outspoken as president trump. there's nobody that doesn't know him in this room. in the afternoon, the court moved to a routine hearing to determine how much of trump's legal history the prosecution will be allowed to ask him about if he testifies, which he said he plans to prosecutors argued they should be allowed to question trump about the findings in the e jean carroll defamation case hey, it's among others, despite trump's attorneys strong objections, the former president shook his head as the prosecution spoke about how he defamed carroll when, will the judge, actually decide if prosecutors can ask the former president about his past legal cases so, judge number sean said that he would rule on this on monday, likely before opening statements get underway, know trump's lawyers also tried, again to try to learn who the prosecution's first witnesses who they expect to call after openings. >> the prosecutor said that he would give them the name on sunday, but if it showed up on social shall media, it would be the last time anderson curves canal. thanks, joining us now is johnny jones the third