against someone who is engaged in wrongdoing hi chat, please this is what i mean. scott, the stakes are just much higher. the stage is much higher. it is. we are in very new territory as outlined. thank you guys very much for being with us. thanks to all of you for joining us as well. i m casey hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn news central starts right now we the r standing by for the beginning of jury selection in the case against hunter biden, the first child of a sitting president to face criminal trial. so what are the chances of the new plea deal in the next several hours? donald trump says, he s okay with going to jail if that s what it comes to after his criminal conviction and just as quickly warns if that happens, it would be a breaking point for his supporters and a state of emergency in place in atlanta after multiple water main breaks, cripple parts of the city, thousands of people without water. i m kate bolduan with john berman, sara sidner is out today. thi
so much in terms of his addiction, like the fact that he lost his son, beau in 2015, like the fact that he lost his mother and daughter so many things that mitigate and make get sympathetics. so will the jury nullify? that s an open question, but president biden lost his son and daughter in first wife, hunter biden lost in this case, his mother and brother exactly. and his sister? yes. it is worth noting. it s hunter biden who is on trial here. there s no connection whatsoever. i m present there. you mentioned possible defenses that judge actually delta serious bloated to sort of two of the defenses that you just suggested. an expert will not be allowed to testify that hunter biden wasn t addicted, perhaps are about way his status as he was using drugs during those times and evidence of the forms that were filled out after the fact because people in the store alter the forms years later is that will not be allowed to be admitted either. so that seems to be a serious problem for the d