negotiations between israel and hamas and what we re hearing from the families of hostages about this potential deal. great to be with you. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. breaking news in wilmington, delaware, this morning where for the first time the son of a sitting president is standing trial not far from his father s election headquarters. hunter biden s federal gun case beginning this morning with jury selection. he faces three counts tied to possession of a gun while using narcotics. he has pleaded not guilty. this trial coming just days after another historic first, donald trump s guilty verdict on all 34 counts in his new york hush money case. nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian is outside the courthouse. nbc news white house correspondent monica alba and criminal defense attorney, danny cevallos. court has been in session for about an hour and a half. what can you tell us, ken, about what s happening so far?
scheduled day, july 11th, that s just the beginning of the clock running for when he has 30 days to appeal, several months before he has to perfect that, submit briefs in support of his appeal, answering briefs, the court would have an argument and a decision. that s going to be after the election. he has the benefit of time right now and that s working in his fave record. what do you see, ana, as the factors the judge might consider when it comes to sentencing? the judge is going to consider sort of two categories. the first is the offense, the nature of the offense, the facts that the judge himself witnessed during the trial, and then the second is who the defendant is, and that s a big, big, big bucket. so everything about trump, the court is going to be able to consider. that s things as simple as his prior criminal history, which we know there is none. but all sort of other things, his support, the fact that he was the president, the fact that he s running for president again.