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lae last word tonight. we have our great, great, great american panel that is back, will cain, jimmy failla c and sportscasting legend michele tafoya will be with us. also, former un ambassador nikki haley is in studio and shell join us and is she really exploring a twenty twenty four run for president , as some suggest? we will ask her live in about five minutes. but first tonight, it does doe appear that the apple doesnt really fall far from the tree. now, for the first time in have ...

all so very much. its all theres a lot going on here and a lot were eating. as you can read on your screen with us, it continues as we speak good morning and welcome to cnn, special coverage of the trump hush money trial. >> im jake tapper in washington alongside kaitlan collins in new york this morning, the jury in donald trumps criminal hush money trial is back to work. the seven men and five women will ultimately decide whether a former president is convicted of felony crimes for th...

Power. as we said, some people are. that transcript can be used if he should change his mind and decide not to testify. he is pretty much locked into that story now to testify a trial. >> we were having this debate in the earlier hour. im not sure if you caught any of it about what type of evidence should jack smith have or bring if he is bringing this superseding indictment. you know that there was charles blow and myself who are in slight disagreement about what is the threshold, if you will, ...

He should change his mind and decide not to testify. he is pretty much locked into that story now to testify a trial. >> we were having this debate in the earlier hour. im not sure if you caught any of it about what type of evidence should jack smith have or bring if he is bringing this superseding indictment. you know that there was charles blow and myself who are in slight disagreement about what is the threshold, if you will, with this allegation of employee number four saying that the boss t...

. >> i dontly think legally you could have done anything like that. but to say t a blanket statemen, im not responsible that im threspe only thing i disagrc with the special prosecutor.utt i dont think he hashe to testiy in order for those statements to come in. i think shes going to get as a declaration against penal interest. >> thats the hearsay exception . >> i agree with you and ive say made that case with a lawyer last night who vehemently disagreed with both of us . n >> as you look at th...

Political opponent and selling out national security interests in the process. that is the fundamental allegation against him they have not defending very well, suggesting alter thattively its ukraine that interfered instead of russia. >> so far the republican strategy has seemed to work. what im looking for today, there are all of these analogies to a trial. this is not a trial. an impeachment is a political process. what im looking for is to see whether the democrats are able to in a way they ...

Thats when you need a personal attorney. when you have something like what lawyers call a recorded recollections, someone that takes notes, tells others about it, thats called a hearsay exception. it could be admitted at trial, even though its really not -- it is considered pretty good proof that something can be taken as serious and solid. so, yeah, as these problems start to multiply, it is going to be in donald trumps interest to not have those who are there to protect the administration and ...

Something, working with police. let me read to karen something from the "new york times" about these film makers. they say mr. jarecki struggled with whether to bring this letter to law enforcement authorities. if they did so too soon they could be considered, boom, law enforcement agents. mr. smirling said we had a moral obligation to see that justice was done. they began speaking to l.a investigators in early 2013. >> listen. the whole crux of this case is whether or not this is going to be a ...

Questions. would it come in? and should it come in? is that an admissible piece of evidence? will it come in? yes. should it come in? probably yes. and what i would say is the difference between the probably and the definitely is the politics of this prosecution. >> what do you mean by that. what is the difference between will it come in and should it come in. why is it not 100% solid. >> it is an out of court statement offered for the truth of the matter that makes it hearsay. the question is w...

Of the money. the crime here is "knowing" and "willing." she they got this to hearsay exception. the question is they kept present information of 2011 request for more money out because it wasnt relevant to the crime back then. >>randy: the bottom line the jury heard the word "gift." in this case the word "gift," means an acquittal because in this case the government must prove these were campaign corrections. so if there is a question as to whether or not they were even campaign contributions i...