Good to be with you. Im katy tur alongside my colleagues, Andrea Mitchell and chris jansing. Whats happening right now in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial could determine how it all ends. A legal conference between judge merchan, prosecutors, and attorneys for donald trump to determine the charges the jury can consider. And there arent any fireworks to note inside the courtroom right now, no fireworks, but really important conversations, arguments with the conference thats highly sequential, theres gamesmanship at play on both sides. This is the final phase of the proceedings, right, before Closing Arguments begin next week. And jurors now have an extralong weekend. Actually, they have a full week to absorb this weeks testimony. They probably need it. Theyre not going to be back in court until a week from today, next tuesday, when Closing Arguments will start. Prosecutors rested their case against the former president earlier, after another lessexplosive round of testimony from Defense A
Arguments. Before we can get there, the Court Must Decide if the jury should only consider the 34 Felony Counts against the former president , or if the judges instructions should also include the option of lesser Misdemeanor Charges. That process will begin when court reconvenes in a little over two hours. Right now, our legal team will explain the pros, the cons, what comes next, what it all means. Joining us throughout the hour, former u. S. Attorney and former senior fbi official chuck rosenberg, Former Manhattan prosecutor duncan levin, and Former Manhattan d. A. Catherine christian. Lets begin with andrea mitchell. Bring us inside the courtroom. You saw the final arguments of this case, the final witness, i should say. What was it like to have her crossexamine him . What was the jury doing during this . It was extraordinary to be in this courtroom to watch donald trump walk in and his entourage with him. The former Attorney General was with him, members of congressman, his white
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Window the star witness in the new york versus trump trial, karen at the stand and leaving the question on many minds if the prosecutions entire case comes down to the word of convicted felon Michael Cohen. Is not a problem . Welcome everyone, im sandra smith in for neil cavuto and this is your world go cohens sent former President Donald Trump expected to speak a short time from now when that happens, we are honoured. First lets get right to nate foy with outside the courthouse the very latest after a brief break in the court. What do you know, nate . Michael cohen right now is talking about not receiving their role in former President Donald Trump is max white house administration. He claims that he pitched the role of personal attorney to the president , saying that mr trump was an enigma and that he understood him because of how closely he worked with him on a daytoday basis and this all comes after cohen detailed his 130,000dollar payment to Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels to su
Welcome to our new special, new york versus donald trump im ari melber here. We will break it down for you on the first ever criminal trial of former president and current candidateace well. Tough for the defendant. Gripping, dramatic testimony from the woman of the center of the hush money plot. Of all of the witnesses she is the most famous with her encounter with trump. There was testimony and key days of testimony from witnesses who were in trumps orbit that can speak about what she said and corroborate some of the financials for the jury. We have more on that as well. Prosecutors have been laying out the pieces of this scheme and we can tell you as we recount why it was such a tough week for trump we know, according to the public remarks here, we are working off of the public evidence, we know we are near the end of this thing. We have two witnesses. The star witness Michael Cohen, he will begin on monday. One other witness and they will be able to rest as soon as the coming week.