breaking news hello everyone. thanks for joining me on. alison chemla, radha, and for fredricka whitfield, we have an exciting program for you today because within the next half an hour, we expect to witness the first ever boeing starliner spacecraft launched from cape canaveral, florida to the international space station. this is not a practice run this its launch has to american astronauts on board but officials and spectators are holding their breath a bit because this mission was already postponed a few times, veteran nasa astronauts, butch wilmore and suni williams are on board. and boeing is trying with this to compete with its rivals space x as nasa tries to collaborate with private industry partners. if successful, suni williams would become the first woman aboard any crewed test flight like this years of work has gone into this moment and it has not been without setbacks, as i ve mentioned. so let s bring in space and defense correspondent kristin fisher. she
e it. so give it a try. visit pretty litter.com today cnn news, central. central. central. central central central central. just a few minutes ago, president biden and waiting on his 2024 rival donald trump being found on guilty of 34 felonies in his hush money trial. this was the first time that president biden did so publicly. let s watch the american principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed and it s reckless is dangerous, it s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don t like the verdict our justice system has endured for nearly 250 years and it literally is the cornerstone of america. our justice system justice and should be respected and we should never allow anyone to tear it down president biden, obviously appearing there to be responding to remarks that former president trump made earlier today at trump tower where he defiantly blasted the trial saying that it was rigged, where he launched into a series of attacks on the
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
absolutely free text dra w to 369369. today, i m caitlin polantz at the federal court in washington and this is cnn closed captioning is brought to you by you, cora, help maintain a healthy urinary tract with you, cora, i can having utis for ten years. you cora. we make uti relief products. we also make proactive urinary tract hello product. ucar is a life stage write today at you core.com cnn breaking news donald trump is a convicted felon, 34 times over. and good evening from outside the courthouse and lower manhattan where it all happened just about three hours ago. there simply is no overstate getting what happened in the entire history of this country and of the american presidency. not one president or former president has ever tried or convicted of anything, let alone multiple so we ll felonies today. a jury of 12 new yorkers supplied that dubious distinction. this is their verdict sheet, guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records cover up a hush money
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