Good evening, I'm William Brangham, Jeff Bennett and Omnenevazir away.

On the news hour tonight, Hunter Biden's plea deal unravels over concerns about whether

future charges can be brought against the president's son.

Despite lower inflation, the Federal Reserve stays the course with another planned interest

rate hike.

And the lives of displaced Syrians are put at risk after a Russian veto at the United

Nations halts aid to rebel-held areas.

The closure of the crossing will cause us to suffocate and starve to death.

The camps depend only on UN aid, and closing the crossing means killing us.

Welcome to the news hour.

A plea agreement that would have kept Hunter Biden out of prison for tax and gun charges

was unexpectedly put on hold today, adding new questions to an already politically divisive

deal.

Laura Baron Lopez explains.

A tumultuous day in federal court for Hunter Biden, after a judge put his guilty plea

agreement on hold in Wilmington.

The legal drama for the president's son again, a subject of fierce debate in Washington.

To the extent that it looks like the administration is treating Democrats more favorably than Republicans,

I can understand why people in the house are upset about it.

The bottom line is this is a prosecution being done in a fair way by a former Trump prosecutor

and I have faith in the results.

The deal was Biden would plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges.

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