Tapper starts right down a split second. This courthouse went from the scene of a highprofile trial to a highprofile security seen elites starts right now hey horrific scene outside this courthouse after man lit himself on fire. Inside the courthouse, theres a major developing and then in the Hush Money Case against former President Donald Trump, a full jury plus alternates. Now, all seated, setting the stage for Opening Statements. This hour, were gonna go all in on this okay. Its dissecting the next steps. How long can the prosecution hold out and keep its witness list out of the hands of donald trump and his defense team also this hour, in an extreme jordan, berry moves from 100 House Democrats came to the aid of republican speaker mike johnson, drawing the ire of hardline republicans in putting johnson even close closer to potentially losing his job welcome to lead on mattingly in today for jake tapper and we are live outside the new york courthouse where the former president s Cri
standard of evidence, a standard of of that you need to prove for the judge to rule in favor of the prosecution is much lower. it s just a preponderance of evidence as opposed to a criminal trial where you have to have beyond a reasonable doubt doubt. and so defense is saying that s just not fair. and so is they re pointing out that if you do that, then we should be able to bring in some of the various problems. is mike michael cohen as a witness as well. and so that s going back in for the judge saying we re not going to mix apples and oranges here as part of his decision-making in so we expect it s going to keep keep going for at least another hour. yeah. it s been a fascinating back-and-forth jeremy, herb and kara scannell, our team inside the courtroom and reading everything out and it s been pretty fierce up to this point. i want to ask you because our colleague cares can also broke gonna be a hearing happening, i think right now in an appeals court tied to this case, there s like