case, is to call the defendant himself to testify. margaret: plus, hunter biden s daughter takes the stand. what she said that made her father emotion all. the evening news starts now. good evening, and thank you for being with us. i m margaret brennan in for norah o donnell. the prosecution rested in the federal gun trial of hunter biden. his eldest daughter took the stand today to testify in his defense. naomi biden told the jury about visiting her father while he was in rehab, just weeks before the gun purchase at the center of the case. she said, he seems like the clearest i had seen him since my uncle died. and then i told him i was so proud of him. an emotional moment that came after prosecutors wrapped their case with testimony from law enforcement officials, who spoke about drug residue and text messages between hunter biden and his alleged dealers. cbs a scott macfarlane was inside the courtroom and will start us off tonight. reporter: 30-year-old naomi bid
poised to give a consequential speech on the world stage, returning to the beaches of normandy again this morning to deliver remarks on the threats against democracy and freedom at home and overseas. now, this speech coming just hours after president biden met with ukrainian president zelenskyy in paris announcing $225 million in new aid and apologizing for the political gridlock in washington that delayed that package. nbc s kelly o donnell is traveling with the president in france. also with us, david ignatius, foreign affairs columnist for the washington post, nbc news military analyst, retired colonel jack jacobs and presidential historian mark updegrove. it s great to have all of you with us. kelly, set the stage for us as we await the president. reporter: well, it is a spectacular setting. when you see how the white house has set up the president s lectern on the cliff. this is a cliff that 80 years ago american army rangers scaled that cliff using knives and pieces
oversight. more than 100 million administered doses of the covid vaccine. this just in, another mayor development. new calls for the new york governor andrew cuomo to resign. both new york democratic senator, the majority leader chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand saying cuomo should step down after multiple allegations of sexual harassment. let s begin our coverage at the white house. jeff is joining us. the president earlier today, he was cautiously optimistic during his address over in the white house rose garden. what else can you tell us? reporter: cautiously optimistic but optimistic in deed given the last year that america has endured. president biden says he believes this 1.9 trillion dollar bill is historic in transformational for millions of american families. he said the first signs of the stimulus checks will begin arriving in the bank accounts of americans this weekend. even as he says he still has work to do to sell this bill to rest of the country. help is
angle. laura: when donald trump s lawyer paid off a porn star before the 2016 election. democrats were quick to inary trump himself had the intent to falsify records. they didn t care that hush money payments aren t illegal or that the president didn t himself order invoices to be labeled as legal expenses, which i still contend is entirely reasonable by the way. but, in their small minds, trump was guilty before the jury was even impaneled. laura: how different their approach is demagogy anthony fauci. although he has with every charged with a crime he too had a senior adviser who found himself in major hot water recently. emails revealed he deleted records and even used back channels to help dr. fauci keep evidence secret. but when the good doctor is asked about this specifically on the efforts to evade foia requests and protect this guy named peter daszak how may remember we know he received federal grants for his work with the wuhan lab. fauci was all denials. i nev
Now it is time for World Business report. Battling to boost prices. Opec meets to check who is sticking to the rules on Production Cuts, as the price of Oil Continues to flag. And the business of birth. We take a look at the cost of delivery around the world, starting in turkey, which has the highest rate of c sections in the world. Welcome to World Business report, im sally bundock. Also in the Programme Financial markets start the week on a high in asia. And south korean courts are holding their Closing Arguments in the trial of samsungs jay y lee. For most of us, a Lower Oil Price is a good thing. It means it costs less to fillup ourcars, and if you run a business, transport and energy costs are cheaper. But for the countries that sell oil, lower prices is a real headache, which is why opec, the cartel 01 14 leading producers, has been trying to push up prices. Today and tomorrow, they are meeting in abu dhabi. Since january, opec and 11 other Oil Producing countries have been aimin