occupy part of columbia university lawn this week during the annual alumni reunion. they re- pitch tarps and intends to amend the school divest from companies with ties to israel. just one month go columbia ago columbiacalled nypd to cleay grounds after demonstrators refused to leave. also this weekend police say they took 34 protesters into custody after a group tried to occupy a museum and brooklyn. nypd also said it is adding more security for tomorrow s annual israeli day parade in manhattan. meanwhile former president trump going into a battle in a courtroom to the battle in the octagon. he scheduled to attend a ufc fight in new jersey tonight. this, just two days after his new york trial ended with convictions on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. he is due to be sentenced next month he is filing to appeal. hello everyone welcome to fox news like i have arthel neville. look who is here bill melugin in for eric. bill: happy saturday. eric shone out on a
store you are watching our live continuing special coverage of today s unanimous guilty on all counts verdict. in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. i am rachel maddow, i m here with my colleague, stephanie ruhle and jen psaki and alex wagner and chris hayes, in a courtroom in downtown manhattan, just after 5:00 eastern time this evening, a foreperson of the journey rose and delivered the jury unanimous , guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to conceal the scheme to correct the 2016 election. the scheme that was described by the prosecution in their summation as something that may very well have been the reason that donald trump won the 2016 election. as of tonight, it is official a criminal scheme, he has been convicted on 34 counts. with those convictions, we enter uncharted territory as a country, for the first time, a president has criminally convicted and for the first time for one of our two main political parties is about to
it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. we begin this hour with deadly storms now making their way northeast after leaving behind a trail of destruction across texas, oklahoma, arkansas and kentucky. at least 19 people are dead and dozens more injured. take a look at this. valley view, texas, gas station. officials say as many as 125 people were sheltering when a powerful tornado struck. overnight kentucky governor andy beshear declared a state of emergency as the severe weather threat continues into today for millions of americans. it leaves hundreds of,sands across the region without power. joining us from valley view, texas, is nbc s priscilla thompson. priscilla, good morning. where do things stand now? reporter: jose, good morning. right now in the hardest-hit areas there s devastation everywhere. we re here and you can see there s a car with its windows completely blown out. that car was actually in that gas station parking lot when this tor
political ads do. pennsylvania, you can freely vote by mail now. some lawmakers want to get rid of it motivated by trump s false claims about the fraudulent nature of it. a lot of people will use it. there is a partisan divide in how voters use it. the republican national committee is trying to under dl mine that. democrats vote by mail in higher numbers. ads like this will keep the divide. you did so much reporting about election integrity and looking into what is new in different election cycles. thank you for your efforts. appreciate this reporting. stay on it. that s it for us today. see you back here tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. catch our show online around the clock on youtube, on other platforms any time. thank you so much for joining us. andrea mitchell picks up our coverage right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports, biden and trump are in the final phase of debate prep, but taking opposite approaches to what could be a game changer. team trump
we re going through a lot better four years ago. i just don t want to vote for trump. the democratic party, i feel like someone more younger on and more fit would come into service i feel ignored be a huge step in the right direction. we all get older that were not getting any younger. candidates make even candidates that aren t getting that kind of lack have made gaps. neil: charles: two days to go to the cnn presidential debate and americans are still divided as ever. whether they change all of that? welcome everyone, i m charles pain for neil cavuto and this is your world. to jacqui heinrich with more on how both sides are preparing. the former president reportedly told reporters over this weekend that he has settled on a vp pick but he didn t give anyone a name. the hill reports its down to three contenders, north dakota governor doug burgum, ohio senator j.d. vance and florida senator marco rubio. but the trump campaign downplayed the suggestion that