you've seen campaign, efforts as far as a political prisoner, and that's not the case. he has legal representation and the right to an appeal, and he's not been detained and hasn't been imprisoned, and his supporters are attacking the judge, the jury, and the entire legal system. is there a risk that this backfires on donald trump? i'm not sure that any of this aftermath that we're looking at matters and let us return to the fundamentals of this race. you have a president with a historically low approval rating and barack obama was at 48 and george h.w. bush at 40 and donald trump at 42. historically low approval ratings and you had the economy and inflation numbers on friday that show us inflation's basically sideways. what does that mean? people are struggling with the cost of living and the economy remains the top issue with this election. and then the final thing is who are the voters that we really care about when it comes to deciding this election? three's a 99% awareness of this verdict against donald trump. you mentioned a quarter, about 29% of votes are, i say who we care about from the perspective
>> donald trump becomes the first american president convicted of a felony after a new york jury found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. >> i did my job. we did our job. the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury, and the jury has spoken. >> it's reckless. it's dangerous. it's irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don't like the verdict. >> how will the historic verdict impact the 2024 race? >> the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. >> my guests this morning, former manhattan district attorney cyrus vance, tom cotton of arkansas, and hakeem jeffries. joining me for insight and analysis are amy walter, editor in chief of the politico report. leigh ann caldwell of the
and i think they're following in the footsteps of their principal or candidate joe biden. as you mentioned, the campaign side is a little different, and, yes, both campaigns use this opportunity as a fund-raising tool, a nlds we heard large numbers come from both sides. but i think on the political side -- or the government's side, there will be candidates and members of congress will be a little more measured in how they respond. republicans, on the other hand, have mirrored exactly what trump is saying, that the court case was just rigged and he had no opportunity for a fair trial. >> yeah. and i think that's a really good point. the president himself, look, he's going to be a little bit muted, especially when his son is on trial. i think he wants to stay above the fray when it comes to legal matters, but it's about the two parties. the republicans are saying it's a witch hunt. the democrats as we discussed
addict now. and right now because of that, hunter biden's case is not going to be one at the trial court level. it will be one at the appellate court level. >> but let's on that question. >> i'm calling it i'm going to call it gray area if you will, and maybe it's not, but this matters because biden's defense team has wanted to lean into this argument that hunter biden did not think he was an addict at the time that he was buying the gun, one of the questions on the federal form, you have to fill out involves this question. >> are you an unlawful user of or addicted to illegal drugs? how much gray area? for you do you see in that? >> that's a tough one because first of all, that means hunter is going to have to take the stand good luck with that. >> and they did. and john mentioned this and it's critical. they got hurt. the defense got hurt in two ways. just now. yeah. number one, they can't call an expert basically to talk about well, was hunter thinking at that time since he completed rehab?
coming in. >> president biden has just put out a statement about his son hunters trial as it is getting underway right now. >> cnn's arlette saenz is at the white house to bring us more on this arlette, what does the president saying? >> okay, president biden is trying to show support for his only living son, hunter biden, as those trial into those federal gun charges get under gets underway in wilmington, delaware today. now the president says he's approaching this from the perspective of a father and not commenting on the legal matters at hand. but in this lengthy statement, the president said, quote, i am the president, but i am also a dad, jill and i love our sun, but we are so proud of the man. he is today hunters resilience in the face of adversity and the strength is brought to his recovery are inspiring to us. a lot of families have loved ones who have overcome addiction and know what we mean as the president don't and won't comment on pending federal cases. but as a dad, i have boundless love for my son, confidence in him, and respect
public had with you were forbidden and censored on social mead and legacy media time and time again. why so many americans became so angry. it was fundamentally unamerican. i make a mistake, i answer to the people of ohio who elected me and to my own conscience. what happened when you and your agency made mistakes? what happened? we all need to be held accountable. sometimes it's as simple as saying we were wrong. you took the position that you presented the science, your words came across so many people as final and as infallible in matters pertaining to the pandemic. but such rigid demands of an ideologically di verse people like americans shattered public trust in american health institutions. because i said so, has never
me, that voters will get a sense of what many families struggle with when it comes to this kind of substance abuse. they're hoping that voters will see this as, again, parents who are really worried about their son who want to be there for him, who want to stand by him and not about these larger questions. but, of course, we know over the course of the last few weeks leading up to the verdict in former president trump's case and president biden's own words on friday, when it comes to the actual legal matters here, the president's message is expected to be the same, that no matter what this jury ends up deciding, it should be respected and that the rule of law is paramount. still we have to just appreciate the fact that the president in the last week has been, of course, marking the somber anniversary of the death of his other son beau biden. this is coming at a time when, of course, he's preparing for the first general election debate. all of these things are coming
of huge swaths of voters. it's galvanized his base. the democrats and biden supporters who don't like him, this just gives them another pretty big arrow in their quiver, and all that matters are those, you know, the election just like last time will likely be decided by about 60,000 voters across three or four swing states. and so those are the people in polls i'm curious and interested to see if it moves them in any way. >> since trump has been convicted now here in new york, what if anything could it potentially mean for his other cases should they go to trial? >> it makes them much less likely to take the stand because if he does in any of those other trials the fact that he's a convicted felon in new york could be offered by the prosecution against them. not that it would mean he's more likely to have committed federal and georgia crimes he's charged with, but it would be used as a way for the jury to impeach his credibility, to determine whether he's an honest person. again, he didn't even take
>> these special investigative committees are intended at the outset to bring light to difficult matters and i think unfortunately this select committee has brought more heat than light to things. one example is nearly five months ago dr. fauci sat for a 14-hour voluntary interview with the subcommittee. i was there for that interview, which included exchanges on many important questions on research safety, long covid, vaccine development, and the importance of strong public health systems in our local communities and also we discussed pandemic preparedness, like stockpiling supplies for our hospitals in advance of the next pandemic. but i want to public to know that for five months the republicans sat on that transcript. they could have released it at any time. it was released last friday. if the public had seen it five months ago, they would know that the republicans failed to find a
use them this fathers de, given the gift that's built for dad right now, save $20 on the ms 162 gas-powered chainsaw real still i learned thoughts on capitol hill and the jury has spoken, donald trump is a convicted felon. >> now, it's the voters turned to decide whether that matters. cnn's haryana and joins me now from the magic wall for a closer look. on how they are reacting in the polls we have seen so far, harry yeah, i think there was a question of whether or not we would see any real change in the horse race. we haven't yet. all right. so this is trump versus biden margin pre newark, new york conviction todd, where are we now? biden up by two. but again, that is well within the margin of error. there is no