Ukraine's Zelenskyy thanks PBBM for his support to Ukraine
Ukraine's Zelenskyy thanks PBBM for his support to Ukraine;
'Guilty verdict fuels Trump, Biden campaign rhetoric;
Man arrives on horse to cast his ballot in India's elections
'Guilty verdict fuels Trump, Biden campaign rhetoric;
Man arrives on horse to cast his ballot in India's elections
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00:00 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Philippines for the first time to meet
00:05 with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:08 Zelensky thanked Marcos Jr. for his support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty
00:14 of Ukraine and the United Nations resolutions.
00:17 The President assured Zelensky the Philippines will continue to do all it can to promote
00:23 peace, to come to a political resolution to the war and bring an end to the fighting.
00:28 Meanwhile Zelensky announced that Ukraine will open an embassy in Manila this year,
00:33 which President Marcos said is "very good news."
00:39 Meanwhile former President Donald Trump weighed in Sunday on the possibility of being sentenced
00:44 to jail next month after his conviction for falsifying business records.
00:50 The guilty verdict is already being used by both the Trump and Biden campaigns to fire
00:55 up supporters.
00:56 VOA's Veronica Balderas Iglesias reports.
01:00 He may be the first US President to be convicted on criminal charges, but Donald Trump's popularity
01:07 isn't waning on the campaign trail, according to one of his lawyers.
01:12 The Trump campaign obviously smashed political fundraising records, including raising money
01:17 from tens of thousands of new donors in the 24 hours after this verdict.
01:21 I think the American people see this judgment for what it was, and we're certainly hopeful
01:25 that on appeal we can get it thrown out.
01:27 During the trial, prosecutors argued Trump falsified business records to illegally influence
01:33 the outcome of the 2016 election that he won.
01:36 The guilty verdict won't help Trump politically, especially with African American voters, says
01:42 Maryland Governor Wes Moore, a Democrat.
01:45 What's going to resonate with the community as a whole is having a person, having a president
01:49 like we have in President Biden, who's actually focusing on our futures.
01:53 In an exclusive interview that aired Sunday on Fox & Friends, Trump weighed in on the possibility
01:59 of being sentenced to jail or house arrest on July 11th.
02:03 I don't know that the public would stand it.
02:06 I'm not sure the public would stand for it.
02:08 So you could try house arrest for...
02:10 I think it would be tough for the public to take.
02:13 At a certain point, there's a breaking point.
02:15 The Biden campaign posted a clip of the interview on X with the caption reading, quote, "Convicted
02:22 felon Trump suggests there will be violence if he is put under house arrest."
02:27 While U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to stick to his messaging that no one is above
02:33 the law, his campaign could increasingly use Trump's guilty verdict to attack the presumptive
02:39 Republican presidential nominee's character, says political scientist at the University
02:44 of Chicago, Susan Stokes.
02:47 His desire to use his money and power and influence to avoid being held to account,
02:54 you can expect that kind of focus from them.
02:58 Beyond catering to his base, the Trump campaign would do well to tweak their strategy to win
03:03 other voters, Stokes added.
03:06 Maybe suburban women who might be a little bit on the fence about what to do in the 2024
03:11 November and need to be given some reason to look past this verdict.
03:17 Both presidential candidates are expected to continue courting undecided voters this
03:23 month in the lead up to the first presidential debate set for June 27th.
03:28 Veronica Valdez Iglesias, VOA News, Washington.
03:36 A man in northern Uttar Pradesh arrived on horseback to cast his vote in the final phase
03:42 of India's mammoth election exercise.
03:45 He said this unusual mode of transport was intended to catch the eye of the people and
03:50 instill a sense of excitement on the voting.
03:53 Millions of Indians voted Saturday in the last phase of India's mammoth election that
03:57 will decide whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi secures a third consecutive term in office.
04:04 Voters were casting ballots for 57 parliamentary constituencies in the seventh phase of the
04:09 polls that stretched over six weeks in the searing summer heat.
04:15 This is William Thio.
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