good to have you with us today, may. >> thanks, martha. >> dana: fox news alert. opening statements in the hush money trial against former president trump are underway in new york city. moments ago the judge read his decision on what prosecutors can bring up from trump's previous court cases if he testifies in his own defense at the trial. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. bill hemmer is off and thankfully i have martha with me here today. >> martha: great to be with you. i'm martha maccallum. for the first time in history prosecutors are set to present the first-ever criminal case against a former united states president and the manhattan district attorney has accused the former president trump of illegally hiding payments, hush money payments they've been called in this case, and he claims that those payments, which trump says were legal expenses, were done in order to effect the outcome of the 2016