all right. we will continue to watch these pictures. top of the hour and right now hunter biden s legal team is making closing arguments in his criminal gun trial. hunter himself did not take the stand. he faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on all three counts. at this pace, because the prosecution has finished closing arguments and the defense has begun, the jury could get this case before leaving tonight. hour two of america reports. this case is moving at lightning speed. to be too good to be with you, i m sandra smith in new york. the prosecution gave closing arguments i made it clear to the jury that only one things mattered when deciding the fate of the president s son is evidence. the prosecution open with a bang and this is what they did. they pointed to where the first lady was sitting, where all of hunter biden s family was sitting to support him, and they said this. the people sitting in this gallery are not evidence. to be able to present to the jury
i don t care. president biden wraps up a visit to france honoring the world war ii veterans there, while donald trump campaigns in las vegas post conviction. we ll have more on that split screen from over the weekend. meanwhile, today, donald trump is reportedly set to have an interview with a probation officer. we ll explain what that means for the upcoming sentencing for his criminal conviction. plus, the dramatic rescue by israeli forces of four hostages from hamas captivity. we ll go over what we re learning about that operation. the emotional reunions that took place afterwards. and the potential impact on the remaining hostages and the overall war in gaza. some incredible scenes on both sides. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, june 10th. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us. and president emeritus of the council on for
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that s exactly what the biden campaign wants. they want the republicans to double down on the trump maga policies, getting rid of abortion, a federal ban, going after the wildly popular programs that are having a manufacturing boom in the midwest, where the governor is from, at the same it time focus on the economy, focus on the middle class, and so that contrast, maga republicans versus economic joe biden, is exactly the frame the democrats want tomorrow night in milwaukee. and to governor kasic, abortion such a big issue in wisconsin. they have now the supreme court as you know has won that seat so they have a democratic majority on the supreme court. they ve got this, you know, ban that s, you know, going to be on the ballot. what about the whole national issue of abortion? planned parenthood is airing ads
the desantis shuffling or firing and that s not the momentum any campaign wants. take us under the hood here. how worried are they they need to turn things around and do it quickly? i think they re extremely worried in the first place. it s really overconfidence you re hiring so much and spending so much money and now we re six months out from the first votes being cast in iowa, and they re doing this massive overhaul. we re talking about 40% of the campaign staff. you know, he s trying to do smaller events. he s trying to be a little bit more cordial with press and main stream press. those are big changes for a campaign that up until, you know, a couple months ago has been very florida-based. and there s so many worrying signs, right? big donors have already maxed out. they ve had trouble getting grass roots donations and the staff turnover we mentioned and seemingly a pretty big bet on iowa, which is state that s