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what she described him as being very friendly charming. she said he was really chatty. >> and at one point though, he stepped out onto a balcony in this room to smoke, which she now realizes was crack it. >> she said he actually blew through that 30 minutes that he had purchased without ever getting that private tab he was asked she said if you wanted to extend the time he declined, but he did invite her to his hotel room. she also declined but he got her number and they met have a couple of weeks later which kicked off this year long relationship all paula reid outside the court in wilmington, delaware. >> thanks so much. let's go now to capitol hill were house republicans, as we mentioned, have sets a criminal referral for hunter biden and president biden's brother, james, to the justice department. cnn's manu raju joins us live. but mine and what exactly are the allegations against hunter and james biden by these? three house committees? >> yeah, the republicans aren't alleging that james biden, hunter biden made false statements to the committee
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
customers to buy more expensive guns. and this contradicts his grand jury testimony to definitely a point scored, thereby, the defense and they will continue their cross-examination chen, tomorrow, prosecutors say they have about six more witnesses, but at this point, well, if we still expect this trial to go into early next week paula reid outside the courthouse in wilmington, delaware thank you very much coming up an exclusive look at the effort to recover the remains of american service members in france 80 years after d-day. we'll be right back sometimes the best thing you can do with intelligence is shared with your adversary. >> if his secret is betrayed itself, bullet to the back of the head secrets and spies, a nuclear gain sunday at ten on cn. >> were you stationed working or living at campbell as yoon between 1953 and 1987, if you or a loved one have suffered from a severe illness, you may be eligible for a settlement offer ranging from 100,000 to
issue ahead of the election. bret? >> bret: okay. we'll follow. this chad, thanks. jurors in the federal gun crimes trial of hunter biden today heard from a former wife and one-time girlfriend about the defendant's battles with drugs and alcohol. prosecutors are trying to prove biden lied on a federal gun form. the defense is suggesting biden didn't sign it. correspondent david spunt is in wilmington, delaware live tonight with the latest. good evening, david. >> bret, good evening to you. the personal and legal fol fallt of his public drug addiction came into a sharp and painful focus as his ex-wife and others took the stand. hunter biden left the courthouse today after watching detailed testimony from his ex-wife. kathleen buel told the jury the couple divorced after she found multiple crack pipes around hunter. she said she was worried, scared for him, and for their three children whom she sought to
hunter biden has been candid about his drug use and portions of his audio memoir have been used against him in court. >> crack takes you into the darkest recesses of your soul as well as the darkest corners of every community. >> prosecutors showed the gun hunter owned in 2018 for 11 days. the store employee who sold him the colt handgun said hunter came into the store, looking for a gun. bret, this contradicts what hunter biden's attorney abbe lowell told jurors earlier this week when he said hunter was at a nearby cell phone store in wilmington and casually walked into a gun store and sort of led to the gun counter and maybe felt a little pressure to buy a gun. this employee gordon cleveland also testified that he personally saw hunter biden check no in that box that said he was not addicted to or using illegal drugs at the time, which is really the heart of this entire case, bret. >> bret: david, what is the prosecution saying about how long they think their case is going to take?
in the courtroom all day. i was in the press benches and watched hunter biden turn and glance to his stepmother as the proceedings began. now, at issue here is hunter biden�*s purchase of a handgun here in wilmington back in 2018. the prosecution says that when he filled in an application form to purchase the gun, he didn't declare that he was a drug user and that was misleading. that was a lie, they say. the defence will argue that he couldn't knowingly have viewed himself, described himself as addicted to illegal drugs at the time. but i think it is the political overtones that will also dominate much of the coverage here, as republicans have tried for a long time to link scandal and allegations surrounding hunter biden to his father. so far, without getting much traction, without compelling evidence. this trial due to last around two weeks. hunter biden denies all three felony counts. as for his father,
where a jury has been selected in the trial ofjoe biden�*s son hunter on gun charges. it's the first prosecution in us history for a child of a sitting president. the 54—year—old denies three criminal charges stemming from his purchase of a handgun in 2018 — the prosecution claim he was heavily addicted to drugs at the time and lied about it in registration forms. the first lady, jill biden, attended the jury selection hearing in delaware. attended the jury selection president biden was not present. he issued a statement saying he was proud of his son, but he would not comment on the case. our correspondent tom bateman has been outside the courthouse in wilmington. well, five months before a presidential election and a trial here that will throw a very public glare on the personal life and the allegations of drug misuse of the son of the us president. now, hunter biden arrived here first thing this morning along with members of the biden family, including his stepmother, the first lady, jill biden. she satjust behind him at the front of the public gallery
that season texts? belo from lawrence of georgia,, i'm so claudia perez no announcment is not another book. that hurts. christopher from louisville kentucky, the secret service must love guarding trump, takes them to the best shows. joe just takes them to a delaware every weekend. jeremy from pennsylvania, trump should take into biden's doorstep. do a rally in wilmington. that is a great idea. donald from texas, abiding bragged about his college football career, and he could not put a helmet on? he tried to put it on over his aviators. sarah from richmond, virginia, maybe biden should wear that full evolve helmet when he rides his bike. [ laughter ] fill from illinois, i also want hundred biden to be not guilty that will convince a country her
it's very tough here because these conservative people who are all in for the second amendment right? what anyone, for any reason can have a gun there shouldn't be any restrictions whatsoever. those are going to tend to be your more right-wing people who might not, like hunter biden. so it's a little bit at cross purposes here. it's hard to predict what the jury will do with this was a very i think a very, very tough jury selection for that reason. now, keep in mind delaware probably is. let's call it 80% or no, probably 60%, democrat, 20% republican it gets more red as you go down the state wilmington draws from the entire state. so there are some people that have to drive 100 miles to get to the courthouse and the court will typically in those situations, put them up and hotel to keep them on, but it's a very mixed bag. >> yeah. and obviously this trial is expected to be much shorter than the one we just covered that was six weeks. i wonder if you're the defense if you're a hunter biden's attorneys and you're looking at juror number one. she says that she's a sister who is recovering drug addict who served time and deller a state prison for convictions on drug
hunter biden's purchase of a handgun here in wilmington back in 2018. the prosecution says that when he filled in an application form to purchase the gun, he didn't declare that he was a drug user and that was misleading. that was a lie, they say. the defence will argue that he couldn't knowingly have viewed himself, described himself as addicted to illegal drugs at the time. but i think it is the political overtones that will also dominate much of the coverage here, as republicans have tried for a long time to link scandal and allegations surrounding hunter biden to his father. so far, without getting much traction, without compelling evidence. this trial due to last around two weeks. hunter biden denies all three felony counts. as for his father, the president issued a written statement as the trial started, saying he couldn't comment as president on a federal legal case, but as a father, he said he stood by his son and supported him in overcoming what he said was a battle against addiction,