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?
to a controlled substance and that he possessed the firearm while he was a user or addict to a controlled substance. on the government s side, straightforward. they ll introduce evidence you don t normally have in these cases which are very rarely brought. it s like his own words in his memoir. exactly. most criminal defendants have not written a memoir that the government can mine for statements that are harmful to the defendant. you don t normally have this much evidence of addiction from the defendant himself. so that s why the government sees this as a case that is easier to get a conviction in. they re basically going to lay out the form, the 4473, the statements by hunter biden, any other evidence that shows he may have been an addict at the time he possessed the fire rm a and the tiement he made the statement he was not an addict or unlawful user. the defense s case a little tougher. they may argue, given a little forecast, for example, they might argue that hunter at the