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
Appeared. was there any science behind it? what i meant by no science behind it is there wasn t a controlled trial that said compare 6 foot with 3 feet with 10 feet. there wasn t that scientific evaluation of it. reporter: certainly when fauci says that, chris, it speaks to the reality of having lived through and watch policy be made during the pandemic which is, of course, the idea that this was an unprecedented public health moment and the fact that thauch chi is testifying about 6 feet wasn t peer reviewed versus three feet. that speaks to the reality of policy making in realtime during something as fast-moving as the covid pandemic. of course, that wasn t the only thing he was pressed on. you watched the ways that democrats in turn tried to give him every opportunity to say, okay, did you clarify that enough? were you able to speak on this enough? at various points republicans would ask questions and say i don t need the answer, i have more questions to ask you.