rajini vaidyanathan is in salford for us. it s happening. yes, the sun is setting in salford just as that debate is getting underway. this is the first set piece moment of this general election campaign as we see rishi sunak and keir starmer go head to head in that televised debate. we re used to seeing them go head to head every wednesday and prime minister s questions in parliament. this is quite something else. it s playing out to a primetime audience, it s going to reach new audiences who perhaps haven t necessarily engaged in recent election campaigns. it s a chance for both leaders to put forward their policy agendas but also show us a bit of their personalities. as that debate gets under way i am joined by our political reporter vicki young. what are you looking out for in this next hour or so? are you looking out for in this next hour or so? they both know they ve not a ob hour or so? they both know they ve got a job to hour or so? they both know they ve got a job
in 2023. our correspondent been following proceedings in delaware. the first opening statement was from federal prosecutor derek heinz. he set out to penetrate hunter biden as a self confessed habitual crack cocaine addict who lied in order to purchase a handgun in delaware in 2018. the prosecution alleges that hunter biden knowingly misled when he declared he wasn t a drug abuser, and the prosecution says that he clearly knew at the time that he was. mr hynes stirred the court, the jury, and started his statement, making a clear reference to the fact that the person they had to hear these allegations about was the son of the us president. he said that nobody was above the law, it doesn t matter who you are or what your name is. now, behind hunter biden for the second day, key members of the biden family in the public benches. among them, his stepmother, the first lady, jill biden, who is very close to hunter, sitting just a metre behind him. the family were talking to each o
unlock opportunities in the market e-trade from morgan stanley death even when meeting your a1c goal discomfort can help you act. i m not trying to scare you i m empowering you to get ria with your health care provider. talk to them about lowering your risk of stroke. heart attack, or death i m gustavo valdes in mexico city and this is cnn any moment now, president biden will deliver remarks on the border crisis and his plan to tackle the flood of undocumented migrants crossing into the us and action which could be opposed by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle the president s sudden meantime is in court for his federal trial on gun charges. the prosecution laying out its case for the jury and making it clear, quote, no one is above the law. it doesn t matter who you are or what your name is. and tiktok accused of operating, quote, like a virtual strip club on quote for children. utah is suing the app, accusing it of enabling the sexual exploitation of miners in the comp
jacqui heinrich lab at the white house. what s on the campaign agenda today? well, john, the biden campaign seems to have noticed the trump campaign raking in the donations following that conviction, so they are leaning into the messaging, too. i have no doubt they raised a significant amount of money because his base we know is going to stick with him through thick and thin with her he s a convicted felon or not. this campaign did in fact have one of the best stretches of fund-raising since the campaign launched. there s at least one democrat he thinks that the wrong approach. congo s been dean phillips, who tried to primary biden this year, says donald trump is a serial liar, cheater, and philanderer, a six time to clear bankruptcy, and instigator of insurrection, and he thrives on portraying himself as a victim. governor kathy hochul should pardon for the good of the country. there are plenty of other voices within the party who disagree. i think the president shou
likely will rest today. we don t know what the defense has planned for next week. but for people not following along, how has this prosecution case opinion made so far? has it been effective? what do you expect to see from the defense? well, the prosecution case, willie, focused heavily on hunter biden s addiction, sometimes using his own words against him in the form of an audio version of the book he authored. what they are trying to show is that hunter biden knowingly and intentionally lied on the form he filled out when he purchased the gun, that he understood he was a habitual drug user. all these people around the time period are testifying to his drug use. the testimony was wrenching, messy. it calls up not only the sympathies of anyone who had a family member who struggled with addiction, but the messiness of family life. there is no situation messier for the bidens than the entanglement between hunter and his sister-in-law, hallie biden,