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from that wall street journal reports claiming president biden is slipping. the white house and democrats pushing back hard and boeing's starliner successfully lifting off. now headed to the the international space station. we're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here the cnn news central some dramatic testimony in court today as former romantic partners of hunter biden take the stand in his federal gun trial. hunters former girlfriend so casten just finished testifying about hunters heavy drug use, including, she says, just weeks before he bought the gun that's at the center of this case? she also described hunters efforts to get sober, including how we moved to california to work on his recovery, but then ultimately relapsed. and this morning, hunter biden's ex-wife, kathleen buhle, told jurors about finding drugs and
of office in the house of representatives and it's to our constitution it's to our country. i get to work a job. the senator, we weren't jobs whose job descriptions are in the constitution of the united states. that same constitution, we swear an oath to, that should hold us up to the highest level of standards for me, that is a deeply humbling experience as a son of immigrants, of public school kid get it gets to work a job whose jobs? description is article one of the constitution. so i just have to say, i think that people in new jersey are fed up with center of menendez just hired of this politics that is frankly just embarrassing to our state. and to our country. and we deserve better representation. so i'm really proud that i was able to get past the primary election last night and i will win in november, even if it means that i have to take on both senator menendez as well as a republican. >> the republican is a guy named curtis bashaw. he won yesterday democrats have not lost a senate race in new
triple-digits. a new report shows the world is on a climate wild highway to hell every single person on the planet to be alarmed welcome to the lead. >> i'm jake tapper and we start today with our law and justice lead right now, the man who sold hunter biden the gun at the center of this federal trial is on the stand. the president's son is charged with illegally purchasing and possessing a gun while using drugs in the case brought by special counsel, david weiss earlier today. prosecutors called hunters ex-wife, kathleen and his ex-girlfriend, zoe casten, both of whom testified about hunters past drug use. casten acknowledged that hunter biden smoked crack almost constantly in private, though not in public. she also said she helped him by drugs from a dealer. she knew hunter biden's defense team tried to poke holes in the prosecution's case today by acknowledging hunters struggles with addiction, and suggesting
to smoke as soon as he woke up. she also testified that hunters demeanor never changed even after he smoked crack. he was super charming. everybody loved him. she testified that she saw hunter doing drugs as late as mid september 2018, several weeks before he bought the gun the heart of the case, but under cross-examination, she said she had no idea what hunter was doing, which means september and november, which covers the month hunter bought the firearm, gordon cleveland, the gunshot employee who sold hunter biden the gun, took the stand next and testified how hunter came into the store looking for firearm. he testified he told hunter to read the atf background form carefully and saw him check? no. next to the question about whether he was an addict or used illegal drugs, the alleged lie at the center of the case on cross-examination. defense attorney abbe lowell got that employee to admit that he was a quote, whale hunters to someone who tried to upsell hello,
much. also this news back here at home tonight, president biden's only surviving son sat in a wilmington courtroom all day with the first lady sitting behind him as jurors heard vivid and salacious details about his addiction and alleged behavior during a period where he is facing three criminal charges, and i saw photos of the gun at the center of the case, as prosecutors try to use testimony from at least three women that hunter biden was involved with to establish that he was a chronic drug use or when he bought this firearm back in 2018. cbs's scott macfarlane was inside the courtroom for the second day of testimony. >> reporter: first lady jill biden spent a third day in the courthouse come again seated behind hunter biden, as prosecutors tried to prove he illegally purchased this colt 38 handgun while using drugs in late 2018, lying on the application form. they called two women formerly y and his wife to the stand. his ex-wife kathleen buhle testified she found a crack pipe at their washington, d.c., home in 2015, was rejected when she
with a ual rocket including a helium leak and valve issue led to a canceled launch in may. then last week's attempt stopped with less than four minutes before launch due to a software problem. >> the vehicle's trajectory continues to look good. >> reporter: today no room for error as boeing has been at the center of controversy. for the company's commercial aircraft, the infamous door plug blow-out earlier this year causing boeing in production delays and reputation. but tonight, a congratulations from elon musk, founder and ceo of rival spacex which has been nasa's main way to send astronauts to the iss for the last four years. starliner paving the way for a new chapter in space travel. >> and, marisa, where does today's launch put the competition among private companies in the space industry? >> reporter: well, lester, spacex is still far ahead. its rocket starship set to launch tomorrow morning. its fourth uncrewed test to return
the jury how she learned he was using drugs. "i found a crack pipe on july 3rd, 2013." when she confronted him, he acknowledged smoking crack. she testified she never saw him doing drugs but routinely searched his car for and found drug paraphernalia until 2019 when they were divorced. "he was angry on drugs," she testified, but said he could function. at the time hunter was involved in lucrative foreign business dealings. also testifying, zoe kestan, who he met at a gentleman's club. he used cash for a lot of things, a good amount was for drugs saying at one point he was smoking crack every 20 minutes or so. he was still an active drug user around the time he filled out the background check at the center of the case, but the defense team says biden did
weapons to strike inside russia. vladimir putin today stressing russia, a nuclear-armed country will use all means to respond to the west, saying, quote, if someone's actions threaten our sovereignty, we consider it possible for ourselves to use all the meens at our disposal. and while president biden's remarks won't be a campaign speech, he has put preserving democracy at the center of this race, and he will make clear the sharp contrast with donald trump. >> david: mary bruce traveling with the president. mary, thank you. and tomorrow here in normandy, i will sit down with president biden. our exclusive one-on-one interview on the d-day anniversary, on america's role around the world, and, of course, on the high stakes presidential election this november. that's tomorrow night right here. we turn now to the race for president, and tonight, the new headline involving donald trump. the nypd is now preparing to revoke former president trump's permit to carry a gun. it comes after his conviction in new york last week on 34 felony charges. possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is a federal crime. in georgia tonight, an appeals court putting the election case involving donald trump on pause indefinitely
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>> reading the tea leaves this may end a little bit sooner than we originally thought. at the end of court today. tomorrow it depends on what the defense would do if they even put on case to let us know when this may end. we are still waiting for one big witness. hallie biden, beau biden, hunter biden's late brother's widow. she wases in a relationship with hunter and threw out that gun at the center of this entire case. we're waiting to see when she is going to take the stand, if she takes the stand, bret? >> bret: okay. david spunt in wilmington, delaware. david, thank you. there are renewed concerns tonight over president biden's mental fitness. the "wall street journal" published a story saying white house insiders believe his condition is deteriorating. critics call that article a republican hit job. the president is in france tonight for the d-day remembrance. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is live on the north lawn with our story. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, bret. president biden is in france to commemorate the 80th s