Radio host Charlamagne tha God discounts claims that Black voters will sympathize with Trump being found guilty. "Donald Trump is not a political prisoner. He's not someone who died unjustly at the hands of the police. He is a privileged former President who broke the law and he got held accountable for it." But, he adds, Black votes should not be taken for granted.
Because of how the Trump hush-money jury was instructed, says Elie Honig, "There's a lot of uncertainty in what the jury actually decided." But, he adds, when it comes to sentencing, "the fact that he's violated the contempt order, the fact that his conduct, according to prosecutors and the jury, impact in an election," means its "a razor's edge 50-50 call about whether Judge Merchan sentences him to some prison time."
It's hard to predict how Trump's conviction will affect the vote, says David Axelrod, but "The thing to watch is how the two candidates deal with it. Does Trump continued to fulminate in the kind of irrational way he did? He won't be a very good candidate if that's the case.
CNN's space and defense correspondent Kristin Fisher explains the significance of Boeing Starliner's first crewed voyage and why it's a "very big deal" for the company and astronauts.