Good afternoon, so good to be with you. Im jose diazbalart in for katy tur. This is just the beginning. It has been a historic day inside the manhattan courthouse. Both sides completed their Opening Statements in Donald Trumps criminal Hush Money Trial. The prosecution, Zeroing In On Donald Trumps alleged attempts to interfere with the 2016 election saying they have receipts that prove the former president , quote, covered up a criminal experience by lying in his new York Business records over and over and over again. Now, the defense meanwhile says that former president simply didnt do anything wrong. Quote, theres nothing wrong with trying to influence an election, todd blanche told jurors, its called democracy. We heard from our first witness in the trial. Trumps long time friend and former ceo of the National Enquirer, david pecker, a man at the center of the alleged scheme to bury claims from women who say they had affairs with donald trump. Well tell you what he said and what his
Only 26 of registered voters say they were paying a lot of attention to the news about the legal cases against him. So will the Walltowall Coverage of his first criminal trial and new details we will inevitably learn have any impact on voters or Will Trump simply try to spin his mandatory attendance as he did today when he left the courthouse. Joining us now, New York Times chief white House Correspondent Peter baker, and msnbc political analyst. Peter, Trump Has Wednesdays and weekends to go on the, you know, political trail. Where does this leave his campaign, though, going forward . Well, look, a traditional candidate might find that a bit of a hindrance, not being able to shake as many hands, kiss as many babies. This is a nontraditional candidate