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
president is four criminal trials. look at the case tomorrow with it a job. they know jury has ever had before deciding whether or not to convict a former president united states and current candidate for the office again, of as many as 34 felonies today was the final chance for both sides to persuade them. we re talking about it tonight, joining the panel, retired new york city criminal judge george grosso, and jury consultant to alan. alan tuerkheimer. just grosso. it is great to have you with all your experience here what did you make up closing arguments night, i mean five hours two-and-a-half, three hours. is that it was a long day for the most part. i found it i was totally zoned in that one pretty pretty quick. i felt towards the last hour, so that mr. steinglass couldn t move to the long and i didn t know if we needed like six book excerpts more choice choice xors. i think less for the been a little more with some of that, but i think i think look, on the defense
arguments set to begin very shortly in the criminal case against donald trump thank you all for being with us. cnn special live coverage. those arguments begins right now here in new york city to historic criminal trial donald j. trump entering the final critical phase. this our closing arguments about to begin the former president on his way to the courthouse it was trial has been building for weeks toward this dramatic moment in the prosecution of events. lay it all on the line. i m anderson cooper here in new york, and i ve jake tapper in washington. you re watching special seen in live coverage of donald trump s hush money cover-up. proud to closing arguments that plan in the hours ahead will be the last word from lawyers on both sides before jurors decide if mr. trump becomes the first ever former president convicted of a crime prosecutor, joshua steinglass will today tried to weave together weeks of testimony and evidence, two make the case that mr. trump was involv
were allegedly telling him to be disciplined now biden campaign sources say president biden is preparing for multiple versions of donald trump 19 people killed, dozen injured and terror attacks targeting churches and synagogues. we ve gotten new details on who is being blamed three girls, the target of a possible hate crime. police say a woman tries i took drown the top, blur because she is muslim kate is out. i m john berman was sara sidner and this is cnn news central the states in credibly high. the countdown is on as president biden and donald trump prepare for their first debate face off in nearly four years, it calms of the bible administration marks the second anniversary the supreme court overturning roe versus wade with this new campaign ad, putting the blame squarely on donald trump for the state of reproductive rights in this country and this morning, we ve learned the biden campaign. as you heard john say preparing to face two different people a very discipl
of him. i feel great sadness for his family tonight and his friends. and i m grateful for the life he lived and what he gave of himself to the rest of us there was no one else like donald sutherland and there won t ever be, again the news continues here on cnn outfront next, trump s favorite judge, about to put jack smith and the hotseat as a judge in the classified documents case faces new questions. since tonight about whether she should step aside. plus the final word goes to trump new reporting tonight on why biden is letting the former president have the last say next week s debate. what is biden strategy? and sounding the alarm tonight, the chairman of the house intelligence committee accusing the biden administration of sleepwalking as putin threatens to put a nuclear weapon in space. obviously, mike turner is my guest tonight. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. trump s cannon ball. trump s favorite judge, aileen cannon, cou