Breaking tonight, flights delayed, in cities across the nation disrupted as anti israel demonstrators read havoc in the streets demanding a ceasefire in gaza. And the contradiction like no other, president Byron Reaffirming his ironclad commitment to israels security, that is saying is that if israel strikes back, they are on their own. We are live with the protesters who put much of the country on pause. We begin tonight in california were police announced more than two dozen arrests after anti israel Protesters Shutdown of the Golden Gate Bridge for hours today. California Highway Patrol says 26 free Palestine Protesters on the Golden Gate Bridge today were arrested, some of the protesters chained themselves to cars blocking traffic during the peak morning commute. And oakland officers say five other protesters were arrested in which they chained themselves to 55gallon drums filled with concrete. The protesters face a slew of charges including unlawful assembly, unlawfully stopping o
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,
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
we have the most important force of all and as the voice of the jurors, they have spoken donald j trump has been convicted of 34 counts in american president turn convicted felon, 34 times over tonight, the jurors have spoken, but the voters have not. this story is far from over. in fact, it might be just the beginning. welcome to a special edition of laura coates live on this very historic night tomorrow, the 2024 presidential campaign enters a new, more uncertain phase. donald trump is now newly convicted and he will address the cameras at trump tower of all places at 11:00 a.m. eastern. now, we ve got two a little bit of a taste of what his message might be when he spoke after hearing the verdict, 34 counts worth today this was a rigged disgraceful trial that the real verdict is going to be november 5th, by the people and they know what happened here. we didn t do anything wrong. i m a very innocent man while the 12 new york jurors who sat and watched him inside for wh
including pennsylvania, where he is campaigning this weekend. but this is not the only advantage trump has. all of the anti-israel protests arrested during the columbia university takeover just got a free pass all thanks to the manhattan da alvin bragg. there is public outrage over this story and we ll bring you details. also we ll put a smile on your face with this kid. he looks young but he s headed to college in the fall. there s definitely a friday energy in this building. he s 12. he s going to college, to nyu. i can t wait to talk to him. we are not 12 years old, but you are watching fox and friends first. all of that coming up over the next hour. first we start with this. another absolutely tragic consequence of our broken immigration laws. two venezuelan nationals who crossed the border illegally are charged with murder of a 12-year-old girl in texas. horrific. the police say that 12-year-old was strangled to death by these two migrants from srepbz way t