someone is lying. the only question is this. is it joe or is it hunter? the house ways and means committee obtained a july 30th, 2017, what is that message between hunter biden and cefcu china energy official henry s out. watch what hunter wrote. hunter has a pretty odd way of texting. i wonder what he was on. i am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. tell the director that i would love to resolve this now before it gets out of hand and now means tonight. and if i get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you or the chairman, i would make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows in my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret, not following my direction. i am sitting here, wait for it, waiting for the call with my father. sounds like a shakedown. three references to hunter biden , sitting directly by his father. joe biden as he pursues his inter
marjorie taylor greene. maybe i can be the peacemaker because they will inherit the earth. we will see. we will hear from house ways and means committee chairman jason smith. earlier today his committee released a bombshell testimony from not one but two irs whistleblowers. based on the serious allegations, get this, pay close attention. it appears the department of justice is even more corrupt. this is a corrupt organization. they went to great lengths to protect joe and hunter biden from ever, ever facing criminal charges despite what is a mountain of evidence. according to these whistleblowers the irs recommended felony tax charges against hunter after they uncovered, get this, $8.3 million they took in that was mysteriously excluded from hunter biden s tax returns. that income came from foreign entities in ukraine, romania and china. that is only three countries but what about russia and kazakhstan and mexico and a dozen other countries? in fact, hunter reportedly receive
since donald trump s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election culminated in a violent mob storming the u.s. capitol. for a few weeks trump was an outcast. a political comeback seemed far-fetched, almost impossible to imagine. and yet thanks to his allies in congress and the maga movement, donald trump has emerged here at the end of 2023 not merely a rehabilitated politician but as the undisputed leader of his party. now, trump began this year as the prohibitive favorite for the republican presidential nomination. even in january he had a monster 20-point national lead over his closest rival, florida s governor ron desantis. and in the months since, trump s lead has only widened. at this point a rematch against joe biden appears almost inevitable. and yet while trump s march towards the republican nomination this year was mostly interrupted, there has been for the last 12 months an x factor he has had to contend it, a series of criminal investigations. as the year began trump
that s right. it s an important public service announcement. i encourage everybody to watch at 8:00 and 9:00. this is usually ari s hour. who can do it like ari? i wish you a happy holiday. you made it through two hours of a holiday rock block. did it. i m sorry we re not in the same studio. have a great, restful, well-deserved holiday. enjoy your rock block. i will. thank you all at home for joining me this hour. i m not ari. i m alex wagner. this is the beginning of a two-hour rock block thick with news. we begin here. it s a moment that you are forgiven if you don t remember it or if you missed it at the time. a lot happened on this day. at his speech before the insurrection on january 6, president trump had a lot to say about bias on the supreme court. you know, look, i m not happy with the supreme court. they love to rule against me. the supreme court, they rule against me so much. you know why? because the story is, i haven t spoken to any of them, any o
tonight in which he attempts to explain his listening of lies. he says not by trying to trick anyone. i ve been a terrible liar what i tried to debates american people is that i made mistakes. this wasn t about tricking anybody. we will tell you the law he says he regrets every day. plus, the classic children s book, charlie and the chocolate factory, matilda, and james in the giant peach are getting re-writes. the publisher is cutting it where it s like that, ugly, and whites. is the time to update outdated books or is it best luke malone? we ll talk about all that tonight. but first let s get to today s politics. of mark mckinnon, former adviser to george w. bush. and john mccain, we are sub cnn s john berman. also political analysts, natasha alpert. and former u.s. attorney, harry lippman. i, guys great to have all be here tonight. hello, happy presidents day. okay mark let s talk about what was presidents day. rhonda scent is seems to want to be president. there he