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
wrestle with as he ushered in the far right wing into the mainstream of italian life. and i think we re going to suffer regardless of what happens to trump, we will suffer the far-right wing in our lives can also men s on an anna navarro. thank you great to have you write of time. thank you for joining us on this historic great night. the news continues with abby phillip on newsnight cnn breaking news guilty on all counts. good evening. i m abby phillip in new york for a special edition of newsnight it just moments. i ll sit down one-on-one with a trump relative and a man who may be trump s pick for vice president. but first tonight strangers in a jury box, 12 manhattan nights came to a unanimous decision to convict the former president of the united states of crimes 34 times these 12 people unknown to each other before april 22, we re asked to reach a conclusion about donald trump s guilt 34 times. they agreed 34 times. they said trump broke the law and that he used a paper
of an appearance before the verdict is read, but of course that means they haven t ruled it in either. right? and there s not much time? no likely. all right. thank carol. thank you. and thanks so much to all of you, anderson starts now don t trump s fate is in the hands of 12 manhattan jurors, and they have questions. good evening. thanks for joining us day one, a jury deliberations in the first ever trial of a former president began with the judge reading 55 pages of instructions on what to consider as the jurors way 34 we re felony charges. now, the day ended with the buzzer, which signals the jury wants to communicate going off once then again, the first time to say they wanted four pieces of testimony read back to them. the second to ask the judge to reread them his instructions unclear so far whether that means the whole thing or selected portions of it. the testimony they wanted it s from david pecker, the former national enquirer publisher and former trump lawyer
situation room, stay with cnn are special live coverage of this truly historic criminal trial continues right now. on the lead with jake tapper cnn breaking news and welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, donald trump s hush money trial is in its final phase as the prosecution is in the midst of giving its closing arguments, court will be back from break at any moment. the prosecution has been arguing that president trump, quote, quote, corrupted those around him, and he got them to lie and covered up unquote. trump picked michael cohen as his fixer. the prosecution says, quote, because he was willing to lie and cheat for donald trump this follows nearly three hours of closing arguments from trump s defense attorney todd blanche, who attacked michael cohen using trump like nicknames, calling him the gloat not the goat, the glutes. the greatest liar of all time. he also said that michael cohen is quote literally like an mvp of liars and added quote, i don t know how many leinz
flavored time boy the kind of hard news stories you only get here on cnn, who central, thanks for watching the little jake tapper starts right now hunter biden s gun trial just got deeply personal. the lead starts right now dirty laundry aired in courts in the federal gun case against the president s son. today, hunter biden s ex-wife and ex girlfriend took the stand. how testimony about a crack pipe is being used to help build prosecution s case plus massive news and donald trump s federal classified documents case in florida. the judge reshuffling the calendar, delaying hearings, putting a trial date even further in jeopardy. she s also allowing more voices to weigh in on whether special counsel jack smith s should have the case in the first place? with a punishing heats dome pushing temperatures into the triple-digits. a new report shows the world is on a climate wild highway to hell every single person on the planet to be alarmed welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper