Allegations that trump falsified Business Records to bury a story about an alleged sexual encounter with adult film star stormy daniels. The d. A. s office also alleges model Karen Mcdougal received a payment from American Media to silence her about another alleged affair with trump. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts and denied the affairs with these women ever happened. Joining us now, nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian, danny cevallos, Criminal Defense Attorney and msnbc legal analyst and rebecca roy fee, a Law Professor at new york law school. So, yasmin, a lot going on in that courtroom today. Reporter a lot of folks are dismissed so far today, 96 walked in, 57 walked out after the two questions that were read by judge juan merchan, can you be impartial, many folks raised their hands, they walked out. Do you have conflicts with this trial, can you sit it out or can you wait it out, for the next six to seven weeks . Many of them walked out as well. Were at 57 havi
aid this weekend, but he is facing growing pressure from some republicans to step down as house speaker. ali vitali is with us this morning. great seeing you. what is the latest there? reporter: we re watching house lawmakers go in and out of votes, trying to gauge where they are on the upcoming votes because while we re watching the rules committee, which is going to be intriguing and fascinating for those of us up here on capitol hill in and of itself, we re also waiting to see if democrats are considering crossing party lines and helping republicans pass the rule that would allow them to get on to this actual bill voting itself. you got to think about the rule as a procedural hurdle that you have to clear in order to actually allow lawmakers to vote on israel, ukraine, indo-pacific aid, that fourth sort of potpourri of foreign aid related bills that are part of this package created by speaker johnson. and for speaker johnson, this is not just a moment of foreign policy, it is also