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mr. trump: i will do fine. >> will you be different than you were four years ago? mr. trump: we had a great they were both good. hell in the last three and a half years. the country has gone down badly. he has to explain why he is allowing 18 million people many from prisons many from jails many from mental institutions. >> he is a globalist. mr. trump: he is somebody who hates our country. he is shots. 't run a country. he has done a horrible job. this country is a laughingstock all over the world. it better than anybody. thank you all veryuch. give me that book. past that book over. can you sign my bag? mr. trump: give me your bag. make sure you don't have a bomb. i trust her. if it blows up -- that is a nice bag. >> thank you very much. mr. trump: do you have a camera? come on overlisten take care of these people. we have to get one. who is the owner? he makes good money. let's go. everybody know margo? margo is famous. you pass it on. mahe gets one. do another one. is that yours bring him up here. i'm going to have your sandwich later. if i don't like it, i'll call

mr. trump:mr. trump: i like is. built america, you know that? >> no. put it in your pocket. mr. hat? biden should have been a better president. he is the w president in the history of our country. biden should have been aets cou. 7fwe are a nation in total distress. we have to turn this country around. we are going to turn it around fast. we are going to drill, baby, drill. it all started with energy. i will throw it to him. >> how do you think you will do in your debate? will you be different than you wereour mr. trump: we had ae four years ago. they were both good. i think what happened is the country has gone to last three and a half years. the country has gone down badly. he has to explain why he is allowing 18 million people many any from jails, many from mental institutions. >> he is a globalist. mr. trump: he is somebody who hates ourhe is not calling the . he certainly can't run a■$f[ country. he has done a horrible job. this country world. these people know it better than anybody. much. give me that book. past thaok over. >> can you sign my bag? xémr. trump: give me your

mr. trump's cementing support inside his party even as he looks beyond it. >> trump! trump! trump! >> reporter: in michigan trying to peel off the backing of more black voters from president biden. campaigning at a detroit church. >> he's been the worst president for black people. >> reporter: mr. trump blasting president biden for his role as a senator crafting a controversial crime bill critics say contributed to mass incarceration. a line of attack he used in his unsuccessful race against president biden in 2020. >> he wrote the 1994 crime bill that you talk about so much. i guess everybody here knows about that. especially if you happen to be black. >> reporter: a warning sign for president biden? new polling showing he's struggling to reach the massive margins he had with black voters in battlegrounds michigan and pennsylvania last election. now down to around 55% support from that traditionally democratic constituency compared to 15% or less for former president trump in those states. the biden campaign criticizing mr. trump, saying he has a record of denigrating black americ

about mr. trump, not only because of his 4 years of age, but it is clear that because of the pressures he has had in his life, some people say that mr. biden had a very long period of responsibility in his life, in any case, his physical ability or problems the health that he has , his physical ability is much weaker than mr. trump it is, but from another point of view, if we want to see about the verification, well, there was also the discussion that maybe mr. trump tells the people several issues in every answer that are false or fake or wrong numbers of wrong data. it does not mean that mr. biden is completely honest. it was in his speech, so we witnessed a really strange debate from both sides , where two people even used very childish words and even verbal insults to each other. mr. azizi , i will share a series of reactions after the debate. i am asking about it, first of all, the cnn network conducted a survey after he held a debate in 67 saying that the winner of this debate was trump, which

>> reporter: mr. trump has said his running mate will be in atlanta tonight, but he hasn't said which of the top contenders he'll choose, j.d. vance, marco rubio, doug burgum as allies suggest mr. trump may rein himself in on stage. will we see a more disciplined mr. trump tonight on that debate stage? >> you will. he has been president of the united states. he knows what this job is. he knows the issues and the ways to fix this country, and then he is looking at a man who has done a terrible job. >> reporter: it's not clear if the two opponents will shake hands, as is tradition. in a studio with no live audience and with microphones muted when it's note their turn to speak. some new national polling shows mr. trump narrowly leading president biden, although within a narrow margin. tonight may make a difference. 16% of voters say they're open to changing their pick based on tonight's performances. the most critical in this campaign yet. >> hallie joins us now from the spin room tonight where the debate is j

mr. trump's illness and such things, that is, because mr. elf should have been more accountable in his position as president and was under severe attacks from biden, so he pulled out a debate from under him here as well. it is strange to me why the democrats are so interested in holding these debates. they have given one reason, and that is that in the american elections, unlike ours, you have this possibility , otherwise it will appear in the public opinion. he acted completely against the democrats themselves, thank you very much also this debate had, of course , not much to do with the competition between biden and trump , it was related to the fact that these two candidates were criticized in the united states. let's see the golf course and then talk about it . club championships, not even senior, two regular club championships, to do that you have to be quite smart and you have to be able to hit the ball a long way, and do it, he doesn't do it, he can't hit a ball 50 yards, he challenged me to a golf match, he can't hit a ball 50 yards,

mr. tapper: president trump? mr. p: we have the greatest economy in their history of our country. we had never done so well. everyone was amazed by it. other countries were copying us. we got hit by covid, and we spent the money necessary so we would not end up in it great depression, the likes we had in 1929. we got a lot of credit for the economy, the military, and no worse in so many other things. the thing we never got the credit for it we should have is getting us out of that covid a mess. he created mandates of that where a disaster for our country, but other than that we had given them back a country where the stock market was higher than pre-covid, and nobody thought that was possible. the only jobs he created are for illegal immigrants and bounce back jobs. he has done a poor job, and inflation is killing our country. it is killing us. mr. tapper: president biden? pres. biden: the greatest economy in the world? he is the only one who thinks that. i do not know anyone else who thinks it was the greatest econom

mr. trump took voter questions. now we're going to we're going to take some questions. we don't do this often because it gets a little bit sloppy, i must say, but they look like nice people. but, whatever. questionid like to ask, it can be a horrible, embarrassing ing vicious question. or it could be quite nice. i don't care personally. okay, that was in phoenix, but the president is arriving. former president arriving right now. you're looking right now at his plane, it's a private jet. it'll touch down in a few minutes at sfo, it is headed for a high dollar fundraiser in san francisco, that is being held at the home of tech billionaire david sacks. and his vc wife was from the all in podcast. we understand there's about the tickets are about $50,000 a ticket. mr. trump expecting to bring in about $12 million as he steps back into the white house. by some reports this will be mr. trump's first visit to san francisco in a decade. you do remember he was here during the 2016 campaign when he was

mr. trumpt me. we had an economy that was in freefall. the pandemic was so badly handled, many people were dying and all he said was that it was not that serious. the economy collapsed. there were no jobs. unemployment rate rose to 15%. it was terrible, so we had to try to put things back together again and that is exactly what we began to do. we created 15,000 new jobs and we brought on a new position where we have 800,000 manufacturing jobs but there is more to be done. and more to be done. working class people are still in trouble. i come from scranton, pennsylvania, from a household where at the kitchen table -- it was a problem. the price of gas, the price of housing, the price of a whole range of things. that is why i'm working so hard to make sure i deal with those problems and we are going to make sure that we reduce the price of housing. we are going to make sure that we build new units and make sure we cap ran so corporate greed can't take over. the combination of what is left of corp

mr. trumpeft. we had an economy that was in freefall and the pandemic was so badly handle, many people were dying. all he said was it is not that serious. put bleach in your arm and it will be all right. the economy collapsed. there were no jobs. unemployment rate rose to 15%. it was terrible. and so what we had to do was try to put things back together again. and that is exactly what we began to do. 15,000 new jobs, we brought out -- where we have 800,000 n ew manufacturing jobs. but the working class people are still in trouble. i come from scranton, pennsylvania, i come from a household where the kitchen table if things were not met during the months it was a problem. the price of gas and the price of housing and the whole range of things, that is i'm working so hard to make sure i deal with those problems. and we will make sure that we reduce the price of housing. we will make sure that we build 2 million new units and cap rents. the combination of what was left with corporate greed is the

mr trump has said he will appeal against his criminal conviction. 0ur north america correspondentjohnk. in the gold—trimmed grandeur of trump tower, its owner set out his vision for an election campaign based on the politics of personal grievance. we had a conflicted judge. highly conflicted. there's never been a more conflicted judge. so i'm the leading person for president and i'm under a gag order by a man that can't put two sentences together. but he's a very big danger to our country. and the only way they think they can win this election is by doing exactly what they're doing right now — win it in the courts because they can't win it at the ballot box. the accusation is without foundation. mr trump's guilty verdicts were delivered on the evidence by 12 jurors, finding that he'd falsified records to hide hush money payments to the porn star stormy daniels to keep her claim that they had had sex from us voters. hi, everyone. in his first comments on the verdict, president biden described mr trump's attacks on the court, the judge and the system as a whole, as dangerous. it's irres

mr. trumpan unhinged felon and president biden as not physically or mentally equipped to serve another term. >> crooked joe's gone to a log cabin to study, prepare. no, he didn't -- he's sleeping now because they want to get him good and strong so a little before debate time he gets a shot in the [ bleep ]. >> the things he said are off the wall. i want to be a dictator on day one. i want to move in the direction of -- you know, he talks about, you know, suspending the constitution. i want to hear what he says. remind people what he says and what i believe and what he believes. >> the stakes are high. more than 73 million people tuned in to the first biden trump debate in 2020, and president biden is spending the weekend at camp david, hunkering down in formal debate prep. the president's personal lawyer bob bower is playing the role of mr. trump reprising his role from 2020. mr. trump was on the campaign trail on saturday, aides say that he's going to spend time this week meeting privately wit

larry: mr. trumpinded hisn audience for an appointment foar black males hit a record low of 4.9% pre-pandemic whereas today under mr. biden that rate jumped up to 6.4% in mr. trump said hel lifted 6.6 million people ouiotf poverty and gave record funding to historically black colleges d universities and in additionon he emphasize td his investor tax-free program of opportunity zones that leverage up the opportunity for black and k anminority-owned businesses.sn crime, illegals and energy cost inflation and big issues inty minority communities as they ara everywhere else, mr. trump alsoh emphasized to be cuttingat their taxes while biden is going to raise them. in particular the former president continued to tout hiss incredibly popular idea of tax-free tipping for service workers and others that's a potential home run forwork working-class and minority voters. over the weekend themino trump campaign announced a black americans fok amr trump coalitin led by former hud secretary benc carsonto, doctor al

mr. trump claiming without evidence that the new york court acted in conjunction with the white house and the doj in a rigged trial. president biden in his first comments calling the claims, dangerous, but will it change the political landscape with the election rapidly approaching. mr. trump raking in campaign donations in the hours after the verdict, and what about voters as a nation makes sense of a historic moment. our team coverage ahead. >>> also tonight, the new legal defeat for abortion in texas. the state supreme court rejecting the latest challenge to one of the country's most restrictive abortion laws. >>> president biden urging hamas to accept a new israeli peace proposal saying, it's time for the war to end. why there is new optimism tonight. >>> just in, the sentence for michelle troconis, convicted of helping her boyfriend plot to kill his estranged wife. >>> o.j. prices are at record highs. what's driving them up? >>> and the long shot baseball team chasing extra innings after t

mr. trumpthe business roundtable to tell him about his business-friendly tax cut and deregulation agenda, including of course drill, baby, drill permitting on energy projects and allowing educated foreigners and foreign-born college students in the u.s. to be given a shot to stay in the country. that's a separate matter from very tough close the border stance. closing the border was a very popular one at the detroit community roundtable event where mr. trump highlighted that the rush of open border illegal immigration under biden has taken away african-american jobs. take a listen to this one. >> millions of illegal aliens are pouring in and taking your jobs. the black community is being hurt more about itism legal aliens, 16, 1million. they're taking your jobs. larry: so mr. trump reminded his audience that unemployment for black males hit a record low of 4.9%, 4.9%, pre-pandemic. whereas today under mr. biden, that rate is jumped up to 6.4%. mr. trump says he lifted 6.6 million people out of

of course mr. trumpill hammer away at the affordability crisis and hopefully in particular will talk about the housing affordability crisis for young voters who are priced out of market, and out of the american dream and appear to be desserting joe biden and the democratic party in droves. tonight is a big night for two candidates. it is even bigger night for voters. let me repeat, an optimistic vision of growth, prosperity and opportunity, it is always a winner and i believe mr. donald trump knows that. and that's the riff. all right, having said all of that, joining us now we welcome back to the show alabama senator tommy tuberville. as always great to see you. what do you think? i'm just making a forecast. i think that is where trump wants to go. he wants to talk about success and unity. doesn't want to do mudslinging. biden will do what biden is going to do but i think trump has a clear vision here, what do you think? can he do it? >> i think he can do it, there's no doubt because this is his forte.

but mr. trump could ask mr. biden, why are you disregarding federal judges why are you disregards the supreme court and where are you disregarding the whole issue you do not have the authority to cancel student loans that is motte only des regard of the law, that not a bad place to start, what do you think vivek? >> i think you laid out great points, my advice to president trump to be yourself. president trump i think has a historic opportunity right now to defy the media narrative and demonstrate he will be the president who unites the nation, joe biden ran on a platform of national unity, he failed. president trump will unite this country in a different way. success is unifying, excellence is unifying. so growing our economy and fixing the border crisis, those are not just policies solutions, they are spends to reuniting the united states of america. i will be with him in atlanta. i look forward to it i have full confidence heap h he has led to country, if he could do that he could handle himself in what will

but tonight, when mr. trump arrives, it's all about that lavish fundraiser in park heights at the home of venture capitalist david sachs. that's where nbc bay area's pete cerritos joins us. and pete trump has not arrived yet. yet yeah, no arrival yet, jessica, but quite a scene here in this pac heights neighborhood. we're seeing a sizable group of these trump supporters, many of them coming from that marina greens rally you just mentioned not too long ago, but in this area, someone actually just drove by, on pacific avenue. where? near here. pacific avenue. and threw glass at one of these, this group of trump supporters. i had my back turned getting ready for this live report, but we heard it, but clearly, things are picking up here as you have the trump supporters that you're looking at now. you got a smaller group of counter-protesters here. but, you know, these trump supporters are here hoping to get a glimpse of mr. trump as he heads into this major fundraiser in pacific heights. i'm going to step out of the

mr. trumput of this as the optimist, and optimists always win. trump has record of low inflation, significant growth, rising wages for all working americans, closing the border, cutting taxes, overturning overregulated business sector and of course drill, baby, drill and seeking peace through strength in foreign affairs. on everyone of these issues mr. biden has a very poor record. on everyone of these issues mr. trump's successful first term shows what can be done and gives him much to build on in a second term. i would love to see trump start early by asking biden if he agrees on the tax-exempt tipping idea for waitresses, golf caddies and uber-drivers, tens of millions of people in the gig economist smoke out mr. biden early. see if he comes out against working folks. see if mr. biden defends the plan for massive tax hikes which will surely stifle growth, increase inflation, ultimately lead to recession. it will be an interesting ploy by mr. trump, sticking to the issues and of course he wil

mr. trump business roundtable to limit that is business friendly tax cut deregulation agenda including of course drill baby drill permitting on energy projects and allowing educated winners and foreign-born colleges students into the u.s. to be given a shot, to say in the country this a separate matter from his very tough close the borders desperate and causing under closing but was very popular one of the detroit community roundtable event were mr. trump highlighted that the russian open border illegal immigration under bided, has taken away african-american jobs take a listen to this one. trump: millions of it illegal aliens are pouring into huge of the black community is being heard more of the illegal idiots, 16 and 17 million, they are taking your jobs. larry: so mr. trump reminded his audience in an appointment for the black males, hit a record low of 4.9 percent, 4.9 percent pre- pandemic it. where is today, mr. bryden the rate is jumped up to 6.4 percent mr. trump said that he lifted 6.

no live studio audience, and mr. trump expected to focus on the economy and border while president biden will likely zero in on abortion rights and threats to democracy touting the endorsement of frequent trump critic adam kinzinger. >> this is about defending the greatest country in the world. >> reporter: mr. trump and his allies accusing president biden without evidence of planning to use performance-enhancing drugs or even just caffeine. >> will he be on energy drinks or something? >> reporter: the biden campaign says the former president is desperate and resorting to obviously false lies. for both candidates tomorrow is a crucial test to appeal to skeptical voters who dislike both options, and so-called double haters are now a quarter of the electorate. >> yeah, i would say i'm a double hater until proven otherwise. >> reporter: these two run a community center in detroit. who did you vote for in 2020? >> i voted for biden. >> do you regret that? >> in some ways i do. >> reporter: he says he might vote third party. sh

this is great news for mr trump. - welcome news for trump. this is great news for mr trump.his i great news for mr trump. this means the prosecution is basically frozen. this is the case were donald trump at a number of associates are accused of attempting to overturn the 2020 election results. although pretrial procedures are all on hold pending an appeal. in appeal refers to a ruling by the judge earlier this year in response to a motion by the trump team who were seeking to dismiss the lead prosecutor in the case over an improper relationship she had with one of her lawyers. thejudge found she had with one of her lawyers. the judge found that ms. willis could say on the case, it wouldn't be dismissed. although nathan wade did resign. this is the appeal. this is due to be heard in october. that will take some 0ctober. that will take some time. it basically means that the case will not come to trial for the presidential election on the 5th of november. that's suits mr trump very well. the former presidents legal strategies are all his criminal cases, there were four of the

we heard from mr. trumpe've been saying, pretty rambling, could not make sense of all of it, but he claimed that the courts in the legal system was rigged, says he wants to appeal the verdict. so what could happen next in terms of what measures he might be able to take, given that he is very unhappy? >> yes, he is very unhappy and rightfully so, in the sense that he is now a convicted felon on 34 counts, 34 crimes. the next thing that happens is the sentencing on july 11. you don't file the appeal until after the sentence. the judge gets a lot of input. the probation department sends a report, each side's lawyers is to ask for the sentence i think is appropriate, people write letters in support or against, and the judge considers all of that information and then we'll decide what sentence to give. of course, everyone wonders is the sentence going to include any jail time or not? i don't have a crystal ball. but my guess at the moment is that it will include a short period in jail, i'm guessing, somewhere bet

folks, mr. trump goes to washington a little bit different idea that is the subject of tonight's riff, republican donald trump goes to washington tomorrow to meet with the house and senate republican conferences. we will also meet with the business roundtable ceos, here's a thought for mr. trump, success is the best revenge and a strong economy with lower energy costs, supply-side tax cuts in rolling back biden regulation should all produce a healthy and prosperous economy with opportunities for all working folks with all colors and all religions. in other words unity, just the thought, i have a sense mr. trump is going to go there, don't look for detailed blue prints, look for big picture themes like we can't have a country with an open border or we should be putting her foot down and enforcing sanctions against iran or we should be giving israel our wholehearted support to clean en masse as fast as possible. or we can't let countries like china take advantage of the united states with unfair trading

biden will get 4 million votes , mr. trump will get 3 million votes, because he got 3 million votes, no electoral college will be allocated to him, and all those 54 electoral colleges will be given to mr. biden and the winner, and for example in other states, the same means in one state like texas, where the republicans win, even if mr. biden gets two million votes, he still does not get an electoral college, and in general, it is the electoral colleges that show which candidate can win, because we have states that traditionally there are republicans and democrats. there are about seven states where the competition is very close and competitive, and they are the ones who determine who will win the election.

larry: all right, that was mr. trump on the senate side this afternoon but we played anyway. have superstar texas congressman wesley hunt. thanks for coming on again. you were in the house when trump spoke to your house colleagues. all right, top three points, what did you take away? >> first of all he was fantastic. the energy was spot on. it was a packed house. we are now coalescing behind the guy will be our nominee, the next president of this country. his top issues were very simple. it's the border it's inflation, it's safety. one thing he hit on i found very interesting, what russia is doing right now in cuba. the fact that the world thinks that they can actually behave like any way they want. after looking how joe biden was performing today in europe you wonder why we're viewed the way we are viewed right now. larry: what did biden do? i heard rumors about it. >> he didn't know where he is. it was very sad to see. for me to watch president trump hour 1/2, stand up, no teleprompter, speak to a enjoy delegation, juxtaposition of that, how we saw biden behave was just the

biden will get 4 million votes, and mr. trump will get 3 million votes because he he got 3 million votes and no electoral college will be allocated to him. and all those 54 electoral colleges will be given to mr. biden and the winner, and for example , it is the same in other states, that is, in a state like texas, where the republican will win, mr. biden will not get an electoral college if he gets 2 million votes. and in general, it is the electoral colleges that show which candidate can win, for this reason, because we have some states that are traditionally republican and some are democratic , there are about seven states where the competition is very close and competitive. there are those who determine who will win the election, and for this reason, the two candidates focus a lot on those states, and their election campaigns and revenue discussions are focused on those states so that they can make the election results their own. very well, thank you very much, mr. houshmand thank you for accepting our invitation. the speaker

but mr trump did behave pretty badly during the trial.ted a gag order, so perhaps that could affect the judge's decision. we will have to wait forjuly ii. could donald trump pardon himself? no, presidents can only issue pardons for people convicted on federal crimes, this was a state crime. but presidents pardoning themselves, this is all unprecedented, this is uncharted legal territory. so to be honest, it's all a bit of a question mark. will vernon with answers on the trial. for more on the historic nature of the verdict, i spoke to a presidential historian. it's only been one day but how do you think history will look back at this moment? the first president to be convicted of a crime? thank you for having me. i think the history books will look at it in two ways. first, it is extremely unusual in american history to see something like this. we've never had a president convicted of a crime, so it is an unprecedented moment. really lucky as a nation that no president has acted in such a way to be convicted of a crime. that's an exceptio

mr. trumphing to unite republicans and urging them to overturn his manhattan conviction. h >> i'm the only one in history e who got indicted, and my numbers went up. >>> plus, setting the stage with the first general election debate less than two weeks away, president biden holds a star-studded fundraiser in los angeles with former president obama.ed >> the supreme court has never been as out of kilter as it is today. >>> after his son hunter biden is convicted on gun charges.ct >> and i abide by the jury's decision. i will do that, and i'll not pardon him. >> my guests this morning, republican congressman byron donalds, a potential trump running mate.ts c and democratic congressman ro khanna, a top biden surrogate.ic and peace at any price? russian president vladimir putin responds to the new u.s.-ukraine security agreement with a cease-fire offer that includes sweeping demands for ukrainian territory. >> you cannot wait us out. you cannot divide us. we'll be with ukraine until they prevail in

[crowd booing] mr. trump don't know we can really survive five more months. this is the most dangerous time in the history of our country, in my opinion, and we have a transition period, because hopefully there has to be a transition. we've never been so close to world war 3 before. and if it happens, it will be a war like no other. this because of the threat of certain types of weapons. we don't even want to mention the word. but because of the type of weapons that you're talking about today. and i know them better than anybody. i built our military. i totally rebuilt our military. i know more about weapons than just about anybody. and when you look at the incredible destructive power of these weapons, this will be a war like no other. this will not be two army tanks running against each other and shooting. this is going to be something the likes of which we've never seen and we have a man who is grossly incompetent heading up our nation and he's competing against putin and president xi of china and kim jung

i was hoping mr. trumpi mean i don't know whether the cnn moderators will ask the right questions or not, okay? but mr. trump could ask mr. biden, why are you disregarding federal judges? why are you disregarding the supreme court? why are you disregarding the whole issue that you do not have the authority to cancel student loans? that's not the only disregard of the law but that is not a bad place to start vivek. what do you think? >> look, i think you've laid out some great points, larry. my advice to president trump just be yourself. president trump has a historic opportunity right now to defy the media narrative, larry, actually demonstrate he will be the president who unites this country. joe biden ran on a platform of national unity he failed to do it. president trump will unite this country in a different way. success is unifying. excellence is unifying. so growing our economy and fixing our border crisis, those aren't just policy solutions. those are steps towards reuniting the united states of amer

he sharply criticized mr. trump, calling him practically and morally responsible for what happened on january 6th. but has since endorsed him. how it is seeing the former president? >> we had a good meeting. >> reporter: also there potential trump vp pick, senator marco rubio. >> what did it say was in the room? >> we're republicans, and we want to win >> all the awkwardness is gone? >> i mean, we're in politics.

mr. trump going to washington. former house speaker kevin mccarthy, ceo -- john cornyn. edward lawrence what can you tell us? >> reporter: the federal reserve left things unchanged for the seventh consecutive meeting in a row. you talk about the famed dot plot, the fed sees one rate cut. they were two votes away from the two rate cut. again one, the fed's projection showing inflation will increase this year. they also believe their expectations for inflation will also increase. here's the fed chairman. >> we had really, really good inflation data in the second half of last year and then kind of a pause in progress in the first quarter and what we took away from that it will probably take longer to get the confidence we need to begin to loosen policy. >> reporter: so the market putting the odds of 50% for a rate cut in september. none of this changes the way people are feeling. overall prices are up 19% from the month president biden came in office. food and shelter up 20%. electricity up 29%. a

mr. trump's search for a running mate. what do we know? >> reporter: it's picking up steam with some getting vetting materials according to five people familiar with the process. two sources say ohio senator j.d. vance, north dakota governor doug burgum and florida senator marco rubio are on the list and one source says tim scott is in the

while at mar-a-lago mr. trump taking a meeting with speaker mike johnson. >>> prime minister netanyahu disbanding israel's war cabinet. and after that raid to rescue hostages hamas was holding in a crowded refugee camp our new reporting on the deadly toll it took on the camp's children. >>> the u.s. surgeon general's call to action. should social media come with warning labels for children like tobacco? >>> and countdown to paris. superstar katie ledecky and the top competitors swimming for a spot on team usa. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. the heat is on tonight. mid-june and yet many of us are already staring down the season's first big heat wave. a spring that has thrown just about every flavor of extreme weather at us now sending the thermometer soaring. chicago o'hare hitting 97 today, breaking a 1957 record. but many more will likely fall across the midwest and northeast in coming days. more than 100 record highs will be challenged in big cities, rang

president biden calling out mr. trump over his recent criminal conviction and blasting his morals. much of the debate, however, overshadowed by joe biden's on-stage performance. gabe gutierrez has late details. >> reporter: facing panic within the democratic party, today at a raucous rally in north carolina, a defiant president biden declaring he's staying in the race. >> when you get knocked down, you get back up. >> reporter: while acknowledging his debate performance as many democrats panned as a disaster. >> i don't speak as smoothly as i used to. i don't debate as well as i used to, but i know what i do know, i know how to tell the truth. [ cheers ] i know, i know, i know right from wrong, and i know how to do this job. >> reporter: today's event a stark contrast from the night before. supporters here sticking by him. >> i would love to have seen that person at a debate last night. >> is president biden the best person to lead the democratic party right now? >> who else is there? >> reporter: meanwhile at his rally in virginia, former president trump taking a victory lap. >> t

mr. trump, who chose not to testify, instead vented his anger outside the courtroom, claiming the trial was rigged against him and vowing to appeal. >> this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. it's a rigged trial. a disgrace. they wouldn't give us a venue change. we were at 5% or 6% in this district, in this area. this was a rigged, disgraceful trial. the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. >> in the days since, the former president's allies, including vice presidential hopefuls, have lined up to rail against the trial and its outcome and have attacked democrats claiming the fix was in from the start. >> what happened there was outrageous, and you're right. the american people see it. this is a purely political exercise, not a legal one. >> this is the most outrageous travesty i've ever seen, and the problem here is democrats have crossed the line. they have crossed the line in which the court system is a political weapon. >> this is the weaponization a

mr. trump was unifying the republican party. ark critic mcmcconnell shaking hands and fist -- mitch mcconnell shaking hands and fist bumping and mr. trump praising and endorsing former maryland governor larry hogan who is a moderate republican running for the u.s. senate and could well win in an ultra blue state. i'll bet you a senator hogan votes for trump policies 70% of the time. that's pretty good. that's very good and pompeo seizure disorderses becoming unifying and that's a big part of the message and he is a growth guy. he told all the big shot ceos at the business round table and nice round number and 18% and even go to the 15% rate and going for the favor in the 2016 campaign. going for the tax raiser and he's a pro growth prosperity and not a redistribution and no energy for biden and want as trail dollar tax hike and would give high energy and big government socialism and high energy trump is aiming for a significant tax cut that will give no energy to the government and high energy

mr. trump's attorney in this trial. what does having this criminal record now do for donald trump with these other three criminal cases? >> oh, that's an interesting question. you know, there's a lot of speculation about whether or not this criminal conviction will result in a incarcerated period for donald trump. that's up in the air. there are arguments in favor and arguments against. whatever happens the fact of this criminal conviction will be on his record, if it remains, at such time as the future criminal trials take place. if he gets a conviction in the future, the fact of this here if still on the books, would result in a potential higher prison sentence in the future cases. it has a consequence because he will now, unlike a week ago, have a criminal record and they are taken into account meting out punishments. >> important point. you said you promoted the president's attorney when you used to work together. would you promote him based on his performance in court defending mr. trump? >> you know, it's a very e