starts right now fron next a breaking news opening statements for trump s hush money trial. now set for nine, 30 monday morning. we ll take you inside the courtroom for details on what trump was zeroing in on today and what it may tell us about his legal strategy. but marjorie taylor greene says, it is civil war in the house of representatives. just hours before a boat that could very well end by johnson sent as speaker and breaking news just into cnn, a quote, huge explosion reported at a pro iran and military base we are working on those details let s go out front good moving on. america hill in for erin burnett outfront tonight, the breaking news opening statements in the first criminal trial of donald trump is set for 9:30 a.m. on monday. the jury of 12 and six alternates have been sworn in. an appeals court. judge rejected trump s last-ditch effort to delay that trial
cnn new tonight, president biden taking a swipe at donald trump during a union conference when i look at the economy, i don t see through the eyes of mar-a-lago. i literally see through the eyes of scranton and where i grew up with my grandpa s kitchen table hi, see-through eyes are working people like you well, 2024 shapes up to be a bitter rematch. longtime republican pollster frank lenses sharing some never before seen video from his focus groups, sharing it with outfront take a look. and signing was obama, but stand to watch that guy. he just looked down on top of everybody. trump will get down in the dirt and work with you. so we re never you want respect, but you have a president who takes on women minorities, everything but white allies who won the election. and do didn t handle that. he did. i don t know why he s rais why to ask that what
prosecutors raise that verdict, trump s shook his head and was glaring at the prosecutor. one other interesting thing, just seeing that this afternoon, the end of the day, trump p. want to get up. he thought that hearing was done and we thought it was too is trying to write it was wrapping up. but as trump s sit up, the judge turned me in quickly, said, sir, sit down, please sit down it was just it was another reminder, erica of trump is not and controllers on movements air and he he listened to the dej as whole. but this is certainly, it s something that we will continue to watch going forward, yet not a role that he s perhaps used to jeremy stay with me. i also want to bring in with us jane rosenberg. he s one of the sketch artist for this trial. january also in course for today, you ve been doing this since the 80s. you re doing a lot of trump coverage these days from all the time. i ll trump all the time. jeremy was talking about the various moods that he saw. what what do you no
be a big one to which that we re gonna get into in just a second by doing it, ryan s take. what do you think in terms of opening statements, what will you be looking for monday morning or listening for? sun prosecution s opening statement. i m looking for how they frame the case. do they frame it in a way that s also meant for the public about this is about influencing an election unlawful fully, or do they try to narrow it down to the business records as the center of the case and then tax fraud, which might just be an easier case to win in some respects, i think that s one part of it. and then the other is who are going to be there witnesses. how much do they center michael cohen or other people that we haven t heard of as much like david, who was apparently allegedly in on the deal from in august 2015 meeting at trump tower to set up the catch and kill operation. and then when trump is president, trump, thanks him, allegedly for helping with the campaign, which means that this was
from the former president, who is also claiming baselessly that the judge is speeding up the timeline for this trial to begin cnn s jeremy herb has been covering this since day one in court. again today what did you notice most today, jeremy, about his behavior, his demeanor? barrika, you know, what s interesting is seeing there s sort of two trump s when he is in trial at times, he sort of aloof uninterested. he s leaning back in his chair, has is maybe closing from time to time. other times he is very attentive and very into what is happening and what s going on particularly when some of the jurors are being asked question about him, their opinions about him. he is watching them. he s studying them, he s listening to their answers. he s also particularly interested when they re talking about some of the stuff that him with this case and that happens that happens quite a bit, not surprisingly, we had a hearing this afternoon where prosecutors are going through all of the other