being with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we are following breaking news this morning. charges have just been filed against hunter biden, the son of the sitting president has agreed to a plea deal for two tax misdemeanors and a separate gun possession charge that will likely be dismissed. we ll have more on the latest in just a moment, including new reaction from the white house. plus, more breaking news, save the date for the start of donald trump s federal trial. august 14th, this year, as in less than a couple of months from now for that classified documents trial to start. also ahead, the race against time to find a submersible lost in the middle of the atlantic ocean. five people set out to the wreckage of the titanic deep underwater, but according to the coast guard, there is only enough oxygen in the vehicle to last to until thursday. what we know about who is on board and the search efforts currently under way. we begin with
situation? yes, so, it is smaller, it doesn t have main propulsion, so it can t drive itself from out to the titanic site. it needs a mothership to tow it out there. it has little propellers and it can drive itself down and maneuver itself around the wreck. now, it should have the they should have the ability to communicate if they re not incapacitated. submarines sometimes carry pingers, electronic pingers, sometimes an underwater telephone and last result you take a wrench and bang against something metal and that rhythmic banging, boom, boom, boom, you do that every 15 minutes, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. that would be detected by the sonar buoys and we could triangulate the position. i hope that s happening right now. thank you so much for offering your expertise. i know you stayed late in order to have this segment with us, captain. it was great to have you here. thank you. thank you. up next on ana cabrera