negotiations between israel and hamas and what we re hearing from the families of hostages about this potential deal. great to be with you. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. breaking news in wilmington, delaware, this morning where for the first time the son of a sitting president is standing trial not far from his father s election headquarters. hunter biden s federal gun case beginning this morning with jury selection. he faces three counts tied to possession of a gun while using narcotics. he has pleaded not guilty. this trial coming just days after another historic first, donald trump s guilty verdict on all 34 counts in his new york hush money case. nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian is outside the courthouse. nbc news white house correspondent monica alba and criminal defense attorney, danny cevallos. court has been in session for about an hour and a half. what can you tell us, ken, about what s happening so far?
challenges. this is something as the president protest wroet / / wrote in a statement this morning, not the president of the united states in the midst of a super heated re-election battle. of course, that is the backdrop to all of us. still the biden campaign, the white house, don t plan to have any kind of rapid response operation or any kind of formal reaction to what s going on in hunter biden s proceedings. but they are, of course, putting this statement front and center. the fact that the first lady is there really tells you everything you need to know about how this is affecting them from a family standpoint, from those dynamics, and the president even referenced in this statement that the, of course, challenge of coming through something like the addiction that hunter battled during the time period that this case is going to cover has been difficult, but that they are so proud of the man that he is today. they write that they really have boundless love for him. they re hoping