his day job, as hunter biden awaits his sentencing. and another trial in a separate case. plus, house republicans barrelling toward a vote to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress, do they have the votes? then the secretary of state in the middle east, what he just revealed about the new demands from hamas. and a high speed bus hijacking during atlanta s rush hour, the wild scene caught on camera. good morning, thank you so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with an unprecedented moment for a sitting president responding to the guilty verdict of his child. president biden making a last-minute trip to wilmington, delaware, last night to support his son hunter before traveling overseas this morning on another high stakes diplomatic visit. the president says he will respect the legal process, as hunter biden now braces for his sentence in this case and prepares to return to court on
we are also waiting comment from the white house, karine jean-pierre will be briefing for the first time since hunter biden s criminal gun trial began. hello and welcome everyone i m sandra smith, john, great to be with you. john: i am john roberts in washington this is america reports. at the washington hilton this hour to remark on gun violence. its juxtaposition were his own son has now been conducted on felony charges for owning a gun while on drugs. we have an all-star lineup to discuss everything coming out of the courtroom. sandra: but we are starting with david outside of the federal courthouse in wilmington, delaware. david, i want to make sure we tell our viewers off the top of our own jake gibson just sat down with juror number ten. we are turning the interview in its entirety, we will play that out for our viewers we are told is about 14 or 15 minutes long. remember, david, this is a man who recalled briefly chatting with someone, likely his brother about th
headquarters in new york city. 2:56. that s the length of the deliberation by hunter biden s jury to convict him on all three felony counts, tied to lying on a federal form about his drug use in order to get a gun. any moment now, special counsel david weiss will speak about the verdict and we will have that for you live. now, the question facing the president s son, the same one facing joe biden s political opponent, donald trump. will he be sentenced to time behind bars? and the other big question what will president biden say about all of this? although he released a written statement saying he accepts the outcome of the case, the president will have his first chance to respond on camera later this hour, when he talks about gun safety in washington, d.c. big picture, this has been a trial defined not just by the law but by what it says about the criminal justice system and what it says about the biden family and close friends. as many as 15 supporters showing up on any g
it s noon eastern. i m ana cabrera in for andrea mitchell. breaking news from the hunter biden trial. the jury in the hunter biden felony gun trial has reached a guilty verdict on all three counts after nearly three hours of deliberations. this is the first trial of a child of a sitting president in u.s. history. president biden s son now facing potential jail time. he has no prior criminal history. he did not commit a crime with a gun, which prosecutors say he purchased illegally when he allegedly lied about not being an addict. notably, four members of the jury have close friends or family who have struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. again, unanimous guilty verdict. joining us now, nbc justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. we just got a statement from president biden. fill us in. reporter: that s right. president biden has reiterated some of what he said during the trial. i want to read the statement. as i said last week, i am the president, but also
deliberations could start at any minute with hunter biden s fate in the jury s hands? we re live outside the courtroom. a big meeting today for former president trump ahead of his sentencing and his hush money felony conviction, trump will meet with save probation official free pre-sentencing interview, and it could be the next big thing for apple, the company just announced new artificial intelligence feature there s for the iphone we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central we begin this hour with breaking news right now, prosecutors in a hunter biden trial our giving their rebuttal after defense attorneys wrapped up their closing arguments moments ago, biden s team is trying to prevent the president s son from becoming a convicted felon. and keep him out of jail. the defense telling jurors at the prosecution s case is built on suspicion and conjecture, and they accused prosecutors of taking biden s words out