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>> prosecution and police believed she was shot before isaiah left the soccer field.'s alibi doesn't hold up because she was dead. >> that's hard for me to understand because there was testimony by the coroner that he could not determine a time of death. >> halee's friend who attended the trial watched with growing uneasiness as the defense poked holes in the prosecution's case. >> every day my dad would ask how the trial went. every day. we are not going to get this conviction. >> it was that bad? >> it was that bad. >> and then a bombshell? >> coming up. a stunning moment in court. isaiah's mom on the stand. what would she reveal? wanna know a secret? more than just my armpits stink. that's why i use secret whole body deodorant... everywhere. 4 out of 5 gynecologists

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FOX and Friends

and this is "fox & friends." >> brian: yes, all rise. opening arguments again today in former president trump's hush money trial and who we expect to see today on the stand. first witness. >> will: plus anarchy on columbia university's campus pushes classes online today. [chanting free, free palestine] >> will: massive protests break out as students plan a walkout this first day of passover. >> lawrence: wild video of good samaritan saving drivers trapped in a burning car on the highway. >> ainsley: scary. remember, your mornings are better with friends. >> lawrence: buckle up. fox news alert. opening statements in former president trump's new york hush money trial are set to begin in a few hours. >> former publisher of the national inquirer david pecker will reportedly be the first one to take the witness stand this morning or today, some time

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me. i started listening to this. by that matters is the last hour, what i learned from a former federal prosecutor is that you've got a couple of liars that are witnesses in this case. michael cohen being one, david pecker according to my guest also one of those lawyers on the stand. we are going to watch a person who was accused of doing that catch and kill where you get a negative story during your campaign and you pay somebody some money to speak about it, and you never publish that st story. >> kayleigh: potentially hearing from michael menotti who has a less than sterling reputation is a 12-year sentence. a lot of characters. as i'm watching this report, it occurred to me, the democrats thought this would in meyer trumpian negative coverage, a salacious story that people could grab onto. we are hearing what david pecker said via a reporter. we will hear what any of these

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Trump on Trial New York v. Donald Trump

defense will have to make? >> it's certainly fair game if donald trump chooses to take the witness stand that we would expect him to say if he were to take the stand like, you know, i just didn't want my wife to know or i didn't do it, i don't have affairs, whatever opens the door, as we say, to the ability of the prosecution to come in and bring the evidence that shows, well, actually you have a pattern of behavior, and actually here is what supports our case. this is exactly why so many of us have said very hard to imagine a scenario -- it can happen. but very hard to imagine a scenario where anybody on donald trump's legal team wants him on that witness stand. there's just too much to attack him with including a whole bunch of things he's said inconsistently over the years. >> caroline, is that unusual for folks that don't have the experience that you all do, for example, on what a trial normally looks like -- is it unusual for the judge to say, if the defendant chooses to take the stand, these are six issues

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Trump on Trial New York v. Donald Trump

here. judge merchan just read to them, quote, you are responsible for the final decision and just informed formally jury number one that he is going to be the foreperson, leading those conversations among the jurors and the alternates. this is a moment here where we await opening statements, and after that, likely the first witness, david pecker, the former publisher of the "national enquirer" to take the stand. what's so compelling about david pecker who was a one-time friend of donald trump and who the prosecution intends to present to the jury as an individual who concocted this plan with michael cohen and donald trump at trump tower in august of 2015, the fact he hasn't spoken publicly throughout all the years about what unfolded. he worked with federal prosecutors a and state prosecutors providing testimony and evidence, but it is still not clear exactly what he has to offer to the district attorney's office. we should note that david pecker and american media incorporated

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Trump on Trial New York v. Donald Trump

that can be brought up, that won't be brought up if he doesn't take the stand? >> no, that's exactly why we have the sandoval hearing, to make sure the defendant is properly informed to make that decision, to make the cost-benefit an analysis? >> the hearing was there to inform the former president that if he does choose to take the stand, there are certain issues that he could be questioned on, perhaps that he might not know that he would be questioned on because you might think they're not pertinent or have anything to do with this case. we sometimes call it other bad acts, evidence typically in evidence, that those types of things are not allowed to be asked. this is so the defendant can make an informed decision. typically, jose, you do not see defendants taking the stand. remember, the defense has zero burden in this case. we're talking a lot about the defendant's witness list. it could be zero. they could not even give an

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innocent. they said the manhattan district attorney's office never should have brought this trial. they went on to say, the 34 counts are 34 pieces of paper. they went through exactly what the d.a. he is arguing, flipped it over and said why would a frugal businessman pay $420,000 on 130,000 debt? this is president trump's name on it. it was cohen and jarchow the lever. they debunked and went through exactly the allegations. they said hush money is not illegal. they spent a serious amount of time, totally impugning cohen for the serial perjurer that he is. they poked so many holes in his credibility. it remains to be seen what happens next. >> harris: we have some breaking news and we went to go to that. walk us through this a little bit. david pecker is our first witness today. he is taking the stand right now. we aren't going to show it, but we do not have producers in the stands. dropping out of that, forgive

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Trump on Trial New York v. Donald Trump

prove the case beyond all possible doubt. the proof must be beyond reasonable doubt. unbelievable to think what the jury in this courtroom, guys, is going to hear over the next four to six weeks. we're getting word -- we don't have confirmation in our own reporting on this, but "the new york times" reporting that david pecker is going to be the first witness to take the stand after opening statements. the timing of that we don't know considering it's going to be a short day. david pecker, as you well know, stood over the head of ami for over two-plus decades. he had a meeting with michael cohen back in 2016 talking about the possibility of stormy daniels coming forward. he then visited the white house in 2017 as well. he had a longstanding relationship with the former president. so certainly his testimony is going to be integral to the prosecution's case, guys. >> keep us posted, yasmin. i want to bring in chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney

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Trump on Trial New York v. Donald Trump

with this story, having had sex with donald trump in 2006, which the former president denies, how they paid her $130,000. they'll 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, that's all he did. that's what we're looking to today, guys, as a very big day in this nation's 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 that the prosecution could hit with donald trump if he were to take the stand, everything from the civil fraud trial outcome to the e. jean carroll cases to the gag order viegss that have been found in the case of the civil fraud trial. does all of this sound fair game? what does that tell you about how when the judge is viewing this as well as the decision the

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Trump on Trial New York v. Donald Trump

expectations. when i do my opening statement, i want to tell them the baseline of what i can do to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. later on in the trial my goal will be to exceed expectations. i want to stand up in closing arguments and say i did all the things i said i would do. here are additional things you didn't even see coming, that i blew this stuff out of the park. i think 40 minutes may seem short. yes, this case has some complicated parts, but the prosecutors will put this out as a streamline narrative. i think 40 minutes will be enough time to set the stage for their case. >> as far as defense strategy, caroline, we know that michael cohen's credibility as a witness is expected to be targeted by the defense. but would they do that in opening statements? >> yeah. they absolutely could. they could say listen carefully to the witnesses that the prosecution puts on the stand. listen to how they've changed their stories. stormy daniels, i think they'll likely go to her changing her

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