good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc in new york city. another new first for this country. the first trial of a sitting president s son getting under way in delaware just days after the end of donald trump s historic trial. what will the impact be both personally for the president and politically for his re-election. we ll go live to the courthouse where jury selection has been going on since 8:30. plus, the man who became the face of the covid response, dr. anthony fauci coming face-to-face with his congressional critics for the first time since leaving his post. the demand by one democrat for an apology, and what provoked an emotional response. the latest drama from capitol hill coming up. potentially devastating news for the families of israeli hostages. prime minister netanyahu saying today that president biden got it wrong on the details of a potential peace deal. and in his words, the claim that israel has agreed to a cease-fire without its conditions bein
Masking. reporter: chris, this hearing is looking like it s starting to wrap up. the chairman is in the midst of giving closing remarks. we re looking outside the hearing room for if we see dr. fauci come out. i have questions for him after watching that, including the idea of whether it was worthwhile to be backwards looking, and if that makes the united states any more prepared for any kind of next pandemic. of course, that s what democrats continue to drive at during this hearing. for republicans, it was a lot of relitigation of the kinds of policies we heard so many times in those initial months of 2020 and the pandemic, things like social distancing and mask wearing. listen, for example, to what dr. fauci said when asked about the idea of 6 feet of social distancing becoming the policy? it actually came from the cdc. the c dfrnltc was responsible for those kind of guidelines for schools. not me. when i said it just appeared, it