sure way of knowing. it's one of those things that you know it when you see it, and judge marchand has to make a judgment call on each of these facts that the state wants to bring in. >> adam, what would be a win here for the prosecution then? what is trump's team trying to avoid? >> i think trump's team is going to try to avoid getting any of this in. trump has some great attorneys, some of them are very experienced in state court. but i think that for the prosecution's side, this is a long list. they get in half, they'll be very happy. >> yasmin, what else is happening in the courtroom right now? >> reporter: so hearing from one of the attorneys for the people kind of setting up the centerpiece for this case that i want to read for you. there is a particular need for the people to introduce evidence to assess the defendant's credibility, and they intend to make witness credibility the centerpiece for the trial, and that is an argument for permitting the sandoval evidence. one other thing which is just some color from inside the