portion of that money all when 8085920400. that s when 8085920400 under biden on trial, the president s son is in a delaware courtroom today for the start of jury selection in his federal gun trial. what we re learning is a number of potential jurors are dismissed from the panel. plus dr. anthony fauci back on capitol hill facing tough questions about the us covid response the question that had fauci overcome with emotion and put me in coach. we re going to talk to a golf fan who went from the crowd to catch patti at the canadian open. canadian open, we re falling these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to get a new central right now de want of jury selection in an hunter biden s federal gun case is moving pretty fast. it s potentially on pace to seat a full panel of jurors by the end of the day-to-day, the judge overseeing the case just indicated that opening statements are expected to begin tomorrow. the president s son has pleaded not gu
negotiations between israel and hamas and what we re hearing from the families of hostages about this potential deal. great to be with you. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. breaking news in wilmington, delaware, this morning where for the first time the son of a sitting president is standing trial not far from his father s election headquarters. hunter biden s federal gun case beginning this morning with jury selection. he faces three counts tied to possession of a gun while using narcotics. he has pleaded not guilty. this trial coming just days after another historic first, donald trump s guilty verdict on all 34 counts in his new york hush money case. nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian is outside the courthouse. nbc news white house correspondent monica alba and criminal defense attorney, danny cevallos. court has been in session for about an hour and a half. what can you tell us, ken, about what s happening so far?
diaz-balart. right now inside a delaware courtroom, jury selection is underway in the high stakes criminal trial of president biden s son hunter. hunter biden is facing three counts tied to allegations that he lied about his illegal drug use when he purchased a firearm back in 2018. he has pleaded not guilty. this case focuses on a time of personal turmoil for the president s only surviing son who has been open about his addiction to drugs and alcohol particularly in the wake of the death of his brother beau. it s another trial at the center of the political universe coming days after his father s opponent and presumptive republican nominee donald trump was found guilty in his first criminal trial. mike memoli is outside the courthouse for us. joining us dave aronberg, state attorney for palm beach county, florida, and michael zeldin, former special counsel to robert mueller. mike memoli, take us inside that courtroom. how is jury selection going so far? reporter: well, ana
the judge could decide to say, hey, house arrest, or even jail. i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers the other day on television saying, oh, no, don t do that you don t beg for anything, just the way it is. just the way it is, convicted felon donald trump talking about one possibility if he were to get jail time. we are joined now by former u.s. attorney for the southern district, david kelly. also, full disclosure, my former boss, and emily bazelon. david, we just watched how this news broke. unprecedented, a rarity, what s also been rare is that more people than usual have been challenging, at least in the republican party, honoring the verdict. you ve done this kind of work, is that unusual? does it matter that people in positions of leadership respect the outcome of juries? i think it s one of the
do you agree with that, that it would be difficult or nearly impossible for the law ft enforcement institutions to put him in actual jail? noheenforc, they would just pute in a double wide somewhere out near the fence, out in the grass, and he would eat there, e and shower there. he d exercise ther woue. he d be away, as daniel perry said, from general population. but it sut it vious yo obviousl. democrat bennie thompson just introduced legislation pre to strip presidents of secret service protectionecre if they re incarcerated. he wants trump shaved in the yardants. here s what the former president had to say about going to prisontsabledn. watch. the judge could decide to say, mr. tse arrest or even jail . how do you face that? because i m okay with it. i sai w one of my lawyersone of the other day on television saying, oh, no mer, you don t w to do that to the i said, don t, you know, beg for anything? you just the way it is that could happen. i don t know that the public w