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Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york along with my colleague and friend, Chris Jansing, as history is being made in that Lower Manhattan courtroom. Donald trump is the first former president of the United States to stand as a defendant in a criminal trial. At any moment, could be facing the first witness to testify against him. Thats expected to be former National Enquirer publisher, david pecker. Hes likely to be pressed about alleged efforts to bury damaging stories about donald trump during the 2016 election. Earlier this morning, prosecutors gave their open statement, accusin...

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...

Who looks like the person who ask going, oh, yeah, im feeling this. This is making sense to me. Youre always trying to figure out how youre bringing both of those together but also who is going to be influencing who. You know who the foreman is going to be. That telling you something about who is going to be marshalling, trying to get them to agreement. So much of this is about understanding people and looking and seeing how theyre responding. Lets go back to vaughn. Opening statements have begun starting with the prosecution. Vaughn, bring us that first message the jurors are hearing from the...

To everybody at nbc who made it possible for me to get into the courtroom. I realize its a hot ticket and its privilege to cover something this historic. I will say just in terms of the vibe in the room, what you have heard about it being kind of a dingy courtroom is real. Its not necessarily important in terms of the way the wheels of justice grind. It is striking to see the former president , somebody who has tried to embody the Luxury Brand sitting in a room that essentially feels like a highsealing dmv office. Lots of pris presence. Very intense atmosphere, very sober atmosphere. Two very ...