In that first hour it is hard to take in anything other than the weirdness of donald trump. >> anticipating going into the courtroom, i was actually excited to do it. first of all, because i feel like as someone who has written a trump book and who has been covering this man from the beginning of his presidential campaign on, this kind of felt like a crescendo moment for him, and for the country, and it is the only trial he's going to face, so it definitely felt like a big moment and something i did want to witness for myself. >> having worked on the molar investigation and we could not charge the sitting president and donald trump. that was a deep department of justice rule. now, in a full-fledged criminal case, it was kind of remarkable. >> i thought there would be a lot of people there, a lot of pro-trump people in particular, and the really want, and then