message to the world from the hallowed shores of normandy. well, never saying the word trump. the president implicitly warned of the threat. he believes his election your opponent poses to us democracy as for donald trump, he s using his guilty verdict on 34 counts to rile up his base on the campaign trail as some swing state voters tells cnn don t care about what happened in that new york courtroom and i ll go one-on-one with the former house speaker, nancy pelosi. she is in france for d-day commemorations and will weigh in on the president s message overseas and all of the drama with her congressional colleagues right here in washington i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics first up, a presidential complete from the cliffs pointe-du-hoc, where american soldiers turned the tide of world war ii, 80 years ago.
biden on the campaign trail. it s a major show of force against one of their own who s candidacy could ultimately tank president biden s reelection. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics we do start in manhattan, where donald trump is inside a courtroom, right now as his legal team and prosecutors question dozens of potential jurors are colleagues in the room say that so far the former president ampere s in gross listening to the people in the jury box give their answers 96 people were sworn in this morning. 48 were dismissed right away because they said they couldn t be fair and impartial to donald trump. nine others were let go because of conflicts. and it is unclear now how many others will make it through the next hour. there s even issues with seeded durer s today. juror number two was excused after saying this to the judge,
i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we begin in new york where closing arguments are under way in donald trump s civil fraud trial, with hundreds of millions of dollars and the future of the trump organization on the line. the former president is inside the courtroom right now. his team is just finishing their final presentation. we wanted to give our he wanted to give a closing argument, but the judge there rejected that request after trump would not agree to certain conditions. remember, this judge already found trump libel for committing fraud relating to his wealth and business empire. this trial is about other charges and the punishment he and his company will face. paula reed is outside the courthouse in new york. paula, what s the latest? reporter: a little over two hours right now, now, there was of course some talk yesterday
today on inside politics, a burden of proof and politics. the trial against donald trump takes shape as a federal judge sets a date to decide when prosecutors will present their case. a timeline careening into a campaign. now the former president issued a plea to the supreme court. plus kevin mccarthy a auditions for supporting role in the trump defense. the house speaker unloads an angry tirade over the special counsel indictment, sidestepping the former presidential s election lies that led to a deadly attack on the capitol where kevin mccarthy serves. and made by bidenomics, new cnn reporting spotlights the strategy to make sure americans know their roads, dams and ports and jobs attached to them are thanks to joe biden. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines
today on inside politics, the boss, the plan, the surveillance video, the alleged cover-up. a superseding indictment charges the former president with more crimes and puts a new co-conspirator in the crosshairs. plus, how many indictments is too many indictments? some republicans rushed to donald trump s defense. others, including some inside the trump orbit, worry criminal charges will eat away at his general election chances. and tonight iowa, all is a stage. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, it is always the