await a verdict in a federal case alleging president biden s son lied about his drug use when he bought a handgun in 2018. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. that hour went by quick. bill: it sure did. good morning, dana. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. hunter biden is no longer in court. he will have to be there for a verdict. prosecutors say hunter biden knew he was addicted to drugs and the evidence shows that. the defense suggesting to the jury the evidence is circumstantial insisting the government has failed to prove its case against hunter biden beyond a reasonable doubt. dana: judge jeanine pirro joins us in a moment. first rich edson is live at the courthouse in wilmington. we re deliberating now? they are, dana. they started at 9:06 this morning when the judge called them back into the courtroom. she talked to them and asked them whether they had any conversations or read anything about the case overnight. they indicated the
conviction. the cbs evening news starts now. norah: tonight, the president changing his schedule before heading overseas and going to delaware to see hunter biden just hours after his son is convicted. good evening. i m norah o donnell. thank you for being with us. that moment of embraced captured on camera on the national guard airport now named after the president s late son, beau, who died of cancer in 2015. this child publicly aired some of the first family s most moments, with just five months until the presidential election. the president says he will not pardon his son, as hunter faces up to 25 years in prison. and it all started with this: x on a federal firearms application 2018. an unlawful user of or addicted to illegal drugs. the jury decided that was a lie. cbs s weijia jiang is in wilmington and she is going to start us off tonight. reporter: hunter biden left court today holding hands with his wife in the first lady, dr. jill biden, just after hearing
good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart, and we begin this busy hour with hunter biden s felony gun trial. the defense rested without calling hunter biden to the stand. moments ago the prosecution called an fbi agent back to the stand for a rebuttal. joining us now, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian outside the courthouse. also with us, david henderson, a civil rights attorney and former prosecutor. ken, what s the latest from the courtroom, and what can we be expecting today? reporter: good morning, jose. the prosecution has now rested, but not before that fbi agent provided devastating testimony about evidence of hunter biden s drug use the day before and the day after he purchased that handgun on october 12th, 2018. some of this evidence had already been in, but then there was some new evidence where she talked about geo locating his phone to a 7-eleven in wilmington, delaware, and also introduced eviden
welcome to prime weekend. i m nicole wallace and let s get right to the week s top stories. threats and intimidation leading to doxxing and s.w.a.t.ing apparently. not enough to satiate donald trump and his maga accolytes. of course that was for concealing hush money payments to a porn star and it was meant to hide that information from the american voter ahead of the 2016. now trump allies are propertying their revenge and their retaliation against the people who have had the audacity to hold the ex- president accountable. of course all this happens at the expense of the rule of law. basic decency and our very democracy. new york times out today with quote, within hours of a jury finding trump guilty last week, the anger congealed into calls for action. since then prominent gop leaders and out of government have demanded that elected republicans use every available instrument of power against democrats. including targeted investigations and prosecutions. here s how trump
of serious questions regarding a collective failure to end the war to bring all the hostages home and to stop the indiscriminate large-scale killing of palestinians. on saturday over 200 palestinians were killed in israeli airstrikes in a refugee camp in central gaza according to the government media office marking one of the bloodiest single days we have witnessed in eight months of war. videos of the aftermath of the assault show streets littered with debris and dead bodies, many missing limbs, women and children can be seen among the dead. some images to disturbing we can t show you on- bscreen. ad one witnessed described the scene by saying it was like a horror movie but this was a real massacre. while bombs raised down forces were in the same neighborhood wrestling for hostages held since october. all are said to be in good medical condition and have been reunited with their families, their release and enjoyed to israelis. after the strike, the united nations special rep