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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Thursday, May 30th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today, how Biden and Trump's campaigns are preparing for a verdict in Trump's

hush money trial, plus we have the latest on bird flu outbreaks and is fast food becoming a luxury.

As a New York jury deliberates in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial, the

Trump and Biden campaigns are preparing post verdict strategies.

I caught up with USA Today, National Political Correspondent David Jackson for more.

David, thanks for wrapping on.

Hey, thanks for having me.

So David, the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns are preparing strategy

plans amid this uncertainty over the verdict here.

First up, how is the Trump campaign planning for these different possible outcomes and you know how is Trump

himself spending this waiting period?

Well in meetings basically in terms of Trump basically meets with his staff and goes before

the cameras at the courthouse to complain about the entire system

but they've been planning this for quite some time and now we're right down to brass

tax in terms of how they're going to handle the situation depending whether it's a

guilty verdict or a hung jury.

I don't think anybody in the Trump campaign really thinks he's got to be acquitted of all of these charges.

If he's convicted on something, they'll basically design the campaign as a campaign against the legal system.

You know, Trump's been complaining about these charges ever since they were lodged against

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