it is good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, we re officially on verdict watch. the fate of a former president now being debated by 12 new yorkers who have never served on a jury before. the final instructions they were given in a case that could alter the outcome of a presidential election. also ahead, trump s red hot reactions. his flurry of online posts before heading to the courthouse, and how his campaign is raising money off the deliberations. defining reasonable doubt, how dueling arguments on michael cohen, stormy daniels, and even the access hollywood tape could come into play. sifting through a mountain of evidence, two jurors, jurors number four and number six instructed on how to use a laptop to call up any evidence they want to take a look at. we look at the critical documents at the center of donald trump s 34 felony counties. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. let s begin with yasmin
reports. hunter biden s federal gun trial racing toward its conclusion after we just learned he will not testify in his own defense. we re live at the courthouse in delaware where the jury could get this case today. plus, a crucial step in donald trump s path towards sentencing. the pre-sentencing probation interview set for today and what that will look like. tears of joy as four hostages freed from hamas after nearly 250 days are reunited with their loved ones. new details on the heavy price paid for achieving this rescue. good morning. it is 10:00 eastern. thanks so much for joining us. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news from a courthouse in delaware this morning where we just learned hunter biden will not take the stand in his own defense in his federal gun trial. so we could see this trial now reach its conclusion quite quickly with closing arguments likely beginning today, meaning the fate of the president s son could possibly be
alleged to be trump s coconspirator. what s interesting about this passage that you read, trump employee 4 likely spoke to federal investigators and gave them this full accountable of what happened in the alleged audio control room at mar-a-lago where this conversation took place. you should believe that we will hear from tavarras again. he may be one of the most important witnesses throughout the superseding indictment. what we don t have as i read through this part of the indictment is an actual conversation, text message evidence that the former president asked de oliveira to erase this footage from the surveillance camera, despite the fact that de oliveira actually says that, right, to employee number 4.
it turns out that schiff claime to have text message evidence from a congressman, jim jordan. texted the former white house chief of staff mark meadows to instruct mikeie pence to overtu the election results. that was an utter lie from schiff. he misrepresented and doctored what the message said. it was the summary of the legal theory. it was not from jim jordan but a washington lawyer. there were no instructions coming from jim just like we have been telling you, this investigation is a sh has a pre-determined outcome. schiff and company are creating fake text messages to hold meadows in criminal contempt.in
part of the january 6th sham investigation. it turns out that schiff claimed to have text message evidence from a congressman, jim jordan. text it the former white house chief of staff mark meadows to instruct mike pence to overturn it the election results. that was an utter lie from schiff. he misrepresented and doctored what the message said. it was not from jim jordan but a washington lawyer. there were no instructions coming from jim jordan. just like we have been telling you, this investigation is a sham. has a pre-determined outcome. schiff and company are creating fake text messages to hold