washington and this is cnn welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. this hour, the dramatic new video of the rescue mission we say four israeli hostages over the weekend showing the very moment to three men and a woman were found alive ahead. this brief moment of unity for those leading the charge and how has quickly turned the political upheaval for israeli prime minister netanyahu as he drives his government intact. plus a race to watch in nikki haley s backyard, south carolina s congressional this pick one, donald trump, lost his primary race in that area. and now he s endorsing a woman challenging know now he s endorsing congresswoman nancy mace, but she is being challenged he is donald trump s endorsement in nikki haley s backyard hurt or help? i ll ask her. she ll be here on the lead. the challenger. we start this hour with the breaking news. the jury in hunter biden s federal gun trial is done for the day after deliberating for about an hour. cnn s evan perez is outside t
about that in a moment. menendez is answer he would look into it. of course, you rebate was worried about these criminal investigations going on in new jersey wolf that could have implicated people that he was close to. so he told jurors what he did was he paid nadine menendez $15,000 so she could buy a brand new mercedes in exchange for the the senators influence. he then talks about another meeting at nadine menendez, his home, where he says he wrote down the names of people who were possibly implicated in this designation, put it on a piece of paper. he said senator menendez folded up the piece of paper, put it in his pocket, then in october of 2019, he says he got a call from senator menendez. he told jurors that he felt as though this situation had been resolved and he choked up. juror he choked up wolf as he was speaking about what had happened saying that this situation had been over, and he felt he was at peace then there was this dinner in 2020 where he says menendez