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America Reports

>> sandra: former president trump has arrived back at trump tower. after opening statements wrapped in his historic new york criminal case. the former president summing up of the day just a short time ago and said this. >> it's a case as to bookkeeping which is very minor thing in terms of the law. in the legal expense, i got indicted for that. i am the leading candidate. i'm reading biden. i have the nomination. this is what they tried to take me off the trail for. >> sandra: both our top stories as we begin a brand-new hour and a very busy new york city today. >> john: going to be back with you. i'm john roberts and washington. this is "america reports." trump's defense team tried to poke holes in the prosecution's case, specifically attacking the credibility of former attorney for trump, michael cohen.

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Donald Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway

Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public, a...

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The Story With Martha MacCallum

>> martha: today was the day we got the opening statements and a little bit of testimony as the trial for former president trump criminal case kicked off any quote orchestrated a criminal scheme to the 2016 federal election. he said he did nothing of this sort in the trial itself is a form of election interference because he is obviously the nominee for the gop and should be in the middle of a campaign right now. a fox news legal and former counselor to attorney general bill barr. always to have you with us and thank you for being here today. it is very interesting the prosecution on this case because they went back her forth. alvin bragg almost took the other case which was a fraud case in new york. but decided to pursue this one. and when he did, an interesting attorney came onboard late in this whole process.

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Trump Hush Money Trial

is laying out for the jury the gravity of the task that they have at hand, and the fact that these charges against former president trump must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. >> he said, if you find him guilty, that must be based on the evidence how long speculation and not on bias and was going on to explain to the jurors exactly how this will work. and he notes that for example lawyers are not allowed to comment during witness testimony telling the jury that that only happens in movies and on television shows, but not at a real trial. now, our reporters inside the courtroom from note that that drew a smile both from the prosecution and the defense. probably one of the few unifying moments in this case so far the judge will continue to lay out what exactly is happening and what is expected of these jurors. this whole thing, this whole instruction is expected to take about 30 minutes and then we'll get into opening statements. >> all right. paula reid. thanks so much. and just to

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The Story With Martha MacCallum

>> martha: brand-new interesting poles that came up from nbc over the weekend. former president trump has considered more confident and effective than president biden by 11 points and what's fascinating is if you do that, you know, you draw a x. across these numbers have flipped almost exactly from four years ago. when folks were asked and they were said biden would be more competent and effective. now they've got the reverse on that three and a half years later. the same nbc news poll shows enthusiasm for the 2024 election at one of the lowest levels in almost 20 years. joining me now kelly and conway former senior counselor to former president trump and now president of a consulting and a fox news contributor. fox news senior political analyst great to have both of you with us.

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Trump on Trial New York v. Donald Trump

with the documents that match the stories. >> it's not unusual to have recordings, right, especially when you have a criminal case where things could have been budding. you know, but one of the witnesses recorded it on his own, and for his own reasons. that is different and unusual. >> that's different. but as danny said, it happens. particularly if you have a witness is afraid they may be caught one day, and he wants to say this is what happened. you notice in that tape, a good defense attorney can cross examine. cohen says i got this. their whole self-defense lakes by donald trump hands off. this was all michael cohen. that will play into the defense. >> catherine, danny, stay with me. we've got a lot more to learn from you both of you in this hour. up next, what more we could hear from david pecker and why the former "national enquirer" publisher was the first witness on the stand.

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Your World With Neil Cavuto

say "i'm going to enforce federal election law and i'm going to punish donald trump for things he might have been for a nationwide election." that is up to the u.s. justice department, is up to the federal elections commission. that is why i think as andy suggests that you will see the prosecution go over an excruciating detail all distorted facts of this because they don't want the jury to ask "why is it that we are sitting in a new york city courtroom, talking about federal election fraud, if that existed? this is not the right place and this is not the right form so i think trump and i think -- have a really good case on appeal. to get this overturned although it will take after the election. >> sandra: and the governor former president's part, when he stepped courtroom, what we continued from him is "i should be campaigning." this is huge detriment to his campaign not to be out on the trail while his, you know, the current president, joe biden, is. 's continued claimed that this is just not fair, you have to start to think that

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Trump on Trial New York v. Donald Trump

understatement. >> absolutely. all those cases. he's facing a lot and this is as you say, an historic moment. the court session that will end earlier today because of the passover holiday but we also learned an alternate juror has a tooth ache and that needs to be attended to so they're ending earlier because she has to get to the dentist. life goes on. we begin our special coverage now with vaughn hillyard outside the court. nbc news legal analyst, former u.s. attorney, and former senior fbi official, chuck rosenberg. and jury consultant and former prosecutor, david henderson and paul charlton. and we have charles cohen and former manhattan district attorney, catherine christiansen. vaughn, court's expected to get back underway at any moment.

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CBS Weekend News

>> reporter: the drama in court was eclipsed briefly friday in a park outside. a 37-year-old man doused himself with accelerant and set himself on fire. he later died in a hospital. >> we do not believe this was targeting any particular person or any particular group. we just, right now, are labeling it as sort of a conspiracy theorist. >> reporter: authorities say the incident was not a threat to the trial, but they are reassessing security. the barricades are up here. former president trump has said he is willing to testify in his own defense, but we don't know yet what subjects he might be asked about. the judge will decide that, nancy, on monday. >> opening statements could go on for days. bradley blackburn, thank you so much. tonight, organized labor has made new inroads in the south after a big breakthrough by the united auto workers. cbs's jeff nguyen is tracking the story for us tonight. jeff? >> reporter: nancy, following the historic union vote, volkswagen has acknowledged the results and thanked its employees for voting.

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CBS Weekend News

president trump in court, but what is set to happen here monday is historic. the first time a former president will sit in front of a jury of his peers in a criminal trial. with jury selection finalized, former president trump is bracing for a historic day in court. >> what the judge wants is to go as fast as possible. that's for his reasons, not for my reasons. >> reporter: trump's attorneys had again tried to delay the trial and move it out of new york city, but friday an appeals court judge denied that latest effort. trump will face criminal charges of falsifying business records about alleged hush money payments to adult film actress stormy daniels. the jury that will decide the case includes a teacher, an investment banker, and a corporate lawyer. >> this jury is going to be in a fishbowl under a microscope. >> reporter: legal analyst jessica levinson says opening statements could last days. >> it sets the scene for the trial. it sets the tone. it lets the jurors know where you're going to go.

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