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unprecedented moment. for the first time in american history, a former president has been convicted for his criminal behavior while still serving as the presumptive republican nominee for president. donald trump calls the verdict rigged and himself, quote, a political prisoner. news break. hes not in prison. maga outrage. trumps allies including the house speaker and several potential republican vice presidential candidates are blasting the verdict and unleashing dangerous rhetoric aga...

experience. without the premium price tag, go to harrys im kevin lived ttac at the white house and this is cnn you are in the scene and newsroom. >> hi everyone. im jessica dean in washington and we begin this hour with the latest developments here in the us and around the world that trump campaign saying its raised nearly $53 million since the former president and now a convicted felon donald trump was found guilty. on all counts in his hush money criminal case trump painting himself ...

conviction. in new york. were getting new reaction from key players in the case. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world im will flits are a, youre in the situation room a little over 48 hours from now president joe biden, former president donald trump, will step on the cnn debate stage. lambda, and get a rare opportunity to move the needle in a race thats been very close for months. are political team is gearing up for the historic showdown as well. diggi...

ridiculing the effort by the special counsel to have a gag order in play put in place on the former president. theyre calling it an unconstitutional overreach by the special counsel. and their say this is actually a ploy to help joe biden in the election. ill read you some of what this filing said tonight. it says like manhattan district attorney alvin bragg jack smith is seeking to restrict president trumps camp campaign speed as the first presidential debate approaches at the end of ...

on russian territory with us supplied-weapons speaking ahead of the cuban naval visit vladimir putin warned of a possible russian response the easley and you put enough today in the worst supply weapons to the zone of combat operations and call for the use of these weapons against our territory. >> then why do we not have the right to do the same? to mirror these actions? im not ready to say that well do it tomorrow, but we of course, should think about it elsewhere. >> moscow has been...

Dobbs concurrence, he said lawrence should be reconsidered. >> lambda is very proud, won marriage equality. also proud of the fact, this court with only one change in personnel, ruled in the ball stop decision you could not fire people based on gender identity or sexual orientation. we asked the court to consider a case where we are counsel in tennessee, a situation they have dam trans healthcare for young people. we are asking the court to overturn that ban and we are confident we are on the ri...

Hate does not become law. >> u.s., as i mentioned before, raking last years record for the number of anti-lgbtq laws enacted. i keep wondering, why is this happening now? >> i think it is cynical politics, if you want my honest opinion. the extreme right figured out an issue where they can take advantage of the fact a lot of people do not know trans people, not aware of the struggles of trans people, passing off misinformation as truth and as a result, they are getting people whipped into a fren...

Lgbtq rights in court lambda legal says it is the largest investment in the history of the lgbtq equality movement. joining me to kick off pride month is kevin jennings, ceo of lambda legal, thank you for coming to the saturday show. >> thank you for having me on. >> tell me about the $180 million campaign, how to help lambda legal challenge anti- lgbtq bills across the country? >> 25 states past restrictions on trans healthcare which means lambda legal has a pivotal role to play. we are the com...

Make sure hate doesnt become law. >> the u.s. is already breaking last years record for the number of anti-lgbtq laws enacted. why is this happening now? >> i think this is cynical politics. the extreme right has figured out an issue where they can take advantage that a lot of people dont know trans people. are not aware of the struggles of trans people. they are passing off misinformation as truth. as a result, they are getting people whipped into a frenzy so i think that it is genuinely cynica...

>> emory healthcare, another major medical services provider told cnn in a statement that they have had to take several measures, including diverting ambulances, transferring dialysis patients to other facilities, and bringing in imagined is 58,000 gallons of water for the hospital tillers and cooling towers a plan to mayor andre dickens just a few hours ago, jessica apologized saying that he understands what people are going through. and assuring people that city teams are doing everything in t...