to washington. i m rich edson in for bred baier. the defense is presenting its case in hunter biden s felony gun charges trial. the prosecution rested this morning. the big question this evening will the defendant take the stand when court resumes on monday. there is a new development in the criminal case against former president trump it. resulted in his conviction last week of 34 felony counts. it involves a social media post that may have foreshadowed that outcome. correspondent david spunt is in wilmington, delaware tonight with the details. hello, david. david: rich, good evening. this is an interesting development. the verdict in donald trump s manhattan case came out on may 30th, a day before may 29th, the judge announced today to both parties that someone posted on social media they are a cousin of one of the jurors and they said the juror told them that donald trump would be convicted. essentially foreshadowing that conviction a day later on may 30th. fox news reac
comfort to many americans who are still paying more than they were pre-pandemic for everything from food to shelter, the cost of borrowing money is still much higher. the federal reserve has insisted it will not cut interest rates until it sees the sustained drop anyoneflation. chairman powell, rich, as you know has repeatedly said he will wait until inflation comes back to the target rate of 2%. odds of a ratings cut intlor. now for december 50%. rich: potential for rate cut. people waiting for rate cut that, translates directly to purchasing a home and borrowing money. purchasing a car and borrowing money. when can those folks get some relief? those folks will get some relief when, at least if you believe the federal reserve, inflation comes all the way down to 2%. but there has been a warning, rich, that if you wait until then, you re behind the curve. and the fed doesn t want to be behind the curve. there is still a shot we could see at least a quarter of a percent ghut interes
can do. we have to see them in action. thieves already know they are on surveillance cameras when walking in a store. it didn t, however, stop this woman, boutique manager amber jolly said one answer is jail. one problem in california the police say she didn t steal $950 needed for prosecution. as the law goes right now, there s nothing really that they can do because of the 950. tj says body cameras worn by loss prevention associates. no one wants to be followed by a guy with the camera. the company says they actually de-escalate confrontations. rich? rich: william la jeunesse in los angeles. thank you. bret baier looks at efforts americans detained in russia. it s tonight s whatever happened to segment. first, what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 2 in san francisco as the food and drug rescinds giulianiw
plus, 150 million from organizations backing the former president. and as the campaign looks toward the g.o.p. convention in july, sean hannity asked trump if is he close to picking a running mate. yeah. i think i will afound who that person is going to be during the convention. i think that s pretty normal during the convention. it will be an interesting period of time. back to those fundraising numbers. the biden campaign has not yet released its haul for may. rich? rich rich alicia acuna in phoenix. alicia, thank you. rich: america s employers added 272,000 jobs in may that is up from april and a sign that companies are still competent enough in the economy to keep hiring. despite persist tently high interest rates. stocks were down. the dow lost 87. s&p 500 was off 6. nasdaq dropped 40. for the week the dow was up a third of a percentage point. s&p gained one and a third and
defendant to the stand on monday. in testimony earlier today, lowell tried to poke holes in the authenticity of that firearms transaction record pressing gun store employees over whether there were two different versions of the form and if it was filled out properly. lowell painted a picture of sloppy paperwork by store staff. i mentioned the first lady in the courtroom. she was in the courtroom monday, tuesday, and wednesday. thursday she was in france for d-day commemoration event. she flew back to wilmington. she was in the courtroom today. she is actually flying back to france later to be at a state dinner in france tomorrow only to come back to the united states on sunday here in wilmington with the president. we have asked the white house a little bit more about these trips, who is paying for them to try to find out a little bit more details. no answer yet from the white house on that. but, rich, big news if hunter biden does take the stand on monday. if he doesn t, it s possib