>> david: tonight, breaking news as we come on the air in the west. former president donald trump found guilty on all counts. tonight, donald trump railing against the verdict. >> this was a disgrace.

>> david: the jury, seven men and five women, quicking the former president on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records involving the hush money payment to stormy daniels. trump sitting stone-faced in court, shaking his head at times as the jury delivered its verdict. tonight, when trump will be sentenced. dan abrams is here on what trump potentially faces. what could the judge decide when it comes to sentencing? and what does this mean for the race for president? the reaction tonight inside trump's campaign. aaron katersky house the courthouse, mary bruce at the white house, rachel scott with reaction on the hill. the other news, the major turn in the war in ukraine. the biden administration giving ukraine permission now to use american weapons to strike inside parts of russia. back in the u.s. in the west tonight, the verdict in the trial of doomsday cult leader chad cabdaybell, accused of kilg his first wife and his new wife's two children. new york city's times square. the harrowing scene tonight.

a man attacked with a machete in an area aed with tourists. the cdc confirming a third human bird flu case in the u.s. >> we're tracking severe storms across multiple states. possible tornados and damaging winds and the threat stretching east tomorrow. >> david: good evening as we come on the air in the west tonight. it is great to have you with us for this special edition of "world news tonight." we begin with the breaking news late today that stunning moment in american history. the former president, donald trump, found guilty on 34 felony counts. the first former president of the united states convicted on criminal charges. the dramatic did urn in that courtroom. the judge signaling he would excuse the jurors for the day. trump was seen joking with his attorney, and then jurors had informed the judge that they, in fact, had reached a verdict.

suddenly changing the temperature in that courtroom. the jurors had been deliberating for nearly ten hours over two days. a short time ago, donald trump returning to trump tower after his conviction pumping his fist there, waving to the cheering crowd. some cheering, some booing. earlier turn sitting stone-faced as each of the charges was read, one by one, guilty on all they're counts. the former president shaking his head at times. trump reacting immediately coming before cameras calling the trial rigged and disgraceful saying the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. a short time later, trump seen leaving the courthouse getting into an suv to drive back to trump tower. he will return to that courthouse on july 11th to be sentenced by judge juan merchan just four days before the republican national convention. dan abrams is standing by here on what will likely come from that judge. what could the sentence look like? also, our correspondents with reaction. mary bruce at the white house, rachel scott on capitol hill, and reaction tonight at this hour from inside the trump

campaign and the trump family. but first, our senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off at the courthouse with these dramatic events late today. >> reporter: tonight, former president donald trump defiant, arriving home at trump tower after being found guilty as charges of all 34 counts of falsifying business records. trump now a convicted felon. the historic verdict coming after nearly ten hours of deliberations, a unanimous jury of 12 new yorkers made trump the first president in history to be a convicted criminal. it was an extraordinary turn in the courtroom. just moments before jurors signaled they had a verdict, judge juan merchan indicated he was going to excuse them for the day. then a dramatic shift. trump went from joking with his attorneys to sitting stone-faced looking down as the jury read the verdict count by count. prosecutors proving trump falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 hush payment to porn actress stormy daniels to keep her story from voters before the 2016 election.

>> mr. president, how do you feel being a convicted felon? >> reporter: the former president then marching out of the courtroom with his lawyer, todd blanche, by his side. >> this was a rigged, disgraceful trial. the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. >> reporter: and outside court -- >> guilty! >> guilty, yes! >> reporter: -- cheers could be heard in the crowd as news of trump's conviction spread. >> guilty! >> yeah! >> reporter: the trial lasting seven weeks. 22 witnesses taking the stand including trump's former fixer and lawyer, michael cohen, whose trump's defense team called the greatest liar of all time. cohen late today releasing a statement saying, "today is an important day for accountability and the rule of law. while it has been a difficult journey for me and my family, the truth always matters." and stormy daniels in a statement tonight saying, "no man is above the law." trump seen leaving the courtroom late today, getting into his suv surrounded by security.

judge juan merchan thanked the jury for their handling of a "very stressful and difficult task," saying "you are excused with the gratitude of the court." court dismissed. the sentencing date set for donald trump, july 11th, just four days before the republican national convention. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg who brought the charges against trump speaking out late today. >> the 12 everyday jurors vowed to make a decision based on the evidence and the law, and the evidence and the law alone, and 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 courtroom doors, by following the facts and the law and doing so without fear or favor.

>> david: let's get to aaron katersky, our chief investigative correspondent live outside the courthouse again tonight. and, aaron, as we were on the air, you reported on this extraordinary shift in temperature in that courtroom. judge juan merchan at first indicated that jurors would be going home for the day, that this would sort of bleed into a third day of deliberations, which ostensibly would be a good sign for the defense team, a good sign for the former president that they had not come to a unanimous decision here. suddenly the judge then getting a note from the jury that they had reached their verdict. can you describe the shift in tone, the sort of whiplash in that courtroom and certainly what that must have been like for the defense table? >> reporter: it was really incredible to watch. former president trump joking with his defense attorney, todd blanche. at one point, the defense attorney keeled over and laughing, nearly hitting his head on the defense table he was laughing so hard. prosecutors too sharing pleasantries, laughing with one another. and when the judge returned to the bench saying, we're not

going home because the jury has reached a verdict, the mood in the room instantly shifted. everything became much more rigid. court officers flowed into the room. there was not a sound from the crowd until the jury walked in and rendered its historic verdict, david. >> david: aaron katersky leading us off here tonight. aaron, our thanks to you as always. i want to bring in our chief legal analyst dan abrams. you and i were talking. two days of deliberations, and we know the judge instructed this jury to make sure you cannot come up with a verdict here, guilty or not guilty, based solely on the testimony of michael cohen. you must look at the totality of the evidence. there must be corroborating evidence. they asked about david pecker's testimony from "the national enquirer" to be reread along with other things and came up with their decision, their unanimous verdict, guilty on all 34 counts at the end of day two. what did that signal to you? >> that they clearly believed the corroborating evidence, right? it can't just be about michael cohen, so it means that when they were asking to have that

testimony reread of david pecker, they wanted to be reminded, what exactly did he say? in particular, about how this scheme started. according to the prosecutors, this starts in 2015, not in 2016. that's when the effort begins in a meeting with david pecker, michael cohen, and donald trump discussing how to find potentially negative stories about donald trump and make sure that they don't see the light of day. prosecutors made it clear in their closing arguments that that was the beginning of this, when they asked to have that read back, that meant at the least they were following the prosecutor's road map. >> david: a couple of quick follow-up questions for you from a legal perspective. being a convicted felon means nothing in the race for president. he moves forward? >> correct. he can run for president, no question, and he can even vote based on the fact that he is a florida resident, the conviction is in new york. florida law says they defer back to the state where it happened. that would mean new york, and in new york the only way you can't vote is if you're actually serving time as a felon.

>> david: last question, and i think about the viewers at home on this one. we know judge juan merchan is planning a sentencing at this point for july 11th, i believe, which is four days before the republican national convention. i know legal observers including you do not believe any time behind bars is likely here, but what does judge merchan -- what do you think the scope is of what we could see? >> anything from no time to up to four years. and even if it's no time, the question becomes, are there nuances, right? could it be home confinement? could there be probation? could there be community service? so, the judge has enormous discretion, but most believe because it's a low-level felony it will be on the very low end of that. >> david: we will witness a convicted felon sentenced by a judge to, you know, as you say, potentially home confinement or community service or whatever the judge decides, and that person is still running for president? >> right, and, remember, it doesn't mean he's actually serving the sentence immediately after the sentencing. they could actually delay that

as they appeal it and potentially not have to serve the sentence until after the election. >> david: okay, dan abrams who's been with us all afternoon, dan, thank you as always. i want to get right to our investigative reporter, olivia rubin, who has been in the courtroom and also in the overflow room as we know in new york. no cameras in court, so we have relied on olivia and our team inside the courthouse every single day, able to watch themselves as this plays out. olivia, you were on the air with me earlier. i thought the dynamic that you described of jurors walking into that room was extraordinary. we'll have to find out in the days and weeks to come if this was something they talked about, whether the foreperson or perhaps the two attorneys who were members of that jury said, this is the way we're going to present ourselves, but you described them walking in almost single file. bringing no drama, no emotion, their heads down, very little interaction or even looking at the former president? >> reporter: exactly, and donald trump, david, as well, stone-faced and motionless as we

have seen for so much of this trial. hardly any reaction from him. almost detached from the proceedings with the occasional head nod, and, of course, after this was all over, what we saw every single day. the jury getting up and filing out of the courtroom in that single-file line just inches away from the former president after they had just delivered his fate in their hands, and many of them looking down. donald trump watching many of them looking at the floor. >> david: and, olivia, our team reporting here that as the counts were read, you know, count one, guilty, count two, guilty and down the list, that donald trump's reaction at one point he began to shake his head but then simply stopped as the number of guilty verdicts rendered on multiple counts here continued to grow. >> reporter: it appeared at count 4 is when he shook his head. it is the reaction we have seen from donald trump so many times, then, of course, before he left the courtroom, david, donald trump standing and adjusting his jacket, looking nervously around

the room, and making his way out for the last time, david. >> david: olivia rubin tonight, olivia, thank you. let's get right to our washington correspondent jonathan karl tonight. jon, the race for president, folks at home, you know, we have seen this in the polling. folks have said overwhelmingly that they did not want a joe biden/donald trump matchup. it is what the country is staring down as we head toward election day. the national polls show this is a one or two-point race. in many of the key battlegrounds, states trump head of biden. the question going forward and pollsters are likely going to ask this right away, does this conviction change any of the minds of those who have said they would vote for donald trump? >> reporter: and, david, pollsters have been asking this question hypothetically saying, if donald trump were to be convicted of a crime, if he were to be convicted of a felony, would that change your support for him? the overwhelming majority of trump supporters have said no, but there have been on average

in polls, including an abc news poll just a month ago, 20% of voters who say they would support donald trump, who would say at least they would reconsider their support for donald trump if he were to be convicted for a felony. if that holds, that could be devastating to his presidential campaign, again, given how close this is. but will it hold? i mean, we just don't know, david. it's important to remember trump is now -- he was indicted on four different venues, two federal, one state. now this one this new york. and each of those indictments actually only helped his campaign. he actually only improved after being indicted. so we'll see what happens now that an indictment has led to a conviction. >> david: jon karl with us as well. jon, thank you. i want to bring in our executive editorial producer, john santucci who has covered donald trump for many years. john, you have inside reporting from within the trump campaign, within the trump family? it's my understanding eric trump

was in the courtroom today. other children have been in the courtroom along the way, but noticeably absent, melania trump and ivanka trump? >> reporter: yeah, it's interesting, david. eric trump has been by his father's side for much of this case, many of the other cases. but of course, his brother, donald trump jr., had also been there earlier in the week. ivanka and melania have not been present at any of donald trump's court cases or any of his campaign events for this cycle so far. david, tonight i can tell you inside the trump family and inner circle, surprise in two ways. surprised at how quick this verdict came down but not a lot of surprise, david, in what the verdict ultimately was. >> david: at least at the outset, they know there is a positive. they have reported that their site has crashed when it comes to fund-raising, but then there's the reality in the weeks to come that they have to run with the former president now a convicted felon. >> reporter: david, actually just moments ago my colleague learning donald trump tonight is actually participating in a fund-raiser here in new york, so continuing that push, david. >> john santucci with us, thank you.

let's get to our chief white house correspondent, mary bruce. mary, you were on the air with me earlier and reported in realtime as it was coming to your iphone, reaction from the biden campaign. we witnessed, and you have reported many nights here, the president seldomly actually even pointing out that donald trump was in the middle of this criminal trial other than to sort of needle the trump campaign saying, the former president is busy, i hear, in so many words. i paraphrase. does that tactic change moving forward? >> reporter: well, david, we still have not heard directly from the president himself, but his campaign says, today shows no one is above the law. this verdict is a political gift to democrats and the president but his campaign is being careful not to celebrate this too much. they don't want to be seen as feeding into trump's narrative that this was all something of a political hit job. that's something that the president adamantly rejects. note tonight in a somewhat muted statement, the campaign says, "today's verdict does not change the fact that there is still

only one way to keep donald trump out of the oval office, at the ballot box," saying convicted felon or not, trump will be the republican nominee for president, david. >> david: all right, mary bruce with us at the white house, mary, thank you. let's bring in rachel scott because, rachel, reaction came in very swiftly from republicans on the hill. republican leaders across this country, they are united behind donald trump. >> reporter: united behind the former president, david, after this verdict today. the speaker of the house, mike johnson, calling today a shameful day, calling this a political exercise, not a legal one. johnson, of course, one of 37 republican officials that visited that manhattan courthouse to show their support for the former president. even trump's former rivals including florida governor ron desantis who once said that trump's indictment sucked the oxygen out of the republican primary, tonight blasting this verdict. the bottom line, david, this is a republican party that has only grown more closer to donald trump even after today's guilty verdict. david? >> david: rachel scott in washington, thank you. we, of course, will stay on all the developments after this verdict, but there is a lot of

news to get to, including this machete attack in new york's times square, the severe storms in multiple states, and new cases of bird through in the u.s. we start here with the other news and a major turn in ukraine. a major reversal from the white house tonight. the biden administration giving ukraine permission now to strike inside parts of russia with american-made weapons for the first time. here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: tonight with the russian assault on ukraine's second-largest city, kharkiv, intensifying, the biden administration has made a major reversal, allowing u.s.-supplied weapons to be fired inside russia. for years, the administration balked at the idea, fearing a strike on russia itself with u.s.-made weapons could draw the u.s. into direct conflict with russia. u.s. officials insisting tonight the u.s. weapons will be used only to strike russian military sites that are being used to launch weapons into kharkiv. more than a dozen other western countries have also approved

weapons being used inside russia, but vladimir putin already with a threatening response, calling it an escalation, "another step towards a serious conflict in europe and around the globe." it will be the pentagon that will coordinate exactly whether weapons can strike inside russia, but, david, there is no question this is a big change. david? >> david: martha raddatz reporting from washington tonight. martha, thank you. we turn next tonight to the guilty verdict in the west in a case that made national headlines. the trial of doomsday cult leader chad daybell accused of killing his first wife then accused of killing his current wife's two children. here's mola lenghi. >> reporter: more than four years after the murders of his first wife and his girlfriend's children made national headlines, doomsday author chad daybell facing his own judgment day. >> guilty. >> reporter: a jury convicting the idaho father of conspiring

with his then girlfriend lori vallow to kill tammy daybell and lori's two children, 7-year-old joshua vallow, and his 16-year-old sister tylee. the charred bodies of the kids found in a shallow grave behind daybell's home. >> three dead bodies, and for what? money, power, and sex, that's what the defendant cared about. >> reporter: lori daybell is now serving a life sentence. prosecutors said the couple, who married weeks after the murders, wanted to start a new life and profited from the victims' insurance benefits. daybell used apocalyptic religious beliefs to justify the murders, claiming the victims had turned into zombies who had to be killed. well, chad daybell's sentencing hearing begins tomorrow and the judge is expected to hear victim impact statements. again, david, daybell is facing the death penalty. >> david: mola lenghi in los angeles tonight, thank you. when we come back, a harrowing scene in the heart of new york city. a man attacked with a machete in times square packed with tourists.

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president as a convicted felon, found guilty on all 34 felony counts. a jury of seven men and five women, those jurors selected by both the prosecution and the defense early on. trump's sentencing is now set for july 11th, just four days before the republican national convention. we've now learned tonight that trump will be attending a fund-raiser already this evening. tonight, the biden campaign saying it proves that no one is above the law. i'm david muir. i'll see you tomorrow. good night. that breaking news. the jury has spoken. donald trump guilty on all counts. but what will voters say? >> you could have donald trump elected president on home confinement at the white house. >> good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. it's a historic day. for the first time

ever, a former president has been convicted of a crime. >> donald trump now faces the possibility of jail time after he was found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his new york hush money trial. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena is here with more loose. >> that's right, emma and dan. former president donald trump will spend tonight at trump tower. he's also planning to hold a news conference there tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. in the meantime, reaction is coming here in the bay area. >> i really hope that people feel empowered to believe in our systems of justice and institutions and that that we feel like you know, everybody's voice is important to be heard. and i feel like that's monumental. today. i'm glad to hear it. >> but not everyone agrees with the verdict. a national representative for the california republican national committee was critical of the finding. >> this verdict is a disgrace for the american legal system