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Joining us, msnbcs Yasmin Vossoughian outside the courthouse. Temidayo agangawilliams, a former prosecuor and Defense Attorney caroline pull lisi. Yasmin, Jury Instrekss under way right now. Whats going on . Jury instructions under way ahead of Opening Statements, jose and ana. 45 minutes for the prosecution, 25 minutes for the defense. Theyre doing that because theres going to be a lot of details, much of a timeline, a lot of dates and they dont want to overwhelm the jury in the Opening Statements process. Judgments made from the bench that i want to talk about with you quickly, first, when i...

Remember when the prosecutor told you you were going to hear about this particular event or hear from this particular witness . Well, you didnt. They failed. They didnt meet their burden. So prosecutors will be careful. Theyll be conservative. Theyll be chronological and theyll tell The Jury in no uncertain terms what it is they hope to produce in the coming trial. Maya, so many times, to use chucks analogy, Movie Trailers are better than the movie. Its important in this specific case that trailer reflects what the movie is as close as possible. How important for The Jury are these first impre...

With this story, having had sex with Donald Trump in 2006, which the former president denies, how they paid her 130,000. Theyll talk about koog and The Catch and kill. And the defense, talking about how Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels have an axe to grind and how Donald Trump paid his attorney, thats all he did. Thats what were looking to today, guys, as a very big day in this nations history. Yasmin, you did a great Job Laying Everything out as far as looking ahead to the opening statements. Stand by with us as we bring in our legal analysts. Maya, what did you make of the list of the scope ...

Maya, juries change. They get in as individuals, right . They come into that room as individuals, but they have to act as a group. What kind of change are you looking for as a Defense Lawyer or as a prosecution on those 12 people . We are starting at the beginning of the trial. Youre really trying to youre looking for the nonverbal cues, the slight nod. Where theyre paying attention, i got them. Where theyre doing a little Side Eye like, that dont sound right, thats the cue youre looking for. Very subtle. Its very subtle. Caroline said it. Its the psychology. Youre looking for the psychologica...

Now, 20 hour is here. Thanks to Governor Newsom and leaders in sacramento, we can lift workers out of poverty. Stop the race to the bottom in the fastfood industry. And build a california for all of us. Thank you governor and our california lawmakers for fighting for what matters. 23 past the hour. Right now judge merchan is working through Jury Instructions. Opening statements will begin soon, as soon as those Jury Instructions are wrapped up. Lets bring in nbc News Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard who is outside the courthouse and back with us. Chuck rosenberg, maya whyly, temidayo agangawillia...