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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 the election officials, judges and lawmakers, to the poll workers, canvassers and voters. some iowa republicans telling us they are afraid to say who they are supporting. it is a twist from what we saw in 2016 when some voters said they were worried to tell pollsters on their friends they supported donald trump. now some were saying they re scared to say they re not supporting donald trump. ....
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 exasperated. yes, i m looking at you, hunter biden, as i m speaking to you. you are not above the law at all. i believe that hunter biden should be held completely in contempt. i think he should be hauled off to jail right now. let s vote. let s take a vote. who wants to hear from hunter right now today? anyone? come on. who wants to hear from hunter? no one. mr. biden doesn t make the rules, w ....
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 today up on capitol hill on whether he should be charged with contempt of congress. but we begin with a late afternoon surprise. this one in the 2024 campaign. republican presidential candidate chris christie is suspending his campaign and is dropping out of this race. christie making that announcement just minutes ago. you saw it live on the five. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is here ....
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 raju has been following this. you ve been a busy man on capitol hill today. what do we expect to see in the coming hours? reporter: we expect the republicans will get the vote to authorize the impeachment inquiry. the inquiry has been going on since september, when then speaker of the house kevin mccarthy announced this investigation would go forward. they don t need a vote to authorize the ....
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 for the third time in a row. they have not reached their target rate for inflation, but the treasury secretary thinks that can happen by the end of next year, analyst don t expect high interest rates to go anywhere, let s get straight to straight business correspondent, the chief economist. what is the fedde decision? we can call it a trend, this is the third straight meeting the federal rese ....