Sarah, its the first thing i thought of because were covering trump gavel to gavel keep in mind, we just heard a Sandoval Hearing in Donald Trumps case. Theres two things that this is directly impactful to Donald Trumps case. First prior bad acts evidence coming into the courtroom. The second, the Appellate Courts finding that Harvey Weinstein basically could not testify because so much was going to be allowed in on crossexamination the same type of argument would apply to donald trump at the Sandoval Hearing. Thats where prosecutors are told by the judge what can come in if donald trump were to testify, they opened up the gates. The judge to the E Jean Carroll case, to the new York State Attorney general, Civil Fraud Case because of that, donald trump will have a similar argument that hes hamstrung. He couldnt possibly testify because of everything thats going to come in on crossexamination. Its directly related to the Appellate Division decision that we just heard today. Did not see that twist coming. Misty marris. Thank you so much. Its always a pleasure for sure. Okay. Next hour im Cnn News Central starts right now only if necessary, donald trump changing his tune on whether he will testify today. David pecker will be back on the stand and for more critical testimony. What else will he reveal now under crossexamination, also in new york this morning, President Biden campaigning while trump is in court by ive been throwing shade at trumps legal woes saying hes been busy on the trail while trump has been on trial. Plus university Unrest Professors arrested students, clashing with police. And now one university is canceling its main Graduation Ceremony because of the propalestinian Protests Engulfing Campus is coaston to coast. Im kate baldwin was sara sidner and john berman. This is Cnn News Central all right. Happening right now. Live. Look for you outside from tower where we are standing by to see and potentially here from donald trump as he soon makes his. Way back to court. The former president s historic criminal trial resumes today with the man who ran the National Enquirer or the publisher, david pecker, back on the stand for crossexamination. What else could he reveal today about the hushmoney deal with Stormy Daniels were also standing by to learn who will testify next and whether or not the judge will find trump violated his gag order and hold him in contempt. Another Gag Order Hearing is now set for new alleged violations. Cnns Brinton Grasses live outside court for us this morning, gin, as were watching for donald trump to just leave trump tower and get down to the core. Can you let us know . Sort of how soon court resumes and whether or not were ever going to get an answer to this Gag Order Rule because its been sitting there now for few days yeah i mean listen, we went into court yesterday wondering if the judge was going to rule solely. Certainly thats something thats usually address when courts starts. So well have to see when it gets started. Today, but we know that we have that next goalpost write about those new those new allegations from the prosecution, and that is for next thursday. So its certainly not going away. We know that sarah, but look, as soon as core again, i am really going to be looking for the rapid questioning that we saw from the crossexamination yesterday, there was not long of it before court broke for the day, but i got to tell you are reported in the courtroom had a Magic Fingers because the defense was really firing off questions to david pecker, essentially getting him to admit that buying and burying stories was really common practice for the National Enquirer that they actually did this for lots of celebrities and for the fact that they were alerting donald trump. But two stories about him, more than a decade before the president ial election. So thats a lot for the jury you to take in. And it really nipped away at the prosecutions case, which was a strong case basically laying out for several hours over the last several days for jurors, how david pecker really the intricacies of these catchandkill stories, how he bought and buried two prior stories before the store. We daniel story came about and essentially he says, im not a bank, and then he found out later on that Michael Cohen actually paid for that story to go away before the 2016 election. Of course that is a story that is at the heart of these charges against ill trump. So well see if that was effective in the defenses strategy of distancing donald trump from the charges that are against him. When it comes to at least david pecker as a witness, but hell be back on the stand when court resumes today. So david pecker will be back on the stand. He will be continuing with crossexaminati on. You are expecting that the prosecution to redirect after that, correct absolutely. Yeah. Of course. They get that option before we even maybe see who the next witness is redirected fact, its very unclear, actually it david pecker will finish today. I mean, it is a full court today, so its very likely he will, but we dont really quite know the timing just yet but we are waiting to see, like you said, sarah, who is the next witness, is it someone who deals with the accounting inside ami or within the Trump Organization or is it Michael Cohen, another quite arguably the star witness for the prosecution so well have to wait and see. Of course, we dont know because they are not giving away that Witness Lists or rather the order of that witness list. This ahead of time because of the fear that donald trump will post about them on social media and such. So well standby all right. Brand jin grass standing by for court to resume. Appreciate it. John. Yeah, it will be an interesting morning. And in the meantime donald trump is walking down that wellworn path of his, suggesting maybe he will testify in his own defense this time he says do it if necessary, seen as the land of treene is with us this morning. Any reporting on what his actual intentions here are later is this is more of the Drama Building that he engages in. Yeah, we are feeling a bit of that. Will he or wont he testified, but luck, john. I mean, this is something donald trump has done repeatedly in the past. He almost always says, whenever hes facing legal challenges or trial, saying, i want to testify, i want to be there to defend myself and thats really, when you get to the heart of who donald trump betts he thinks he is his own best defender, and thats where a lot of this is coming from. However, last night he did change his tune a bet on this question, whereas a couple of weeks ago he was saying, yes, i plan to testify. Yes, i want to testify in an interview last night, he said, well, well see if its necessary. Take a listen to how he put it. Well, if its necessary right now, i dont know if you heard about today. Today, was just incredible. People are saying the experts, im talking about legal scholars and x this saying what kind of a cases is there is no case now, i do just want to point out some context here at one point in that interview, he did say this is no case. I think thats the defense. Hes going to be using for not taking the stand that look, it doesnt even matter. This isnt a good case. I dont need to take the stand, however, again, this is a tactic he is used before saying he wants to testify only to have discussions with his lawyers who ultimately convinced them testifying isnt a good move here, and i think all of the legal experts ive been talking too lawyers involved in this are saying luck. You never really want someone to take the stand in this case, its more likely this could hurt the former president than it could help them. And so thats where some of this is coming from donald trump was golfing this past wednesday, whereas hes been Campaigning Complaining that he cant get out on the Campaign Trail. What are his Golfing Slash Campaign Plans in the days and weeks ahead . Right well. Youre right on wednesday, he was at his Bedminster Golf Club golfing and this weekend hes going to be at maralago back in florida celebrating Melania Trumps birthday. However, next week we are really seeing him get back onto the Campaign Trail. Hes going to make two visits, a one to michigan, one to wisconsin. Of course, john, to vary the crucial battleground in 2020 for trump won these states in 2016, lost them to joe biden in 2020. And i know from my conversations with his advisers that these are very critical to winning the election come november, but luck. It, it is a bit weird to see how this has been shaking out for them. I know that in my conversations with his team they recognize that this has been a hard juggling act. Its been challenging to have him in court four days required a week, and then trying to use the other three days to campaign. We havent seen much of that so far. He was supposed to have a rally last weekend in north carolina. They ended up having to cancel that last minute because of storm weather. But apart from that, he hasnt been used using those days really to get out there. So were going to see this happen wednesday. I do think theyre going to try to do more of this and really try to maximize his ability to be on the trail while also being stuck in court. John landa tree and great to see this morning. Thank you so much. Okay. So he faces four criminal cases. Why and what has happened leaving smart minds though . Say, now its looking more likely the Hush Money Case will be the only trial that donald trump faces before the november election. And crisis on campuses across lets the country, propalestinian protests growing schools are struggling to contain, to keep them contained. 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A new cnn poll showed americans are sharply divided over how they view the criminal prosecution of donald trump the poll found just 13 said trump is being treated the same as any other different criminal defendant, though when you look inside that number, it is interesting most theyre divided over whether he is being treated more harshly or more leniently than other criminal defendants. The same poll finds that less than half our confident that a jury will reach a fair verdict. What happens if he is convicted of a crime . What among trumps supporters, the result is also quite interesting. The poll finds the vast majority would support trump regardless, but 24 of Trump Supporters say it, say that it may cause them to reconsider their support of the former president. Joining us right now is a former Deputy White House press secretary under donald trump, sarah mathews, she resigned her position right after january 6. Its good to have you here again, sarah. So this rising share of americans say, also in this poll that the charges in the ongoing trial, their irrelevant to his fitness for the presidency. Even if the charges which are true, though a majority says that its still is relevant, but a rising number says that its irrelevant. What do you think . Why do you think that is i think its because when we look at the nature of this case and the charges, hes facing, theyre not as severe, maybe as the other cases that hes facing later on down the road. And thats whats really unfortunate about this Hush Money Payment Case being the first one where he received an indictment. And now the first one to go to trial and likely maybe the only trial were going to get before the 2024 election because i think this case, this is something that americans have been aware of. Most americans have heard the story about Stormy Daniels, and its already been litigated in the court of public opinion, and theyve made up their mind where they stand on donald trump and his character whereas the other cases that hes facing hes saying those are cases that strike at the heart of our democracy. The charges hes facing are much more aggressive and severe and so i think that when youre looking at these cases, its not necessarily surprising then that this is where americans are at in their opinion and pulling on it lets talk about the data on the impact of trump among trumps supporters. If hes convicted, i mentioned it, was right before i brought you in so its about three of voters that are currently backing donald trump against biden say that they will stick with him . No. But regardless, you see there 76 , but then theres that 24 of trump backers say a conviction chun might have them reconsidering their support. Yes. 24 is nowhere near 76. But when youre talking about it could be a margin election between donald trump and joe biden if they would go to joe biden, that could be very significant does that surprise you . I think it doesnt surprise me because i think it tracks what weve been seeing in the primary so far, and i would say that that 24 are those nikki haley voters. And we just saw in pennsylvania these folks, i think theres 155,000 people who cast their vote for nikki haley in pennsylvania in the primary and i believe that that is tracking then with that polling where were seeing those are the folks who would be probably on the fence about trump and then if a conviction came down, that might sway them to not support him, im not saying theyre Gonna Go Vote for joe biden, but they might leave the top of their ballot blank, done donald trump talks outside of court, often criticizing the case and also