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
Who say they had affairs with donald trump. Well tell you what he said and what his testimony today might prove because remember, while a big part of the Defenses Job is to poke holes in d. A. Alvin braggs case, lawyers for the state actually have to back up every single thing theyre putting before these jurors. So lets break this all down, and were also going to look into what happens next. Joining us now, nbc News Correspondent vaughn hillyard. Good to see you outside that courthouse, where you have been all day now. Bring us Up To speed on what happened today. Reporter it was a shortened day inside of this courtroom, namely because one juror had a dentist appointment, and passover led the courts to determine it was going to have an earlier afternoon. Those four hours inside of the courtroom did not lack tension, and what you heard in opening statements from the prosecution was the intent to tell a story, Beginning In August of 2015, two months after donald trump