it afternoon i m gillian turner in for martha maccallum this is the story. president biden making his first public remarks a short while ago after former president trump s 34 count felony conviction. he says his top political rival should now have the opportunity to appeal the guilty verdict same his every other american. he did not answer shadow questions from reporters. donald trump puts himself as political prisoner and planes you directly. what s your response to that? do you think the convictional have an impact on the campaign? we would love to hear thought. should you be on the ballot? gillian: just prior to the remarks trump found to appeal the verdict resulting from what he insists was a scam trial. once again blaming politics for the conviction. take a listen. this should have been on case and everybody said it was noncase including brad. brad sat until i ran for office and then they saw the polls. i was leading the republicans and the democrats back leading