parents appreciated we have much more news and newark new central starts right now. lay about to start part laying out its case against hunter biden in federal court this morning. opening statements are about to start, any expect called to the stand including three romantic and i will not be intimidated. that s part of the message that attorney general merrick garland is about to send a republican lawmakers the ag fighting back in a new way today against the continued attacks against him. and attacks is department is out to get donald trump and the perfect example of why bring your kid to work day is a risky endeavour. dad says, smile for the cameras and the child hits it out of the park. i m kate bolduan with john bourbon, sarah sliders out today. this is cnn news central very shortly hunter biden will arrive at a delaware courthouse for opening statements in his federal gun trial. there are new details this morning about how prosecutors plan to use very personal testimo
Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Howard fineman, an nbc news analyst who spent his tuesday in judge ellis courtroom marveling at Paul Manaforts wardrobe. Anyway, mimi, let me start with you. Define Obstruction Of Justice and is it something that has to be done in secret for it to be a crime . Sure, chuck. I want to answer the second part first. It does not have to be done in secret. The definition of Obstruction Of Justice, there are different prongs of it, depending on whether youre trying to interfere with witnesses or tamper with evidence. Its basically trying to impede an investigation corruptly, with corrupt intent, which simply could mean youre trying to stop an investigation because you dont like that that investigation is zeroing in on you or your close friends, so it cant be it has to be for a bad purpose and those would be bad purposes. And thats why this tweet right now looks so incriminating because whats happening you believe its very
customs and border protection in april, that number was about 128,000. i talked to a source yesterday it says that the number has dropped even more last month. and so it s curious and some of the people that i ve talked to here and the rio grande valley point to just that to say that this move is political by the biden administration. now, we know very little about this executive order, but what would we do know is that it s expected do we reminiscent of a trump era or rule that using an authority known as 212 f, that clamped on illegal immigration. now, that particular measure from back in 2018 was shut down in the courts the challenge was led by the aclu. i talked to the lead attorney who led that challenge. and here s what he said about the biden administration. now, trying to do something similar to listen we do think that a policy that shuts down asylum would be an extreme overreach. we understand that people want the border process to be streamlined and were in favor that as well
that they ve had inside and outside the courtroom, and to use that in making a determination what is an appropriate sentence here? so when the judge will look at a pre-sentence report or probation report, we use those terms interchangeably. if a defendant doesn t cooperate, that is something i would consider i told you to go to probation. that s a requirement you didn t you didn t follow that rule. i m going to hold that against you the other thing that i ve heard mentioned by todd blanche s lead attorney is his age. he is 77-years-old. trump talked about that today, and we re saying, well, no, one ever pitied him for his a geneva saying, maybe that s a good thing. but but that is a factor typically that goes into sentencing and just todd blanche, we talked about this last night. i want you to listen to what he had to say about it somebody like. president trump should never, never face a jail sentence based on this conduct and it would just confirm what we ve been saying all al