1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,000 THIS IS A STATE CRIME. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,000 ONCE AGAIN, THE BREAKING NEWS 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:07,000 FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP 4 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:11,000 HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY BY A JURY 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,000 OF 12 UNANIMOUS. 6 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,000 ALL 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING 7 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:15,000 BUSINESS RECORDS. 8 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:16,000 OUR COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE ON 9 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,000 CBS NEWS, 24/7 LOCAL NEWS AND 10 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,000 TONIGHT WE WILL HAVE A FULL WRAP 11 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:22,000 UP ON THE CBS EVENING NEWS. 12 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:27,000 THANK YOU EVERYONE TO JOINED U. 13 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:32,000 THIS HAS BEEN A "CBS NEWS" 14 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,000 BREAKING NEWS AT 3:00. A JURY 15 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,000 FINDS FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD 16 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 TRUMP TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS IN THE HUSH MONEY TRIAL. 17 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,000 GOOD AFTERNOON THAT HISTORIC 18 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:16,000 VERDICT CAME FROM A MANHATTAN 19 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 JURY. JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, 20 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,000 CBS NEWS REPORTER MICHAEL 21 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,000 GEORGE HAS ALL THE DETAILS FROM 22 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,000 NEW YORK. 23 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,000 >>DONALD TRUMP IS NOW THE 1ST 24 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,000 FORMER PRESIDENT TO BE 25 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,000 CONVICTED OF A CRIME. 26 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:33,000 >>WAS A RIGGED DISGRACEFUL. THE 27 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,000 REAL VERDICT IS GOING TO BE 28 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,000 OVER. 5TH BY THE PEOPLE. 29 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,000 >>TRUMP WAS CHARGED WITH 30 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000 FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN 31 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,000 CONNECTION WITH MONEY. HIS 32 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,000 FORMER FIXER MICHAEL COHEN, 33 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,000 PAID TO ADULT FILM STAR STORMY 34 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,000 DANIELS AHEAD OF THE 2016 35 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:48,000 ELECTION TO KEEP HER QUIET 36 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,000 ABOUT AN ALLEGED SEXUAL 37 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,000 ENCOUNTER. PROSECUTORS ARGUED 38 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,000 THAT TRUMP REIMBURSED COHEN BUT 39 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,000 DISGUISED THE PAYMENTS AS LEGAL 40 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 EXPENSES. AMOUNTING TO A 41 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,000 CRIMINAL SCHEME TO CORRUPT THE 42 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,000 ELECTION. 43 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,000 >>FOR DONALD TRUMP TODAY 44 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,000 >>AS THE PROSECUTION'S STAR 45 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 WITNESS, COHEN TESTIFIED. TRUMP 46 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,000 PERSONALLY APPROVED THE PLAN TO 47 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,000 DISGUISE THE PAYMENTS. COHEN, 48 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,000 WHO IS A CONVICTED FELON FACED 49 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,000 INTENSE GRILLING BY THE DEFENSE 50 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,000 WHO ATTACKED HIS CREDIBILITY 51 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,000 AND HIS MOTIVES. JURORS ALSO 52 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,000 GOT TO HEAR FROM STORMY 53 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 DANIELS, WHO OFFERED GRAPHIC 54 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,000 DETAILS ABOUT HER 2006. 55 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,000 ENCOUNTER WITH TRUMP, WHICH HE 56 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,000 DENIES. THE JURY WAS COMPRISED 57 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 OF 7 MEN AND 5 WOMEN AND 58 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,000 INCLUDED 2 LAWYERS AS WELL AS A 59 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,000 TEACHER AND A SPEECH THERAPIST. 60 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,000 TRUMP MAINTAINS THIS TRIAL. 61 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,000 LIKE HIS OTHER CRIMINAL 62 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 INDICTMENTS. ARE ALL 63 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 POLITICALLY POLITICALLY 64 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,000 MOTIVATED AND THAT HE HAS DONE 65 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 NOTHING WRONG. 66 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 >>IT WAS TAKE A LIVE LOOK FROM 67 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,000 OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN 68 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,000 MANHATTAN. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE 69 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 HIGHWAY THAT THE MOTORCADE 70 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,000 THERE AS YOU CAN SEE, MR TRUMP 71 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,000 IS IN 1 OF THOSE BLACK SUVS 72 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 THAT JUST LEFT THE COURTHOUSE 73 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,000 ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO, AND 74 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,000 HERE'S TO TAKE ANOTHER LIVE. 75 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,000 LOOK FROM OUTSIDE THE 76 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 COURTHOUSE RIGHT NOW. YOU SEE A 77 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 VERY LARGE POLICE PRESENCE, LOT 78 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,000 OF REPORTERS ARE SURROUNDING 79 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,000 THE AREA AS WELL. HERE'S WHAT 80 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,000 THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAID. 81 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 THERE'S FULL REMARKS AFTER THE 82 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,000 VERDICTS WERE READ. TAKE A 83 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,000 LOOK. THIS WAS A DISGRACE. YES. 84 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 WAS A RIGGED TRIAL BY 85 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000 CONFLICTED JUDGE WHO WAS 86 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,000 CORRUPT. IT'S A RIGGED TRIAL AT 87 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,000 THIS GRACE. THEY WOULDN'T GIVE 88 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,000 US A VENUE CHANGE. WE WERE 89 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,000 FIVE. OR 6 IN THIS DISTRICT IN 90 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,000 THIS AREA. YES. THIS WAS A 91 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,000 RIGGED DESTROY. TRAIL. THE REAL 92 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 VERDICT IS GOING TO BE NOVEMBER 93 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,000 5TH BY THE PEOPLE. AND THEY 94 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,000 KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE, AND 95 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,000 EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED 96 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,000 HERE. YOU HAVE A SO RESPECT? 97 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 THE A AND THE WHOLE THING. WE 98 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,000 DIDN'T DO A THING WRONG. VERY 99 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,000 INNOCENT MAN. THAT IT'S OK. I'M 100 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,000 FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY AND 101 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,000 FIGHTING FOR OUR CONSTITUTION. 102 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 OUR COUNTRY HAS BIG RIG RIGHT 103 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 NOW. THIS WAS DONE BY THE 104 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 ADMINISTRATION. YOU KNOW? ORDER 105 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,000 TO WOULD HURT OPPONENTS 106 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,000 POLITICAL OPPONENT. YEAH. IT'S 107 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,000 JUST A DISGRACE. KEEP FIGHTING 108 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 THE FIGHT TILL THE END, IT WILL 109 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,000 WIN BECAUSE OUR COUNTRY HAS 110 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,000 GONE TO .... WE DON'T HAVE THE 111 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 SAME COUNTRY ANYMORE. WE HAVE A 112 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,000 DIVIDED MESS. WE'RE NATION AND 113 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 DECLINED SERIOUS TO MILLIONS 114 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,000 AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE POURING 115 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 INTO OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. 116 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,000 FROM PRISON. AND FROM MENTAL 117 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,000 INSTITUTION. TERRORISTS. AND 118 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,000 THEY'RE TAKING OVER OUR 119 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,000 COUNTRY. WE HAVE A COUNTRY 120 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,000 THAT'S A BIG TROUBLE. BUT THIS 121 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 WAS A RIGGED DECISION, RIGHT 122 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,000 FROM DAY 1. WITH A CONFLICTED 123 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 JUDGES SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN 124 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 ALLOWED TO TRY THIS CASE. NEVER 125 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,000 AND WE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR 126 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,000 CONSTITUTION. THIS IS LONG FROM 127 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 OVER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 128 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP THEY'RE 129 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,000 CALLING THE TRIAL RIGGED AND A 130 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000 DISGRACE. HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK 131 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 FROM THE FREEWAY JUST NEAR THE 132 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,000 COURTHOUSE WHERE THAT IS THE 133 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,000 MOTORCADE WHERE FORMER 134 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN RIGHT NOW 135 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 HE'S IN 1 OF THOSE BLACK SUVS. 136 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,000 UNDERSTANDABLY SO SURROUNDED BY 137 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,000 A LOT OF SECURITY AS IS THE 138 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,000 COURTHOUSE RIGHT NOW, CBS NEWS 139 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,000 REPORTER ROBERT COSTA, WHO WAS 140 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,000 OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE, TALKED 141 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,000 TO SOMEONE WHO WAS CLOSE TO THE 142 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 FORMER PRESIDENT. 143 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,000 >>SAID HE WAS EXPRESSING HIS 144 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,000 ANGER. HIS IS FURY ABOUT THIS 145 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,000 VERDICT EVEN BEFORE IT WAS 146 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,000 READ, HE WAS PREDICTED TO 147 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,000 ASSOCIATES. THAT HE BELIEVED 148 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,000 THAT THIS TRIAL WAS A DISASTER 149 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,000 AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO FIGHT 150 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH APPEAL. 151 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,000 HE WAS ALREADY SIGNALING TO 152 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,000 SOME OF THE TOP REPUBLICANS IN 153 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,000 THE COUNTRY IN THE PAST HOUR, 154 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,000 THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT 155 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 HAPPENED HE WANTED THEM TO BE 156 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,000 WITH HIM. HE BELIEVED THEY 157 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,000 WOULD STAND WITH HIM AND HE IS 158 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 REALLY PREPARING HIS ALLIES. 159 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 TELL ME JUST NOW. TO FIGHT THIS 160 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 ALL THE WAY INTO USE THIS AS A 161 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 POLITICAL WEAPON AGAINST 162 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,000 PRESIDENT BIDEN JUSTICE. 163 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NOT INVOLVED 164 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,000 IN THIS CASE. THIS IS A CASE IN 165 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,000 LOWER MANHATTAN. THIS WAS A 166 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,000 JURY COMPRISED OF 12, NEW 167 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 YORKERS, PEOPLE WHO ARE HIS 168 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,000 PEERS IN HIS HOME CITY OF NEW 169 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,000 YORK AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE 170 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 GOING TO HEAR FORMER PRESIDENT 171 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,000 TRUMP CONSTANTLY USE THIS AS A 172 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 REFRAIN THAT HE WAS TARGETED. 173 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 BY THIS TRIAL, TARGETED BY THIS 174 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 PROSECUTOR, AND HE IS GOING TO 175 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 USE HIS OWN CHANNELS OF 176 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 COMMUNICATION. WHETHER IT'S 177 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 SOCIAL MEDIA. SOME KIND OF 178 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 RALLY OR SPEECHES OR OTHER 179 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,000 MEANS TO GET HIS MESSAGE OUT 180 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,000 THERE WITHOUT FACT, CHECKING 181 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,000 AND OFTEN WITHOUT THE BOUNDS OF 182 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,000 NORMAL DISCOURSE HOLDING HIM 183 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,000 IN, BUT THIS IS AMERICAN 184 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 POLITICS TODAY HE HAS HELPED TO 185 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 CREATE AND REALLY SPEARHEADED 186 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,000 THIS ENVIRONMENT WE ARE IN NOW, 187 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,000 BUT I KNOW FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE 188 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000 BEEN WITH HIM IN THE PAST HOUR 189 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,000 THAT HE IS FURIOUS AND THAT 190 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000 THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING HE'S 191 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,000 GOING TO LEAVE TO THE LAWYERS. 192 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,000 HE WANTS TO BE OUT FRONT NOW 193 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,000 AND THIS COUNTRY IS GOING TO 194 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 SEE HIM OUT FRONT. ALL SUMMER. 195 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,000 >>AND THIS VERDICT, SENDING 196 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 SHOCK WAVES THROUGHOUT THE 197 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,000 COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, AND MACKOVIC 198 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,000 JOINS ME NOW TRACKING THE LOCAL 199 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,000 REACTION TO THE TRUMP VERDICT. 200 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000 AND WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING 201 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 >>LOCALLY AND ACROSS THE 202 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,000 COUNTRY? SOME STRONG OPINIONS 203 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,000 REACTION STARTING TO COME, 204 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 INCLUDING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. 205 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK 1ST. AT 206 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000 THAT STATEMENT FROM THE BIDEN 207 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 HARRIS CAMPAIGN, IT READS IN 208 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 PART IN NEW YORK TODAY, WE SAW 209 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 THAT NO 1 IS ABOVE THE LAW, 210 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,000 DONALD TRUMP HAS ALWAYS 211 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 MISTAKENLY BELIEVED HE WOULD 212 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,000 NEVER FACE CONSEQUENCES. FOR 213 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,000 BREAKING THE LAW FOR HIS OWN 214 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,000 PERSONAL GAIN. BUT TODAY'S 215 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,000 VERDICT DOES NOT CHANGE THE 216 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,000 FACT THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 217 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,000 FACE A SIMPLE REALITY THERE IS 218 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,000 STILL ONLY 1 WAY TO KEEP DONALD 219 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,000 TRUMP OUT OF THE OVAL OFFICE AT 220 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,000 THE BALLOT BOX. EAST BAY 221 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,000 CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL 222 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 SAYING ON X DONALD TRUMP IS A 223 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000 CONVICTED FELON. THIS VERDICT 224 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,000 IS NOT A WIN FOR ANY SINGLE 225 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,000 PERSON, HE SAYS. IT'S A WIN FOR 226 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,000 AN IDEA. THE IDEA THAT WE ALL 227 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,000 FOLLOW THE SAME RULES THE RULE 228 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 OF LAW 1 TODAY. IN SAN 229 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,000 FRANCISCO CITY ATTORNEY DAVID 230 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,000 CHU, SAYING TRUMP HAS LONG 231 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 DISREGARDED THE RULE OF LAW. 232 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 BUT TODAY A JURY SENT A CLEAR 233 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,000 MESSAGE THAT NO 1 IS ABOVE THE 234 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 LAW VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 235 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 MUST WAKE UP TO THE FACT THAT 236 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,000 TRUMP IS A CONVICTED FELON AND 237 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,000 IS UNFIT FOR OFFICE. ON THE 238 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,000 OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE, REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE 239 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,000 JOHNSON JUST SAID THAT TODAY IS 240 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,000 A SHAMEFUL DAY IN AMERICAN 241 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,000 HISTORY, HE SAID. DEMOCRATS 242 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,000 CHEERED AS THEY CONVICTED THE 243 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,000 LEADER OF THE OPPOSING PARTY ON 244 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,000 RIDICULOUS CHARGES. PREDICATED 245 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,000 ON THE TESTIMONY OF A DISBARRED 246 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 CONVICTED FELON. HE ADDS. THIS 247 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 IS A PURELY PEOPLE. POLITICAL 248 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,000 EXERCISE. NOT A LEGAL 1. BUT WE 249 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,000 ARE CONTINUING TOGETHER MORE 250 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 REACTION HERE LOCALLY AND FROM 251 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,000 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE'RE GOING 252 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,000 TO HAVE MORE FOR YOU ALL 253 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 AFTERNOON AND EVENING HERE ON 254 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 KPX AND CBS NEWS BAY AREA LIST. 255 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,000 >>ALL RIGHT, ANN, THANKS SO 256 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,000 MUCH CBS NEWS CARRIED THE 257 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,000 HISTORIC VERDICT AND A SPECIAL 258 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 REPORT IN JUST THE PAST HOUR. 259 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 HERE'S THE MOMENT IT ALL CAME 260 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,000 DOWN. 261 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:31,000 >>WE ARE GETTING WORD. ON THE 262 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:36,000 1ST COUNT. THAT DONALD TRUMP IS 263 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:41,000 GIL. NOW. REMEMBER, THERE ARE 264 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,000 34 COUNTS. THAT WE WILL GO 265 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:49,000 THROUGH. COUNT 2. GUILTY. GUY. 266 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:55,000 COUNT 3. GUILTY. COUNT 4. 267 00:08:55,000 --> 00:09:00,000 GUILTY. COUNT 5 AND 6 GUILTY. 268 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:05,000 COUNT 7. GUILTY. COUNT 8. 269 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:10,000 GUILTY. COUNT 9 GUILTY. COUNT 270 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:18,000 10. GUILTY. COUNT 11 GUILTY. 271 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:22,000 COUNT 12. GUILTY. COUNT 13 272 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:27,000 GUILTY. COUNT 14. AND 15. 273 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,000 GUILTY. COUNT 16. GUILTY. 274 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,000 REMEMBER. THIS IS A UNANIMOUS 275 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,000 DECISION BY THE JURY ON EACH OF 276 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,000 THESE COUNTS, COUNTS 17. 277 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:39,000 GUILTY. COUNT 18 GUILTY. COUNT 278 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,000 19 GUILTY COUNT 20 GUILTY 279 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,000 COUNT. 21 GUILTY. COUNT 22. 280 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,000 GUILTY COUNT 23 GUILTY COUNT 24 281 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:53,000 GUILTY. COUNT 25. GUILTY COUNT 282 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,000 26 GUILTY COUNT 27 GUILTY COUNT 283 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,000 28 GUILTY 29 GUILTY. 30 GUILTY 284 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,000 COUNT 31 GUILTY COUNT 32 GUILTY 285 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:09,000 COUNT 33 GUILTY COUNT 34. 286 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,000 GUILTY. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN 287 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:15,000 FOUND GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS. OF 288 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:19,000 FALSIFYING BUSINESS. RECORDS. 289 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,000 IN AN ATTEMPT TO COVER UP THE 290 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 ALLEGED RELATIONSHIPS. IN THE 291 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,000 NEW YORK HAS SH MONEY, TRIAL. 292 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,000 >>AND IT WAS A MOMENT THAT WILL 293 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,000 BE ETCHED IN HISTORY. PEOPLE 294 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,000 EVERYWHERE HERE IN THE BAY AREA 295 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,000 AND AROUND THE WORLD, FOR THAT 296 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,000 MATTER ARE REACTING TO THIS 297 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,000 VERDICT. HERE'S WHAT SOME FOLKS 298 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,000 SAID IN NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE. 299 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,000 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I DID 300 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,000 NOT THINK THAT THIS WAS 301 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,000 ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN AND I 302 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,000 I'M JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT. IT'S 303 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,000 ABOUT TIME. ACCOUNTABLE FOR 304 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,000 SOMETHING I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 305 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,000 IT'S AMAZING. SURPRISE. IT'S AN 306 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 INCREDIBLE SURPRISE. I REALLY 307 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,000 DIDN'T THINK HE WAS EVER GOING 308 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,000 TO GET HELP TO ACCOUNT FOR 309 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,000 ANYTHING AND THE RETURN. 310 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 BURDEN. VERDICT. I'M LIKE I'M 311 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,000 STUNNED. DON'T THINK THAT'S 312 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,000 REALLY TRUE. I MEAN, I DON'T 313 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,000 KNOW HOW THE DETAILS ABOUT HIS 314 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,000 CASE. TRULY THINK HE DIDN'T DID 315 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,000 IT DIDN'T DO IT. MY FAULT 316 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:15,000 CREATURE. CREATURE. AND I JUST 317 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,000 WANT TO SEE THE TRUTH COME OUT. 318 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,000 AND I JUST WANT TO SEE THE 2 319 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,000 STORIES. INVOLVED. JOINING US 320 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,000 NOW IS SAN JOSE STATE PROFESSOR 321 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,000 MELINDA JACKSON. THANK YOU SO 322 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,000 MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. WE'RE 323 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,000 HEARING A LOT OF REACTION. A 324 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:29,000 LOT OF SHOCK THAT THESE 325 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,000 VERDICTS CAME DOWN THE WAY THAT 326 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,000 THEY DID. WHAT WAS YOUR 327 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,000 REACTION? YES. WELL, I WAS ALSO 328 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,000 VERY SURPRISED THAT WE GOT A 329 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,000 VERDICT SO QUICKLY, UM AND I 330 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,000 THINK THE FACT THAT IT WAS 331 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,000 GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS AND 332 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,000 THAT IT CAME OUT WITHIN 2 DAYS. 333 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,000 REALLY SPEAKS TO THE STRENGTH 334 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,000 OF OF THE CASE AGAINST TRUMP 335 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,000 THAT THIS JURY, YOU KNOW, IS 336 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,000 REALLY SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE 337 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,000 HERE THAT THERE WAS NO DOUBT IN 338 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:59,000 THEIR MINDS. UM AND OBVIOUSLY 339 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,000 THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF 340 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,000 THIS REMAINS TO BE SEEN. BUT 341 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 DESPITE ALL OF TRUMP'S CLAIMS 342 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,000 THAT THIS WAS UNFAIR AND HE'S 343 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,000 BEING POLITICALLY TARGETED. IT 344 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 IS NEVER HELPFUL FOR SOMEONE TO 345 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,000 BE CAMPAIGNING. AS A CONVICTED 346 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,000 FELON. THERE IS THERE'S REALLY 347 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000 NO UPSIDE TO THAT. AND I THINK 348 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,000 IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN 349 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,000 THE MINDS OF SOME POTENTIAL. 350 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,000 VOTERS WHO ARE NOW GOING TO 351 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,000 LOOK AT THIS RACE DIFFERENTLY 352 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,000 IN LIGHT OF THIS VERDICT. AS A 353 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,000 SURPRISE TO NO. 1, THE FORMER 354 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 PRESIDENT CAME OUT SAYING THAT 355 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 THIS WAS RIGGED AND A DISGRACE. 356 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 THIS WHOLE TRIAL WAS RIGGED AND 357 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,000 A DISGRACE. I'M CURIOUS THAT 358 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,000 REACTION AND THAT SORT OF FURY 359 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 THAT HE IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO 360 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,000 TAKE WITH HIM THROUGH THE REST 361 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,000 OF THE CAMPAIGN. DO YOU THINK 362 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,000 THAT IS GOING TO HELP HIM IN 363 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:50,000 THIS RACE? I DON'T THINK SO. A 364 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,000 AND WE'VE HEARD IT BEFORE. YOU 365 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,000 KNOW, HE HAS BEEN MAKING THOSE 366 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,000 CLAIMS FOR, UM FOR THE LAST 4 367 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,000 YEARS REALLY? UM AND SO THE 368 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,000 FACT THAT HIS MESSAGE MAYBE 369 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,000 MOSTLY FOCUSED ON HIS OWN 370 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,000 PERCEIVED AND TREATMENT AND 371 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,000 VICTIMHOOD, UM, YOU KNOW THAT 372 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 THAT IS A STORY THAT UH, THAT 373 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,000 WE'VE ALL HEARD BEFORE. AND 374 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,000 THOSE WHO SUPPORT HIM. I DON'T 375 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,000 THINK IT'S GOING TO CONVINCE 376 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,000 HIM TO SUPPORT HIM ANYMORE. 377 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,000 WHAT HE NEEDS TO BE DOING 378 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,000 THINKING AHEAD TO THE GENERAL 379 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,000 ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. IS 380 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,000 REACHING OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO 381 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,000 ARE ON THE FENCE, WHO ARE NOT 382 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,000 HIS DIEHARD SUPPORTERS AND 383 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,000 TRYING TO WIN THEIR VOTES AND I 384 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 DON'T KNOW THAT FOCUSING UM, 385 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 YOU KNOW AGAIN ON HIS PERCEIVED 386 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 MISTREATMENT IS GOING TO BE A 387 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,000 VERY EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN 388 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,000 STRATEGY TO REACH OUT TO THOSE 389 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,000 UNDECIDED VOTERS AT THIS YOU 390 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 MENTIONED YOU WERE SURPRISED 391 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,000 HOW QUICKLY THE JURY CAME BACK 392 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 WITH THEIR VERDICT. I'M CURIOUS 393 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,000 WITH THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED IN 394 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,000 COURT. WHY YOU THINK THAT IT 395 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,000 TOOK AS SHORT OR AS LONG AS IT 396 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,000 DID? WELL, IT WAS A COMPLEX 397 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,000 CASE IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW THE 398 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,000 FINANCIAL DETAILS AND YOU KNOW, 399 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,000 JUST SORTING THROUGH ALL OF THE 400 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 THE VARIOUS LEGAL, UM, YOU 401 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:10,000 KNOW, ASPECTS OF IT, UM AND UH, 402 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,000 YOU KNOW, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW 403 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,000 WITH WITH A JURY TRIAL, YOU 404 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,000 KNOW, THAT IS WHY IT IS THE YOU 405 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,000 KNOW THE BACKBONE OF OUR LEGAL 406 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,000 SYSTEM BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES 407 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:22,000 BRING IN, UM ORDINARY ORDINARY. 408 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,000 AMERICANS, TO SIT AND LISTEN TO 409 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,000 THE EVIDENCE AND TO, UM SIFTED 410 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,000 ALL THROUGH AND DISCUSS AND, UM 411 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,000 PARTICULARLY AGAIN, WITH WITH 412 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,000 THE NUMBER OF COUNTS AND THE 413 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 HIGH PROFILE NATURE OF THIS 414 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,000 CASE, YOU KNOW? UM, IT WOULD 415 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,000 NOT HAVE SURPRISED ME IF THE 416 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 JURY TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER 417 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 TO REALLY, YOU KNOW THOROUGHLY. 418 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:47,000 UM REEG. EVERYTHING. UM THE 419 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,000 FACT THAT IT WAS SO QUICK AND 420 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,000 THAT THEY ASKED FOR 421 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000 CLARIFICATION ON A FEW THINGS, 422 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,000 BUT THEY HAD A UNANIMOUS 423 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,000 DECISION WITHIN 2 DAYS MEANS 424 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,000 THAT, UM IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE 425 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,000 WASN'T A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT 426 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,000 AMONG THE JURY AND THAT THE 427 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,000 PROSECUTION. UM PROVED ITS CASE 428 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,000 EFFECTIVELY. SENTENCING WILL BE 429 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,000 ON JULY 11TH, WHICH IS JUST A 430 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,000 FEW DAYS AWAY FROM THE 431 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,000 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. 432 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 I'M CURIOUS WHAT IMPACT DO YOU 433 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,000 THINK THAT SENTENCING DAY WILL 434 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,000 HAVE ON THE CONVENTION? YEAH, 435 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,000 WELL, IT'S HARD TO SAY. I MEAN, 436 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,000 ALL OF THIS IS SO 437 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:24,000 UNPRECEDENTED. UM AND, UH, YOU 438 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,000 KNOW AGAIN, IT CAN'T BE GOOD, 439 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,000 RIGHT? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 440 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 SENTENCING WILL HOLD. WE EXPECT 441 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:33,000 THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE APPEALS AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, 442 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,000 THE NEXT PHASES OF THIS ARE 443 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,000 LIKELY TO TAKE MONTHS AND NOT 444 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,000 BE RESOLVED. BEFORE THE 445 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,000 ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, BUT UM, 446 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,000 AGAIN. IT IS NOT A GOOD NEWS 447 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,000 STORY TO BE SENTENCED FOR A 448 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,000 CRIMINAL CONVICTION, YOU KNOW, 449 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,000 AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU ARE 450 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,000 RUNNING FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE, 451 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,000 UM, LET ALONE YOU KNOW, THE 452 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,000 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 453 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 SO I DO THINK THAT THIS WILL 454 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,000 HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT ON AT 455 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,000 LEAST SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE 456 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,000 BEEN CONSIDERING VOTING FOR 457 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,000 TRUMP AND WILL NOT BE AS LIKELY 458 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,000 TO DO THAT NOW, PROFESSOR 459 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,000 MELINDA JACKSON. THANK YOU SO 460 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,000 MUCH FOR BEING HERE. YOU'RE 461 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,000 WELCOME, BUT WE WILL HAVE 462 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,000 CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE 463 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 TRUMP GUILTY VERDICT IN THE 464 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 HUSH MONEY TRIAL. SONOMA STATE 465 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,000 POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR 466 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,000 DAVID MCEWAN JOINS US LIVE FOR 467 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,000 HIS INSIGHT. WE'LL BE RIGHT 468 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:26,000 BACK. 469 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Is it possible to be more capable 470 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:34,000 and more practical? 471 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Be able to perform here 472 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,000 and here? 473 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:42,000 Make a statement while barely making a sound 474 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,000 and command the world as well as what lies ahead. 475 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,000 How we get there matters. 476 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:54,000 Get exceptional offers at your local Audi dealer. 477 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:59,000 ♪ ♪ 478 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:15,000 WE ARE 479 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,000 CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THIS. BREAKING NEWS. FORMER PREZ DON 480 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,000 TRUMP FOUND GUILTY ON ALL 481 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,000 COUNTS AND THE HUSH MONEY TRIAL 482 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,000 IN NEW YORK, MAKING HIM THE 1ST 483 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,000 FORMER PRESIDENT TO EVER BE 484 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,000 CONVICTED OF FELONY CRIMES. 485 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,000 JOINING ME LIVE NOW IS SONOMA 486 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,000 STATE POLITICAL SCIENCE 487 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,000 PROFESSOR DAVID MCEWAN. 488 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,000 PROFESSOR MCEWAN THANK YOU SO 489 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,000 MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. YEAH. 490 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,000 IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU. 491 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,000 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME GIVE US 492 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,000 SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THE 493 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,000 MAGNITUDE. OF THIS MOMENT. THIS 494 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,000 IS THE 1ST FORMER PRESIDENT TO 495 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,000 BE EVER CONVICTED. OF A CRIME. 496 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,000 HOW HUGE IS THIS IN HISTORY? 497 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,000 IT'S A BIG DEAL. I MEAN, LOOK, 498 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,000 THIS IS A TECTONIC SHIFT IN OUR 499 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 POLITICS. IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO 500 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 THIS AUGUST, AUGUST 20TH THAT 501 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,000 RICHARD NIXON RESIGNED. THE 502 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,000 PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED 503 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 STATES. AND IN SOME WAYS WE'VE 504 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000 COME FULL CIRCLE FROM THAT, BUT 505 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 THIS IS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT. 506 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,000 THIS ISN'T THINKING 68 OR 1974. 507 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,000 IT'S MORE LIKE 1860S. AND THE 508 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,000 STAKES ARE HUGE. WHAT'S GOING 509 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,000 ON IN THE COUNTRY IS MORE THAN 510 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,000 DIVISIVE AND MORE MORE THAN 511 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,000 POLARIZED. IT'S SHAKING FAITH 512 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,000 IN INSTITUTIONS. SO RECOGNITION 513 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 OF THE RULE OF LAW IS HUGELY 514 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,000 IMPORTANT. AND AND THAT'S 1 515 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,000 THING WE ELEMENT THAT IS 516 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,000 RELIABLE BECAUSE LEGAL 517 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,000 INSTITUTIONS ARE STRONG, SO 518 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,000 THIS HAS LEGAL ASPECTS. THE 519 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS 520 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,000 CASE OF TODAY OF WHAT HAPPENS 521 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,000 IN THE FUTURE WITH SUBSEQUENT 522 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,000 CHARGES OR SUBSEQUENT 523 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 DEVELOPMENTS. BUYS HUGELY 524 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 POLITICAL THAT REVERBERATES 525 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,000 ASKED. NOVEMBER 5TH, AND THIS 526 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,000 HAS HUGE CONSTITUTIONAL 527 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,000 IMPLICATIONS. SO THESE 3 THINGS 528 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,000 LEGAL POLITICAL AND 529 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,000 CONSTITUTIONAL ARE ALL THAT'S 530 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,000 AT STAKE AFTER TODAY'S VERDICT 531 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,000 AND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND DONALD 532 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,000 TRUMP IS FRONT AND CENTER, AND 533 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,000 ALL OF THAT, THAT'S JUST THE 534 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,000 WAY HE'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO HAVE 535 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,000 IT. JUST CLARIFY. WE KEEP 536 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,000 CALLING US THE HUSH MONEY 537 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,000 TRIAL, BUT TO BE CLEAR TO BE 538 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:54,000 CLEAR HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF 539 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,000 FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS TO 540 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,000 COVER UP THE PAYOFF. TO A ... 541 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,000 STAR. 34 COUNTS WERE YOU 542 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 SURPRISED THAT HE CAME BACK 543 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS THIS 544 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,000 QUICKLY. YEAH, IT'S BOTH FAST. 545 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 AND THE SENSE THAT THEY AGREED 546 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 ON ALL OF THE ELEMENTS BECAUSE 547 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,000 SOME OF THEM ARE RELATED TO 548 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,000 SOME OF THE CHARGES ARE RELATED 549 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,000 TO HIS REVOKABLE TRUST SUMMER 550 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,000 RELATED TO OTHER ENTITIES, AND 551 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,000 SO IT IS A COMPLEX SET OF 552 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,000 BUSINESS PRACTICES. AND A 553 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,000 COMPLEX SET THAT WAS LAID OUT 554 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,000 AND SO GUMMY AND COMING, 555 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,000 EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER TO 556 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 UNDERSTAND THE MINDSET. AND 557 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 DOING SO SO QUICKLY READING 558 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,000 BACK TO TESTIMONY, FOR EXAMPLE 559 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,000 OF ..., UH AND THEN AND THEN OF 560 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,000 MICHAEL COHEN SIGNALED 561 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,000 YESTERDAY. THAT THINGS WERE 562 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000 HEADED IN THIS DIRECTION. BUT 563 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 ALSO THE CALENDAR IS HUGELY 564 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,000 IMPORTANT HERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW 565 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,000 WE HAVE JUNE 27TH COMING UP. WE 566 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,000 HAVE THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION 567 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,000 JUST BEFORE JUST AFTER 568 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,000 SENTENCING OCCURS AS YOU 569 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 MENTIONED WE HAVE ANOTHER 570 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,000 DEBATE. THE ELECTION ITSELF IS 571 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,000 ONLY 100 58 DAYS AWAY, SO THAT 572 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,000 MEANS DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO 573 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,000 GO NEGATIVE WAY HE'S GOING TO 574 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,000 HAVE TO DO THIS, AND HE'S GOING 575 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,000 TO HAVE TO ATTACK WHILE THOSE 576 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,000 LEGAL THINGS ARE GOING ON, AND 577 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,000 THAT MEANS EVERYONE KIND OF 578 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,000 STRAPPING AND GET READY. 579 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,000 CURIOUS THAT THIS IS GOING TO 580 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000 REALLY CHANGE THE CAMPAIGN. 581 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000 MOVING FORWARD. HOW IS BIDEN 582 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,000 GOING TO REACT TO THIS? HOW 583 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,000 SHOULD HE REACT? YEAH. I MEAN, 584 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,000 YOU SAW ELEMENTS OF THIS WITH 585 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,000 JOE BIDEN KAMALA HARRIS TALKED 586 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 AFRICAN TO AFRICAN AMERICAN 587 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 VOTERS WHO ARE SO CRITICAL FOR 588 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 WHAT HAPPENED. I MEAN, 94% OF 589 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,000 AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN VOTED 590 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,000 FOR JOE BIDEN. IN 2020. THEY 591 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,000 NEED A HUGE TURNOUT OF AFRICAN 592 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,000 AMERICAN VOTERS OVERALL, BUT 593 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000 THEY'VE ALSO SEEN SOME CHANGES 594 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000 IN LEAKAGE LINKAGE WITH THE 595 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,000 LATINX VOTERS. LATINOS AND 596 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,000 LATINAS, NOT JUST IN FLORIDA 597 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,000 BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND 598 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,000 THEY ARE HUGELY IMPORTANT. AND 599 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,000 SO THE FOCUS FOR THE BIDEN 600 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,000 ADMINISTRATION REALLY NEEDS TO 601 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,000 BE ON WINNING 3 STATES. THOSE 602 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,000 STATES ARE PENNSYLVANIA. 603 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,000 MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN. THEY 604 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 CAN WEATHER LOSSES IN GEORGIA, 605 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 ARIZONA OR NEVADA AS A RESULT, 606 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 BUT THE ELEMENTS OF THOSE 2 607 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,000 GROUPS FOR EXAMPLE, AFRICAN 608 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000 AMERICANS AND LATINOS AND 609 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,000 LATINAS ARE HUGE FOR THE BIDEN 610 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,000 COALITION. THEY HAVE TO 611 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 REASSEMBLE THAT WHILE WE HAVE 612 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,000 THIS UP PEOPLE FOR WHAT'S GOING 613 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 ON WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, DONALD 614 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 TRUMP TAPPED OUT AT ABOUT 46 OR 615 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,000 47%. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S 616 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,000 AN ELEMENT OF THE GOP HABITUAL 617 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,000 VOTER THAT WILL NOT VOTE FOR A 618 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,000 CONVICTED FELON. SO WHAT DO 619 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 THEY DO? THEY WON'T VOTE FOR JOB. BIDEN DO THEY VOTE FOR 620 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,000 SOMEONE LIKE RFK OR A 3RD 621 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,000 PARTY, OR DO THEY SIT OUT? AND 622 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,000 THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT 623 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 BECAUSE 93 0 PEOPLE WHO WERE 624 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,000 ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN 2016 DID 625 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000 NOT CAST A BALLOT. AND IF 626 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,000 YOU'RE DONALD TRUMP, YOU WANT 627 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,000 FURTHER PEOPLE STAYING HOME. SO 628 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,000 YOU GO NEGATIVE EARLY AND 629 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,000 OFTEN, THIS IS THE START OF 630 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,000 THAT BIG MOMENTUM TO DO THAT, 631 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 WITH THE VOTING PUBLIC. JUST 632 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,000 WANT TO REPEAT ONCE AGAIN. 633 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 SENTENCING AS IT ON JULY 11 634 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,000 JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY FROM THE 635 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,000 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 636 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,000 PROFESSOR DAVID MCEWAN, THANK 637 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. IT'S 638 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 GOOD TO SEE YOU AND WE WILL 639 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000 HAVE CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE 640 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,000 TRUMP GUILTY VERDICT IN THE 641 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,000 HUSH MONEY TRIAL. WE'LL BE 642 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:52,000 RIGHT BACK. 643 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,000 - Lift the clouds off of... 644 00:23:55,000 --> 00:24:00,000 - Virtual Weather, only on KPIX and Pix+. 645 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,000 (♪♪) 646 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,000 I'm getting vaccinated with 647 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:20,000 Pfizer's pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine. 648 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,000 So am I. Because I'm at risk for pneumococcal pneumonia. 649 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,000 Come on. 650 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,000 I already got a pneumonia vaccine, 651 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,000 but I'm asking about the added protection of Prevnar 20®. 652 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 If you're 19 or older with certain chronic conditions 653 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,000 like asthma, diabetes, 654 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,000 COPD, or heart disease, or are 65 or older, 655 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,000 you are at increased risk 656 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,000 for pneumococcal pneumonia. 657 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Prevnar 20® is approved in adults 658 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,000 to help prevent infections 659 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,000 from 20 strains of the bacteria 660 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,000 that cause pneumococcal pneumonia. 661 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000 In just one dose. 662 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,000 Don't get Prevnar 20® if you've had 663 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 a severe allergic reaction to the vaccine 664 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,000 or its ingredients. 665 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Adults with weakened immune systems 666 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 may have a lower response to the vaccine. 667 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 The most common side effects were pain 668 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 and swelling at the injection site, muscle pain, 669 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000 fatigue, headache, and joint pain. 670 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,000 I want to be able to keep my plans. 671 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,000 I don't want to risk ending up in the 672 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 hospital with pneumococcal pneumonia. 673 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,000 That's why I chose Prevnar 20®. 674 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000 Ask your doctor or pharmacist about the Pfizer vaccine 675 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:16,000 for pneumococcal pneumonia. 676 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:57,000 LIVE PICTURES JUST 677 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,000 OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM IN 678 00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,000 MANHATTAN. THERE, YOU SEE IT. SWARM OF REPORTERS AND SECURE 679 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:00,000 THERE. STILL AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THE 680 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000 BREAKING NEWS OF THE TRUMP VERDICT AND MORE REACTIONS JUST 681 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 COMING INTO OUR NEWSROOM. YEAH. 682 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,000 IT'S VERY SAD DAY FOR AMERICA. 683 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,000 YEAH. ANOTHER WAY, BECAUSE 684 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,000 BECAUSE THIS IS POLITICAL 685 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:12,000 PROSECUTION AND ABSOLUTELY NOT. 686 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,000 BEHIND THIS CASE. AND I HOPE 687 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:20,000 THEY FEEL IT. AGAIN. THE JURY 688 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,000 AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD 689 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:22,000 TRUMP'S SO CALLED HUSH MONEY 690 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000 TRIAL IN NEW YORK HAS FOUND HIM 691 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,000 GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS. HE IS 692 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 THE 1ST FORMER PRESIDENT IN THE 693 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,000 UNITED STATES HISTORY TO BE 694 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,000 CONVICTED OF FELONY CRIMES THAT 695 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,000 VERDICT HANDED DOWN IN THE 696 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,000 MANHATTAN COURTROOM WHERE TRUMP 697 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:40,000 HAS BEEN ON TRIAL FOR THE PAST 698 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,000 ( ♪♪ ) 699 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,000 You made a cow! 700 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,000 Actually it's a piggy bank. 701 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,000 My inspiration to start saving. 702 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,000 How about a more solid way to save? 703 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,000 I'm listening. 704 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,000 Well, BMO helps get your savings habit into shape 705 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,000 with a cash reward every month you save. 706 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,000 Both: Cash reward? 707 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,000 And there's a cash bonus 708 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,000 when you open a new checking account to get you started. 709 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,000 Wow. 710 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,000 Anything you can't do? 711 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,000 ( ♪♪ ) 712 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,000 Mugs. 713 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:09,000 ♪ BMO ♪ 714 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:18,000 WELL, 715 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,000 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 716 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,000 US TODAY. AS WELL. COVER THE BRIDGE. NEWS. OF THE GUILTY, 717 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,000 VERN. OF FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, MUCH MORE ON THE CBS 718 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:26,000 EVENING NEWS NEXT ON KPX. 719 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,000 >> Norah: TONIGHT, THE 720 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,000 BREAKING NEWS. 721 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:32,000 DONALD TRUMP GUILTY IN THE 722 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,000 SO-CALLED HUSH MONEY CRIMINAL 723 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,000 TRIAL. 724 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,000 ON THE FIRST COUNT, DONALD TRUMP 725 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,000 IS GUILTY. 726 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,000 COUNT TWO, GUILTY. COUNT 34, GUILTY. 727 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,000 GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS. 728 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,000 >> THIS IS THE CONCLUSION OF A 729 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,000 TRIAL, BUT IT IS ONLY THE 730 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,000 BEGINNING OF A FIGHT. 731 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,000 >> THE REAL VERDICT IS GOING TO 732 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,000 BE NOVEMBER 5TH BY THE PEOPLE. 733 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,000 >> Norah: THE 734 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:58,000 "CBS EVENING NEWS" STARTS NOW. 735 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,000 ♪ ♪