diaz-balart. right now inside a delaware courtroom, jury selection is underway in the high stakes criminal trial of president biden s son hunter. hunter biden is facing three counts tied to allegations that he lied about his illegal drug use when he purchased a firearm back in 2018. he has pleaded not guilty. this case focuses on a time of personal turmoil for the president s only surviing son who has been open about his addiction to drugs and alcohol particularly in the wake of the death of his brother beau. it s another trial at the center of the political universe coming days after his father s opponent and presumptive republican nominee donald trump was found guilty in his first criminal trial. mike memoli is outside the courthouse for us. joining us dave aronberg, state attorney for palm beach county, florida, and michael zeldin, former special counsel to robert mueller. mike memoli, take us inside that courtroom. how is jury selection going so far? reporter: well, ana
friendship that reflects the enduring bonds between our two countries. let s get to guad venegas live in mexico city. and standing by nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley. guad, tell us more, who is claudia sheinbaum, and why did voters choose her as their next president? reporter: ana, i should start off by saying that president biden will be able to have conversations with her in english, something he could not do with current president manuel lopez obrador. sheinbaum is fluent in english. she lived in the u.s. for some time while taking classes at berkeley and stanford. as you mentioned, she s an academic. she has a ph.d. in energy engineering, which gives a lot of hope to mexicans that will place a lot of focus on climate change here, and on issues with energy, the cost of power, the cost of gasoline, so we expect her to focus more attention on how mexico can move forward with the issues, sometimes with
we re seeing unfold at the southern border. the criminal element in their own countries are what s driving them to make the dangerous trek to the u.s. vice president kamala harris wrapped up her first foreign trip to guatemala and mexico to address the root causes of migration. she declared the visit a success and says she will go to the border at some point. bryan llenas live in mexico city with reaction to the v.p.s visit. what are you hearing on the ground? trace, good morning. top of mind in mexico is actually still the national elections from this past weekend. it headlines one of the largest newspapers. the vice president s trip below the fold about her pledge to give $130 million to mexico s labor groups and a story how mexico president mistakenly called the vice president president. mixed messaging a theme.
the wrong message, both guatemala and mexico s presidents say the biden administration s messaging on it been immigration has encouraged more illegal immigration. john? john: progressives in her own party not happy with what she said, bryan llenas live in mexico city with that, thank you. sandra: let s bring in former ambassador to the united nations nikki haley, ambassador, welcome and thank you for being here. there s so much to talk to you about, we will start off with the border because this brand-new interview with kamala harris, sitting down with lester holt in guatemala and he asked her very frankly why she has not yet, 76 days in charge of the border crisis gone to the southern border. here was the exchange. at some point. we are going to the border, we ve been to the border. this whole thing about the border, we ve been to the border. we have been to the border. you haven t been to the border.