the president of the united states breaks his silence on the historic guilty verdict against his predecessor. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. president biden said no one is above the law, a day after former president trump was convicted on state charges in new york. 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up his relationship with an adult film star. it s a sharp contrast with donald trump s angry and rambling, off-the-cuff remarks today, where he called the system rigged, the trial a scam, and the judge a devil. well, tonight, trump is leaving new york for his country club in bedminster, new jersey, but the fallout from the monumental verdict in a manhattan courtroom is just starting to be felt. cbs s chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa shows us how both the president and the former president are reacting. it s reckless. it s dangerous. and it s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because
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deepest love to michelle crag barak, kelly, and the sixth, irrepressible grandchildren whom she helped to raise. and so loved and in whom her kind and gentle spirit lives on marion robinson was 86 the skis cnn breaking news hello everyone. thank you for joining me. i m alison chemla radha in for fredricka whitfield today. so we do have breaking news out of florida, nasa officials are expected to speak soon. this will be the first time that they re speaking since rubbing the launch of boeing s historic starliner test flight today, an automatic hold stopped the countdown clock with less than four minutes to go. the two astronauts who were headed to the space station are now back at crew quarters after leaving the capsule. a short time ago cnn space and defense correspondent kristin fisher is live from the kennedy space center for us. so kristen as you explain to us, while we were all waiting and watching and hoping this what happened, this potential launch has been in the m
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
news hello everyone. thanks for joining me. i m alison camera was triggered with less than four minutes until launch. the computer that launches the rocket stop the countdown clock now officials are racing to learn why both astronauts are now back at crew quarters after leaving the capsule, a short time ago joining us now from the kennedy space center is cnn space and defense correspondent kristin fisher so kristinn obviously this is not the news that nasa or boeing wanted today. what happened? we just don t know yet and we re going to find out hopefully quite a bit more during a press conference that nasa, boeing, and the united launch alliance have called, which is set to start in exactly one hour. now, all we know right now is that there was an issue with the ground launch sequencer and that is the computer that s responsible for launching this rocket. it s essentially an automated process. once you get down that close to lift off and there was some kind of problem wit