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?
scheduled day, july 11th, that s just the beginning of the clock running for when he has 30 days to appeal, several months before he has to perfect that, submit briefs in support of his appeal, answering briefs, the court would have an argument and a decision. that s going to be after the election. he has the benefit of time right now and that s working in his fave record. what do you see, ana, as the factors the judge might consider when it comes to sentencing? the judge is going to consider sort of two categories. the first is the offense, the nature of the offense, the facts that the judge himself witnessed during the trial, and then the second is who the defendant is, and that s a big, big, big bucket. so everything about trump, the court is going to be able to consider. that s things as simple as his prior criminal history, which we know there is none. but all sort of other things, his support, the fact that he was the president, the fact that he s running for president again.
in 2012 than he is. he cites the fact he did very well in iowa, very well in south carolina. he polls very well against barack obama. he polls very well in states like virginia and north carolina. but the reality is, as you know, he says, look, i m sorry i don t tweet as much as sarah palin does. but he feels very strongly about how well he could do if he runs. i think what s interesting about it is, as my colleagues point out, he has 2.25 million reasons not to run, however. that is the amount of his mortgage in his new home. if you run for president, that s basically two years you don t earn any income. he has a nice contract with fox which gives him a grag mega phone, by the way. he s juggling the decision but finds it frustrating he doesn t get as much attention as some of the other folks despite the fact that the polls are in his fave record right now. mark, he s always up in the polls. he s a very likable guy, great on tv. but he doesn t like raising money at all.