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
sure, but really the slice of the electorate that biden needs to reach. i think that s totally plausible, yes. the difference maker, tiktok, that s where we are, 2024. thank you, my friend. today the jurors in donald trump s hush money case began deliberating, and while we have no idea what they will decide, trump himself and his conservative apologists are already setting their expectations. what did i say from the beginning of this trial? donald trump cannot get a fair trial in new york city regardless of the outcome. to me, should be an acquittal. but i m not a new york liberal. i really hope donald trump gets acquitted. and if he does, it will be a miracle because of how loaded this judge has been from the start. mother teresa could not beat these charges. these charges are rigged. the whole thing is rigged. trump and his promoters are falsely claiming that the whole trial was rigged. they are priming their audience for a guilty verdict. but again, nobod
deliberations. the jury finally has the case. the former president now awaiting his fate in a criminal trial. tonight, the testimony the jury wants to hear from david pecker and michael cohen and why getting to this point is a positive sign for the rule of law. it will be talked about in the history books but i m not allowed to talk about it. samuel alito warms up the bus. when i saw the upside down american flag, i asked my wife to take it down but she refused. chief justice roberts must step in and make sure that he does not have any role in deciding these cases. when all in starts now. good evening, i m chris hayes, the criminal trial of donald trump was turned over to the jury today. 12 of trump s fellow new yorkers, i say that somewhat tongue in cheek, deliberated four-and-a-half hours today before being dismissed for the day. shortly after 4:00. this afternoon, the jury sent two notes to the judge requesting to rehear four sections of witness testimony
what they asked for today from inside the jury room. plus, what could happen when they reach a decision. the flap over flags. conservative supreme court justice samuel alito tells congress he won t step aside from trump-related cases before the high court. what s behind the call for him to recuse and what he said about his wife s central role in the controversy. all charges dropped against pro golfer scottie scheffler. plus, the leaked video just out showing him being questioned moments after his arrest. what the golfer told police and why he says he has no ill will. emergency landing. the moment a plane landed on a busy highway as drivers filmed it all. how the mlb is rewriting the record books to honor the hits, home runs, and milestones of some of history s greatest players. the panda-plomacy breakthrough. the furry effort to bring the favorites back to the national zoo. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. and no
no way. a lot of money. no way. thank you, president. is this your mug shot? this is what we re reduced to, which could be the slogan for donald trump s campaign as his republican sycophants continue to kneel to the first ever felon to be a major party presidential nominee. first up tonight bump stocks turn guns into rapid fire killing machines. nonetheless the six leonard leo conservatives on the supreme court say they cannot be banned, leading to a scathing dissent fromjustice sonia sotomayor. but we begin tonight by wishing everyone a happy flag day, which commemorates the day in 1777 when the continental congress approved the stars and stripes as the symbol for an emerging if imperfect nation. and as there has been some confusion recently the american legion wanted to clarify that the flag should never be displayed with the union down except as a symbol of dire distress in instance of extreme danger to life or property. in other words, never upside down. if someon