abby phillip starts right now to president s two speeches to alternate realities. that s tonight on newsnight good evening. i m abby philip in new york tonight to stories with very different tones from the men who were vying for the same job. first, the sobering president s biden s of appeal to end the violence in gaza hamas is hobbled biden says, and the time to end this war is now. biden announcing a path forward for tomorrow. and the day after, in hopes of a lasting peace. now, to the response from donald trump to his conviction on 34 counts in his home state of new york trump pulled out some of his best words, rigged, scammed, et cetera to describe how the hush money case mostly papering over the fact that this jury of his own peers found him guilty of breaking the law that trump s words today also clash with the trump in all of our memories once upon a time, he claimed that hillary clinton couldn t run, shouldn t run for president because of the specter of a trial that
conviction and two very different messages today, president biden just speaking out for the first time i ve for trump was found guilty of all 34 charges in his hush money trial, biden making it clear that the jury s decision reaffirm the american principle that no one is above the law they found donald trump guilty i m all 34 felony counts now it d be given the opportunity as he should to appeal that decision just like everyone else has that opportunity. that s how the american system of justice works and it s reckless. is dangerous, it s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged. just because they don t like the verdict now that statement coming just hours after former president trump lashed out after his criminal conviction, he railed against the verdict against judge juan merchan, against the district attorney, alvin bragg, and one of the prosecution s key witnesses, michael cohen, at one point, trump all the us a fascist state. cnn s kara scannell is joining us no
the free internet. of course, china s internet heavily censored in. will ripley, thanks. the newest continues right here on cnn outfront. next, attorney general merrick garland and republicans go head-to-head, flashing over trump s conspiracy theories, including the former president s baseless claim that the fbi was i m trying to assassinate him. plus breaking news. we are now just hours away from the us mexico border closing after biden issued strict new border rules. but why? now we re live at the border and hunter biden s laptop. and his own words taking center stage in court today. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight i will not be intimidated. those are the exact words of attorney general merrick garland, who came under withering fire from republicans today. these repeated attacks on the justice department are unprecedented and they are unfounded. i will not be intimidated and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will
say that with the bromine caveat listen, he s he s just a blunt force trauma guy. he sees out he sees the absentees and i m sure he s looking at an universal absentee. he s just saying this is bad and i think everybody agrees universal absentee is bad. i come from california we have a very successful absentee program, but have also seen the flaws in universe apps and t. i mean, i ve gone to the post office where you see ballots in the trash because of voter has changed address. well, those ballots are being picked up by party officials on the republicans sayyed, and a democratic side, i can t see any place where that is good for our democracy brian and bennett, blunt force trauma politics. here we go. it s good to see you both. thank you very much. a new our of z to undo central starts now we are standing by for crucial emotional testimony in the federal gun case against hunter biden new executive action at the border, in effect as of now, what impact is it having on the bo
thanks, the news continues right here on cnn outfront. next, attorney general merrick garland and republicans go head-to-head, flashing over trump s conspiracy theories, including the former president s baseless claim but the fbi was trying to assassinate him. plus breaking news, we are now just hours away from the us, mexico border closing after biden issued strict new border the rules. but why now we re live at the border and hunter biden s laptop and his own words taking center stage in court today. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. i will not be intimidated. those are the exact words of attorney general merrick garland, who came under withering fire from republicans today. these repeated attacks on the justice department are unprecedented, and they are unfounded. i will not be intimidated and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs free from political influence, and we will not back down fro