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good to be with you, i'm katy tur. today has been a such a strange day. we're going to get to that surprise mayhem on capitol hill this morning with the unannounced hunter biden visit in a moment, but we've got to start with what is about to hus hit us, the iowa caucus is monday. as candidates prepare and voters prepare, law enforcement is preparing as well because the threats around this election have never been greater, meaning the threats around any election have never been greater. we are living in a scary time, and it's not me saying that. it's everyone involved in politics from...

capitol hill where if you didn't happen to already be watching the news this morning, you missed a huge surprise that caused a huge spectacle. at 10:04 a.m., the house oversight committee gavelled in to debate ahead of a vote to hold hunter biden in contempt of congress for refusing to comply with a gop subpoena for closed door testimony. at 10:09, hunter biden escorted by secret service and flanked by his lawyers just showed up to the committee room offering himself up for public testimony. but instead of taking him up on that offer, republicans got angry and democrats got exasperat...

>> bret: let's all have town hall. vivek is going to be on this show little bit later. beers and town hall. thanks, jesse. ♪ >> bret: good evening, welcome to des moines iowa, i'm bret baier. five days away from the first in the nation iowa caucuses. tonight at 9:00 p.m., we will hold the third of this week's candidate town hall meetings right here and our guest tonight on this stage former president donald trump. we'll have more on that in just a moment. but, we are following two major stories at this hour. hunter biden makes a surprise appearance at the congressional hearing toda...

house republicans escalating probe into president biden. a couple hours from now, the full house will vote on formalizing a biden impeachment inquiry. the gop's probe has failed to show links between biden and his son's questionable business dealings. republicans think the resolution will give them more leverage. this morning hunter biden showed up at the capitol right outside as you see, offering to testify publicly in the probe. but republicans want a closed door interview first. so, now, they say they're going to pursue a contempt of congress referral against hunter biden. manu ra...

two big stories we are following, and the minute we are expecting to see the federal reserve will hold interest rates steady for a third time, we will bring you the decision and what this means for your wallet. >> lawmakers will vote on what are -- whether to formalize the impeachment inquiry into joe biden. it demands a public hearing, much more on the showdown on capitol hill straight ahead, we are following major developing stories and more coming in to cnn news central. >> wall street will learn of the federal reserve board will meet expectations by keeping interest rates steady ...