising. kevin, has the president said anything about these indictments? reporter: no, he hasn t, fredricka. he seea few times but the president is fairly tight lipped on this. what the white house says is that the presiden
without parole. the gunman who killed four classmates at oxford high school when he was 15 speaking out in court. what he said after being confronted by survivors and his victims families, and the judge s scathing words as he passed sentence. also tonight, the medical breakthrough. the fda approving the first gene editing treatment for sickle cell impacting 100,000 americans, most of whom are black. how it works and how much it will cost. the major cross-country storm. danger on the roads. heavy snow in the west and now the system on the move taking aim at the entire east coast. the video causing global outrage. palestinian men, some stripped to their underwear and blindfolded, in gaza. how israel is explaining it. hunter biden indicted on nine new charges accused of evading taxes while spending money on drugs, escorts, and luxury living, the fallout for president biden as he runs for re-election. our nbc news investigation, the scams at some so-called sober homes
of the year finish. will: see? pete: there it is. will: andy williams, first round draft pick in the christmas music if extravaganza. pete: we were playing his music in the break. yes, he s ubiquitous. will: per ifly como rachel: classic. will: exactly, ray e hell. pete: but does he have any other hits other than christmas? will: that, i can t say. rachel: he s too young to know that. [laughter] laugh. will: that is like walking through a department store in new york city in a christmas movie, right in that s what s playing. rachel: there s lots of great christmas albums out there. everybody who s a star wants their christmas album to become the next american classic. let s admit, mariah carey does have that classic album. i know it s more modern. will: i m not above that. rachel: the one that i grew up with that i a really love and i think is underappreciated, should get a rerival, is i love his christmas album, harry ebell fonte s christmas album will: nice, good. r
going to eke out and get to the war with some aid coming to ukraine, it s hurry up and wait. and that s because of the battle they re having on capitol hill whether it should be tied to border security funding. it s been the battle royale for republicans who insist on it and democrats who say that it shouldn t be part of this. griff jenkins has the latest from eagle pass, texas who are tying this border issue with so many others, griff. griff: neil, good morning. and you know, i am in eagle pass, texas yet again and i have spent more time in eagle pass than any other location on assignment this year because of a border crisis that continues to surge to record breaking levels. let me take you to the drone right here where we are in eagle pass and you can see every day, here we are, you see the buses lining up in the middle there. the migrants. it s actually a group of four or 500, they break them up into groups of about 100 and process them, most of them. i was just over there