moments ago the first lady, jill biden, just arrived to court as her son is about to face trial, a historic first there and jury selection has started. this one good morning. also, dr. anthony fauci is now retired from government, but he will be back on capitol hill for what s expected to be a combative and contentious hearing as republican chins grill him over the origins of covid and history being made in mexico. the nation has elected its first female president. i m kate bolduan with john berman. sarah is out today. this is cnn news central happening now. jury selection is underway in the federal gun trial of president biden s son, hunter biden. hunter biden did arrive according in wilmington, delaware, just a short time ago, just minutes later first lady, jill biden, also walked into the courthouse. hunter biden s trial marks the first time and you this history that a child is sitting president is on trial and at the center of it all is a revolver. biden is charged with
imagine that he ll be armed to do that, but in service of the message which i think is what was one thing that biden is very good at staying focused on the bigger picture. we shall see and thanks thanks to our panel. thank you for joining us. i m on a roger cnn news central starks, right now the preparation began the first presidential debate of 2024, which will be hosted right here on cnn. a little more than a week away. and president biden, donald trump ramping up their attacks on each other already. a sweeping pardons for more than 175,000 marijuana convictions, who is affected by this history? historic move. and then 15,000 acres burned so far and more to come. wildfires raging with weather conditions, poised to make things even worse. for kate is out today. i m john berman with sarah sidner, and this is cnn news central they re attacking each other or with just ten days to go until the first-price the ventral debate right here on cnn and president biden and donal
today closing arguments underway in hunter biden s federal gun trial i ll after we learned that the president s son will not testify in the case, why did the defense decide not to put him on the stand? a verdict could come as soon as today, plus former president trump does yet another thing. no former president has done before meet with a probation officer it s a standard part of the process ahead of his sentencing. next it s month we ll talk about what comes next and happening now, a high-stakes meeting in israel, the us secretary of state s sitting down with israel s prime minister pushing for a ceasefire after idf forces rescue four hostages in gaza. an array that reportedly killed hundreds of palestinians were following these major development i ve been stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central we start with breaking news, closing arguments are now underway in the hunter biden trial after calling three witnesses to testify on friday, the def
d-day invasion. those and courageous sacrifice that day for all of us. there you can see the president and his wife, dr. jill biden meeting with those veterans. now, most of them over 90, just a few still remain with us president biden is expected to speak soon from the beaches of normandy, france, 18 years ago today, those beaches were the scene of the largest amphibious invasion in military history. listen to franklin roosevelt praying with the nation as the de d-day mission was unfolding. almighty god some prior to ban the this de, i ve set upon the meitei-sho endeavor let s criminal to preserve our republic all religion and our civilization and set free a suffering humanity more than 70,000 american troops joined allies forces for operation overlord on june 6, 1944. 2,500 us soldiers died that day storming the beaches, 29,000 more were killed during the battle of normandy that followed the sacrifices of america s greatest generation led to the downfall of hitler s naz
saying, now that this is taken executive order is going to test the proposition e absolutely opposed donald trump, but, but we don t want to be complicit in joe biden and doing things that we don t like and i think some of these conversations we re having last go around when they were thinking about a backing this bipartisan bill it ended up stalled in congress because of donald trump. a lot of the active is i were to obvious talking to we re ready to swallow the pill on that as long as there was something else moving forward that was more comprehensive, more compassionate towards immigrants who are here now and so i think the politics on these are complicated, but i do think in many ways progressives were prepared for this based on what was happening before. of course, is just one issue where progressives are not thrilled with their party leader later in the white house, you have great reporting a scoop this morning talking about a different group on a different