hold it against the defendant for not testifying in his own defense the judge, though, has push back on the defense s efforts to add more language to the jury instructions that would be more favorable to 100, for instance, the idea that he would he didn t knowingly violate the law, which is something that defense is really all about. and they also wanted to they also want to make the argument that hunter biden did not think he was addicted to drugs when he bought that gun? in october of 2018? that s the reason why we re here and why hunter is facing these three federal charges that could send him to prison if he is convicted, but it s you pointed out, we could very much have this case in hands of the jury today if a hunter biden does not testify and john, i mean, the fact that we re here we had about ten witnesses. i think i was to ten witnesses or four-and-a-half days of testimony on the part of the by the prosecution s this case really is what the jury is going to be co
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
Host irresisible the rise of Addictive Technology and the business of keeping us hooked of 39 adam alter. What is the clinical definition of addiction. Guest the clinical definition thats the Psychiatric Association is confined there are some small behaviors but it has been widening and experts believe it should apply to behaviors. In the short term is very appealing but we return to over and over again obsessively compulsively long term it turns out to be bad for us. It to be financial or social or physical. And they fall into the definition. Is technology addictive on the reverse side . Yes. To a large extent there is a lot that fits under that but there are other forms of technology we find irresistible. Most of those revolve around screens but not all of those. We dont know exactly the longterm effects but there are some signs and some evidence in the population at large that is hard to resist these experiences. You write that the age of behavioral addiction is still young but earl
Productivity washington helping drive stocks lower. Bitcoin boom, the cryptocurrency surging past 12,000 for the first time ever. And the buyback trade, home depot announces a 15 billion repurchase plan as congress looks on track to pass Major Corporate tax reform mute you futures moving lower three day losing street for First Time Since august. Data from adp, the private sector added exactly 190,000 jobs that was the estimate in fact. The year to date average now, 209, which is better than last years 181 well see what friday brings. Look, i think were in one of those moments when i used to trade professionally where you would come in and say it wants to go down i was watching will and morgan this morning japan is down. I said to you on cross talk, copper had a bad day you know, theres a belief that maybe tech is slowing down, which i cant find i ask everybody there isnt a big firm where is tech slowing down, cant come up with it. But the market wants to go lower and its okay. If we ha
A bowl in this market as well, as it has been for much of the year. It looks like investors are pricing in a high likelihood that the tax bill is going to get past, after some back and forth regarding senator marco rubios vote today. We learned that it sounds like concessions to what he would have happened on the tax credit is getting into the bill. The index isof touched major intraday records today. It is outpacing the gains we are seeing in the major averages today. Thats get a temperature on the high tax proxies we have been watching. Here in the white line is an index of high tax. These are the companies that are seen as benefiting more from a Corporate Tax cut. This is the russell 2000 four reference in blue and the s p 500 in yellow. It is interesting the action we have seen in the russell, because within these companies that are mostly domestically oriented, with they are also tax as benefiting from the bill, but the russell has not been performing as well, perhaps in part beca