what about the defense trump s lawyers? what do you think they re gonna do? well, i think we re going to hear a lot about michael cohen from the defense they re going to undercut his credibility. he certainly has credibility issues based on his conviction on his continued attacks on the defendant here, but he can be rehabilitated. he s still a witness that they can use. and i think in addition to trying to undercut his credibility in the eyes of the jury, they re also going to talk about his role at this time and the trump from orbit and perhaps her to argue that, look, he was actually doing legal work at the time in question. this isn t fraud, these aren t falsifying documents. he was as it says, in these documents, doing work for the trump the trump family for the trump organization. he was doing what he had always done. so i think we re going to start to hear a lot about michael cohen. he was trump s lawyer. he was the so-called fixer. we all know all about that. i m crushed.
york times, usa today and watches cnn. now, before we break down, today s developments, i want to explain that. i m actually not in our studio tonight. i m broadcasting now x to the permanent mission of iran to the united nations. and we re doing that because we re about to interview a ron s foreign minister live. and the united states has severely restricted his movements. he just arrived in the country for a brief visit and this is one of the only places he is allowed to go he is one of the most powerful and influential officials in iran, chosen by the supreme leader to be the face of the country during this time of incredible turmoil as the world awaits israel s retaliation for attacks last weekend, we re going to bring you that exclusive interview live here in just a moment. but first i want to get to our other breaking story. this sour and trump s jury, which could be hearing from the prosecution s first witness on monday. evan perez is out front live. he is outside the courthouse
bonding to the defense case. after that, we ll hear closing arguments from both sides. the defense trump s team goes first, then the prosecutors will close. the judge will then instruct the jury hill tell them here s the law on the case. here are the rules to guide you and then the jury goes in for the most mysterious part of this, all the deliberation that will be entirely done in private i m an outside of the view of the parties. all we might see from the jury is notes occasionally asking questions until they send a note saying we have a verdict at that point, they will come out and we will see the verdict keep in mind in order to get a verdict guilty or not guilty has to be 12 to zero. either way, if there s one person in the minority than it s a hung jury. and a mistrial. very interesting in this trial could take weeks and weeks and weeks. so we ll watch it together with you, elie honig. thank you very, very for viewers. thanks very much for watching. i m wolf blitzer in the situ
says he wants opening arguments for trump s hush money trial to start on monday. this trial is moving at a rapid pace after some major setbacks this morning, they walked in this morning to jurors who had already been selected pick. they were good to go we re dismissed. it looked like a real setback, but now we end the day with 12 and an alternate. and we know that the jury for this trump trial tonight consists of seven menn and five women. and among the jurors selected just today on investment banker who says he follows trump and michael cohen online there s also a man who works as a security engineer. he says he has no social media accounts and reads a quote, smattering of different news organizations. juror number 11 is a woman who works for an apparel company. she was seated despite trump s lawyers arguing she should be dismissed because she said trump, quote, seems very selfish and self-serving i m a 12th and final juror on the full panel. not the alternatives. is a physical th
that s a big advantage. they have that none of us have. that s number one number two. if this were a street crime case, this jury would would convict trump in a heartbeat. but this is a false business records case, right? this is not about stormy daniels is just the first domino. this is about business records. and that s why trump trump wants is a really smart during the kind of people that would never vote for him as president. are they exactly the same kind of people that would find him not guilty when he s a defender. so i understand that these may not be the kind of people that president trump likes, but they re the perfect jurors for him. paul, having been on both sides as a prosecutor and a defense attorney, what what stands out to you the most right now of the of the 12th, the education. i m not so concerned about the gender. i think we have seven menn five women. i m more concerned about the education. normally, a prosecutor wants