to put the president's son on the stand. we're live outside court with the latest well, as former president trump said, to give remarks, this hour. and shortly after that, he's gonna be meeting with his probation officer. that is ahead of his sentencing next month, we have new details on the meeting and what it could mean for his conviction and is run for the white house. and some positive results from a combo covid and flu vaccine, a first of its kind so when is it going to become available? we're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central right now hunter biden's defense team is presenting their closing arguments to jurors and accusing prosecutors of trying to do the jury, the president's son faces three felony counts of illegally purchasing and possessing a gun in 2018 while abusing or being addicted to drugs? >> biden has pleaded not guilty to all charges last hour prosecutors walked jurors through evidence that they say proves hunter biden habitually used illegal drugs around the time that he bought that gun, among that evidence, text messages between biden and drug dealers to set up purchases of crack cocaine. cnn's paula reid is joining us now from outside of the courthouse polo, it's the latest what we know right now, abbe lowell hunters lead defense attorney, is likely wrapping up his closing statement. >> source suggested to me that he would go for about an hour and he's been there for about 15 minutes right now making his final pitch to jurors about why they it should not convict his client. he's really focusing in on the fact that there is no direct evidence that his client was using or addicted to drugs during that time that he owned this gun. he's even compared to prosecutors attune magicians doing some sort of trick in front of the jury. but before he was out, of course prosecutor's wet and they they reminded the jury of a theme that we heard for quite awhile in new york during the trump trial as well. and that is quote, no one is above the law. they also direct it directly addressed a key issue here, which is whether hunter biden knowingly lied on the form. this is one of the most difficult things that they need to prove. they insist, quote hunter biden knew he used crack at the time. he bought the gun in question and they said, look, maybe if he hadn't just been to rehab, we could buy the idea that he wasn't aware that he had a problem, but prosecutors are like luck. he clearly knew he had a problem and they believe the evidence that they have presented strongly suggests or suggest beyond a reasonable doubt that he was aware that he was using or addicted to drugs at the time he bought this gun know interestingly, at the end of their closing statement, prosecutors went back to testimony from hunters daughter, naomi on friday and they said, look, remember she testified that on october 19, when she returned her father's car, she saw no evidence of drugs, who just for days later, hallie biden, hunter biden sister-in-law, and a girlfriend for a time. she testified that when she found the gun in that car four days later, she found it alongside drugs and drug paraphernalia prosecutors clearly believing that is some of the most affective evidence that they have put before the jury now abbe lowell should be wrapping up soon. the judge said, we're in court earlier, says a few more instructions. she wants to give the jury, and then this decision will be in the hands of these 12 jurors. so it is possible we can get a verdict today, but you just never know how long it's going to take a jury to reach a decision yeah. you never do polo will be waiting along with you. thank you for that. boris today, former president donald trump is making a virtual appearance on the campaign trail at a conservative christian event in indianapolis he's also said to attend a pre-sentencing interview with a probation officer. an outcome of a new york jury for finding him guilty on 34 felony counts, some ten days ago. >> cnn national correspondent kristen holmes is tracking it all for us. so kristen, tell us about this interview and what it entails. >> so there's nothing normal at all about the fact that a former president is sitting down with a probation officer, that being said, this is a totally normal procedure and routine theatre for somebody who has been convicted of multiple felonies. this is part of the sentencing procedure. he is going to sit down for this virtual interview with a probation officer who is based in new york, donald trump will be down in mar-a-lago with his lawyer, todd blanche and essentially this will all go into a report that this probation officer makes and gives to judge juan merchan before that sentencing that could impact the outcome of what that punishment is. because remember, one more shawn is the one who is going to eventually be making that sentencing or announcement. >> yeah. it's not an obligatory thing that trump has to appear four, so you have to imagine that his desire to actually show up may have something to do with what you just pointed out. he's actually going to be speaking king at the danbury institute, life and liberty forum in just a few moments. and in the next hour or so, this is an organization that is very, very restrictions just when it comes to abortion policy, give us a preview of his message, yet not just restricted. i mean, they've called for the full eradication of abortion, something that donald trump himself has not called for. now, what we are told is that this is a brief introductory remarks. it isn't less than two minutes and he does not use the word abortion. there's a reason why this is significant. he is obviously speaking to this group whose core messaging says they're not going to stop until abortion is eradicated completely. studies going to be talking about religious freedom the first amendment not about abortion. this just goes to show you how sensitive this issue is for donald trump. and the line that he continues to try and walk, he doesn't necessarily want to be talking about abortion. now, that being said, he wants to fully take credit for the overturning of roe v. wade, which is why you see him talking about that saying he pointed these three great justices that were part of the decision to overturn roe v. wade but yet when it comes to actual abortion policy, tries not to talk about it because he believes it's deeply unpopular so this is another example of that him going in there, we have a lot of speculation. okay. he's speaking to this group, but yet he's not mentioning abortion at all. yeah, that's it. it's it's a fine line and according those evangelical voters, while not alienating women, thanks. kristen holmes, thanks so much for the reporting. >> let's talk about all of this now a cnn special correspondent, jamie gang, gail and jamie, we have these two high-profile trials that we are watching the trunk trial now the hunter biden trial, talk about how these two are being handled well, very differently. >> well, obviously, trump handled his trial like a campaign, right? he was out making speeches every day. the biden campaign is handling this as a personal family matter, very painful of course, when near the center of the president, nothing is just personal, but you do see one thing that's very different. you see a lot of biden family members in their every day, his wife is in there. first lady, jill biden has been there i think every day except one day but it's it's just completely different in those two ways. you see them in the witness stand to his family members or the in-laws, even the witnesses were considered the witness for the prosecution still in a way you get a sense that there's an affinity for hunter biden, which is very different also hunter biden, he's not running for president, right? >> as much as republicans want this to rub off on joe biden. >> so there are whole lists of knots that i go through. he is not a candidate for president. he is not making speeches every day at the end of the trial day, coming out. he is not calling the judge corrupt. he is not saying that the system is rigged or a witch hunt in fact, when you think about it, the president's son is really an example of the rule of law the justice system working and it goes so far as to say that president biden has already said ahead of time that if convicted, he will not pardon his son. >> i've heard some republicans say yes, but will he commute this sentence if there's a sentence, i've heard republicans raise questions about that, even though it seemed the president was pretty straightforward about what he was saying, they're looking at the bigger picture here, what's the possible impact on biden voters? joe biden voters, if hunter biden is convicted. >> so i think we really don't know. this is sort of like donald trump. we see these poles like after the conviction it goes up a couple of points goes down, a couple of points for trump. i think we really don't know the polls are one thing. they are consistent, they have been consistently close but when you look at those numbers, which i can't quite see from here, but i can yeah, i have them, right. yeah. have them right there. i too hard time dumping them so, you know, it's within 1.2 points, three points, four points we are five months away. >> we still have donald trump's sentencing. we have our the presidential debate on cnn, june 20, we, have the convinced the conventions coming up. i think that all this is saying is it's still very close. >> yeah. we'll see if those other things move the needle, correct? maybe they will. correct. we'll see jamie always great to have you. thank you so much. >> and still ahead, secretary of state antony blinken, back in the middle east, he is meeting with israel's prime minister this is after a high-profile resignation from netanyahu's war cabinet. >> and also that dramatic and very deadly hostage rescue operation 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beaten almost every day while in hamas captivity in gaza at least one idf officer died during the raids while scores of palestinians were killed, including women and children, and many more were injured in the deadly operation also happening moments ago, secretary of state antony blinken wrapped up a high-stakes meeting with israeli prime minister mr. benjamin netanyahu, where he told him the world quote, will stand behind the ceasefire and hostage proposal. >> it's all part of a series of stops in the middle east where blinken is pushing hamas to agree to president biden's proposal to end the war in gaza, which he described of course, as a proposal by israel cnn's kylie outward is in tel aviv four chris kali walk us through what you know about blinken's visit yes. >> he's here in israel. he just wrap that meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it lasted for almost two hours. and as you said, one of his key messages according to the readout from state department spokesperson, is that he told netanyahu, who he reiterated that the us and other world leaders standby that comprehensive deal that comprehensive proposal that president biden leah, about ten days ago, which us officials have said israel put on the table for hamas. he also notably underscored the importance of preventing this conflict from spreading reading that's key because we have seen the tension between israel along that northern border with lebanon grow in recent weeks. and he said the comprehensive proposal that is on the table would quote, unlock the possibility of calm along that border. now, coming into these meetings here in israel today, the secretary had two main message the first of which is that he believes this comprehensive plan is the best way in his words, the most effective way to get out the most number of hostages that are still held by hamas, including those american hostages. and he also reiterated calls for hamas to accept that deal. that is on the table. he wouldn't entertain questions as to whether the rate over the weekend that released those four israeli hostages and killed upwards of 100 people, would potentially negatively impact how hamas respond to that deal that is on the table though we did hear from the national security advisor over the weekend that it's a fair question to ask, but he met with egyptian officials earlier today before coming here to israel and he did say that the egyptians have been in touch with hamas just in recent hours. listen to what he told me i can't go into the details of our conversations today except to say that our junction counterparts were in communication with hamas as early as recently as a few hours ago and so i got to yet not gonna not gonna get details about that. >> but i think egypt the united states, other countries believed that again, we should be able to get to yes now, obviously this is a live ball. >> the us, israel, all the other players here waiting for hamas to respond. the secretary of state meeting tomorrow, notably with benny gantz, he is that member of the war cabinet who resigned over the weekend in protest of prime minister benjamin not benjamin netanyahu's approach to gaza to this conflict, to the fact that he says netanyahu hasn't laid out and effective plan to bring this war to an end. so we'll be watching to see what comes out of that meeting. in addition to the other meetings is it the secretary has in the region breanna. and where does he head kylie after that, once you hoping to accomplish well, he has a number of things he's looking at. of course, the moment right now, trying to get all these countries to put pressure on hamas to say yes, is his focal point, but he's also focused on the future of this conflict tomorrow. he's gonna be in jordan. he's there for humanitarian conference talking about how to bring humanitarian support rebuilding to gaza wall. this conflict is happening. and after this conflict concludes, and then he's going to qatar. he's going to be meeting with those qatari officials who have been key intermediaries with hamas of course, in addition to the egyptians who we met with earlier today to focus on how to get this proposal that is on the table and push it forward. breanna all right. >> kylie out would live for us in tel aviv. thank you for that report. horse two of the four hostages who were freed in that dramatic rescue operation are now out of the hospital. all four were reunited with their families this weekend after eight months in captivity it was a moment of joy for their loved ones, but we should know there is still believed to be 120 captives remaining in gaza so one of those hostages is omri miran. his family says that hamas terrorists kidnap miran, his wife and their two daughters from their home on october 7, moron was liter separated from the rest of his family and taken to gaza joining us now is omri morons brother-in-law. most shayla v moshe. thank you so much for joining us. again, i want to start with the hostage rescue mission what was going through your mind when you learned about it? what's your reaction to the news? >> thank you boyce and breanna for having me hostage, rescue was definitely a joyous moment for us. many israeli and i think for many you are being supporting us from all around the world we have force we're paying to learn about the fact that hamas used their own people as human shields during that operation. and of course non-combatants were harmed but at least we were able to rescue our hostages i wish those operations were not needed because one last week, hamas was given the opportunity to agree. the hostage deal that was proposed by israel that was presented by president biden. and yet it refuses to provide an answer. once it provides a positive answer, we could continue and see an end to this tragic war that affects both israelis and gazans i want to ask you about that deal because there are some developments that might be coming in the next few hours from the 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