members of his family, including the first lady, in that courthouse. the prosecution aware of that during closing arguments, and what the prosecutor told the jury about the family sitting in those front rows. also breaking tonight, donald trump s interview with a new york probation officer. that interview required of all convicted felons. what that probation officer will now do with the judge set to sentence trump in weeks. the chilling new images here from inside the israeli operation to rescue four hostages in gaza. the moment soldiers find three of them. coming under fire while getting them out. israeli special forces posing as palestinian refugees. saying, we got the diamonds. when they found the hostages. you ll see these harrowing images from the inside. here in the u.s. at this hour, the severe weather threat and the record heat across multiple states. then all of this heading east. and florida bracing for potential flooding, up to 20 inches of rain. also, th
more thing is. greg: about a 12 to 1 ratio. i have done the math. [laughter] bret: all right have. a good night. good evening. i m bret baier. breaking we are covering three developing stories with major legal implications for former president donald trump and for the president s son hunter biden. house republicans have referred hunter and jim biden the president s brother to the justice department for lying to congress. in delaware, hunter biden s former wife details his rampant drug abuse and a major development in the legal issues tonight affecting former president trump a georgia appeals court has halted the election interference case against him. the matter is now on hold. while that court reviews a lower court judge s ruling allowing the wonderful fulton county district attorney to remain on the case. big development happening within the hour. correspondent steve harrigan has details live tonight from atlanta. good evening, steve. steve: good evening, bret. this i
hunter biden has been candid about his drug use and portions of his audio memoir have been used against him in court. crack takes you into the darkest recesses of your soul as well as the darkest corners of every community. prosecutors showed the gun hunter owned in 2018 for 11 days. the store employee who sold him the colt handgun said hunter came into the store, looking for a gun. bret, this contradicts what hunter biden s attorney abbe lowell told jurors earlier this week when he said hunter was at a nearby cell phone store in wilmington and casually walked into a gun store and sort of led to the gun counter and maybe felt a little pressure to buy a gun. this employee gordon cleveland also testified that he personally saw hunter biden check no in that box that said he was not addicted to or using illegal drugs at the time, which is really the heart of this entire case, bret. bret: david, what is the prosecution saying about how long they think their case is going to take?