catherine christian and glenn kirschner, former district attorney for d.c. we understand, just to update people, that just a few minutes before 2:00, we know that the special counsel, biden's lawyer went back into the courtroom. we don't know if they've started the proceedings yet, because strategy-wise, what do you make of this move? >> well, it looks like hunter biden and his lawyers think maybe it will go better for him if he's permitted to plead guilty pursuant to an al ford plea. they are disfavored in the criminal justice system. the case that gave rise to this kind of a plea, you know, was decided by the supreme court more than 50 years ago, someone named henry alford wanted to plead guilty to second-degree murder when he was charged to first-degree murder and potentially could have received the death penalty, he wanted to plead guilty, but he wanted to maintain his innocence. that case went all the way up to the supreme court, but the supreme court ruled a defendant, together with their counsel can decide it's in their best interest to plead guilty,