case, is to call the defendant himself to testify. margaret: plus, hunter biden s daughter takes the stand. what she said that made her father emotional. the cbs evening news starts now. good evening, and thank you for being with us. i m margaret brennan in for norah o donnell. the prosecution rested in the federal gun trial of hunter biden. his eldest daughter took the stand today to testify in his defense. naomi biden told the jury about visiting her father while he was in rehab, just weeks before the gun purchase at the center of the case. she said, he seemed like the clearest i had seen him since my uncle died. and then, i told him i was so proud of him. an emotional moment that came after prosecutors wrapped their case with testimony from law enforcement officials, who spoke about drug residue and text messages between hunter biden and his alleged dealers. cbs s scott macfarlane was inside the courtroom and will start us off tonight. reporter: 30-year-old n
d-day, president biden delivered a message to the american people, don t let the authoritarians win. he did it with the memory of what those, quote, brave boys did on those cliffs 80 years ago. and what they did it for. does anyone doubt that they would want america to stand up against putin s aggression here in europe today? they stormed the beaches alongside their ally, does anyone believe these rangers would want america to go it alone today. they fought to vanquish a hateful ideology, in their 30s and 40s. does anyone doubt they wouldn t move heaven and earth to vanquish hateful ideologies of today. these rangers put mission and country above themselves. does anyone believe they would exact any lesson of every american today. these rangers remembered with reverence, those who gave their lives in battle. could they or anyone ever imagine that america would do the same, wouldn t do the same. delivered 3,000 miles away. it was a message for americans back at home. he sai
and say check i-phone. gaming yourselves with family and friends and how many friends your kids have. gillian: thanks for joining us today. have a great weekend. have a great weekend. bill: we start a new hour right now and start it live from the beaches of normandy, france. president biden arriving at pointe du hoc on the cliffs of normandy giving a speech. we ll share that with you. look at the stunning weather they have on france s northwest shore just really beautiful, beautiful time. welcome. brand-new hour begins here live in new york city. dana has the day off today. i m bill hemmer and our friend gillian is back with us today. gillian: will you keep me for the second hour? that s official. here we are. i m gillian turner. national security advisor says the president will make the case for democracy drawing a line that starts at world war ii and the cold war, nato and russia s current war with ukraine. bill: taking a page from ronald reagan in 1984 in the sam
poised to give a consequential speech on the world stage, returning to the beaches of normandy again this morning to deliver remarks on the threats against democracy and freedom at home and overseas. now, this speech coming just hours after president biden met with ukrainian president zelenskyy in paris announcing $225 million in new aid and apologizing for the political gridlock in washington that delayed that package. nbc s kelly o donnell is traveling with the president in france. also with us, david ignatius, foreign affairs columnist for the washington post, nbc news military analyst, retired colonel jack jacobs and presidential historian mark updegrove. it s great to have all of you with us. kelly, set the stage for us as we await the president. reporter: well, it is a spectacular setting. when you see how the white house has set up the president s lectern on the cliff. this is a cliff that 80 years ago american army rangers scaled that cliff using knives and pieces
aggression. does anyone doubt does anyone doubt that they would want america to stand up against putin s aggression here in europe today? they stormed the beaches alongside our allies. does anyone believe these rangers would want america to go it alone today? they fought to vanquish hateful ideology, the 30s and 40s. does anyone doubt they wouldn t move heaven and earth to vanquish hateful ideologies of today? these rangers put mission and country above themselves. does anyone believe they would exact any less from any american today? these rangers remember, with reverence, those who gave their lives in battle. could they or anyone ever imagine that america would do the same, wouldn t do the same? they believed america was a beacon to the world.