If it's Wednesday, outrage from Democrats and Republicans as new ethics concerns and legal questions loom.

Over Hunter Biden, former President Trump, and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.

Plus, America just got a dismal report card.

Student test scores plunged in both math and reading,

in the clearest sign yet of the pandemic's lingering impact on the U.S. education system.

And the desperate deep sea search for that missing, submersible,

lost deep underwater with five people on board and just hours left of breathable air.

The Coast Guard says they are not giving up on trying to rescue.

These are folks.

Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Chuck Todd reporting from Washington, and we're beginning today with the questionable state of political ethics and accountability in America.

You'd be forgiven for not knowing which ethical or legal issue I'm referring to.

Is it today's new reporting about Justice Samuel Lillito's luxury vacation on a private jet with a billionaire who eventually had business before the court? That one has Democrats outraged.

Or is it Hunter Biden's expected guilty plea deal on misdemeanor tax charges? That one has now

Republicans up in arms. Is it the special counsel John Durham testimony on Capitol Hill

about the origins of the

Russian probe? It's a moment House Republicans have been eagerly awaiting and promoting.

Or is it the New York Times new reporting that the former president, Donald Trump, has a lucrative

business deal with Oman's government and using a Saudi government-connected real estate firm while he's running for

president. The answer is all of them. Let's start on Capitol Hill, where former special counsel

Durham answered lawmakers' questions about his four-year investigation into the FBI's decision

to open investigation examining the Trump campaign's relationship with various Russian interlopers, if you

will. The report was critical of the FBI and DOJ for their methods of intelligence gathering

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