this is cnn breaking news. welcome back to the special live coverage. you are looking right now at inside of the courtroom. donald trump sitting down with his attorneys as you are getting just consider it like a pool spray. we have seen it in other moments and the cameras are allowed in for a moment to kind of scene set each day in the courtroom. this is donald trump moments before he is set to take the stand and be under oath to take questioning from the judge in this civil fraud trial in new york. as he was entering court a moment ago, he spoke to the reporters and cameras in the hallway, and he attacked the case, he attacked the judge and he attacked attorney general and then made a campaign speech. now, what happens next could decide him as a businessman and business empire, and also impact his presidential aspirations, and the other criminal cases where he is a defendant. yeah, and again, those pictures that you are looking at, and what is different this time, he is
people are throwing questions at him left and right. think about the number of hours he s gone just for these 90 minutes. i have dealt with this man when he was a senator, when he was a vice president, and when he was president. and i will tell you he s not the same person he was before, so let s not lower expectations. he s going to be prepared. the best he s ever going to be prepared, so what america needs to judge is this is joe biden at his very top. after previously attacking president biden for his mental acuity former house speaker kevin mccarthy is now warning against lowering expectations ahead of tonight s debate. we ll dig into those comments as both candidates gear up for their highly anticipated matchup. plus, donald trump continues to tease who he will pick for his running mate, telling his supporters the possibilities will show up at tonight s debate. but when will he finally make his choice? and also ahead, another significant abortion opinion was mistak
been in decline for many years. we are hoping for him, that he has time to just relax, be with his family, recuperate his health and just be a normal person again. thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and your this moment you are having as a family. we appreciate it. that s going to do it for us. see you back here tomorrow. andrea mitchell picks up our coverage right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports, ready for a rematch. presidents biden and former president trump, cramming in their own ways, focusing on the tactics and their opponent s triggering ahead of the first presidential debate now just two days away. israel s defense minister at the pentagon today after criticizing prime minister netanyahu. the man behind one of the most damning leaks of u.s. classified documents in history, setting julian assange on a path to life as a free man. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. biden campaign insiders telling nbc news the president is prep
that s our show for tonight. a special edition of prosecuting donald trump: witness to history starts right now. after 22 witnesses and 16 days of testimony, donald trump has become the first ever american president to be convicted of a crime. this trial will go down in history. but without cameras in the courtroom, americans never got to see the evidence for themselves. they didn t get to see trump s eyes close and his mouth go slack while he sat slumped at the defense table. they didn t get to hear stormy daniels salacious testimony first harnd. they didn t get to watch the judge clear the courtroom, seemingly in anger, as he butted heads with one particularly truculent ewitness. instead, americans had to rely on word from the few reporters who were actually in the room making note, writing down, committing to memory the things we saw and experienced. things that a transcript cannot capture. take a look. that was something to behold. i could hear gasps all around me. i
that is our show for tonight. a special edition of donald trump witness to history starts right now. after 22 witnesses and 16 days of testimony, donald trump has become the first-ever american president to be convicted of a crime. this trial will go down in history, but without cameras in the courtroom, americans never got to see the evidence for themselves. they did not get to see trump s isa close and his mouth go slack while he sat slumped at the defense table. they did not get to hear stormy daniels salacious testimony firsthand. they do not get to watch the judge cleared the courtroom seemingly in anger as he butted heads with a truculent witness. instead, americans had to rely on word from the few reporters who were in the room. reporter: that was something. donald trump was crying from the oval office. even todd lynch said he was writing checks from the white house. in terms of the vibe in the room, what you have heard about it being kind of a courtroom is re