just elected its first female president in a 200-year history. that s according to projections. the women she says helped get her there. plus, pride policy, president biden s campaign is zeroing in on lgbtq plus voters this pride month. the strategy to tackle growing concerns over waning support. and could less be more when it comes to treating cancer? the new research on scaling back treatments to help patients feel better as they re getting better. our nbc news reporter are following all of the latest developments, and we begin with nbc s ken dilanian who s outside the courthouse in wilmington, delaware, and, ken, i know we re in a lunch break just a few minutes ago, where do things stand right now in picking a jury? reporter: greetings, chris. they have actually moved through this jury selection process rather quickly. they ve got 34 qualified jurors of 36 that they want to get to in order to go to the second round where they really get down to brass tax and start wi
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
now, also a physicist, she has a ph.d. in energy engineering, which brings a lot of hope when it comes to climate change issues here or a solution for climate change, and also finding renewable energy options in mexico. she already said right away last night that it will not go up and also mexicans can expect the price of their electric bill to remain the same. these are two things that mexicans care about, just like americans, the price of gasoline and the price of the power bill. we expect her to pay more attention to other ways in which mexico can focus on renewable energy. and there s another issue that has been discussed a lot, the issue of public safety in mexico. we had a violent election campaign with dozens of candidates or aspiring candidates assassinated and issue public safety across mexico. organized crime has been able to infiltrate a lot of local governments. they have been fighting to take