231231 this is cnn. the world s news the next verdict will come on election day. i m michael smerconish and philadelphia donald trump is the first former us president to be a convicted felon. but will the verdict help or hurt is 2024 campaign non-white voters may have the answer. here s a part of what some of the callers and the popular morning radio program, the breakfast club had to say after the verdict faster, like trump s 30 trust the system at all. i feel their railroad and body system and you see that when she walked in the courtroom to be guilty, you gonna be guilty? how can anybody blackboard provide it trump? were you i d rather have president wright, who s going to be honest and show me a whole, then have a president who s going to allow me to try to get me up, to get my vote breakfast club, host charlemagne, the god is going to join me in just a moment in the most recent poll of battleground states, which included third-party candidates, biden had only 49% support
conviction of the base and independence seemed to be bothered as well. you re setting me up beautifully for the next conversation on this program because elie honig is about to join me and i just i have the utmost respect for elie. i ve watched all of his commentary here on cnn, he s the breakout star of all of the coverage of this trial. why? because he calls balls and strikes and everybody likes to try and read into his motivation. i don t think he has any motivation other than to just tell it like it is. but to your point, i think that the anc st. over the outcome is shared by more than just the base. i feel some of it and i ll explain that when ellie is my guest, i want to remind you, go to my website. it s where kaddish.com, will trump s conviction change the outcome? of the election go vote, sign up for the free daily newsletter while you are there up ahead, judge juan merchan presided over the first ever criminal trial of a former us president. but now he faces