ainsley: it s 7:00 a.m. here on the east coast. is that right? steve: it s 72 degrees. brian: already have a fact-check? ainsley: june 19th. and this is fox & friends. president biden offering on dolences but no real solutions after illegal immigrant is arrested for the murder of a maryland mother of five. we will ask maryland s governor wes moore is that response is enough. steve: plus, the veepstakes are heating up as contenders hit the ground running for donald trump. but former kamala harris aides say one in particular keeps them up at night. i think j.d. vance would be pose the greatest threat to kamala harris in some respects. is he super smart, is he sharp. and quick-whited. lawrence: wow. and justin timberlake probably crying himself a river this morning arrested for another dwi despite claiming he had one martini. steve: that s all it takes. brian: second hour of fox & friends starts right now. remember, mornings are better with friends. get
temperatures 90 degrees or above. while in california nearly a dozen wildfires burning. homes under threat. the new tropical system we re tracking. al roker has it all. also tonight, new details in the apparent random shooting at a michigan splash park. nine wounded including an 8-year-old boy. the news on his condition. just ten days to the first debate. the biden campaign launching a new ad blitz labeling donald trump a convicted criminal. while at mar-a-lago mr. trump taking a meeting with speaker mike johnson. prime minister netanyahu disbanding israel s war cabinet. and after that raid to rescue hostages hamas was holding in a our neporting camp the deadly toll it took on the camp s children. the u.s. surgeon general s call to action. should social media come with warning labels for children like tobacco? and countdown to paris. superstar katie ledecky and the top competitors swimming for a spot on team usa. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester h
all right. we will continue to watch these pictures. top of the hour and right now hunter biden s legal team is making closing arguments in his criminal gun trial. hunter himself did not take the stand. he faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on all three counts. at this pace, because the prosecution has finished closing arguments and the defense has begun, the jury could get this case before leaving tonight. hour two of america reports. this case is moving at lightning speed. to be too good to be with you, i m sandra smith in new york. the prosecution gave closing arguments i made it clear to the jury that only one things mattered when deciding the fate of the president s son is evidence. the prosecution open with a bang and this is what they did. they pointed to where the first lady was sitting, where all of hunter biden s family was sitting to support him, and they said this. the people sitting in this gallery are not evidence. to be able to present to the jury
harris: we have breaking news inside a federal courthouse in delaware. the prosecution now has rested its case and we re told both the defense attorneys and the prosecution attorneys are in a side bar right now with the judge. we can confirm president biden s son, hunter biden, will not take the stand in his own defense for gun felonies he is accused of. the defense and prosecution again have rested. that means the case could be in the jury s hands as soon as today. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. hunter biden arrived just ahead of today s 8:15 a.m. start. the usual family entourage including jill biden and james and valerie were there. in the first five days of the trial witness testimony came from hunter s ex-wife, two of his ex-girlfriends, one of whom is also his brother s widow and his grown daughter, naomi. they deeply, deeply detailed personal and emotional, they dove deep into the first son s drug use and abuse. hunter biden as you know is a
not the most qualified person for the job. you get the person that they want to look like they should have the job, which is also, by the way how kamala harris got the vice presidential role for joe biden. it wasn t about her own talents but her race and gender. martha: he said he would narrow the category before he made his pick. he said only a woman could get the job. martha: just doing that, you re cutting out half of the population. it is so interesting the point about meritocracy that exist in sports. professional sports are essentially running a business. and if they don t win, they will not succeed, and they will not continue to have huge ticket sales because people want to see teams that can win peer that is why the composition of that basketball team you describe the u.s. olympic team is as it is. because they picked them because they are the best. and if we go back to that way of choosing people, whether it is in companies or elsewhere i