parents appreciated we have much more news and newark new central starts right now. lay about to start part laying out its case against hunter biden in federal court this morning. opening statements are about to start, any expect called to the stand including three romantic and i will not be intimidated. that s part of the message that attorney general merrick garland is about to send a republican lawmakers the ag fighting back in a new way today against the continued attacks against him. and attacks is department is out to get donald trump and the perfect example of why bring your kid to work day is a risky endeavour. dad says, smile for the cameras and the child hits it out of the park. i m kate bolduan with john bourbon, sarah sliders out today. this is cnn news central very shortly hunter biden will arrive at a delaware courthouse for opening statements in his federal gun trial. there are new details this morning about how prosecutors plan to use very personal testimo
upset about what is happening at the white house today, what is expected to happen. they believed that it s a little too little too late. they don t think that this is going to have the impact that it should have. and some of them are upset because they weren t invited to the white house. that s the case of the lca khan mayor. that s in southern california that may or issuing a statement saying, in part quote, this is nothing but a sham in an insult to those of us dealing with the real consequences of it s failed border policies. now the white house would argue that no executive action will fix all the ills on the us southern border. that what is required is congress to act that only congress can achieve comprehensive immigration reform. now the other thing that s very curious about the timing of this announcement is the number of migrant apprehensions of the west southern border or not in december when there was a migrant surge at a time when customs and border protection announced th