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The opening argument. They raised the curtain on stuff including things we havent heard about. There were moments where they talked about how this is going to be a case and they convened at Trump Tower, these three men, michael cohen, David Pecker and Donald Trump, and it was the Trump Tower conspiracy, as they called it. They hatched a scheme where the national enquirer would pick stories that were negative about Donald Trump and kill them. They would put out positive stories about Donald Trump...

Them Opening Statements instead of opening argument. Closing arguments is the right terminology because lawyers are doing what the evidence showed. An Opening Statement is a narrative about what the facts will show in the trial and what evidence the jury should expect to see. We should learn some new things on monday. Catherine, what will you be watching for . It is a preview of the evidence. It is a Table Of Contents for the jury. It shouldnt be very long. You dont want to bore the jury. You ar...

And focus on the facts at issue in the case we believe we have a winning case and thats what youll see play out tomorrow with opening argument. >> i had a former prosecutor on the show earlier. he talked about the fact theres two lawyers on the jury. thats an unconventional move by the prosecution and the defense team. his suspicion was, the argument and the theme therefore from the defense in looking at those two lawyers on the jury is making the technical argument that no matter the facts, thi...

Donald trump. what needs to be established in tomorrows opening statements? >> well im glad you called it a statement because some people erroneously call it an opening argument. it is not an argument. the opening statement is the first time that the jury gets to hear from the lawyers aside from jury selection. so the opening statement is a roadmap for the jury in an effective opening statement pigment tells a story. why? because everybody loves a story. so the prosecution will go first, followe...

Will: i win geography. i even house rick on geography. pete: will is really good at geography. he rivals the weather man. its not clear weve decided -- will: we had a contest and we decided it. president we had a highly flawed contest on the big wall. id like to do it again and watch you and rick go at it -- kayleigh: i dont think guessing a skyline is the same as geography. pete: which ones more important? if. kayleigh: geography, obviously. pete: fine. youve picked your side. kayleigh: i have....

Someone engaged in it? and i think thats going to be the major question that they grapple with. >> rick, we dont know how narrow a ruling the supreme court might come back with. there are obviously questions about whether the president is considered, as we were just talking about, an officer of the government, whether states can enforce the so-called insurrectionist ban, whether or not the former president incited an insurrection. how far do you think they might go? >> in their order today, as j...

So-called insurrectionist ban or whether the president incited an insurrection. >> they didnt narrow down the list of questions. so probably it is just too early. maybe we will get that order that will tell us. but, everything has to break the way of the challengers in order for trump to be off the ballot. there are just so many ways that the supreme court could decide to keep trump on the ballot. that the odds have got to be with trump here. but as i think about this, trumps opening argument is...

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He has a right to file public papers. he will definitely do that. he has no good arguments, though. and the courts are already very familiar with his strategy, as i mentioned, delay, delay, delay. so, i dont think theyre gonna be able to do it. hes not gonna be able to do very much here. i expect six months to a year, maybe sooner, you can get them to expedite. >> can i ask about jury selection, because its important because of the reaction weve seen from supporters of trump yesterday, and again...

So, her lawyer today - i follow the opening arguments just by reading a little bit o the transcript that came out just before we came on air and from following your live tweeting of the courtroom. walk us through what the opening argument is. >> the opening argument is e jean carroll experienced thi brutal assault at trump hands. she thought it was going to be a silly, frothy cocktail party story. she encounter some outside bergdorf goodman - after she comes off of work, h says, hell come inside...