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District attorney for the manhattan d. A. s Office And Msnbc legal analyst, catherine christian, and legal analyst, danny cevallos. Were going to be talking about David Pecker and the other witnesses expected on the case tomorrow. I want to start with the opening remarks today. Both by the prosecution and the defense. Prosecution about 45 minutes, almost to the exact second, 30 seconds into it. The defense was supposed to do 25 minutes, ended up 35 minutes. There were some interruptions. How did you see both Sides Today . They both did their job. The prosecutor is supposed to be the facts, the...

Jansing live from Msnbc Headquarters here in new york city. Anchoring our special coverage of pretty explosive early moments of donald trumps hush money trial, with my colleague, andrea mitchell. Donald trump, of course, as every defendant has a front row seat, and history is unfolding. The prosecutions opening statements painting him as a felon who, quote, cooked the books to try to bury a porn star payoff. What they call election interference, he said, plain and simple. In response, of course, the defense simply saying that trump had nothing to do with it. Focusing on poking holes, not only ...

Testimony can resume at 9 30 tomorrow. I want to bring in msnbcs katie phang, msnbc senior national politics reporter, joathan allen, and all live outside the courthouse for us. Also here with us is former Manhattan Assistant d. A. , catherine christian, and former brooklyn prosecutor, charles coleman. In our last hour, lisa was mentioning that David Pecker didnt give much really time for the prosecutors to, you know, talk to him about his story before the testimony because he gave very long answers. How effective was he as the first witness on the stand . Well, its a great question, andrea, b...

Back to August 2015 where prosecutors will ultimately ask him about a Trump Tower Meeting between him with Michael Cohen and Donald Trump. Where the allegation is that the Catchandkill Scheme was first concocted. It was a year later when karen mcdougals story, the former Playboy Model who alleged a tenmonth affair with Donald Trump, and stanlsz who had an alleged onenight affair with Donald Trump, ultimately those stories were bought either by ami or through Michael Cohen before the 2016 election. The opening statements really laid the foundation for both sides about where they intend to take ...

Election. What would the level of confidence have to be . Knowing d. A. Bragg, theres no way he would have brought this case unless the facts were strong and he were following those facts wherever they led which in this case is to a strong prosecution of donald trump. So i know theres a long history here and a long history in the d. A. s office when it comes fros kugs, Investigation And Prosecution of trump. Alvin is among the most levelheaded people ive ever worked with. He brings that levelheadedness to everything he does, including every case he prosecuted, whether it was in the southern dr...