again, this is over ten years ago. just look at a little bit of what happened to her during and that session this is the place where we do the study. >> this is where we meet with people and then this is where we do the mdma sessions intense psychotherapy including eight hour sessions after taking a capsule of mdma i've ecstasy. i listen closely on this tape. you can hear rachel along with dr. missile keep driving i've felt as if my whole brain was powered up like a christmas tree all the ones we've look at, you know, there's gonna be a lot of focus on this again, she essentially was describing a reset of her brain and within weeks, 90% of her symptoms which had been with her whole life, adult life when away. and that's what the advisory committee meeting is going to be talking about today. kate i mean, huge potential, especially as you well point out, it's been 25 years since there's been a new new medical treatment out for pts, it's really amazing. sandi, it's great to see you. thank you so much. and then a new our i've seen a new central starts now laying out their case. opening statements are about to begin in the federal gun trial of hunter biden and new details on how prosecutors plan to use very personal testimony to make their case to the jury and do this morning, president biden, telling time magazine in a new interview, he is uncertain whether israel has committed war crimes in gaza and mirrored garland fighting back his message to republican lawmakers. this morning, i will not be intimidated. >> the hearing that's about to get underway, i'm katie balden with john berman, sara sidner is out today. >> this is cnn news central alright juliet, any moment now, opening statements will begin at hunter biden's federal gun trial. the 54-year-old arrived at the courthouse just a few minutes ago prosecutors will begin laying out their case this morning. we do know so the special counsel will call about a dozen witnesses to the stand in a new court filing. we learned that three of those witnesses are hunter biden's former romantic partners, cnn's paula reid. outside the court this morning. follow what are you expecting to see well, down just a few moments ago, the first lady, jill biden, arrives here at court. >> that is especially notable because she is scheduled to head to france with her husband this evening, but she's still here today to show support for her stepson as this trial gets underway, notice short time. we expect to your opening statements from defense attorneys prosecutors. this is their opportunity to lay out their theory of this case before the jury. let's talk a little bit about this jury is really interesting yesterday, the jury selection process and many ways, it was a reminder finder of america's a drug addiction epidemic, because the vast majority of potential jurors said that yes, they had some experience with drug addiction when it came to a loved one or even themselves. now the eventual jury is comprised of six men, six women. the majority of this jury is black, are several gun owners on the jury, including one juror who says, even if you've smoked marijuana, you still you have the right to own a firearm and several of the jurors who said that they have experienced with loved ones and drug addiction also made it on the jury. so today though, you're opening statements and then once those wrap up, the first witness we expect to hear from is an fbi agent who worked on this case. now this is one of several federal agents who will likely testify during this case in addition to some of hunters romantic partners. so this case is expected to last anywhere from three to four days to two weeks. unclear how this is going to turn out that this jury, several sources close to 100 providing say they believe it's favorable for them, but we'll see john good to have you there. paula reid, keep us posted. thank you very much. >> and joining us right now to talk about where things are headed today. cnn legal analyst and criminal defense pence, attorney joey jackson, and also criminal defense attorney bill brennan. thanks for being here, guys. joy, what are you expecting from openings or what needs to happen in openings? >> yeah. kate, good morning to you when william lesson the bottom line is that it's about the battle of narratives. if you're the prosecutor, it's pretty straightforward. there are laws and those laws need to be applied to all. and if you're addicted, you you cannot indicate on a form that you're not a purchase a weapon that would be called a lie. so to be an illegal possession of that firearm makes you guilty. if you are on the flip side, the defense, this is about the demineralization of an addict. this is about stamping on someone where they're down. this is about shaming someone and you million and we should be here. the reality is, is that you're going to learn a number of things. did he formed that is hunter biden, the mental states such that he would intentionally do this. are those forms even reliable? can you put your trust in them? and at the end of the day, i think you'll find that we are society that should be uplifting attics, not attempting for people who don't believe that they're addicts at the time to criminalize them. he's not guilty at all. it'll be the battle of the narratives, kate and the courtroom today off right where joy left off. bill, we as paul was laying out, six men, six women on this jury, many of them who saying they have had experienced in their lives connection with addiction, which let's be honest, is representative of society today there's not one family really hasn't been touched by addiction. one of the jurors includes a woman who said that she has las many friends to drug addiction. how does that impact the approach here? >> well, good morning. good morning, joey. i think it impacts the approach in favor of the defense. i pick juries regularly when there's a drug issue or drug overreach, you're over a lay to the case. i find jurors to be very authentic. as you said, kate, i can't think of a family my own included that hasn't had if not directly peripherally, at least some involvement or some experience with someone drug addict as joey said, in his defense narrative we're not here to demonize. we're here to uplift i think that there's a legitimate chance of jury nullification here because people are going to be empathetic to this situation. and i think of the defense hits hard that what was his state of mind when he filled the format as joey said, these forms are unreliable. did he check the box? did somebody else check the box? there's a lot to work with for the defense and joy we touched on this yesterday, but the fact that the judge told the defense him they can't call an expert witness that would get at that question of the fact that their approach was hundred biden did not think he was an addict at the time of filling out the form with regard to that question? >> they cannot call that witness if that's now the reality that they're facing to the defensive need to shift strategy is very quickly or yes. >> so what happens, kate is not really, i'll tell you why. now i think that certainly they should have been permitted to call an expert to give a deeper dive with respect to addiction. what is the impacts? what does it do? how does a person feel? how does a person react? they can't do that. so what do you do? you readjust and i think with regard to jury selection, that was the readjustment. you have jurors who are very empathetic, who have two bills indication experiences with this addiction. and as a result of that, they know the face of it. they've been involved in it. and i think they could be under standing and they could be empathetic to that. and that could carry the day for the defense with regard to a narrative of shame and humiliation and the fact that we should be here in the first instance, and we've also learned from filings, bill new details about the prosecution's the prosecution's case that they're gonna be building in this filing overnight. they released they've with it was text messages and photos that they plan to show to the jury and also a plan they expect to call three of hunter biden's former romantic partners what do you make of this? >> well this case, if it's looked at clinically, if this jury just goes in there and robotically looks at the evidence, there's a form. the form is checked. he presumably checked it. he had a drug issues and he'll be found guilty, but i don't think jurors do that. jurors are you? human they don't leave their humanity or common sense at the door and they're going to hear from people involved with the defendant former romantic partners. i believe one witness is the former wife of his late brother, which with whom he had a relationship within. this is going to be compelling and powerful testimony because these witnesses called by the prosecution? i'm sure have love and affection for the defendants, so this will be palpable and this will come through to that jury and the more humanity that the defense can spread into that jury box and better chance. there will be a hung jury or an acquittal with that in mind it's rare a defense attorney would recommend a defendant take the stand, but to talk about the humanity of it. do you think it could be a good strategy to bring hunter biden? so it's it's always kate a game time decision. >> you see how the case is playing out. you get the nation during tenor of what's around you. i'm always reluctant to have a defendant testify at brings up a pandora's box. your case can be going very well with regard to reasonable doubt with respect to the form and its authenticity or lack thereof, with regard to the jury buying the notion that he wasn't addicted at the time, he was really struggling and trying to overcome. and so what opens up a big problem in the event he testifies? and let's not forget case. kate, that we are in delaware and you have a largely african 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statement means and what it does is he creating a new riff with ally israel? >> well that's a big question, kate and president biden did not rule out the possibility that israel has committed war crimes as is conducted its campaign to root out hamas in gaza. this is significant if again, at a time with the administration has increasingly expressed frustration with the way that israel has conducted its war. but at the same time, the president in this time magazine interview also pushed back on the international criminal court, whose prosecutor has said he is seeking arrest warrants of top israeli officials let's including israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity. now i want to read you a bit of what president biden said in this interview when he was asked point-blank whether he believes israel has committed war crimes, the president said, quote, the answer is, it's uncertain and has been investigated by the he israelis themselves, the icc is 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will be meeting with the families of the american hostages still being held in gaza. but this all comes as president biden is urging israel, urging netanyahu to put an end to this war. he says that hamas, their capabilities to conduct another large scale october 7 style attack have largely been degraded because of israel's efforts. and so he's encouraged and pushed the israelis to work towards some type of deal to secure the end of this war and also secure the release of hostages. of course, the white house has said that they are waiting for hamas to respond to that proposal. >> and really quickly that's deaths president biden speaking about israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and more, we also is taking a donald trump in a whole new way when he was at a fundraiser last night yeah. >> president biden is really escalating his rhetoric against former president donald trump specifically when it relates to the legal cases that he is facing, the white house or the campaign, i should say. and president biden have really been hesitant in recent then months to weigh in specifically on the legal cases. they don't want to give any perception of political interference, but in a off-camera fundraiser last night in greenwich, connecticut, the president specifically referred to donald trump for the very first time as a convicted felon, he warned the trump is trying to wage a full-out assault on the american justice system as you have heard, the former president called the election, this court proceeding, the verdict rigged. now it all comes as the president is preparing to face off against trump in that first debate. in the coming weeks. and another thing that biden said in this closed-door can raise or off-camera fundraiser, i should say, he tried to warn that a second trump term would be more dangerous than the first he said, quote something snapped in him when he lost in 2020. he can't accept he lost and it is literally driving him crazy throughout this campaign, trump 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