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

loom of our 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 clear 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.

I'm trying to rescue these folks.

Welcome to Meet the Press.

Now I'm Chuck Todd reporting from Washington, where we begin today with the questionable

state of political ethics and accountability in America.

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

Is it today's new reporting about just a Samuel Alito'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

pro?

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

Or is it the New York Times in reporting that the former president Donald Trump has lucrative

has a lucrative business deal with Oman's government and using a Saudi government-connected

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