and six women. including a man whose father died by gun violence and whose brother was sentenced to prison for drug crimes. a woman who grew up in a hunting family with guns, and whose best friend died from a drug overdose. and a man who has owned six guns in his life and told the judge, i believe the second amendment is very important. kwtsd earlier today, president biden released a statement standing by his only surviving son, saying in part i have boundless love for my son. in court, hunter biden has been an active participant, conferring frequently with his lawyers during jury selection. and he s been an attentive son, checking in on the first lady. at one point during a break, embracing her with visible emotion. opening statements in this case begin tomorrow morning. david? david: terry moran leadings off here tonight. terry, thank you. meanwhile, there is a developing headline tonight involving the u.s./mexico border. sources say president biden is preparing to take toug
indictment, the u.s. attorney in boston is now speaking out on behalf of the families of bulger s victims. she put out a statement standing in solidarity with them in light of the recent news, and also added this to the statement. she writes in the truest of ironies, bulger s family has experienced the excruciating pain and trauma their relative inflicted on far too many and the justice system is now coming to their aid. back to you. alexandra field, thanks so much. let s bring in john red shea, a former mobster in whitey bulger s gang and the author of the memoir rat bastards, the south boston irish mobster who took the rap when everyone else ran. john, so good to see you. you worked for bulger for years, even serving more than a decade in prison for your role in the winter hill gang in south boston. so your reaction when you found out that the men accused of killing your former boss had
whitey bulger, of course, the infamous mob boss led boston s winter hill gang in the 70s and 80s. he was on the run from authorities for nearly 16 years appearing on the fbi s most wanted list before he was captured in 2011 and sentenced to two life terms. in light of the federal indictment, the u.s. attorney in boston is now speaking out on behalf of the families of bulger s victims. she put out a statement standing in solidarity with them in light of the recent news and also added this to the statement, she writes, in the truest of ironies, bulger s family experienced the excruciating pain and trauma their relative inflicted on far too many and the justice system is now coming to their aid. back to you. from heart breaking to heartwarming, easton oliver son didn t let his recovery get in the way of cheering on his team for the their first game at the little league world series. that incredible story is up
of the tweet-induced controversy with china. the nba commissioner doing damage control in shanghai today. how are you doing, what is your feeling on this as of today how the nba has reacted? well, adam silver is in china doing damage control. he is walking a tight rope but that s because the nba has for a long time now taken certain marching orders from beijing and trying to please the chinese communist party. when you had daryl morey voice his support for the protests in hong kong and then the leadership of the nba come down on him, pressure him to issue an apology and delete thinks tweet, that shows you how far the nba will go under adam silver to please beijing. took him two days, silver, to issue a statement standing for free speech but that was after beijing had already canceled nba games on television networks. bill: he talked about
discussions between white house lawyers have been advising the administration to release the transcripts of president trump s july phone call with the ukrainian president since last week. on twitter today the president says he wants transparency that he is, quote, authorized the release tomorrow of the complete full and declassified and unredacted transcript of my phone conversation with president zelensky of ukraine. you will see it was a friendly and appropriate call. no pressure unlike joe biden and his son, no quid pro quo. also tonight a government spokesperson confirming that the nation s intelligence chief the acting director of national intelligence joe maguire will testify before the house intelligence committee thursday. within the last hour maguire issuing this statement standing by his actions. i want to make clear that i have upheld my responsibility to follow the law every step of the way, he wrote. as public serve vangts, the men and women of the intelligence community h