and we have brand-new images of president biden from just moments ago embracing his now-convicted son, hunter. the president blowing up his entire schedule, rushing back to delaware to be with him. hunter biden found guilty on all three counts in his gun trial. the verdict still sending shock waves through out the white house, with karine jean-pierre even canceling today s press briefing. that is something she rarely does. hunter is now facing up to 25 years in prison, but it is unlikely that he will get the maximum since it is his first offense. and it all happened so fast this morning, as judge jeanine will tell you, and the first lady, jill biden, she was not even physically in the court yet to hear it being read aloud. she arrived just afterwards. president biden says he will respect his son s conviction, but talk about irony. after the trial revealed that hunter s revolver was dumped into a trash can, the president spoke at a gun violence prevention summit where he calle
doctors. i ve not had a chance to talk to his doctors. i ve had this case since 7:30 yesterday morning. i haven t seen the medical records. i am told by credible individuals that he is and has been diagnosed as being bipolar as well as being an alcohol addict. and those are matters taken into mitigation. i want to bring in cnn legal analyst. i m a little thick sometimes but can you translate? wow. yes, i think i can. a very distinguished guy. if i had his head of hair, i would be a lot more successful than i am now. in translating, the whole interview, what he was trying to say was he kept saying it has to do with mitigation. mitigation has to do with the sentencing part of the trial. my read on that is he is saying, do you know something? my client is guilty. but at the time of sentencing the judge might be a little merciful. he has a mental illness and an
congress needs to pass an extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance without drama and without delay and without needs to pass this without drama and delay and without linking it to some other ideological side issues. we ve been through this before, remember? we ve seen this movie. we don t need to see it again. the time for self-inflicted wounds to our economy has to be over. let s go straight to cnn congressional correspondent kate bouldan. kate, this is a surprising turn-around. what are you hearing there? what made them decide to make this move? jessica a surpriseding turn-around and sharp and surprising reversal by house republicans on the issue of the payroll tax cut. as you know, one of the demands house republicans have been making all along during this month s long battle over extending the payroll tax cut is their incidentses that the payroll tax cut and other measures be included in the deal be paid for. be covered and paid for by offsets tha
moussa ibrahim, he said he called you many things. he said you appeared drunk, that you were mentally unstable, that you were a prostitute. when you hear all that translator: the libyan government, when someone protests, they say he s taking hallucinogenic pills. and when someone demands their rights, they say he is mentally retarded. they accused me of being mentally retarded and an alcohol addict. in libya the government has no rationale to what is happening in the country other than accusations. moussa ibrahim first said you were with your family. then later he claimed he didn t know where you were. and then said maybe you were in a shelter for women. can you say where you are now? are you safe? where are you? translator: there s no safe place for me in tripoli. all my phones are monitored.