place as the first son faces up to 25 years behind bars. we ll watch how it goes. good morning. feels like we were here a week ago. ainsley: court tv. this is america s newsroom, i m dana perino. great to be here no matter what the news is. the jury is seated and opening statements have gun. first lady jill biden is there as well the show of support coming ahead of it could be a rough two weeks for her son. bill: prosecutors expected to call three of hunter s exs. ex wife, ex girlfriend and the widow of his late brother beau. prosecutors try to prove he lied on an application for a gun. dana: let s go to rich edson in wilmington, delaware to get us underway. another strong showing from the first family here as the first lady has arrived. hunter biden arriving as well for the first day of opening statements in this federal gun case. hunter arrived a half hour ago with his attorney abbe lowell. shortly after that jill biden. another s.u.v. showing up with hunter s s
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. If there were any lingering doubts today, the Republican Party officially became the party of roy moore. Party elites rallied around the antigay birther after he handily beat their preferred candidate in alabamas gop primary this week. Today from the podium the White House Press secretary declined to condemn some of moores inflammatory views. Judge moore says homosexuality should be illegal, he said sandy hook was some sort of divine retribution, he said Keith Ellison should not be permitted to serve in congress because hes a muslim. So without asking about the specifics of the race, does President Trump share any of those views that i just mentioned . And if not, why does he think this person is fit to be a u. S. Senator . Not that im aware of. I have not, uh, taken a deep dive on every comment that the senator or the Senate Nominee has made. But i certainly know where the president stand on this those issues and wouldnt see any parallel bet
Michael flynn. End the investigation. Im joined noud by ken dilanian with nbc news it, Natasha Bertrand who covers is the russia probe with the atlantic and jill winebanks, all three of you, i want to know what you make of these two witnesses being called, comey already and sessions very soon. And then the president. Chris, what i think this shows is mueller is accelerating sat ob struskz justice aspect of the probe. The three pillars of this investigation, it looks like the Obstruction Case is going down the track further and faster than the collusion and Money Laundering. Theres a lot we dont see but the obstruction witnesses we know who they are and what stories they have to tell. Its not a surprise that comey is a key witness. Whats surprising to me is its happening now and seems like its speeding up. Natasha, explain how you see what kind of a case mueller is going to make here with these hot witnesses now. It seems like ken said hes moving more quickly along the obstruction path.
He never went in, Sheriffs Deputy only armed guard on campus during a deadly shooting in high school, quote never went into the building when the shooting was taking place. That was according to sheriff israel of Broward County who described how he felt as he watched the video of the deputy do absolutely nothing as the gunman killed 17 people. Devastated. Sick to my stomach. There are no words l i mean, these families lost their children. We lost coaches h ive been to the funerals. Ive been to the homes where they sit and shiver. Ive been to the vigils. Its just there are no words. Well, that deputy Scott Peterson, he resigned today. The irony this news coming on the same day that President Trump doubled down on his call to arm the nations teachers as a way to combat mass shootings
in schools. I think a concealed permit for having teachers and letting people know there are people in the building with a gun, you wont have, in my opinion, you wont have these shootings. Because these peop
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Group. He didnt say he spoke to the Department Of Justice or the State Department. Hes not speaking to any other gun control groups, but the president took to twitter to say i have reached out to the nra. So those of you who have Chanlted Over And over, drain the swamp, walk us through why you would go to the industry group. Why would you contact the largest Lobbying Group ever, the nra, on what to do about the ghost gun. As of last week, one of the organizations videos called 3d guns freedom and innovation. Tom costello has more on the guns and why the president should be checking with his own state Department Rather than the nra. This morning, growing pushback against a new type of firearm that some people can actually build in their own home. Eight Attorneys General now asking a judge to block a Texas Company from publishing the downloadable instructions for 3d printers to manufacture guns. From handguns to sem