And every step that we take. Bill it is that day again. September 11th, 23 years ago Today America came under attack in our lives and our country changed forever. To this day it changed forever. Thats a live Look Ground 0 lower manhattan. The families remembering the names of those killed in the deadliest Terror Attack in american history. It is important for us to share this day with you at home and it is very important to share this day with you, partner. Dana always an honor. Bill im Bill Hemmer live in new York City. Well watch it together. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. Down there right now President Biden, Vice President harris, former President Trump and Vice President ial nominee d. J. Vance are all in attendance. One of several ceremonies for biden and harris. Theyll later head to shanksville, pennsylvania and also attend a ceremony at the pentagon. Bill there will be several moments of silence coming up in the next 90 minutes. Well get to one in a moment a
to review a key meeting among donald trump, michael cohen, and the prosecution s first witness, former tabloid executive and trump friend david pecker. all of that key evidence about the alleged conspiracy mr. trump is accused of to unlawfully influence the 2016 election. this is pivotal, because as judge merchan noted in his jury instructions, former president trump cannot be convicted based on cohen s testimony alone, since trump s former fixer is considered, by law, an accomplice. jurors must be taking a closer look from what they have asked for at pecker s testimony in order to corroborate cohen. jurors wanted to rehear judge merchan s guidance on how much they can reasonably infer from the evidence. armed with this refresher, the jurors are now back behind closed doors where they have been told they can work as late as 6:00 p.m. tonight. while deliberations tonight, mr. trump has to stay in the courthouse. his son don junior providing a look in a tiktok video. we begin w
court. he been told he has to be there. he is awaiting the decision earlier. judge juan merchan read specific sections of his instructions to the jury also at their request, the jury also asked for headphones, a specific type of headphone to use with their laptop that contains the physical evidence or evidence of it. this morning? yeah. and that jury, who asked to those headphones is also right now rehearing the testimony that came from david pecker. he has of course, the tabloid king but they left yesterday. they asked to rehear four key pieces of that testimony, and that is what is happening inside that courtroom, right now. that includes michael cohen and david pecker s a counts of a 2015 trump tower meeting. pecker is 2016 phone call with trump about the former playboy playmate karen mcdougal. and also pecker s testimony about not finalizing the payment with trump is going to pay pecker s company bag after they had purchased karatay goals life rights about her alleged a
it s noon eastern. i m ana cabrera in for andrea mitchell. breaking news from the hunter biden trial. the jury in the hunter biden felony gun trial has reached a guilty verdict on all three counts after nearly three hours of deliberations. this is the first trial of a child of a sitting president in u.s. history. president biden s son now facing potential jail time. he has no prior criminal history. he did not commit a crime with a gun, which prosecutors say he purchased illegally when he allegedly lied about not being an addict. notably, four members of the jury have close friends or family who have struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. again, unanimous guilty verdict. joining us now, nbc justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. we just got a statement from president biden. fill us in. reporter: that s right. president biden has reiterated some of what he said during the trial. i want to read the statement. as i said last week, i am the president, but also
hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. president joe biden s sole surviving son hunter biden was convicted today on three felony counts related to possession of a gun while using narcotics. a delaware jury of his peers found hunter biden guilty of lying on a federal form while applying for a handgun, lying to a gun dealer and illegally possessing a firearm for 11 days in the year 2018. today s verdict marks the end of a painful chapter for the biden family with witness after witness detailing an incredibly troubled period in hunter biden s life, a time when he was addicted to crack cocaine, a time when he was in and out of rehab with a mountain of financial problems. several members of the biden family have attended court in support of hunter, including his sister, his wife and his mom, first lady dr. jill biden seen her walking out of court today with hunter after the verdict was read. hunter biden s defense had denied that hunter had deliberately lied about his drug use when