the president of the united states breaks his silence on the historic guilty verdict against his predecessor. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. president biden said no one is above the law, a day after former president trump was convicted on state charges in new york. 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up his relationship with an adult film star. it s a sharp contrast with donald trump s angry and rambling, off-the-cuff remarks today, where he called the system rigged, the trial a scam, and the judge a devil. well, tonight, trump is leaving new york for his country club in bedminster, new jersey, but the fallout from the monumental verdict in a manhattan courtroom is just starting to be felt. cbs s chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa shows us how both the president and the former president are reacting. it s reckless. it s dangerous. and it s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because
the president of the united states breaks his silence on the historic guilty verdict brought against his predecessor. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. president biden said no one is above the law come a day after former president trump was convicted of state charges in new york. 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up his relationship with an alleged film star, an adult film star. it s a sharp contrast with donald trump s angry and rambling come off the cuff remarks today, where he called the system rigged, the trial a scam, and the judge a devil. tonight, trump is leaving new york for his country club in bedminster, new jersey, but the fallout from the monumental verdict in manhattan courtroom is just starting to be felt. cbs s chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa shows us how both the president and the former president are reacting. it s reckless. it s dangerous. and it s irresponsible. for anyone to say th
good evening. i m erin burnett. and outfront tonight, the middle east on the verge. countries across the region from iran to libya on high alert reacting to the highest tension there in decades and all eyes are on the united states. what will america do? the big story tonight is a massacre in syria. the death toll mounting tonight as the government cracks down on protesters, demanding president bashar al assad step down. 74 people died today, many in the western city of homs. we re not animals. we re human beings. we re asking for help. asking for your help. if you don t help, they will kill millions. no one will find out about us. right now, the united states has been withdrawing, shutting down its embassy today. a source who has spent a lot of time with al assad says the situation is deteriorating to a blood bath and saying america s military may need to step in. meanwhile, the regime hoping turmoil in other part of the renal will buy it time. that is, of course, in s
iran to libya on high alert reacting to the highest tension there in decades and all eyes are on the united states. what will america do? the big story tonight is a massacre in syria. the death toll mounting tonight as the government cracks down on protesters, demanding president bashar al assad step down. 74 people died today, many in the western city of homs. we re not animals. we re human beings. we re asking for help. asking for your help. if you don t help, they will kill millions. no one will find out about us. right now, the united states has been withdrawing, shutting down its embassy today. a source who has spent a lot of time with al assad says the situation is deteriorating to a blood bath and saying america s military may need to step in. meanwhile, the regime hoping turmoil in other part of the renal will buy it time. that is, of course, in syrian ally iran. the united states slapped more sanctions on iran today freezing all assets in iranian banks in the uni