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good morning. it is 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera alongside my colleague and friend jose diaz-balart, bringing you special coverage as history unfolds this morning in a new york courthouse. closing arguments now under way in the first criminal trial of a former president. the dramatic final phase of donald trump's hush money case after 21 days in court, 22 witnesses and 80 hours of testimony. >> up first in today's closing arguments, trump's defense team. attorney todd blanche trying to convince a jury that the prosecution did not meet their burden of proof in this trial. >> nbc's y...

keep pushing forward with this, and there are a lot of other liars. to me, that's the weakness in the defense coming in. >> to point it out, it's 11:00 eastern, and 8:00 pacific right now. >> they did bring up the catch and kill -- >> yeah, and related it back to cohen. >> that specifically, duncan, the idea that catch and kill is not illegal. we have talked about that before and that's true. they brought out the testimony and he's bringing in during the argument other catch and kill instances, schwarzenegger, and others, and this is different. >> the reason it's different is catch a...