times over the years, and every time he joined us, he helped us achieve our main goal, to get better and smarter. that was easy for him. ben white was the very best. i will forever be grateful for the knowledge he shared with us, bought more than anything, for his friendship. this is a hard and competitive business and having a friend in this business like ben was a gift and i will treasure our friendship forever. our condolences go out to his entire family and all those who are grateful to know and love him. thank you, ben. i will miss you and on that note, i wish you all a very safe and good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks at nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. the republican party s presidential front runner was convicted by a jury of his peers on 34 felony counts. that is the reality. the republican party must now grapple with it. if they were into reality. so, that s an issue. what makes this all even more di
hi, the nicolle. i am ari melber. we begin in a sense with how we left off last night, and how it fits with brand-new developments today. donald trump, now convicted felon, stands atop these three criminal enterprises, which we ve been reporting out for you. we made this based on legal analysis and reporting for the first time last night. the underlying facts are known, but here they are together. the leaders have been convicted of serious crimes across quite a long range of time. trump s new conviction is still sinking in across the nation, and the process will play out. he s awaiting sentencing. it completes this picture criminality that surrounds him because of the people he picked and who he often stood with and they stood by him as long as they defied police and law enforcement defended him, they stayed together, this band of quite literal convicted felons, criminals. while last week was understandably first focused on the conviction of one man, in order to see the bro
the republican party s front-runner was convicted by a jury of his peers on 3 that is4 the reality the republican party must now grapple with, if they were into reality. so that sre an issue. what makes this all even more difficult for the gop is that trump s conviction has precisely zero to do with president biden. trump was convicted by a case brought by a new york city prosecutor whoas does not repor to president biden. facing another ten criminal charges from another local prosecutor in georgia who does not report to president biden. even the two federal cases against trump was brought by an independent special counsel who neither takes orders from nor coordinates with president f bidench so donald trump has reacted in a way he traditionally does when reality does not fit with his preferred reality. he lies about it. he claims without evidence president biden is the one really pulling the strings. he these are all biden trials. they re all biden cases. these aren t cases
taking the stand to testify about his fall into drug addiction and the strain on their family. this as president biden arrived in paris today to prepare for tomorrow s 80th anniversary of d-day, where the president will give a major speech promoting democracy in the historic military operation that saved the world from fascism. a shooting at the u.s. embassy in beirut, injuring a guard at the gate. white house continues to press hamas and israel to accept the latest cease-fire proposal despite political opposition in israel s cabinet. there s a lot of talk and chatter. the israeli government confirmed as recently as today that that proposal is still on the table and now it s up to hamas to accept it. as the supreme court will rule on whether president trump is immune from prosecution, the democratic senator leading demands for justice alito s recusal joins us as well as for ethics reform on the high court, rhode island senator sheldon whitehouse is on the show. goo
them, the answer is maybe yes, and maybe no. according to a new reuters ipsos poll taken after the verdict. 26% of registered independent voters said they are less likely to vote for donald trump. will they still feel that way in november? there are five months left before election day, which is, i don t know, like five life times in modern day presidential politics, maybe more. anything can still happen. just remember that all of donald trump has probably survived. john mccain isn t a war hero, the muslim ban, the access hollywood tape, et cetera, et cetera, maybe this time will be different. in the words of our dear friend charlie sykes. there s something about a felony conviction that clarifies the mind or better put by an old adage, coopted from the grandmother of a former republican congressional lawyer writing for politico, quote, there s a running day and a catching day, and thursday donald trump got caught. joining us now, nbc news correspondent, dasha burns. we r