oh, my got. he shot me. it came out of nowhere. a sweet stay-at-home mom from a strong family of faith shot point blank at her own garage door. my dad is like collapsed on the ground. it was very traumatic to see, very very emotional time. her survival seemed like a miracle. i didn t know if i would live. was this some awful random crime, or did someone want her dead? that was mystery number one. someone was out there. yeah, we were scared. mystery number two, a secret 1,600 miles away. there were several text messages. it s just slowly snowballing. it was like a punch in the gut. and mystery number three? i m going to hurt you. who would they turn out to be? i m like damn, what did this lady do? faith, temptation, and a twist the size of texas. let s be very clear. justice needs to be served. i don t think it has been. carrollton, texas, just north of dallas, is the kind of place where the upwardly mobile go to buy their dreams. the sc
Me. The bullet shot me in the head and it went down. Lord jesus, help me. Oh, my god. It came out of nowhere, a sweet stayathome mom from a Strong Family of faith shot point blank at her own garage door. My dads collapsed on the ground. It was very traumatic to see. A very emotional time. Her survival seemed like a miracle. I did not know if i would live. Was this awful random crime or did someone want her dead . That was mistry number 1. Someone was out there. We were scared. A secret 1600 miles away. There were several Text Messages. Slowly snowballing. It was a punch in the gut. Mystery number 3 . Who would they turn out to be. What did this lady do . Fate, temptation, and a twist the size of texas. Lets be very clear. Justice needs to be served. I dont think it has been. Go to buy their dreams. Carrollton, texas, just north of dallas is a kind of plays with the upwardly mobile go to by their dreams. The schools are good. Golf courses. The landscape, and churches are more ubiquitous
Joining us, msnbcs Yasmin Vossoughian outside the courthouse. Temidayo agangawilliams, a former prosecuor and Defense Attorney caroline pull lisi. Yasmin, Jury Instrekss under way right now. Whats going on . Jury instructions under way ahead of Opening Statements, jose and ana. 45 minutes for the prosecution, 25 minutes for the defense. Theyre doing that because theres going to be a lot of details, much of a timeline, a lot of dates and they dont want to overwhelm the jury in the Opening Statements process. Judgments made from the bench that i want to talk about with you quickly, first, when it comes to the evidence if, in fact, the former president decides to testify, judge juan merchan is allowing six various cases to be decided if donald trump it was. Talking about the trump payroll judgment, the trump civil fraud gag orders as well along with e. Jean carol assault case and the defamation case. A couple more things happening in court this morning. The former president spoke about ho
Defense will have to make . Its certainly Fair Game if Donald Trump chooses to take the Witness Stand that we would expect him to say if he were to take The Stand like, you know, i just didnt want my wife to know or i didnt do it, i dont have affairs, whatever opens the door, as we say, to the ability of the prosecution to come in and bring the evidence that shows, well, actually you have a pattern of behavior, and actually here is what supports our case. This is exactly why so many of us have said very hard to imagine a scenario it can happen. But very hard to imagine a scenario where anybody on Donald Trumps legal team wants him on that Witness Stand. Theres just too much to attack him with including a whole bunch of things hes said inconsistently over the years. Caroline, is that unusual for folks that dont have the experience that you all do, for example, on what a trial normally looks like is it unusual for the judge to say, if the defendant chooses to take The Stand, these are si
to talk to a lawyer. reporter: why would they say that? because they ve seen shows like dateline nbc and said that s what they always tell you to do. you know, they always suspect the husband so, you know, get a lawyer. reporter: though frank says that at the time he didn t think innocent people needed lawyers, he hired one anyway. then he had a heart-to-heart with each of his kids. my dad actually called me at work and said, you know, i got to tell you something. and he said, the reason they re looking at me so closely is that i ve been having an affair. and i was like, crap. like dad! come on. don t have affairs. you know? reporter: that s a hard thing to hear. yeah, it is. it is. a punch in the gut. it s like this is not what s supposed to happen. you know? reporter: you guys were the cleavers. yeah, we were the cleavers. and it was like okay, this is not a good situation. reporter: there is never a good time to get caught cheating, but getting caught by police w