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moves to opening statements. these are the scenes outside the trump tower. the former president faces 3a counts of business fraud in a scheme to pay off porn star stormy daniels — to make sure an account of his alleged extramarital sexual encounter with her did not get published on the eve of the 2016 presidential election. let's go to new york and cbs news correspondent, wendy gillette. a busy day for the media camped outside, what are we expecting to happen today?— outside, what are we expecting to happen today? yes, we are going to have epening _ happen today? yes, we are going to have opening statements _ happen today? yes, we are going to have opening statements at - happen today? yes, we are going to. have opening statements at 9:30am, about two hours from now, we don't know how long the statements were last but they are not typically long as the defence and prosecution ugly out their basic elements of the cases. and try to sway the jurors in

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Verified Live

we've heard the opening statements from the defence, we are now heading into hearing from the first witness into hearing from the first witness in donald trump's trial in new york, a crucial moment in the trial. let's speak to ankush khardori, in washington — a senior staff writer and columnist for politico magazine and a former federal prosecutor. thanks very much for coming on the programme. thanks very much for coming on the programme-— programme. thanks for having me. we've heard _ programme. thanks for having me. we've heard the _ programme. thanks for having me. we've heard the opening _ programme. thanks for having me. we've heard the opening from - programme. thanks for having me. we've heard the opening from both sides, what have you made of it? i thought it was a fairly conventional opening from both sides, not much of a surprise to those of us who've been following this closely. the prosecution has framed this as an election interference case, an effort by trump to bury a story that could have influenced the 2016 election, and the defence is basically saying, "look, this case is all about the prosecution's key witness, michael cohen, a serial liar and convicted felon," and trump is like lawyers got up and said it keys the key witness who is a liar,

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World Business Report

feel they could be impartial because of who the defendant was, donald trump, for others saying they had other personal reasons such as just the length of the trial being difficult. but that other kind of point in focus, just the burden and anxiety that many feel on this trial has certainly been an issue. so interesting to see that that has now come up just as they were getting video to start opening statements. we were already talking earlier about how it is a shorter day today because of passover, the judge saying there might be a break because one of the jewellers has an emergency dental appointment. there was an expectation we might see the first witness called with david pick—up. that may now not happen, hard to know how things will go. was that the expectation that the first witness would be called today? certainly the defence had asked prosecutors to alert them to who

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Verified Live

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we will start with our main story. let's go straight to new york, the trial of donald trump. we will go through all the details. this is a significant day in the trial because we are about to hear the opening arguments from both the prosecution and the defence. they are in court, it is in session right now, some details being sorted out. in the last 30 minutes, donald trump entered that area we are watching, and as he normally does gave a brief statement to the press. that's listen. i say before we begin. these are all biden trials.

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BBC News Now

huw edwards announces he's left the bbc, on medical advice. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we will start with our main story. let's go straight to new york, the trial of donald trump. we will go through all the details. this is a significant day in the trial because we are about to hear the opening arguments from both the prosecution and the defence. they are in court, it is in session right now, some details being sorted out. in the last 30 minutes, donald trump entered that area we are watching, and as he normally does gave a brief statement to the press. that's listen. i say before we begin. these are all biden trials.

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Verified Live

we are expecting a shorter day, so we may not hear from any witnesses. we have seen donald trump, these pictures are from the last week, but we've seen pictures of him in court this morning. things are getting under way. this morning. things are getting underway. in this morning. things are getting under way. in terms of the admin that has been dealt with so far this morning, there was a question about one of thejurors morning, there was a question about one of the jurors potentially carrying on or not, which has been resolved. all thejury carrying on or not, which has been resolved. all the jury are carrying on or not, which has been resolved. all thejury are in carrying on or not, which has been resolved. all the jury are in and setting. there's been other legal matters to be dealing with before we hear from the main event of the day, which those legal arguments from the prosecution and the defence. as a reminder, donald trump is accused of trying to cover up money payments to the adult star stormy daniels before the adult star stormy daniels before the 2016 election. he pleaded not guilty to 3a accounts. plenty of

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BBC News at Six

of lords this evening. do they decide to glue those changes back on again? they may well do and if they do it goes back to the commons and thenit do it goes back to the commons and then it goes back to the house of lords, and so that could continue. so prepare for the potentialfor a splash of it midnight oil to be burned. assuming it does pass at some point tonight or in the early hours of the morning, then that big challenge, the government trying to make it work and prove that it works in putting people off getting in small boats, or at least by the time of the election saying that it would if they had more chance to deliver it. labourare if they had more chance to deliver it. labour are saying if they win the election they would be in the scheme entirely. studio: chris mason, thank you, and more from you at ten o'clock. donald trump has returned to court in new york to hear the opening statements in his criminal trial over the alleged cover—up of a hush money payment to the porn star stormy daniels. prosecutors told the jury the case was about a criminal conspiracy and a cover—up. but the defence said trump was not personally involved.

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BBC News

up the donald trump trial has wrapped up for today. it was always intended to be a shorter day because of passover, they are religious holiday, but one of the jurors has an emergency dental appointment. it is done and dusted, we've heard the opening arguments for both sides of the prosecution and the defence, this is all of course donald trump's hush money trial, former us president faces 3a counts of business fraud. these are pictures from him inside the court this morning. the scheme, the alleged scheme is to pay off pawn star stormy daniels to make sure an account of his alleged extramarital sexual encounter with her did not get published on the eve of the 2016 president election. we saw those pictures there, but we do not have a video feed, live video feed or the cameras inside the courtroom itself. we thought we would run through some of the main players and that court. here's meghan 0wen.

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BBC News at Six

expected to last 6—8 weeks. the court has wrapped up for the i already even notice only lunch time here because one of the jurors has an emergency dental appointment so there is no more evidence today. on his way out donald trump stopped and talked to reporters as he so often does and once again he was claiming he was only prosecuted because he is running for president. this is a biden witchhunt to keep me off the campaign trail. so far it's not working, because my poll numbers are higher than they've ever been because the public understands that it's a witchhunt. now, it's possibly because of outbursts like that that donald trump's defence team reminded the jury trump's defence team reminded the jury they have been picked because they said they could be impartial and they were to listen to the evidence in court and put aside any perceptions they had of donald trump and his public persona. that is what the defence will be hoping they can

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