donald trump. what needs to be established in tomorrow's opening statements? >> well i'm glad you called it a statement because some people erroneously call it an opening argument. it is not an argument. the opening statement is the first time that the jury gets to hear from the lawyers aside from jury selection. so the opening statement is a roadmap for the jury in an effective opening statement pigment tells a story. why? because everybody loves a story. so the prosecution will go first, followed by the defendants. trump's lawyer they don't have to give their opening statement right after that they can wait until the entire prosecution case has done. it rarely happens that way, but it could so what's critical in the opening statement is that the lawyer who's giving the statement to the jury has to read the room maimed. the goal is to persuade to persuade the jurors. so if the jurors eyes start to glaze over if there's yawning and fidgeting the lawyers losing

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