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
of the motivation is that president biden is clearly hoping that this executive order with regard to border security will help him with his reelection chances. and how does that play? cnn s ariane tin has been looking in the numbers, how important remind folks how important this issue is for voters. it s tremendously important what a difference from where we were four years ago at this point. so immigration is the nation s top problem back in may of 2020, it was just 1% of voters who said that it ranked 15th on list of most important problems in the united states. look at where we are today. may of 2024, the last poll conducted by gop. it s up to 18%. so that s 18 times as high and more than that, it ranks is the second most important problems. so we ve gone from 15th to second. so to me, it s not a huge surprise that president biden is doing what he s doing because the fact is immigration, is at the top of the mind for the american voter sometimes my next question depends on how the