Out recovering for a few weeks. I leave you in the most capable hands. Capable, and carrying youve got kate bolduan here, john berman, and if they act up, dm me we wanted no matter what, and we cannot wait for you to get back better than ever. Thank you. I think you. Thank you so much for being with us today. This is cnn new central, cnn Special Coverage Of The Trump Trial starts now moments ago, donald trump, as you could see, theyre leaving trump tower to the head here where we are outside of the courthouse in minutes, the likely final hold Defense Witness for donald trump will be under oath and on the Witness Stand yet again, well see if it goes better than it did the last time. Robert costello provoked a dressing down hello, from the judge over his courtroom behavior after just minutes on the stand yesterday, he has now been warned not to roll his eyes, say, jeez, after a ruling not, to stare down the judge, all helpful tips. I was in that room when all that happened yesterday is t
Cite as the other crime trump allegedly intended to commit or conceal . And second and perhaps most important, will the jury be allowed to consider misdemeanors as well . I want to bring in nbcs Vaughn Hillyard live outside the courthouse. Chuck rosenberg and Catherine Christian are both with us here in the studio. So chuck, explain how this decision may go and how the judge may frame the instructions, which could be really determinative as to whether a jury that might be confused or conflicted might be looking for an Exit Strategy other than a guilty verdict. So some context might be helpful. The jury has heard all the facts. The judge will now instruct the jury on the law. Itll be their map to apply the facts that they heard to the law as they are instructed. The way the two sides, the prosecutors and the defense sort of fight it out, andrea, to get their preferred Jury Instructions read to the jury. This all takes place at the thing thats about to start, a charging conference. A lot
Proceedings. We will see if he stops to speak to reporters as he makes his way back into the courtroom. Usually is not the case, its usually on his way out at this time of day but we will be watching for that hello and welcome everyone i am sandra smith the new york as we head into our number to. John a lot ahead in the next 60 minutes on john roberts in washington this America Reports perry when court resumes they will meet with the prosecution and defense on what should be included in the Jury Instructions before liberation is. Its a critical step of the trial as the instructions will be the last thing the jury hears before deliberating for a verdict. A threadbare inventive prosecution, but the judge can kind of put his finger on the skill or not in these instructions. It will be very interesting the instructions but of course it all goes back to Jury Selection too, who are these people and what of their biases . John we have an allstar lineup of guests to take us through the latest
Possibility, but now were getting to the point where its put up or shut up now his. Attorneys say that they dont call it. Im going to call any more witnesses. And so based on that, it seems like theyre not going to call them. But in trump world, you really dont know until the very last second, do you . And they really dont have to tell us du that very last second. Now, if he doesnt, it will put a lot more weight on Michael Cohens testimony. And today cohens credibility, its quite another hit with the revelation that he had stolen money from the Trump Organization more on that in a new york minute. But there was another person on the hot seat today this time and i rolling sayyed, giving witness who annoyed the judge so much . The judge cleared the courtroom to dress him down. Im talking about robert costello, a former adviser and Michael Cohen and took the stand for the defense today and describe an april 2018 meeting that he had with cohen about the Stormy Daniels payments. Now, from t
Hour. A live look at New York State Supreme Court here in manhattan where any moment now we are expected to see the former President Donald Trump walked back through those doors. The prosecution is set as he enters on the stand. Most people as we can you explain to me what he did and what they are actually charging them for and the truth is i cant because it is misdemeanor based on something that its civil not criminal in their apple elevating it to federal because he is running for offic. Sandra here we go. We expect to see the former president any moment now. John, great to be with you. Sandra im john roberts in washington and this is america reports. So for the prosecution is attempting to restore cohens credibility after the defense painted him as a serial liar during cross invented stomach investigation he admitted to stealing Tens Of Thousands of dollars from the Trump Organization. Sandra and he conceded that he does have financial interest in the outcome of the trial. How does