we are standing body here from donald trump. there is a news conference scheduled at trump tower. so how might the word he speaks? this morning? how might they impact his looming sentence as a convicted felon also, any minute now we could hear from president biden, he has his first chance to respond out loud to this its verdict a deadly ambush, taking the life of a hero, a police officer shot will try to help the very person who killed him. sarah, is out this morning i m john berman with kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. there i am donald trump is set to hold a news conference outside trump tower this morning, just one day after a jury in new york found him guilty. hey, of 34 criminal charges. this our president biden will have his chance to possibly speak out publicly for the first time as he s leaving delaware, both campaigns right now looking to capitalize off this truly uncharted territory type moment, the country finds itself in once again, july 11 is now the n
many voices out there, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury, and the jury has spoken. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg speaking yesterday following the historic conviction of former president donald trump on all 34 counts in the criminal hush money trail. trump becomes the first former u.s. president in american history to be convicted of a crime. the verdict was read just around 5:00 p.m. in a new york city courtroom after the 12 jurors deliberated for roughly 9 1/2 hours over two days. each of the 34 felony counts is associated with a falsified business record pertaining to trump s reimbursement of his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, for a hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign, to keep her quiet about a sexual encounter she says she had with trump back in 2006. trump has denied her claim. sentencing is set for july 11th, just four days before the republican national convention begins
good evening, donald trump was convicted on 34 felony counts. our special coverage of this unprecedented verdict continues. i m ari melber here with my colleagues. may third, 2024 is now a day etched in history. it was 4:30 p.m. when the jury in new york versus trump reached its verdict. the jury told the court triggering a process which unfolded over a roughly 36 minutes as the defendant, lawyers, and reporters returned to the courtroom. around the nation, people received alerts. a verdict was in. on msnbc as you can see, nicole wallace reported this verdict was imminent. and that this jury, which was tested in unusual ways and heard over 20 days of testimony and deliberated over nine hours, this jury s work was done. it had not been delayed. and, jury s work and its findings were not deadlocked. they reached a unanimous decision filling out the legal forms tabulating each felony count signed by the anonymous foreperson who read out the verdict to the court. with no cameras
trump will see it? oh, he s going to keep the convention and he s going to use it as rocket fueled energizes base, but don t know how it plays with swing voters. all right. well, thank you both very much. thanks for joining us. the news continues right here. on cnn it s friday, may 31, right now on cnn this morning he didn t do a thing wrong. i m a. very innocent man guilty on all 34 counts, donald trump calling his hush money trial rigged, and assisting you only verdict he cares about is the one that s handed down on november 5th i did my job manhattan da alvin bragg speaking out and praising the jury after that the historic conviction as soon as we can appeal, we will and donald trump s lawyer vowing to fight the verdicts and the possibility of jail time. for the former president right fiber him. your in washington alive. look at new york city where donald trump is waking up. it convicted felon this morning. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt wonderful to have y
we have to make a decision in this country. not that moderates suddenly come to some sense of reason. but finally, to discover the diversity that s at the heart of the country. i hope we can do it. i pray we can do it. we need to. thank you so much for your wisdom, your perspective during these challenging times for america. that s going to wrap up the hour for us. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell, chris jansing and katy tur pick up our coverage next. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in new york. with my colleague chris jansing for a landmark moment in our nation s history. our teammate katy tur will join us in a moment from inside trump tower where donald trump has just talked about the prosecutor and judge who presided over his case and said he would have loved to testify. this is a scam. this is a rigged trial. it shouldn t haven t been in that venue. we shouldn t have had that judge. he should have allowed us to have an election