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
i m alicia mendendez with symone sanders-townsend and michael steele and new york city. today, the next president really against his criminal conviction and his party revolting against the justice system. michael: joins us at the table to react . and what comes next for trumped as the assumptive nominee said to be sentenced days before the gop convention. conservative supreme court justices refusing to take the ethical high road and how should democrats respond. grab your coffee and your tea and settle in. welcome to a supersized edition of the weekend. donald trump s felony conviction and the fallout is a historic moment for this country. the guilty verdict showing us no one is above the law, not even a former president but since the conviction we have seen a sharp rise in attacks against prosecutors, the judge and the jury. yesterday, trump unleashed a rambling tirade filled with lies undermining america s judicial process. and right on cue his gop allies parroted and
president biden urging hamas to accept a new israeli peace proposal saying, it s time for the war to end. why there is new optimism tonight. just in, the sentence for michelle troconis, convicted of helping her boyfriend plot to kill his estranged wife. o.j. prices are at record highs. what s driving them up? and the long shot baseball team chasing extra innings after their college closed for good. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. donald trump today unrepentant, defiant, and casting himself as the aggrieved one as newspapers across the country proclaim the new york jury s finding of guilt against the former president in his falsified documents trial. today at trump tower, the very place the crimes at the heart of the case took place, mr. trump stood before gathered reporters and some supporters in what appeared to be an unscripted monologue. he railed against the judge calling the trial, unfair and rigged, and withou
while this defendant may be unlike any other in american history, we arrived at this trial and ultimately, today, at this verdict in the same manner as every other case that comes through the court room doors. by following the facts and the law, and doing so without fear or favor. many voices out there, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury and the jury has spoken. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg speaking yesterday following the historic conviction of former president donald trump on all 34 counts in the criminal hush money trial. trump becomes the first former u.s. president in american history to be convicted of a crime. the verdict was read around 5:00 p.m. in a new york city courtroom after the 12 jurors deliberated for roughly 9.5 hours, two days. each of the 34 felony counts associated with a falsified business records pertaining to trump s reimbursement of his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, for a hush money payment to adult film ac
history, we arrived at this trial and ultimately today at this verdict in the same manner as every other case that comes through the courtroom doors, by following the facts and the law and doing so without fear or favor. many voices out there, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury. and the jury has spoken. that s manhattan district attorney alvin bragg following the historic conviction of donald trump on all 34 counts in his hush money trial. we ll have expert legal analysis on the verdict and the timeline for trump s sentencing. also ahead we ll bring you reaction from republicans who rushed to trump s defense yesterday as well as president joe biden s response to the verdict. plus, the conviction has many people wondering if trump can still run for president. we ll go through the what impact if any this all has on november s election. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. katty kay is alongside this mor