negotiations between israel and hamas and what we re hearing from the families of hostages about this potential deal. great to be with you. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. breaking news in wilmington, delaware, this morning where for the first time the son of a sitting president is standing trial not far from his father s election headquarters. hunter biden s federal gun case beginning this morning with jury selection. he faces three counts tied to possession of a gun while using narcotics. he has pleaded not guilty. this trial coming just days after another historic first, donald trump s guilty verdict on all 34 counts in his new york hush money case. nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian is outside the courthouse. nbc news white house correspondent monica alba and criminal defense attorney, danny cevallos. court has been in session for about an hour and a half. what can you tell us, ken, about what s happening so far?
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the former president claims he s prepared for the harshest of all, prison time. i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers the other day on television saying, no, you don t want to do that to the president. you don t beg for anything. that s the way it is. i m not sure the public would stand for it. house arrest i think it would be tough for the public to take. at a certain point there s a breaking point. before that phase of this unprecedented case arrives in july, trump and his gop allies are saying the appeals process should leapfrog to the supreme court. joining us nbc news correspondent dasha burns, new york trial and appellate lawyer mark souderror, and anna kaminsky. sentencing a few days before the rnc, what can we expect between now and then and what else are we hearing from donald trump in the wake of this verdict? you heard he did on truth
an election coming up. that s the focus for him. he s saying in this interview, hey, i m okay with it, whatever they choose, jail or house arrest. you heard him say but the public won t stand for it and at a certain point there s a breaking point. we ve heard him use that rhetoric before, to your point, that s why it can be so dangerous. is deterrence, anna, a factor here when we talk about the sentence for donald trump? would the judge be thinking about that, okay, if i fine him, he may be having to pay something that was along the lines of what he paid in the hush money, $130,000. is that really going to change behavior? i think the judge is supposed to be punishing for the crime that occurred and not although deterrence, yes, both specifically for the defendant and generally for the public is part of this, we re dealing with such a unique individual that it s by that i mean a unique defendant that, when we say deterrence, you really have to think about people who are in