reports. hunter biden s federal gun trial racing toward its conclusion after we just learned he will not testify in his own defense. we re live at the courthouse in delaware where the jury could get this case today. plus, a crucial step in donald trump s path towards sentencing. the pre-sentencing probation interview set for today and what that will look like. tears of joy as four hostages freed from hamas after nearly 250 days are reunited with their loved ones. new details on the heavy price paid for achieving this rescue. good morning. it is 10:00 eastern. thanks so much for joining us. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news from a courthouse in delaware this morning where we just learned hunter biden will not take the stand in his own defense in his federal gun trial. so we could see this trial now reach its conclusion quite quickly with closing arguments likely beginning today, meaning the fate of the president s son could possibly be
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
know an explosive wrinkle today in the hunter biden capitol hill cider. biden s lawyers now say they re kai why it would comply with congressional subpoena if house republicans were to issue a new, proper one. hunter biden team says the first one was issued before the house voted to authorize an impeachment inquiry into the president. so, e letter was sent to house oversight and judiciary chairs, james comer and jim jordan. the house is expected to vote on 100 by the contempt resolution next week. joining me right now, nbc s julia jester on capitol hill. welcome, julia. , so does this mean hunter biden will testify in private, in front of the oversight committee? and why the change from his team? so, alex, that is the question.
the hunter biden team. also the white house, that you need to show that money went directly to the president. they may or may not have been able to show that. that s not the standard in bribely cases. courts have said repeatedly that money going to your family is considered bribery. if the pedalling is corrupt, it s a form of corruption that the united states combats. many deniers earlier that this was a massive influence pedalling scheme. so the question is could the president not have known about this particularly because articles were appearing in the press. if he did know about it, if he did know his family was cashing in on his position and access, then he was also corrupt. that is something that the house committees are looking into. neil: gentleman, for those of you just joining us here outside the los angeles federal
they say they are concerned that republicans would misconstrue what hunter biden has said behind closed doors. this has been on ongoing back and forth between comer and jordan. certainly something that the hunter biden team is pointing out here, ana, but a big escalation, a big step forward today with these contempt votes in the committees. and we ll see, again, if the house can pass that when it gets there. okay. so it goes through the committees first, and then it would go to the full house for a vote if it passes the committees, right? when would the full house take this up? and then what? do we expect it to actually be recommended that the doj press charges? reporter: well, that s the big question here, ana. it is not clear when the housey. james comer has said he hopes the whole house will report this matter out. this is going to go to the doj