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Dramatic testimony from star witness hallie biden, the widow of hunter s brother beau who had a relationship with hunter after beau s death, and she detailed hunter s drug use, how he introduced her to drugs and explained why she threw out his gun. let s go to the courthouse and nbc s mike memoli. mike, the prosecutors say they should finish today, and then the defense says it could be done by monday. so what do prosecutors have left, and what do we know about the defense witnesses? reporter: yeah, ana, after that emotional at times difficult testimony yesterday from hallie biden the prosecution is wrapping things up with expert and technical witnesses. hearing from a chemist who is describing discovering some drug residue on the pouch in which the gun was found and thrown into the garbage, and now a dea agent who is talking about some of the lingo that was used in text messages from hunter biden that suggests that he was trying to purchase and purchasing illegal drugs. then the pros ....
Today. we re just now getting a look, at least a glimpse at what he may say and how he ll lay out that message specifically. our peter alexander standing by there at pointe du hoc as we await the president s arrival. peter, what are we learning in these excerpts that were just released? reporter: well, ana, first, let s just take you to this venue. it is really one of the most stunning, breathtaking backdrops where a president could ever deliver remarks, certainly given the backdrop of the conflicts that we re witnessing today, most notably russia s aggression toward ukraine. as you note, we did just from the white house receive some excerpts of what president biden s expected to say in the next few minutes. he will say as we gather here today, it s not just to honor those who showed such remarkable bravery that day, june 6th, 1944. it s to listen to the echo of their voices, to hear them because they are summoning us, president biden will say. they re asking us what we will do. th ....
Made 80 years ago to fight for democracy, to stand up to tyranny, saying these rangers put mission and country above themselves. these rangers who scaled these cliffs didn t know they would change the world, but they did is what we just heard president biden say. mark, this place where he delivered this speech is so special to multiple administrations, to the world, to this country, the united states of america. what stood out to you in those remarks? well, certainly the dramatic background there. it is so stunning, it is so beautiful, it is almost difficult to summon words that are as dramatic and as beautiful as the setting itself. i think the president did an admirable job. what stuck out to me, ana, is when he said that we talk about liberty and democracy, what we don t talk about is how hard it is, and i think that s the difficult task that president ....
Arriving a matter of days later, which is why the president says none of the rangers from that day are still living. you see him saluting some of those in attendance. mr. president, this is quite a stunning spot, is it not, sir? have you ever seen anything like that before? thank you. mr. president, what is the message had a chance to speak to the president quickly, brief exchange, if he s seen anything like the sheer cliffs here. he said he s been here before, but it is always overwhelming to witness those cliffs and the bravery, the courage, the commitment of the rangers who arrived at this place. the president really trying to harness the heroism of that day to make a key deliver a key message about the need for americans today to help support the fight for freedom and democracy. ana? spoke about the choice, the decision that those army rangers ....
Biden has now, talking about why we need to preserve democracy and freedom at a time when authoritarianism and totalitarianism and isolationism is on the rise in the world. colonel jacobs talked earlier about the fact that we were isolationists before the war. it took the bombing of pearl harbor to draw us into the war. nine out of every ten americans were resistant to the idea of intervening in world war ii before that. so, joe biden at this time has to show an important reason for america to continue to be engaged in the world and i think he did a good job today, ana. colonel jack, we talked about how your father served during world war ii. he was among those who were resistant to engage, but ultimately you say after many, many years, he felt incredible pride for being part of that shared mission. we have to remember, we had something like 19 or 20 million people in uniform during the ....