right now on ana cabrera reports breaking news at a u.s. embassy overseas, a gunman attacking the u.s. embassy at lebanon overnight, injuring a security guard. what we know at this hour as israel says it s prepared for, quote, strong action. plus, day three of hunter biden s federal gun trial, witness testimony resuming this morning as we learn of new drama outside the com. also ahead, political retribution? what donald trump is saying now about potential payback against his opponents including prison. and later, the new space race, boeing preparing to launch its star liner into orbit this hour. can boeing prove third time s the charm. good morning, it s great to have you with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with that breaking news at a u.s. embassy overseas, an attacker opening fire at the embassy in beirut early this morning injuring one lebanese guard. the gunman has been captured and is being treated for injuries. now,
us, and msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin also joining us. ken, talk to us about the defense team s approach to questioning this fbi agent and who else could take the stand today? reporter: good morning, ana, we re actually getting really fascinaing insight sboos how hunter biden s lawyers are trying to defend this case by watching the cross examination of this fbi investigator. hunter s lawyer abbey lowell is taking her through a series of text messages and transactions to underscore the fact that while there was a lot of drug purchases in 2018 around the time he bought this gun, but there is no evidence really of drug purchases, more evidence of alcohol purchases. so the question will come down to, again, the language of the form, which says are you a habitual user of drugs. not were you or have you been. that s the argument here that hunter biden s defense team is going to make, at the time he
whether this relationship was fair out by the north korean regime and whether that was a reason that kim jong nam was assassina assassinated. there s reporting there had been an assassination order for him for many years. these brothers never really knew each other very well. they are of much different age. kim jong-un is much i don t thinker younger. they have different mothers. it s not clear he would have had really great insight sboos the current regime. as you know, north korea is one of the hardest spying targets that the cia has. it would have been negligent not to reach out to him. the question is whether they were able to keep that relationship a secret. that s their ultimate job is to keep therair assets live. there s some reporting that in the trial held for one of the