killed in the raid, could the united states push for a cease-fire be in jeopardy? american s top diplomat in the middle east tonight. cbs evening news starts now. international pressure builds on hamas to accept the cease-fire and hostage proposal laid out by president biden. tonight, the terror group says it s ready to negotiate. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. we want to begin with a new diplomatic push to stop the israel-hamas war and renewed hope that more hostages could be released. the u.n. security council just approve the latest plan, and america s top diplomat secretary of state antony blinken is back in the middle east trying to close the deal tonight. this comes as we are getting dramatic new video of the daring raid that freed four israeli hostages over the weekend. which came at a staggering cost for a palestinian cbs s chris livesay s leads us off from tel aviv. reporter: new footage shows the moment as related command
america to a state of, quote, godliness. the secret recordings that are creating fresh controversy for supreme court justice samuel alito. plus, a rare op-ed from attorney general merrick garland this morning, defending the doj as the house takes new steps towards holding him in contempt. and later, a primary day battle of wills, how donald trump s endorsement power is colliding with kevin mccarthy s revenge tour in south carolina. great to have you with us. thank you for being here. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with verdict watch in the federal gun case against hunter biden. the jury back to deliberations this morning after being handed the case yesterday afternoon, following closing arguments where the prosecution called the evidence overwhelming. and the defense argued the prosecution had not proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt. nbc s ken dilanian is outside that courthouse in wilmington. also with us, civil rights at
june 27 at nine live on cnn and streaming on max cnn breaking news. i m wolf blitzer in washington and we begin this hour with breaking news closing arguments based soon get underway in the federal gun trial of hunter biden. take a look at this. this is video of the president s son arriving at court earlier this morning, just a short time ago. his defense attorneys arrested there case and announced that he will not take the stand to testify in his own defense cms senior justice corresponded evan perez is outside the court for us in wilmington delaware. evan, what are the jurors likely to hear in these closing arguments well, what if we expect that those closing arguments are going to get underway? any time now? and what jurors are going to hear first from the prosecution is that there s a mountain of evidence. there is a volumes of evidence showing that hunter biden was using drugs around the time that he bought this gun back in october of 2018. now, the fence has been focu
hamas captivity and why the mission almost fell apart. plus with palestinian civilians killed in the raid, could the united states push for a cease-fire ban jeopardy. cbs evening news starts now. international pressure builds on hamas to accept a cease-fire and hostage proposal laid out by president biden. tonight the terror group says it s ready to negotiate. good evening, i am norah o donnell. thank you for being with us. we want to begin with the new diplomatic push to stop the israel-hamas war. and renewed hope that more hostages could be released. the u.n. security council just approve the latest plan and america s top diplomat secretary of state antony blinken is back in the middle east trying to close the deal tonight. this comes as we are getting dramatic new video of the daring raid that freed four is really hostages over the weekend. which came at a staggering cost for palestinian civilians. cbs s chris livesay s leads us off from tel aviv. new footage shows the
case, is to call the defendant himself to testify. margaret: plus, hunter biden s daughter takes the stand. what she said that made her father emotional. the cbs evening news starts now. good evening, and thank you for being with us. i m margaret brennan in for norah o donnell. the prosecution rested in the federal gun trial of hunter biden. his eldest daughter took the stand today to testify in his defense. naomi biden told the jury about visiting her father while he was in rehab, just weeks before the gun purchase at the center of the case. she said, he seemed like the clearest i had seen him since my uncle died. and then, i told him i was so proud of him. an emotional moment that came after prosecutors wrapped their case with testimony from law enforcement officials, who spoke about drug residue and text messages between hunter biden and his alleged dealers. cbs s scott macfarlane was inside the courtroom and will start us off tonight. reporter: 30-year-old n