of this month set to take place before the country hosts the olympics. looking at germany, chancellor schultz social democrats saw their worst-ever result of 14% losing to the conservative opposition. and in austria, the right-leaning freedom party out performed the conservative party as well as the social democrats. meanwhile looking at italy, italian prime minister conservative brothers of italy's group doubled their seats in the e.u. assembly. why it all matters is the 720 seats will really determine the state of affairs of what takes place within the e.u. over the next five years and new data from today from the e.u. suggests those voters who made their way out voiced concerns, three main concerns at this point in time immigration, international conflicts and economy. definitely making those voices heard this weekend.

john. >> john: interesting to see those voices not only being heard by exercising the options at the ballot box as well. alex hogan for us. thank you. >> dana: hunter biden's defense team getting ready to pull the trigger deciding whether to put president biden's son on the stand or just rest his case and move on to closing arguments. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. bill hemmer is off today and i'm pleased to be with you, john. >> john: i'm pleased to be with you as well. we've known each other for a long time and great to work together. a big decision for hunter biden. his defense attorney considers the best course of action. at this point it is not certain that indications make it seem likely hunter will not testify. andy mccarthy earlier on all the reasons why hunter should keep his mouth shut. >> looking at his potential sentencing guidelines, it looks to me like even if he gets convicted here he has a good chance of avoiding a prison

sentence. that calculation can change if a defendant takes the stand, gives a version of events that the jury obviously rejects. >> john: rich edson at the courthouse in wilmington, delaware, where we're still awaiting news as to whether or not hunter biden will take the stand. what do we know at this point? >> good morning, john. it is slow going right now. the attorneys for the prosecution and hunter biden are in a side bar with the judge. the update we got ten minutes ago. they have been talking quietly with the judge for more than a half hour here. it appears to be that the lead defense attorneys seems to be doing most of the talking but unclear what they are saying. hunter at times leaned back and talked to his uncle james biden and business partners and first lady both seated behind him. through some of these proceedings earlier this morning, there is a suggestion

that hunter biden will not take the stand but we're still waiting for that to confirmed. still waiting for the jury to be brought into the room while this side bar continues. hunter arrived for the second week in court with his wife melissa and jill biden is here as we mentioned and his uncle jim biden is here and the president's sister and aunt val are also here. if hunter declines to testify, this could all finish very, very quickly. we could be into closing statements today and jury deliberations by the afternoon. if he does testify, the prosecution has said that it is probably going to call rebuttal witnesses and that extends the trial out throughout the week. prosecutors have spent all last week put their case together and called witnesses, including three ex-s for hunter biden, played excerpts from his audio book and bank statements. the defense put its case

friday calling hunter biden's daughter. we're waiting to see if hunter takes the stand. proceedings are ongoing and give you an update as soon as we get it. >> john: send up a flair as soon as you know. >> dana: fox news alert here. former president donald trump will take part in a virtual pre-sentencing interview with probation officers today after his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. eric shawn live in new york city with more. what should we expect? >> yeah, former president trump has a date with his probation officer today. the type of session that's required of any convicted defendant. as a convicted felon the former president will be interviewed virtually with his lawyer at his side. do it from his mar-a-lago estate. the person is the probation officer who reviews the case and examines the defendant's personal history. conclusions will go into the pre-sentence report that will

recommend trump's sentence and go to judge juan merchan. the report can help the former president. here is what the new york courts say about that. the pre-sentence report is a chance for the defendant's lawyer to say good things about the defendant like the defendant is in a counseling program or has a steady job and takes care of an ailing family member. it's a chance for the defendant to try to make a good impression and explain why he or she deserves a lighter punishment. the trump campaign said this in part, quote, president trump and his legal team are already taking necessary steps to challenge and defeat what they call the lawless manhattan d.a. case. with this comes as manhattan district attorney alvin bragg accepted a request to testify before the house judiciary committee about the case but not until the former president is sentenced. the republican-led panel wants to ask bragg about the prosecution and if the biden justice department had any input or involvement in the charges.

tumble has attacked prosecutor colangelo, a former department of justice official. the former president claiming without any evidence that colangelo somehow engineered the case. the white house has denied that and bragg has not so far commented on that specifically but he certainly will likely do that when he testifies. the president is set to be sentenced july 11th. that just four days before the republican convention is expected to nominate him again. dana. >> dana: thank you, eric sean. >> john: all right, dana. joining us now for more on hunter biden's gun trial the former u.s. attorney and executive director on right on crime. brett, as they make a decision -- wait to make an announcement as to whether or not hunter biden will testify. i'm sure they've already made the decision. weigh the pros and cons of him getting on the stand. >> john, dana, thank you for having me.

i will tell you that it should be a no-brainer to not take the stand. in the federal system you are punished if you take the stand and are found guilty. the way they can do that is they can actually elevate the sentence that he would be given for obstruction of justice or perjury. those could be added by the judge in the sentencing guideline range and it would elevate what exposure he may have. i really am surprised that they are even contemplating it especially in a case like this which is as close to a strict liability case as there is. will he take the stand and say disregard all the evidence i was on drugs and i was not on drugs at the time? and disregard the fact it is my gun. those are the two elements they have to show, which is why its is very surprising they went to trial even in this case. >> dana: last week president biden told david mueller that he will not pardon hunter. >> as we sit here in normandy

your son, hunter, is on trial and i know that you cannot speak about an ongoing federal prosecution. but let me ask you will you accept the jury's outcome, their verdict no matter what it is? >> yes. >> have you ruled out a pardon for your son? >> yes. >> dana: so as andy mccarthy pointed out it is not enforceable. biden could change his mind. as we look forward, there is this case and then there is the other case, the one involving taxes, which is happening just before the election and brett, who hunter biden perhaps be in more trouble because of that one? >> that one will carry a significant greater risk for a longer prison sentence. and if he is convicted in this case and he is actually going to have a higher criminal history, which will elevate the guideline range in that case if he is convicted. so there is a lot at stake here

for hunter biden. i'm not sure that i buy that the president is not going to pardon him. i think that his track record has not been one of the most reliably honest politician and it wouldn't surprise me. it is a father and it is a son and it wouldn't surprise me. but there is great exposure in both cases. >> john: the former president will do an interview of some sort together with todd blanche with the new york state parole division. apparently alvin bragg as well has been invited to come and testify before congress and said my schedule is too full now but i'll reserve the possibility of doing it in the future. here is what bragg said about the trump case. listen here. >> i did my job. our job is to follow the facts

and the law without fear or favor and that's exactly what we did here. i did my job, we did our job. many voices out there. the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury and the jury has spoken. >> john: the jury did its job but many people say the cards were stacked. if bragg were hauled before congress what would people want to ask him? >> i will tell you that there is a supreme court decision, i believe scalia, that said that a case is brought, an indictment is brought and then a judge and jury, you know, finds a conviction and all of that legitimizes the action, right? because the results are saying, you know, that a jury found him guilty and it legitimizes regardless whether it was to be brought or not this is one of those instances where a case was

cobbled together. i think it was bad on the facts and it was manipulated on the law, and now it has a layer of validity because of the jury verdict. that's why we have appellate courts, though. and the d.a. saying that he did his job is quite a stretch when he ran on the notion of prosecuting donald trump regardless of what the facts might be. they did that, now let's see what the court will do in response and then i have little faith that there will be much value by him appearing in front of congress. but we'll see. stranger things have happened. >> dana: they have. brett tollman, thank you. >> john: thanks, brett. >> dana: right now we are waiting for an update from inside the court as hunter biden's federal gun trial is underway right now. the question of the hour is will hunter take the stand or will

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>> john: fox news alert. update on the three-alarm fire in downtown miami. it is at the temple court apartments. it is a four-story building west

of downtown near the miami river. per the miami fire department, the fire spread quickly through the common area of the roof. you can see it there. the flames coming through the roof structure. numerous crews on the scene right now battling the blaze. it is a three-alarm fire. several people were trapped in the building but apparently they have all been rescued by the fire department. some 50 people were evacuated from the complex. some of them are people who are sheltering in place due to disabilities. we're trying to get more details on one other aspect of this as well and that is that one person was found with gunshot wounds and was taken to the hospital. unclear at this point if that was related to the initial ignition of this fire or if that was related to something else. we have our teams down there in miami bird dogging this and get information as soon as we can. >> dana: okay. scary stuff. thank you. a massive anti-israel rally

taking place in washington, d.c. over the weekend. did you see this? the protest took place outside the white house. president biden was in europe commemorating the 80th anniversary of d-day. protestors also harassed a park ranger during the demonstration. [shouting] >> dana: demonstrators also unfurled a large palestinian flag and vandalized statues as they voiced their opposition to u.s. support for israel. this on the day that the hostages were rescued. >> this was a high-risk, complex mission based on precise intelligence conducted in daylight. in two separate buildings deep inside gaza.

while under fire, under fire inside the buildings, under fire on the way out from gaza, our forces rescued our hostages. >> john: israel's military conducting a dangerous mission rescuing four hostages from hamas captivity in gaza. said to be in good health and reunited with families. general jack keane, former vice chief of staff of the army and chairman of the institute for the study of war joins us now. echoes on the raid in this general in that they practiced for days, if not weeks, to get these hostages out and they managed to do it, however did incur a lot of casualties on the palestinian side. >> it's a remarkable operation. obviously very daring operation with highly competent and skilled forces.

an operation like this go through a number of phases, one is the planning and decision phase. the israelis have had to pass up a number of hostages operations because they knew they would be detected before and they wouldn't get them out and hostages killed as well as many of their soldiers. they had to pass on them. this one they had precise intelligence. knew the apartments in the buildings where the hostages were. that in itself is remarkable. then they had can we get in there and not get detected? at night was the first option. we could fast rope on top of the building and move a force on the ground and get in there. i think they recognized this both of those from the point of detection to the point of rescue there is too much time and the hostages would likely be killed. these forces that did this, the national police anti-terror unit and the security operators, they are used to operating inside

palestinians where they live, etc. culturally attuned and speak the language without an israeli accent. they look like palestinians and dressed like palestinians. they may have selected daylight because they could look like palestinians and conceal their weapons as opposed to coming through in uniform, which would be easily detected in an intense refugee camp where this rescue took place. a lot of thought had to go into this, john. as you indicated, they put up a mock buildings to represent what they were going to deal with much as we did in preparation to take down bin laden. that certainly is extraordinary in terms of the preparation for that. yeah, this is a remarkable operation that will be historic in the anals of israeli rescue

operations. >> john: jake sullivan said the united states played a role in the operation but he wouldn't say exactly what. >> i won't get into the specific operational or intelligence-related matters associated with that. we need to protect those. i can say we have generally provided support to the idf so that we can try to get all of the hostages home including the american american hostages still being held. >> john: what do you think the role would be? >> we have had people assisting them right from the outset in terms of intelligence collection. i don't think we have to tell the israelis how to conduct an operation and do hostage rescue. they are experts themselves and they are dealing with a population that we're not used to dealing with. i think in terms of intelligence gathering, there is a lot we can do as reported openly that we had drones assisting them with that. then we have, john, we have huge

intelligence capability that exceeds any other country in the world. and so all those sources are put on that target in terms of trying to find those hostages and likely we have assisted them in finding those hostages as i mentioned before. but we weren't -- they weren't able to execute because they couldn't get them out there alive. yeah, i think we're providing meaningful contribution to the hostage rescue operation. >> john: one last question. bennie, opposition leader resigned from the unity government cabinet yesterday. he was going to hold a press conference to announce it but decided that the hostage situation was taking precedence and stayed quiet about it. what do you think it represents, the fact that he has said i'm done with the way netanyahu is conducting this war, i'm out. >> yeah, well, i think it's remarkable that there was a war cabinet with people sitting in it who were political opponents

to begin with. i think that demonstrated clearly the threat that israel was facing here from the outset and what the implications october 7th meant for the whole nation in terms of its very survival. but now with seven months plus into the war it is not surprising to me that political opponents would have policy differences that they can no longer continue to exist without separating themselves. after all, bennie gants wants to be prime minister and wants the job netanyahu has and wants to force an election so he can get that job. so those are some of the realities. when it comes to the war, when you look closely at where he is from, he wants the destruction of hamas. he thinks it will take year, not months to accomplish that. where there is absolute disagreement is he believes netanyahu should be talking about a plan now, what is the post-gaza plan after hamas is

effectively defeated? what is the political plan to govern and sustain hamas? he sees no evidence of that. >> john: that's a big question and one to be answered in the days, weeks and months ahead. thank you for being with us. appreciate it. see you again soon. >> great talking to you, thank you. >> dana: as he promises to lower corporate tax rates and reduce regulations former president trump is gaining support among american businesses, including $12 million raised in no place else than silicon valley? that was over the weekend. fox business's grady trimble live with more in washington. grady, have they had a change of heart in silicon valley? >> it certainly seems that way because that event you mentioned was packed with silicon valley heavy weights. venture capitalists and podcast hosts were hosting the event. the social network, facebook and

crypto fame were also there along with a host of others. the trump campaign says it raised $12 million at that one event and more than $33 million over that four-day trip out west. this is the latest example of former president trump's courting groups who may not have traditionally supported republicans. >> all week san francisco publications have been writing about how there will be big protests in san francisco because trump was coming to town. as it turns out, hundreds of people turned out in the streets pro-trump demonstrators welcoming his motorcade. if that's in san francisco, what does it tell you about the rest of the country? >> later this week former president trump will meet with executives from some of the most powerful companies in the world at business round tables quarterly meeting. the organization says it invited president biden as well but he will be traveling to the g7 summit in italy so his chief of staff will go instead. business round table says it hopes biden will be able to

attend a future event. the biden campaign has said it is confident in its fundraising operations despite a slowdown in the month of april. the former president is trying to win over the business community as the economy is still the top issue for voters. dana. >> dana: it's really interesting. thanks, grady. >> john: president biden apparently mixing up ukraine and iraq and it is forcing the white house to do more damage control. meanwhile, former president trump betting big on nevada. why the third time could be the charm. ♪ veterans, need money for major home repairs? why not think outside a bank? get up to $70,000 with a newday 100 va cash out loan.

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delaware where we have just learned that hunter biden will not be taken the stand in his own defense, which means that his defense team, led by abbe lowell, is going to rest its case. so the next phase in the trial will be closing arguments. a charge to the jury and then deliberations. since it is only 10:30 in the morning there in wilmington, there is a good chance the jury could get this case later today. we'll keep watching it. rich edson is there along with our team of producers so we'll bring you all the latest information as it happenings. dana. >> dana: all right. we got that news now. we've been waiting all day. president biden with a mix-up when speaking to the press this weekend mistakenly referring to ukraine as iraq when discussing delayed funding to the country. here is what he said. >> president biden: i think there is a new horizon, a sense of some within the country wanting to let that slip. the idea that we become semi

isolationist now which some are talking about, the idea we had to wait all those months just to get the money for iraq because we were waiting. it just -- it is not who we are. it is not who america is. >> dana: the white house corrected the official transcript of the remarks to the press. they crossed out iraq and put ukraine instead. >> john: we were talking about this a couple of weeks ago when the white house issued nine corrections on the transcript. you used to be a white house press secretary. there was at least a couple of dust-ups with minor corrections to the transcript. but now it is like i don't want to say it's every day but very frequently. what's your take on it? >> one, i think it's good they are not trying to hide it. for example, there was an example during the obama administration the state department where they changed a transcript to make it look like they said something they did not

but didn't tell anybody. they aren't disputing the fact he made a mistake. unfortunate it has to happen. slips of the tongue can come up because he has been around for a lot of these debates on foreign policy. it is not a great look with five months to go to the election. >> john: not when it happens nine times at least. now this. >> we have a lot of democrats coming over because really we're the party of common sense. we're a party of common sense. we want to have that strong military. we have to. i totally rebuilt the military. all of the things that we did, that's what they want. the greatest economy in the history of our country is what we had. >> dana: former president trump rallying supporters in vegas as he looks to put nevada into the win column for republicans. let's bring in our panel. i want to try this again because

earlier today i mentioned it with kevin o'leary. fill jeep. i spoke to a democrat looking at some of the numbers. the choice for president in nevada voting right now trump 50, biden 45. my democratic friend said they are starting to figure out that they will probably have to write off nevada going forward. do you hear that? do you feel that on the bide -- is the biden team looking for other places? >> no, i think you should write off that democrat as a source. it's five months. things could go any way. what's interesting is that mr. trump is doing this thing which other candidates have done certainly former presidents who have lost states. he really wants to bring that into the win column. i notice he does it with minnesota more than anything. but it is more than just showing up. he himself brings it up that he went to a ton of states in both

2016 and 2020 that he didn't win even though he had big crowds. i think that's because it matters what you say. if you showed a little bit more of that he was saying that as long as people he wanted them to drink water because it was hot. not because he wanted them to live but he wanted them to vote. that's a joke, but these things need to be message oriented. not sure when you talk about january 6th rioters being heroes. if that is something that plays in the general as much as it does in the primaries. >> dana: i hear you there. matt, one of my favorite things when i saw from the rally when he got the cheesecake factory menu reading from it. honestly, that's funny. i appreciated that. what are you hearing, though, about nevada? >> the conservative vote in nevada has been happening a

little bit. joe lombardo. he was the only republican to compete a democrat in 2022 in large part because of the economy. covid restrictions hit nevada hard. i would have said nevada. you are seeing it coming salient as an issue is immigration. what would concern me if i was a democrat. abortion, which i think democrats want to run on in large part this year is pretty popular in nevada. however, abortion is popular but trump is still winning by the five-point margin. not one-to-one like a lot of biden supporters hoped there would be. >> dana: i also want to get to this. philippe, the vice president kamala harris made comments today about president trump's selection for vice president. she said that for trump the litmus test is will they be

absolutely loyal to trump over country or their oath of office or frankly the american people. everyone on that list supported a trump abortion ban in their state or has called for a national ban. in fact, many voted this week in the senate against the right to contraception. that's how far down the road they are. it signals one of the things she will continue to talk about. your thoughts on this debate or this decision that trump has to make, kamala harris said no matter what she will see them in july or august at that debate. >> donald trump likes blaming democrats for what happened in 2020 in terms of the so-called stealing the election. the truth is when you look at the people who were pivotal. it was republicans including people who worked for him. the loyalty test is the mike pence january 6th test. it is not operative because hopefully he will abide by the two-term rule. he wants to know that when push comes to shove he will pick

someone doing what he wants them to do which in that case was to not certify the election. look, when you come down to it you need to be -- you have to do it. the constitution calls for it. 15 of our presidents have been vice president. people forget that. a lot of them become president one way or the other. >> dana: a great point. matt, can i give you one final word? >> sorry. >> final word. >> comfort, trust, loyalty is important. mitt romney was looking at paul ryan. at the end of the day the vice president, you are elected with them. the one person in your administration you can't fire whether it's tim scott, vance, rubio, they all bring something to the ticket. you want that comfort, trust and loyalty above all. >> dana: you do. thank you both for hanging in there with me and for your great thoughts this morning. have a good week, thanks.

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>> dana: we're getting some more information about this three-alarm fire happening in miami right now.

it broke out around 8:15. police responded to a call about a person shot that was inside the building and it's not clear whether someone else shot them or if it was self-inflicted. we don't know that. the victim is now in the hospital. crews are fighting the fire for two hours. officials are concerned it could spread to nearby buildings. many people rescued from their balconies, even. that happening in miami. firefighters are on the scene doing the best they can and we'll get you more information on this story as we get it. sharks bite three people over the weekend along the florida panhandle some popular beach vacation destinations on high alert. dana marie mcnicholl is live in miami beach. some of the bites have been serious.

>> they are unfortunately. good morning. all three women were swimming in deep waist water when bitten. they don't know what shark it was but what happened was extremely rare. the two separate attacks happened about two hours between each other on beaches four miles apart on that florida panhandle, a popular vacation spot known as 30a. a tragic start to the summer season. a 45-year-old woman had critical injuries on her stomach and part of her arm am tateed. the other had serious injure ephors to leg and hand and other with flesh wounds to the foot. during this time of year it is common for small fish to travel near the shore which might be a contributing factor in the attacks. this weekend they pat rolled the shoreline in a helicopter and saw noticeable presence of sharks, bull sharks specifically.

they saw a 14-foot hammer head shark. >> we share the water with sharks and understand that it is tragic but there are always sharks in these waters. we have to be careful and cognizant of that. >> the fire chief said he is reaching to experts for insight as rising gulf temperatures or steering current could have been a factor. >> what has happened with these shark attacks is very much an anomaly. not something that we would expect. it certainly isn't something that people should think will occur. >> the beach has since been reopened, john. >> john: all right. they're exceedingly rare but cold comfort for people who get bitten by them. hope everybody stays safe today. now this. >> i know it's the most competitive in the world and i could have gone either way.

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>> harris: it's week two of president biden's son federal gun trial and we've just learned the defense has rested its case. and hunter biden will not be taking the stand. plus a tough week for biden as he is struggling to salvage black voters. one report his troubles are setting off alarm bells. why isn't biden declaring hamas is out of time to turn over hostages after israel just rescued four people hamas was keeping among palestinian civilians? senator ron johnson, paul mauro, clay travis, "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> dana: fox news alert. thank you, harris, we're seeing secretary antony blinken in tel aviv on the tarmac there.

he is likely to be meeting with prime minister netanyahu soon. that government there in israel suffering a blow as there has been a change with bennie gantz who decided to retire. lots happening over there. there could be blinken is saying a possible agreement on hamas -- with hamas about releasing more of the american hostages. so we wait and see and we report as we get it. john. >> john: we'll keep following that. women's basketball star caitlin clark taking the high road after failing to make the roster for the u.s. olympic basketball team. listen here. >> you are in the moment to win gold. i was a kid that grew up watching the olympics so yeah, it will be fun to watch them. i think it gives you something to work for. that's a dream. hopefully one day i can be there and i think it is a little more motivation. you remember that and hopefully when four years comes around i can be there.

>> john: let's bring in a former college basketball coach from outkick. what do you think of this move? >> i think it is a dumb move by the olympic committee. one superstar. she is the biggest basketball star in the world including the nba finals players. a chance to grow women's basketball. i don't think it is race or sex, i think it is jealousy. according to the people i talked to across the wnba there is a jealousy that is unprecedented in the wnba toward caitlin clark and i think we're seeing it. pure and simple. i think it is a break for caitlin clark. who wants to be among people that are back stabbing you all the time for weeks upon weeks? she will play in the olympics a number of times. this is pure outright stupidity and jealousy towards the young woman that handles everything great. she handles it like a pro. she has been perfect. i cover her every day on my radio show in the afternoons in indy. she has been terrific.

good for her. she can take a break, watch others do her thing and she will have enough time for olympics. >> john: she is ranked number 14. averaging 16.6 and leads the league in turnovers and number three for the season on 3s but they also didn't take another woman ranked two for the season. >> that's a good point and she is terrific. let's be honest. you are begging for eyeballs on the wnba. women's basketball wants to grow. they talk about it all the time. pay attention, pay us more and give us more travel. this young lady is doing it. i have no idea who the best 12 players are in the wnba. the person to put more eyes on women's basketball for young women and anybody is caitlin clark. and whether she is 14th, 10th,

6th 5th, she is good enough. she is absolutely good enough. i just think the wnba and the women's u.s. olympic committee missed a real opportunity to do what they begged us to do, pay attention and join the game. >> >> john: we'll see you on the radio, thank you. >> dana: john, thank you for being here today. before we go dick van dyke proving age is just a number. guest this. he won a daytime emmy over the weekend for his appearance on "days of our lives" making the 98-year-old the oldest award and 80 years in the industry. >> john: he could have played president snow in the hunger games. good to be with you. >> dana: thank you so much. "the faulkner focus" is up next and i will see you on the five a