>> GOOD EVENING. >>> WE DO BEGIN WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS, REACTION POURING INTO THE HISTORIC VERDICT, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FOUND GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS IN HIS HUSH MONEY TRIAL IN NEW YORK. IT MAKES HIM THE FIRST FORMER PRESIDENT IN THE U.S. HISTORY TO BE CONVICTED OF A CRIME. A JURY FOUND TRUMP GUILTY ON 34 FELONY COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. IT'S CONNECTED TO MONEY HIS FORMER FIXER MICHAEL COHEN PAID TO ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION. PROSECUTORS ARGUED TRUMP REIMBURSED COHEN BUT DISGUISED THE PAYMENTS AS LEGAL EXPENSES, WHICH THEY SAY AMOUNTED TO A CRIMINAL SCHEME TO CORRUPT THE ELECTION. THE PRESUMPTIVE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE EXPRESSES HIS ANGER OUTSIDE COURT AND VOWED TO FIGHT THE CONVICTION. >> THIS WAS A RIGGED DISGRACEFUL TRIAL. THE REAL VERDICT IS GOING TO BE NOVEMBER 5th BY THE PEOPLE AND THEY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED HERE. >> 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. >> KEEP THIS IN MIND. SENTENCING IS SET FOR JULY 11th , JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WHERE TRUMP COULD BE FORMALLY NOMINATED. EACH COUNT CARRIES A SENTENCE UP TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON AND A $5,000 FINE, BUT IT WILL BE UP TO THE JUDGE TO DECIDE. PRESIDENT BIDEN RELEASED A STATEMENT REACTING TO THE VERDICT THAT READS IN PART, "IN NEW YORK TODAY WE SAW NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. DONALD TRUMP HAS ALWAYS MISTAKENLY BELIEVED HE WOULD NEVER FACE CONSEQUENCES FOR BREAKING THE LAW FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL GAIN, BUT TODAY'S VERDICT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FACE A SIMPLE REALITY. THERE IS STILL ONLY ONE WAY TO KEEP DONALD TRUMP OUT OF THE OVAL OFFICE, AT THE BALLOT BOX." >>> A BIG AFTERNOON AND NOW INTO THE EVENING, WE'RE JOINED BY PROFESSOR RORY LITTLE OF THE UC COLLEGE OF LAW TO HELP BREAK DOWN THIS VERDICT. THAT'S VERY TELLING WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SAYING WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE CHANGE, IF POSSIBLE, AT THE BALLOT BOX BECAUSE CLEARLY THIS DOESN'T AFFECT ANYONE'S PRESIDENTIAL RUN, CORRECT? >> WELL, IT DOESN'T STOP DONALD TRUMP FROM RUNNING AND IT DOESN'T STOP HIM FROM BEING ELECTED. CONSTITUTIONALLY ANYBODY CAN BE ELECTED PRESIDENT. WE'LL SEE WHETHER IT CHANGES ANYBODY'S MINDS. I THINK MOST PEOPLE HAVE THEIR MINDS MADE UP. IT'S STILL VERY REFRESHING TO SEE A CRIMINAL TRIAL UP CLOSE. THESE TRIALS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN THIS COUNTRY AND DONALD TRUMP WAS TREATED JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER DEFENDANT. I THINK THAT IS REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS FOR AMERICANS TO SEE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WORK. YOU KNOW, IT'S SLOW. IT'S NOT VERY EXCITING SOMETIMES AND 12 PEOPLE AGREED UNANIMOUSLY TO FIND HIM GUILTY ON 34 COUNTS. HE PROBABLY WON'T SEE ANY PRISON TIME. I WOULD BE SURPRISED. HE'S A FIRST TIME OFFENDER, NONVIOLENT CRIME. YOU MIGHT SEE A FINE OF $50,000 STACKED UP ON TOP, BUT THAT WON'T SLOW DONALD TRUMP DOWN. >> HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO OTHER CHARGES HE FACES IN OTHER CASES HE FACES? >> MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS CASE IS RESOLVED NOW AS OPPOSED TO AFTER THE ELECTION. I THINK THE OTHER CASES ARE NOT GOING TO BE RESOLVED UNTIL THE ELECTION IS FINISHED AND AT THAT POINT WILL HAVE LESS IMPACT OBVIOUSLY. THEY'RE STILL VERY IMPORTANT CASES. THE FEDERAL CASE HAVING TO DO WITH JANUARY 6th IS AWAITING DECISION FROM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ON WHETHER HE HAS IMMUNITY. THEY'RE ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO RULE HE'S NOT IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION, BUT THEN THEY'LL SEND IT BACK TO THE TRIAL COURT FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS AND THAT'S GOING TO SLOW THINGS DOWN. THE CASE IN FLORIDA, CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE, THAT JUDGE WHO IS A YOUNG TRUMP APPOINTEE IS DOING EVERYTHING SHE CAN TO SLOW THAT CASE DOWN. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TILL PROBABLY AFTER THE NEW YEAR. THESE CASES ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS VERDICT IN ANY WAY, BUT THEY'RE A LOT SLOWER. >> IT'S CERTAINLY UNCHARTERED TERRITORY. LET'S TALK ABOUT TRUMP'S REACTION, PROBABLY NO SURPRISE. HE WAS CALLING IT RIGGED. HE WAS ATTACK BE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. WHAT DOES THIS DO, DO YOU THINK, TO HIS FAN BASES? HOW ARE THEY PROCESSING ALL THIS NOW? >> WELL, HIS FAN BASE BELIEVE HIM. THERE'S NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN MANHATTAN HAS ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. IN FACT, THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP AS FAR APART FROM EACH OTHER AS THEY CAN. HERE HE IS IN A FALSE DOCUMENTS CASE, FALSE BUSINESS RECORDS CASE, SAYING THINGS ON TV THAT ARE FALSE. THE TRIAL WASN'T RIGGED. PEOPLE GOT TO SEE THIS TRIAL. THERE WERE LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THE COURTROOM, NEWS REPORTERS THERE EVERY DAY. IT WENT LIKE EVERY OTHER TRIAL. IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN TERMS OF PERCEPTION. PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DECIDED WHETHER THEY'LL VOTE FOR BIDEN OR TRUMP. WE'VE GOT DEBATES COMING. BEFORE HIS SENTENCING THEY'LL HAVE A DEBATE ON TELEVISION, TRUMP AND BIDEN. SO IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE REALLY THIS DOES ANYTHING OTHER THAN IT SIGNIFIES REALLY THAT NO PERSON IS ABOVE THE LAW. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT LEGAL LESSON FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. >> ALL RIGHT. PROFESSOR RORY LITTLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. I'M SURE WE'LL BE CHECKING BACK WITH YOU IN THE WEEKS TO COME. THANK YOU. >>> NOW LET'S GET TO OUR AMANDA HARI IN PLEASANTON. HOW ARE VOTERS GOING TO REACT IS OUR BIG QUESTION. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? >> Reporter: PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING A RANGE OF THINGS. MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WOULD RECEIVE SOME GUILTY COUNTS, BUT EVERYONE I TALKED TO SAID THEY DIDN'T THINK ALL 34 COUNTS WOULD COME DOWN AS GUILTY. A BARRAGE OF MEDIA NOTIFICATIONS THAT STOPPED MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR TRACKS, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FOUND GUILTY OF 34 FELONIES BY THE JURY IN HIS HUSH MONEY TRIAL IN NEW YORK, REACTIONS FROM PEOPLE IN PLEASANTON MIXED. >> NOT TERRIBLY SURPRISED. >> I WENT WOW BECAUSE I WAS NOT SURE THAT THEY WOULD DO IT. >> Reporter: CORY MORGUENT WAS SITTING IN A CAFE WHEN IT WENT DOWN. >> I DIDN'T EXPECT THE 34 COUNTS. I WAS KIND OF EXPECTING A GUILTY OUTCOME, AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT. >> Reporter: HE SAYS THIS RESULT SINCE CHANGING WHO HE'S SUPPORTING FOR PRESIDENT, BUT HE THINKS IT MAY CHANGE SOME OTHER PEOPLE'S OPINIONS. >> I THINK WITH HIM BEING A CONVICTED FELON, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME IMPACT THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL CHANGE THE OUTCOME ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BUT I THINK IT WILL DEFINITELY SWAY SOME OF THE VOTES. >> Reporter: BUT ANGELA WHITLEY HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION. >> ACCORDING TO THE POLLS I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ELSE HE'S DONE DOES NOT IMPACT HIS POLL NUMBERS. >> Reporter: SHE AGREES WITH MORGANTHALER IT WON'T IMPACT THE VOTE. >> IF IT WAS GOING TO IMPACT MY VOTE, IT WOULD HAVE DONE IT IN 2016 WHEN THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE CAME OUT. >> HE'S KIND OF A MASSIVE PROPAGANDA-IST FOR BETTER OR WORSE. I THINK HE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AS MUCH AS HE CAN IN THE MEDIA, BUT I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL HAVE SENSE ABOUT THEM AND MOST OF THEM WILL TAKE THIS FOR WHAT IT IS, WHICH IS A FELONY COUNT. >> REACTION COMING FROM PEOPLE THERE IN THE COMMUNITY OF PLEASANTON. WE ALSO HEARD TODAY FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONTRA COSTA REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO SAYS THIS MIGHT ACTIVATE MORE MODERATE REPUBLICANS WHO BELIEVE THE WHOLE TRIAL WAS A MISUSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. >> I WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE THIS TYPE OF PROSECUTION TAKEN ON AGAINST AN EX-DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT EITHER. IT'S JUST A SAD DAY FOR OUR LEGAL SYSTEM. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO VISIT THE BAY AREA ONE WEEK FROM TODAY. HE WILL ATTEND A CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISER IN SAN FRANCISCO. THURSDAY'S EVENT WILL BE HOSTED BY TWO HIGH
