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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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intends to testify. >> i think it's way too early for criminal defendant to make that decision, and i am a criminal defense attorney at this point, so i see it from both sides. now, if donald trump chooses to testify, it's because the underlying elements of this case require the prosecution to establish beyond a reasonable doubt what was the specific intent of donald trump himself? and so if he testifies he's effectively getting up there to say that it was not his intention to cook the books as it were, or to interfere with the election by not according certain payments to election officials. the prosecutors meanwhile, are going to have to build a case to show that donald trump has limited credibility that he's lied on several occasions depending on how you view that the prosecutors have no doubt for air that they prepared a long list of a specific specific instances of untruthfulness, and that's what ultimately will be the fight here if he testifies& bibi believed so what do expecting

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aside, the burden of proof is on the prosecution to prove it. we will see how the lawyers so doubt in the jurors' mines about the prosecution case. as you said, the day has already had a lot of housekeeping, bumpy start. the first being with shearer number nine talking to the church on both sides after she had raised concerns that the media attention was too much for her. after speaking with all the parties, they decided during nine would remain. she is someone who previously said she would not let any outside influence and affect her decision—making in this case. there they moved on to something called a sand hearing, where prosecutors have had to come forward with what they would ask donald trump if he takes

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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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president touching down close to islamabad and meeting various dignitaries, we know that he will meet the prime minister of pakistan, president, we have also seen images of him meeting the head of pakistan's army. so far no international media has been allowed to film or ask any questions on the president's visit. this comes at a very tense time in the middle east with very deteriorating relationship between israel and iran. we don't know exactly what will be discussed in terms of security but we know that both sides of said that while they will be talking about trade and that that is a key part of its visit, there will be discussions about security. the metropolitan police have charged two men with spying for china. they were accused of breaching the official secrets act. they will appear on court on friday. the chinese embassy in london called the arrest still staged politicalfarce. let's speak to our security correspondent gordon corera.

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donald trump, it is the first chance they will have two so doubt in jurors' mind is to say it had nothing to do with the election, it was about hiding embarrassing information from his family. donald trump, although he has changed his story, he has now said he admits to reimbursing michael cohen, but he denies all wrongdoing in the extramarital affair.- denies all wrongdoing in the extramarital affair. thank you for that. i extramarital affair. thank you for that i know— extramarital affair. thank you for that. i know you _ extramarital affair. thank you for that. i know you will _ extramarital affair. thank you for that. i know you will keep - extramarital affair. thank you for that. i know you will keep across | that. i know you will keep across every twist and turn in new york. i want to speak to ronald sullivan from harvard law school and a faculty advisor. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. what is at play here when both sides, prosecution and defence, first get up and speak to thejury as a defence, first get up and speak to the jury as a whole?— the jury as a whole? what is at stake? a lot _ the jury as a whole? what is at stake? a lot is _ the jury as a whole? what is at stake? a lot is at _ the jury as a whole? what is at stake? a lot is at stake. - the jury as a whole? what is at

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damaging to his campaign, especially with female voters, they say that's when this whole catch—and—kill scheme was hatched. and they say that donald trump lied over and over again when he was trying to cover up that scheme in business records. now the defence essentially said, "look, there is no crime here, donald trump is innocent, he wasn't involved in any part of the accounting for that payment, michael cohen did that on his own, and he said that essentially, there is no crime of trying to interfere in an election, it's called democracy," todd blanch said. what's really interesting was at the end of the closing argument, both sides appealed to jurors, asking them to use their common sense in this case.— asking them to use their common sense in this case. thank you very much for that, _ sense in this case. thank you very much for that, nada _ sense in this case. thank you very much for that, nada tawfik, - sense in this case. thank you very. much for that, nada tawfik, hugely significant moments in court in new york. we'll have all the developments coming up.

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horrified that you called business records in anyway boring. that was really clear, thank you for talking us through what is coming up and what to look out for. thank you for coming on the programme. appreciated. we coming on the programme. appreciated-— coming on the programme. appreciated. coming on the programme. a- reciated. ~ , . ~ appreciated. we will be back in new york as and — appreciated. we will be back in new york as and when _ appreciated. we will be back in new york as and when we _ appreciated. we will be back in new york as and when we start _ appreciated. we will be back in new york as and when we start the - appreciated. we will be back in new| york as and when we start the actual opening statements from both side and we hear the details of what both sides will be outlining. i want to come back to the uk and look at the government's rwanda policy. he wants plane's to take off in three months. legislation has to go through parliament and he wants that to happen today. but first let's take a closer look at the controversial policy and the stakes.

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stories that would've hurt trump from a playboy playmate and at one point potentially stormy daniels to buy those stories and not publish them, so to catch them and kill them. they prosecution has said that david pecker had at least one discussion with trump about this effort, and i suspect they'll put him on to talk a lot about that conversation and exactly what was said to trump and what trump said in response, and exactly how much knowledge — we can infer from that knowledge — we can infer from that knowledge based on what trump said. great to have your thoughts, things are coming on the programme. thanks for havin: are coming on the programme. thanks for having me- — nada tawfik because there. will come onto the witnesses — but first, bring us right up to speed with what we've heard there this morning. we've now had opening statements from both sides, withjurors listening intently. essentially prosecutors are really laying out

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