and he was in 2020, it s true, this is not the joe biden of 2020. which is why you are hearing so many people ask, is this the only option. does the democratic party have to nominate him at the convention, and if not, who could possibly take his place? to be clear. president biden by the numbers alone has had a highly successful presidency. he has gotten a lot done, and made a lot of bipartisan deals that would have arguably eluded another president. but it is increasingly clear he can t exactly sell it. so is there a person who can take all of that and pitch themselves as the best person to extend that record. we have some of the names being thrown around. we have the polling on where those people stand and what an explanation about what an open convention would look like, what the process is from an expert who knows. first, there s also the open question of whether president biden can turn things around. and perhaps the best argument for that was the president biden we just
letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. happy friday. happy friday. thanks, nicole. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. i m joining you on this friday, june 28th, a day that marks a major shift in this presidential race. it s something you can basically feel and that many felt in their core. the emotion hitting probably before the logic or any intellectual observations, even as president biden first walked out to the stage. at this debate which his campaign pushed for. earlier than ever. and then delivered a performance that has, for now, up ended this race and done so so swiftly the discriminations had begun long before he and trump walked off that very stage. this is a debate that is certainly memorable but not in a very happy way. it seems to be another in a series of shared american experiences and memories that feel more infamous than famous, more traumatic than cathart
tonight on all in. breaking news has come in that we are reading across the newswires, guilty. count one. guilty verdict, count two. guilty verdict, count four. so three and four. donald j trump still guilty on 34 felony counts. no one ever says that about me. i would like them to say we are to have a little sorrow for this man. in the republican standardbearer reveals that his conviction is an honor. in a way i am honored. salacious. by the way. and nothing ever happened. if it were george washington, was he a bad boy here, was he a bad boy there? tonight, major questions about the sentencing of donald trump. how is that going to affect the rnc? does he have confinement? if he goes to prison, what does that look like? plus, the trump campaign threats to those who won t back a felon. and why dreams of a hung jury should give us all a little hope. the 12 everyday jurors about it to make a decision based on the evidence and the law. all in starts right now. go
, the better it is for the defense and so, donald trump and todd blanche were nearly giddy that the jury was going to go home for a second day. without reaching a verdict. donald trump that he was going home without a verdict today. he just had about 15 minutes to kill, and what we saw was a donald trump at that defense table we ve never seen before. he was joking, laughing, smiling with todd blanche. they were chatting and laughing almost incessantly. todd blanche laughing so hard at one point doubling over so that his four head almost touch the table in front of him. they thought they were going home today without a verdict. it was almost a jubilant, giddy donald trump but that changed very quickly when the judge merchan came back to inform the parties that the jury had reached verdict. the jury had a verdict after only nine hours of deliberation, which is not a long deliberation for a 34 count indictment and so donald trump watched his jury under the courtroom for what
beach, florida. today is the official start of the atlantic hurricane season. it could be one of the busiest ever, expert predicting above normal activity with 17 and 25 names storms. how donald trump might plan to overturn his conviction, was how judge juan or sean did a few things that might make it much harder for chuck to appeal. good to see you buy from world headquarters here in new york city. welcome to alex witt reports. i am yasmin vossoughian in for my friend alex. we will begin with new follow- up from the verdict in donald trump s hush money trial. todd blanche telling the associated press there is a chance trump might be sentenced to jail time adding that it will be of very contentious sentencing and sang the defense will obviously argue strenuously for a non-and khosrow tory sentence. trump has said he plans to appeal. here s part of a report from reporter: the former president speaking for more than 30 minutes at trump tower, with eye-catching kill sc