from five swing states that is concerning for democrats and the white house. we ll go through those numbers on a potential 2020 rematch. and there is new reporting for donald trump s plans on revenge if he gets a second term in the white house. he has already figured out who he is going to arrest. wonderful. it s about as authoritarian as you can get. also, the biden poll numbers, they looked about as bad as barack obama s in 2011 at about this time. barack obama was losing to mitt romney in several swing states. we still have a long way to go. also ahead, we ll tell you about the potential key endorsement for florida governor ron desantis in the republican presidential primary, as donald trump will be on the stand today in the $250 million fraud trial against his company. plus, we ll show you what ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy had to say about the state of the war and his invitation to donald trump. and we ll have the latest on the diplomatic trip overs
fraud trial against him, the penalty part. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news in manhattan where donald trump is already inside the courtroom about to take the stand in his $250 million new york civil fraud trial. these proceedings are just getting under way this morning. nbc s vaughn hillyard is standing by outside the courthouse. also with us, peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney and senior fbi attorney and former investigative council for the january 6th house committee. we saw those live images inside the courtroom. we aren t allowed to have cameras inside the courtroom during the actual testimony. i understand, vaughn, trump spoke moments ago before he walked into the courthouse. start us off there in mann with what the president, former president is saying this morning and what we can e
unprecedented now, for the first time in american history, a former president convicted for his criminal behavior while still serving as presumptive republican nominee for president. donald trump calls the verdict rigged and himself, quote, a political prisoner. newsbreak, he is not in prison. maga outrage, trump allies including the house speaker and several potential vice presidential candidates are blasting the verdict and unleashing dangerous rhetoric against the justice system and our democracy itself. but no one is above the law. president biden warns the attacks are reckless and irresponsible while trying to keep his campaign focused on issues important to voters. we will talk about it all, the prosecution and the politics with congresswoman maxine waters of california and politics nation host, the reverend al sharpton. nbc analysts and prosecutor. i m jonathan kay part, this is the saturday show. historic victory for american justice, accountability and the rule of la
unprecedented moment. for the first time in american history, a former president has been convicted for his criminal behavior while still serving as the presumptive republican nominee for president. donald trump calls the verdict rigged and himself, quote, a political prisoner. news break. he s not in prison. maga outrage. trump s allies including the house speaker and several potential republican vice presidential candidates are blasting the verdict and unleashing dangerous rhetoric against the justice system and our democracy itself. but, no one is above the law. president biden warns these attacks are reckless and irresponsible while trying to keep his campaign focus on issues important to voters. we ll talk about it all. the prosecution, and the politics. with congresswoman maxine waters of california and the reverend al sharpton. plus, michelle goldburg and tim miller. i m jonathan capehart an this is the saturday show. and, an historic victory for american justice,
this is the katie phang show. life from msnbc headquarters in new york city, real estate mogul. reality tv store. teflon don, president of the united states and after his july 11 sentencing, donald trump will add a new moniker to this list. convicted felon. a jury of trump s peers found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an effort to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. and, yet, the twice impeached quadruple indicted one term ex- president who has also been found liable for civil fraud and sexual abuse and does over half $1 billion in verdicts, and who hoarded classified documents in his bathroom at mar-a-lago remains the presumptive nominee of the republican party per president of the united states. let s talk about it. i want to welcome you to a special chance to show. for those of you who remember, i have a rockstar panel of a roundtable today. catherine christian, at the d.a.s office and msnbc, former d.a. and criminal defense atto