there, donald trump vowing to take the stand and sustained. once again on friday, he plans to testify. now we have heard this from the former president before in his civil fraud trial last year, he was set to testify for a second time, but he canceled we've just 24 hours notice. our panel is back. >> ellie, would you do it if you were trump put your testify. can you even answer that question at this stage? >> so that's a that's a really good question because the real answer is you cannot answer it. you don't have to answer until the moment you take the stand, you get one of the benefits of being a defendant is you get to see the prosecution's entire case, see how your lawyer does trying to your mind, it see how you feel, but the short answer, your question. no, hell, no i would not advise him to take the stand. >> there's no reason for him to take the stand. it's incredibly risky. like i said before, the prosecution bears the burden of proven their case beyond a reasonable doubt. anyone who takes the stand is taking an enormous risk. i know on tv everyone takes the stand because it's dramatic it's quite rare in the real-world. here if you're donald trump, i mean, look, it would just be a disaster if you get caught in a