diaz-balart. right now inside a delaware courtroom, jury selection is underway in the high stakes criminal trial of president biden s son hunter. hunter biden is facing three counts tied to allegations that he lied about his illegal drug use when he purchased a firearm back in 2018. he has pleaded not guilty. this case focuses on a time of personal turmoil for the president s only surviing son who has been open about his addiction to drugs and alcohol particularly in the wake of the death of his brother beau. it s another trial at the center of the political universe coming days after his father s opponent and presumptive republican nominee donald trump was found guilty in his first criminal trial. mike memoli is outside the courthouse for us. joining us dave aronberg, state attorney for palm beach county, florida, and michael zeldin, former special counsel to robert mueller. mike memoli, take us inside that courtroom. how is jury selection going so far? reporter: well, ana
the deadline to run as an independent. of course the deadline to run as a democrat has already long passed, but this is just the next moment, the next march in menendez s fight not just in court but also on the campaign trail to try once again to keep his seat as he battles these bribery charges. thank you, ali, great job staying on top of all of these different things today. reporter: so much. a lot going on on the hill. now to an update on our top stories this morning, right now inside a delaware courtroom, jury selection is underway in the criminal trial of president president biden s son hunter. hunter biden facing three felony counts related to allegations he lied about his illegal drug use, when purchasing a gun back in 2018. he has pleaded not guilty. i want to go back to nbc s ken dilanian outside the courthouse. so what s the latest? reporter: judge mary ellen nor yen ka continues to question potential jurors as hunter biden and his lawyers and family
humidity. we re not used to this. it s more dry heat. out here and hot and humid. it s worse. experts say the elderly, pregnant women, children, those were chronic illness are the most vulnerable for these oppressive temperatures. the bernie sanders way to stay safe is to just stay inside with air conditioning. neil? neil: you re not so lucky, c.b. great job staying cool through that. rick reichmuth is in the studios, our meteorologist. locking at how long this lasts what do you think, buddy? it s going to last for a while. we get a break in the north saturday in to sunday. the short term, take a look. 188 million people, over half of the country, living in temperatures right now that are above 90 degrees. when you take a look at this map, you get the idea it s
can do to support medium term housing needs, they want kids to return to their school, some sense of normalcy before the physical rebuilding of the home. that s a priority of our administration working with the federal government to provide as many options as possible. the county and sheriff did a great job staying at emergency shelters. my understanding, there are 200 people at the emergency shelters. many stayed with friends that will continue as long as needed. so the strategy from the beginning was safety. with the winds the way they were, fire behavior from the start of the fire, the fire was moving basically the same speed
i think we have done a pretty good job staying in touch with the american people but at a certain point you can t help but lose some feel for what s on the ground because you are not on the ground. you didn t think donald trump could wind? a case in point. greg: he didn t see a child when coming. remember when he said isis was a surprise? the ability of isil to initiate major land offenses, that was not on my intelligence radar. greg: oh great. given that this will be our very last show with president obama as president [applause] terrible, terrible. the most applause ever in the studio.