criminal. he s only out of prison because his dad is joe biden, they would say. where s hunter, where is hunter? i went to one of them. we have to have where is hunter, as a witness. what do you mean where s hunter, i have made his first name where s hunter. today hunter biden is awaiting a meeting with a probation officer after yesterday s felony conviction on gun charges. while the headline might sound like music to republican ears, his conviction is undercutting their 2024 campaign pitch, that the whole justice system, the doj is owned and operated by president biden himself. from the new york times, quote, many trump allies had been secretly rooting for an acquittal, talking points wrote themselves, it would have been yet more evidence that the united states justice system was rigged in favor of the bidens and against the trumps. tuesday s guilty verdict was inconvenient to that narrative. the inconvenience of the conviction punctures more than campaign talking poin
questions from a probation officer, paving the way for his july sentencing. everything about it, from the timing to the topics may be standard for a convicted felon but is unlike anything trump has ever faced. so how will he handle it? how could what happens today move the needle for judge juan merchan as he makes the decision on whether trump will actually serve time? closing arguments under way right now in hunter biden s trial. it is getting interesting. potentially paving the way for jury deliberations later today. could today also be verdict day for the first child of a sitting president tried on felony charges. secretary of state antony blinken pointing the finger squarely at hamas insisting they are the only ones standings in the way of a peace plan that could bring the israeli hostages home and end the war in gaza for good. how can he say that when it s still not clear if prime minister benjamin netanyahu is actually on board? so a very busy monday. we start wit
we ll have a live report from wilmington in moments. also former president donald trump sits for a virtual probation hearing following his felony conviction in new york. just a day after telling a rally that he supports violent criminal offenders from january 6. there has never been people treated more horrifically than j-6 hostages. those j-6 warriors, they were warriors but they were more than anything else, they re victims of what happened. and a return of four israeli hostages held for eight months by hamas. a key ally in netanyahu s war cabinet resigns. what benny gantz said about the primary s execution of war as the u.s. considers unilateral talks with hamas to bring american hostages home. something andrea asked secretary blinken about today. my top priority always is to bring americans home, the most effective way to do that, to achieve them is through the proposal on the table. so, let s see if we get an answer from hamas. good to be with you. i m kat
wave. but that isn t stopping donald trump from making his play for latino voters in two swing states in the sunbelt, as the 2024 race heats up and a day after extreme temperatures at an arizona rally, gave his supporters literal sunstroke trump was just on stage in las vegas, using hot, overheated rhetoric to paint himself as a victim, as he preps for his first video meeting from new york probation officer tomorrow, following his felony convictions. but the critical issues in arizona on topics like immigration and abortion and its on actual policy that trumps campaign rhetoric has been lacking this weekend. on the other hand, president biden is flying back from france after using his pulpit to take action on our southern border, and the biden campaign starts the week hoping to cease on shifts in his favor on polls conducted after trumps 34 felony convictions. he now is minute berrigan. democrat from california, and chair of the congressional hispanic caucus. congresswoman, t
new york. welcome in to alex witt we reports . we begin at the top of the order following three breaking stories. an nbc exclusive that donald trump will be interviewed by a probation officer tomorrow. we have more on that in a moment. new details on israel hostage rescue on saturday. and then this just in. an benny gantz and his party resigning from the israeli war cabinet, a huge development. we have more on that in a moment. meanwhile, gaza s ministry of health says more than 270 sa palestinians were killed yesterday, 700 injured. israelis officials are disputing this number. new reaction to the number of on palestinians killed. civilians were killed. that is tragic. it is heartbreaking. i said before that the palestinian people are going through hell in this war. they are caught in the crossfire. hamas hides among civilian infrastructure, they ghhide underground.tu it puts the palestinian people t in harm s way. pe when we snatched the hostages, when we extracted