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?
lady walk in. we have a statement from the president where he says he s not going to comment on a federal case, but he supports his son as a loving father. i understand, again, jill biden is there, so he s surrounded by support. danny, all 250 potential jurors have been summoned, again, 50 at a time. they re going to be asked 47 different questions. here is a few examples. do your views regarding the 2024 election or of any of the candidates for president in any way prevent you from being a fair and i m partial juror in this case? do you believe robert hunter biden is being prosecuted in this case because his father is the president of the united states and a candidate for president? do you disagree that the law should apply equally to all including the son of the president? are these the right questions, and how challenging could it be to pick a jury for a trial involving the president s son? about as challenging as it
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was so put to aggravation by mr. trump during the trial is going to influence him. i think he s going to look at the objective criteria that he has to weigh and make a very fair and sound decision. thank you all so much for the conversation. happening right now on capitol hill, dr. anthony fauci, former chief medical advisor to the president and former director of the institute of allergy and infectious diseases is testifying about the country s response to the coronavirus pandemic. this is fauci s first time testifying since his retirement. nbc s ali vitali joins us now on the hill. why are they holding this hearing with dr. fauci now? and what have we heard so far? reporter: ana, this is a subcommittee focused on the coronavirus pandemic, both the one we saw in 2020 and also an avoiding whatever kind of pandemic could come next. so far we ve seen the two ranking members of this committee, both doctors themselves, start their opening statements. we ve yet to actually hear from
scheduled day, july 11th, that s just the beginning of the clock running for when he has 30 days to appeal, several months before he has to perfect that, submit briefs in support of his appeal, answering briefs, the court would have an argument and a decision. that s going to be after the election. he has the benefit of time right now and that s working in his fave record. what do you see, ana, as the factors the judge might consider when it comes to sentencing? the judge is going to consider sort of two categories. the first is the offense, the nature of the offense, the facts that the judge himself witnessed during the trial, and then the second is who the defendant is, and that s a big, big, big bucket. so everything about trump, the court is going to be able to consider. that s things as simple as his prior criminal history, which we know there is none. but all sort of other things, his support, the fact that he was the president, the fact that he s running for president again.