3:00 p.m. eastern and we expect the former president to plead not guilty either today or in a separate formal arraignment. we ll find out. much of the republican party has been rallying behind trump. they are trying to utilize the d.o.j. as an influence operation within the campaigns within elections. america is seeing a double standard. perhaps president trump should have gone after hillary clinton. he didn t. should joe biden be allowed to aggressively go after the former president? i think president trump has not been treated equally like everybody else in this process. harris: 2024 challenger nikki haley has reversed course. two things can be true at the same time. one, the d.o.j. and f.b.i. have lost all credibility with the american people. the second thing can also be true. if this indictment is true, if what it says is actually the case, president trump was incredibly reckless with our national security. harris: so why trump, though? and not biden? plenty
burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, trump s favorite, judge about to put jack smith and the hotseat as a judge in the classified documents case faces new questions tonight about whether she should step aside. plus the final word goes to trump new reporting tonight on why biden is letting the former president have the last say in next week s debate, what is biden strategy and sounding the alarm tonight, the chairman of the house intelligence committee accusing the biden administration of sleepwalking as putin threatens to put a nuclear weapon in space i wish mike turner is my guest tonight. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. trump s cannon ball. trump s favorite, judge aileen cannon, could be hours away from deciding if jack smith gets fired and at this hour tonight, cannon is facing new questions as to whether or not she should be even overseeing this classified documents trial, the mar-a-lago case, according to the new y
mexico sunday at age on cnn welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper this hour. it s hard to forget the images of a cargo ship crashing into the baltimore bridge in march causing a devastating and deadly collapse. but while the cleanup and investigation have moved forward, those 21 crew members have been stuck on the ship for almost three months. today, there was a hearing about letting them return to their families, mostly in india and sri lanka. and we ll bring you those updates plus is the united states at risk of being pulled into yet another global conflict. the white house is issuing a stern warning after video emerges of a major clash in the south china sea and leading this our supreme suspense as the country he waits for blockbuster decisions from the highest court in the land. the justices issuing four rulings today. but we re still waiting on the three janiot highly consequential ones that we have talking about for weeks now, former president trump s claim that he has
harris: we have breaking news inside a federal courthouse in delaware. the prosecution now has rested its case and we re told both the defense attorneys and the prosecution attorneys are in a side bar right now with the judge. we can confirm president biden s son, hunter biden, will not take the stand in his own defense for gun felonies he is accused of. the defense and prosecution again have rested. that means the case could be in the jury s hands as soon as today. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. hunter biden arrived just ahead of today s 8:15 a.m. start. the usual family entourage including jill biden and james and valerie were there. in the first five days of the trial witness testimony came from hunter s ex-wife, two of his ex-girlfriends, one of whom is also his brother s widow and his grown daughter, naomi. they deeply, deeply detailed personal and emotional, they dove deep into the first son s drug use and abuse. hunter biden as you know is a
john. john: interesting to see those voices not only being heard by exercising the options at the ballot box as well. alex hogan for us. thank you. dana: hunter biden s defense team getting ready to pull the trigger deciding whether to put president biden s son on the stand or just rest his case and move on to closing arguments. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill hemmer is off today and i m pleased to be with you, john. john: i m pleased to be with you as well. we ve known each other for a long time and great to work together. a big decision for hunter biden. his defense attorney considers the best course of action. at this point it is not certain that indications make it seem likely hunter will not testify. andy mccarthy earlier on all the reasons why hunter should keep his mouth shut. looking at his potential sentencing guidelines, it looks to me like even if he gets convicted here he has a good chance of avoiding a prison sentence.