New documentary, food, inc. 2. Thank you. Thank you. Ou. Thank you. Coming up, less than 24 hours until opening arguments in the first ever criminal trial of former president of the United States. Ive assembled lawyers to tell us what we can expect and how it will collide with the campaign trail. The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in Donald Trumps claim of absolute immunity. It is a case that could make his legal troubles disappear. And breakthrough winfall, the United Auto Workers union as the tennessee Volkswagen Plant becomes the first auto factory to vote to unionize in the south, since the 1940s. We will talk about how the uaw broke through in a region where the Antiunion Sentiment has dominated for decades and what it means for this critical moment in the Labor Movement of america. Another hour of velshi begins now. Now. Now. Good morning, its sunday, april 21st. Opening statements will not begin in a formal. The republican partys presumptive nominee will be back in a ma
this trial, alone, makes a monumental week but it s only a piece of a consequential week for donald trump. in addition to his criminal trial in new york, the former president would also have to pr contend with multiple other legal battles and various venues this week. the same time this criminal trial resumes in manhattan tomorrow, a separate hearing will be held in a different minimum courtroom, involving his civil fraud case. it concerns the legitimacy of the $175 million bond that trump put up last month. new york state attorney general letitia james is asking the courts to avoid that because co her office is the insurance company, the former president used is not authorized to write business in new york. meanwhile, trumps criminal trial will take up the issue of whether he should be held in ul contempt for multiple violations of his big gag order. prosecutors raised the issue bi