late. see you at the end of tomorrow. and welcome to the beat. i m ari melber and today, for the first time ever, defendant donald trump s fate in this criminal trial is now in the hands of a jury of his peers. presiding judge giving the standard and detailed instructions to the 12 jurors in a case that is anything but standard. we know that. and tonight, we can report several brand new developments from the jury s first day of the deliberations which lasted over four hours. we have now gleaned new clues about what they are discussing. what they are considering. what exact evidence and testimony they are focused on today and presumably leading into tomorrow when they hear more of it. we can even tell you the kind of instructions that they want to make sure they are reviewing and so our breakdown on that new information is top story and broadcast tonight. and here is how today s process played out. the nation rivetted. and on a collective verdict watch. the historic crimin
included in the promise of the country today. i still believe that. i m still optimistic, but i need you. so my question for you is simple, a simple one. are you with me? talk to your family. that was president biden receiving chants of four more years from a crowd in philadelphia yesterday where he and the vice president made a pitch to black voters. we ll have more from their campaign stop in just a moment. meanwhile, the former president was stuck in a courthouse holding room as a jury deliberated his fate in the criminal hush money case. we ll recap everything and bring you expert legal analysis. also ahead we ll go through new reporting on senator rick scott s latest bid to replace mitch mcconnell as the next republican leader in the upper chamber. all right, good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 30th. still may. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. we are on a verdict watch this morning. in just hours the jury in the donald trump hus
donald trump convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records after a manhattan jury deliberated for 9 1/2 hours. will the former president face prison time or just probation for the low-level felonies in the hush money case? and how will the judicial system handle the unprecedented case of a former president with secret service protection? the political fallout. how will this impact donald trump s campaign for the presidency. the real verdict is going to be november 5th. mr. trump, the presumptive republican nominee defiant tonight, proclaiming his innocence, calling the process rigged, and accusing president biden of backing a political persecution, as he addressed cameras outside the courtroom. the biden campaign saying, quote, we saw that no one is above the law. and how will a nation driven by political division react? our complete historic coverage, coming up. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome, everyone. guilty on all cou
under trump this kind of government will perish from the earth. in a surprise move the biden campaign sent a surrogate of its own to lower manhattan yesterday. two-time academy award winner robert de niro. we ll have more of the actor s warnings about the dangers of a possible second donald trump presidency. and of course we ll go through what happened inside the courtroom as well. during closing arguments in the former president s criminal hush money trial as we are now just hours away from the start of jury deliberations. plus we ll go through new reporting on the deadly israeli air strike in rafah and the biden administration s response to the tragedy. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we have a big show this morning. and in just hours donald trump s fate will be in the hands of a juror. both the defense and prosecution delivered their closing arguments yesterday in
the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. hi, nicolle. i m going to pull a minilawrence. i was trying to give you your seconds back. we have a full breakdown of all these jury questions tonight, which is so interesting. that s what we re going to do. i can t wait. i m going to get upstairs fast enough so i don t miss anything. have a great show. thank you. thank you to nicolle. and welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. today for the first time ever, donald trump s fate in this criminal trial is now in the hands of a jury of his peers. the presides judge giving the standard and detailed instructions to these 12 jurors in a case that s anything but standard. we know that. and tonight we can report several brand-new developments from the jury s first day of deliberations, which lasted over four hours. we have now gleaned new clues about what they re discussing, what they re considering, what exact evidence and testimony they are focused on today, and presu