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gagged. i would like to answer your questions, easy questions to answer, i m gagged and can t talk the way i would like to. it s not understandable. in other words there is no crime. it s called pick them like the lottery, you pick them. you don t have to be, just give a couple of votes. the judge unfortunately is corrupt. that was earlier. now a live look at the new york supreme court. 12 jurors are currently on lunch break and entering their eighth hour of deliberation to ultimately decide the fate of the former president donald trump. hello and welcome i m sandra smith in new york. good to be with you, john. the question will it be today, tomorrow or next week. i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports court kicked off with judge mechan rereading pages of instructions before moving to hearing witness testimony from david pecker and david cohen. now it s unclear, john, how long the deliberations will last. if the jury can t reach a unanimous conc ....
andrea mitchell picks up our coverage next. right now on andrea mitchell reports, president biden signing an executive action to seal the southern border. he criticized the trump administration for a similar crackdown. he slams his predecessor as a convicted felon. opening statements at the president s son hunter. merrick garland fights back as house republicans question him. did you have a family member profit off of the notoriety of any case you sat on? yes or no? you are asking me to comment on a case it se seems you are connecti the dots. israel ramping up strikes in gaza as president biden is asked if prime minister netanyahu is prolonging the war for his own political self-preservation. mr. biden s blunt response coming up. plus, the families of american israeli hostages meeting with the national security advisor today. they will join me here to talk about their hopes for a cease-fire so their loved ones can finally come home. good day, ev ....
reporter: these opening statements were so critical, in part, especially what we were going to hear from the defense attorney, because this was a case that was supposed to be pled out. there was an agreement with the government for hunter bide ton plead guilty to the charges. how are they going to present their potential defense today? after the prosecution, the state laid out their argument saying they were prepared to present evidence that would link hunter biden to the purchase of illegal guns of illegal drugs around the time he purchased this gun. abby lowell testified while hunter has been forthright about his battles with substance abuse and was abusing alcohol at the time of the purchase of the handgun, that he was not not using drugs at that moment. when he filled out that form, he believed that he was answering the form accurately. we should note the degree to which you say as you say halle bide season brought in. abby said that she was ....