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
through imprisonment or probation, that interfere with a candidate who s running for president and? his ability to run for office? they re going to put a stop to it temporarily. temporarily is no longer in that situation. yeah, of course. i m not suggesting that he wouldn t ultimately be subject to justice, but presidents are unique. and people running for president are you he could have probation and we d have to check him with his probation officer before he moves in eastern data does anything outside of new york state theoretically so but if it becomes onerous and it interferes with his ability to run, that s not an interference just with a candidate that s an interference with the electorate. and i m tabbing here, he deserves to go to jail. this is what s going to step is clear. he deserves to go to jail question is whether or not it s the best thing for our democracy friend go to jail and it s something i think i think you have somebody to do that even if he should go sarah