i m john roberts in for bret baier tonight. a tough examination for dr. anthony fauci as he defends his actions during the coronavirus pandemic. we may be just hours away from an executive order from president biden on immigration. as an illegal migrant is arrested for allegedly shooting two new york city police officers. and what it takes to get american hostages back home. we hear from someone who has done just that. but, first, breaking tonight, just days after the conclusion of the first ever criminal trial against a former president, a similarly historic proceeding begins against the son of a sitting president. jury selection has been completed in the felony gun charge trial for hunter biden. correspondent david spunt is in wilmington, delaware tonight where he kicks off our conch. hello, david. david: john, good evening to you. it took all day but the judge, the special counsel and the defense were able to turn 250 prospective jurors into 12 jurors plus four alterna
and to me, you know, this is, again, a function of our polarized and i think often distonguesal politics. clearly he was dealing with a situation the country was going into a pandemic. people want to blame him and make this a partisan issue. but, you remember, the president was a republican. donald trump. he was fauci s boss. so, to me cdc recommended the 6-foot distancing issue. the next time the local health officials have to have a better relationship with the federal health officials in terms of getting information so there can be a more coordinated response. but, to me, the big thing was saying what are you talking about with regard to people changing their opinions about where this virus came from and it was the basis of bribes on the basis of federal grants? he said that was preposterous. he went from saying i am the science and saying that nobody could question him to now saying it wasn t his fault. and if that john. juan: his actions were based