you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we re only one year out from election day, and already there are warning signs for president biden in his bid for re-election. a new set of polls from the new york times and sienna college show biden trailing former president donald trump in hypothetical matchups in four key swing states. you see them there on-screen. trump appears to have an edge in nevada, georgia, arizona, and michigan, all critical states that could hand the election to the former president. but legal problems continue to pile up for donald trump. tomorrow he is expected to have to answer to some of these serious allegations of fraud that he s facing. he s set to take the stand in new york for a civil trial that could determine the fate of his business in that state. so one year from election day, how worried should the white house be about these low poll numbers for joe biden at this stage of the campaign? cnn s senior data
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it afternoon i m gillian turner in for martha maccallum this is the story. president biden making his first public remarks a short while ago after former president trump s 34 count felony conviction. he says his top political rival should now have the opportunity to appeal the guilty verdict same his every other american. he did not answer shadow questions from reporters. donald trump puts himself as political prisoner and planes you directly. what s your response to that? do you think the convictional have an impact on the campaign? we would love to hear thought. should you be on the ballot? gillian: just prior to the remarks trump found to appeal the verdict resulting from what he insists was a scam trial. once again blaming politics for the conviction. take a listen. this should have been on case and everybody said it was noncase including brad. brad sat until i ran for office and then they saw the polls. i was leading the republicans and the democrats back leading
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A look at the days top news and headlines. Because under the guidelines, the Department Of Justice believes you cannot charge a sitting president with a crime. But the talk around here these days is of impeachment. If democrats were to flip 24 seats in november, which is a possibility, they would then control the house and it is the house that would begin impeachment proceedings. Even if the president were impeached, a conviction in the senate is unlikely, that would take a twothirds vote. Nobody could see that many republicans defecting to try to take down the president. Dana also its never happened in americas history. John, thank you. For more, lets bring in james trusty, former d. O. A. Prosecutor. Lets start with what the president told ainslie earhart, if he was paying the money himself that could not have been a campaign violation. What do you make of that . Well im not an expert on Campaign Finance law. There may be . Truth to it. Theres an added layer, just that any Campaign F