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
show powering progress this is cnn the world s news we re back with more on the former president s hush money trial back with me, stacy schneider, a manhattan criminal defense attorney, and jeremy saland, a former prosecutor in the manhattan district attorney s office. our guys, looking ahead to monday this weekend, stacy, if you re on the former president s defense team what are you doing to prepare well, i know what my defense is if i m on the president s defense team and the defense is that i have to point out to the jury that michael cohen is convicted felon. that s trump s former attorney who s pled guilty in federal court. and served a three-year jail sentence involving this alleged scheme so i m going to open up probably on michael cohen who the elephant in the room. and give the jury an opinion about how awful he is. the next thing i m going to do is open up and