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former president donald trump is expected back in a manhattan courtroom today where jury selection has begun in his hush money trial. laura jarret is following the case. >>> donald trump sitting in a manhattan courtroom watching the process of whittling down the pool of hundreds to a jury of 12 with six alternates. people who will soon sit in judgment of the former president. the first to ever face a criminal trial. >> we're not going to be given a fair trial. it's a very, very sad thing. >> reporter: 200 people summoned to the crouse, qourthouse, ques about their backgrounds and views on mr. trump. many dismissed saying they cannot be impartial. the judge driving home the stakes for the unprecedented moment for the gop nominee, warning mr. trump if he fails to show up he risks arrest. mr. trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 counts of falsifying business records, a low-level felony. but the story prosecutors seek to tell, more sordid and sweeping, pointing to the campaign rocked by the release of the infamous "access hollywood" tape, fueling the determination to buy the silence of s
former president donald trump is expected back in a manhattan courtroom today where jury selection has begun in his hush money trial. laura jarret is following the case. >>> donald trump sitting in a manhattan courtroom watching the process of whittling down the pool of hundreds to a jury of 12 with six alternates. people who will soon sit in judgment of the former president. the first to ever face a criminal trial. >> we're not going to be given a fair trial. it's a very, very...
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trump, in deep blue manhattan, many jurors swiftly dismissed for saying they cannot be impartial. the judge driving home the stakes of the unprecedented moment for the presumptive gop nominee, warning mr. trump today, if he fails to show up, he risks arrest. mr. trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 counts of falsifying business records. a low level felony, but the story prosecutors seek to tell, more sordid and sweeping, previewing their central theme today of a presidential campaign rocked by the release of the infamous "access hollywood" tape, fueling mr. trump's determination and prosecutors telling to buy the silence of stormy daniels, allegedly directing michael cohen to pay her $130,000 so she wouldn't go public saying she had sex with mr. trump, something he maintains never happened. the former president later reimbursing cohen through a series of checks, allegedly doctoring his company's internal records to cover it all up. >> that payment was to hide damaging information from the voting public. the participant scheme was illegal. >> reporter: the judge ruling prosecutor
trump, in deep blue manhattan, many jurors swiftly dismissed for saying they cannot be impartial. the judge driving home the stakes of the unprecedented moment for the presumptive gop nominee, warning mr. trump today, if he fails to show up, he risks arrest. mr. trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 counts of falsifying business records. a low level felony, but the story prosecutors seek to tell, more sordid and sweeping, previewing their central theme today of a presidential campaign rocked...
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vaughn hillyard has more. >> reporter: tonight at this lower manhattan courthouse, an unprecedented case just hours away. the first ever criminal trial of a former president of the united states. >> wow, when i walk into that courtroom, i know i will have the love of 200 million americans behind me. >> reporter: donald trump this weekend rallying supporters before the start of jury selection in his criminal trial monday over the alleged hush money scheme to cover up payments to adult film actress stormy daniels just before the 2016 election. >> i go into court over nothing. it's not a crime. >> reporter: trump has said he did nothing wrong. same with his supporters. >> if they do find him guilty -- >> who? trump? i won't believe that. >> reporter: nbc news has learned some 6,000 new yorkers have been summoned as potential jurors. >> this is a case that's going to burn through a lot of potential jurors during jury selection, and it's probably because a lot of jurors are going to have very strong views one way or the other about the defendant. >> reporter: prospective jurors will be asked
vaughn hillyard has more. >> reporter: tonight at this lower manhattan courthouse, an unprecedented case just hours away. the first ever criminal trial of a former president of the united states. >> wow, when i walk into that courtroom, i know i will have the love of 200 million americans behind me. >> reporter: donald trump this weekend rallying supporters before the start of jury selection in his criminal trial monday over the alleged hush money scheme to cover up payments...
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this is a manhattan jury that will be selected. not trump country. so how will they go about finding a jury that can be fair? >> judge merchan has made it clear that someone's political affiliation, who they voted for is not a factor that will automatically exclude someone from this jury. the jury questionnaire reflects that. 42 questions. not one of them is who did you vote for in the last election, but judge merchan said, and you can see for yourself, you can get a pretty good idea of where someone stands by their questions to the questionnaire. the question, are you a member of antifa or the proud boys. have you ever attended a donald trump rally, the answer to that question, if it's in the affirmative, will give you a pretty good idea of how this particular juror votes. the mere fact that they may not have voted for donald trump, or like donald trump, will not disqualify people from the jury. the test is and has always been, given what you know or think about this particular defendant, can you set those ideas aside and judge this case fairly on t
this is a manhattan jury that will be selected. not trump country. so how will they go about finding a jury that can be fair? >> judge merchan has made it clear that someone's political affiliation, who they voted for is not a factor that will automatically exclude someone from this jury. the jury questionnaire reflects that. 42 questions. not one of them is who did you vote for in the last election, but judge merchan said, and you can see for yourself, you can get a pretty good idea of...
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trump's attorneys asked today for a change of venue due to pretrial publicity in manhattan. but an appeals court judge late today denied that request, meaning jury selection is still on track to start on monday. lester? >> all right, garrett haake, thank you. >>> and for his part president biden was courting young voters whose support for the president is slipping according to polls. the white house announcing a plan to wipe out student debt for millions more americans. gabe gutierrez is in wisconsin with more. >> it felt almost impossible. >> reporter: former public school teacher seth mcclure had been paying off his student loans for more than 20 years until $15,000 were forgiven in november. and he's praising the president. >> surprise, gratitude. i honestly didn't think it was actually going to happen, and it did. >> reporter: he's one of the now 30 million americans the white house says will have at least some of their federal student debt eliminated. >> today too many americans, especially young people, are saddled with unsustainable debts in exchange for a college deg
trump's attorneys asked today for a change of venue due to pretrial publicity in manhattan. but an appeals court judge late today denied that request, meaning jury selection is still on track to start on monday. lester? >> all right, garrett haake, thank you. >>> and for his part president biden was courting young voters whose support for the president is slipping according to polls. the white house announcing a plan to wipe out student debt for millions more americans. gabe...
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nbc's jay gray joins us now from lower manhattan. jay, the anticipation has been growing for this trial to get started. >> reporter: hey, good morning, frances. yeah, it certainly has. look, the barricades are up around manhattan courthouse now, there will be high security and high drama expected as well as the first of three felony cases against the former president gets under way in just a few hours here. it is a controversial and complicated case. >> allegations that someone lied again and again to protect their interests and evade the laws. >> reporter: former president trump facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal damaging information and unlawful activity from american voters before and after the 2016 election. specifically a six-figure payoff to silence an alleged mistress, former adult film star stormy daniels. trump continues to deny the affairs and any legal payments calling the case politically motivated with a, quote, crooked judge and partisan da. >> they found nothing which makes me perhaps the
nbc's jay gray joins us now from lower manhattan. jay, the anticipation has been growing for this trial to get started. >> reporter: hey, good morning, frances. yeah, it certainly has. look, the barricades are up around manhattan courthouse now, there will be high security and high drama expected as well as the first of three felony cases against the former president gets under way in just a few hours here. it is a controversial and complicated case. >> allegations that someone lied...
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. >> reporter: coming to lower manhattan monday under a spotlight and tight security, the first ever criminal trial of a former president, not to mention presumptive nominee. court officers say they're being redeployed by the dozens from every other courthouse in the city. if the scene at trump's arraignment last year is any sign, the trial could be a spectacle for weeks and months to come. trump is charged with 34 low-level felony accounts of falsifying business records to cover up to hide scandalous secrets from voters during the 2016 campaign, including the stormy daniels situation. at the center of the case, a $130,000 hush money payment mislabeled as legal services. the plan is to withhold the identities of jurors from the public because of security concerns. in this case, former president trump does not have the option to skip court. he's expected to be in the room for the trial, estimated to last around six to eight weeks. >> our thanks to melissa russo for that report. >>> the supreme court is set the hear a january 6th case that could have implications for the federal electi
. >> reporter: coming to lower manhattan monday under a spotlight and tight security, the first ever criminal trial of a former president, not to mention presumptive nominee. court officers say they're being redeployed by the dozens from every other courthouse in the city. if the scene at trump's arraignment last year is any sign, the trial could be a spectacle for weeks and months to come. trump is charged with 34 low-level felony accounts of falsifying business records to cover up to...
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. >> reporter: at this lower manhattan courthouse, an unprecedented case just hours away. the first ever criminal trial of a former president of the united states. >> wow. when i walk into that courtroom, i know i will have the love of 200 million americans behind me. >> reporter: donald trump this weekend rallying supporters before the start of jury selection in his criminal trial monday over the alleged hush money scheme to cover up payments to adult film actress stormy daniels just before the 2016 election. >> i go into court over nothing. it's not a crime. >> reporter: trump has said he did nothing wrong. same with his supporters. >> if they do find him guilty -- >> who? trump? i won't believe that. >> reporter: nbc news has learned some 6,000 new yorkers have been summoned as potential jurors. >> this is a case that's going to burn through a lot of potential jurors during jury selection, and it's probably because a lot of jurors are going to have very strong views one way or the other about the defendant. >> reporter: prospective jurors will be asked more than 60 ques
. >> reporter: at this lower manhattan courthouse, an unprecedented case just hours away. the first ever criminal trial of a former president of the united states. >> wow. when i walk into that courtroom, i know i will have the love of 200 million americans behind me. >> reporter: donald trump this weekend rallying supporters before the start of jury selection in his criminal trial monday over the alleged hush money scheme to cover up payments to adult film actress stormy...
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with today's pool of nearly two dozen manhattan residents offering their unvarnished views of the presumptive gop nominee to his face under questioning by the prosecution and defense. one man calling mr. trump, quote, fascinating and mysterious. one revealing he was a big fan of "the apprentice" in middle school. a woman saying, quote, president trump speaks his mind. and i'd rather that than someone who is in office who you don't know what they're thinking. and a fourth perspective juror telling attorneys, "i'm a democrat so, there you go. but i walk in there, and he's a defendant, and that's all he is." the defense team raising successful objections to a handful by pointing out past social media posts, including one who said "lock him up." while the judge fumed at mr. trump for appearing to mutter something, warning, "i will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom." jury selection is ongoing until 12 people and 6 alternates are selected. the former president is accused of falsifying business records, a low level felony, by mischaracterizing a hush money payment he allegedly direct
with today's pool of nearly two dozen manhattan residents offering their unvarnished views of the presumptive gop nominee to his face under questioning by the prosecution and defense. one man calling mr. trump, quote, fascinating and mysterious. one revealing he was a big fan of "the apprentice" in middle school. a woman saying, quote, president trump speaks his mind. and i'd rather that than someone who is in office who you don't know what they're thinking. and a fourth perspective...
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. >> reporter: tonight, on the eve of his manhattan hush money trial, former president trump defiant saying he's willing to testify in his own defense in a case he slams as a partisan prosecution by a democratic d.a. >> mr. president, do you plan to testify? >> yeah, i would testify, absolutely. it's a scam. it's a scam. that's not a trial. that's not a trial. that's a scam. what they have done is incredible, it's election interference, and it's got to stop. it's a third world country. >> reporter: mr. trump facing the first prosecution of a former president. he's charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records, a low-level felony related to hush money payments to stormy daniels. >> is it risky for you to testify? >> no i'm testifying. i'll tell the truth. all i can do is tell the truth, and the truth is there's no case. they have no case. >> reporter: jury selection set to start monday. >> you know, jury selection is largely luck. it depends who you get. >> reporter: it comes as the former president is throwing a political life line to house speaker mike johnson. >> we're gett
. >> reporter: tonight, on the eve of his manhattan hush money trial, former president trump defiant saying he's willing to testify in his own defense in a case he slams as a partisan prosecution by a democratic d.a. >> mr. president, do you plan to testify? >> yeah, i would testify, absolutely. it's a scam. it's a scam. that's not a trial. that's not a trial. that's a scam. what they have done is incredible, it's election interference, and it's got to stop. it's a third world...
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manhattan, not known to be trump country, let's be honest, how difficult will it be to get a fair jury for the former president?>>ur expected to take days, if not weeks, the amount of questions >> this is why jury selection is expected to take days if not , 42 questions in a questionnaire, each of these jurors weeks, the amount of questions,o ha 42 questions in a questionnaire, each of these jurors is going t it's extensive because they want to make sure that each of them it's extensive because they wan can be f to make sure that each of them e can be fair, both sides will ll have a chance to strike them if they think they can't be fair but have a chance to strike them ift they think think can't be fair as long as it's not improper, like but also for any reason at all,n as long as it's not improper, strike them because you think they won't look like you want them to look. they will not be questioned about political affiliation or who they voted for. >> these criminal trials have been a political boon to the former president in the republican pri like race or gender.mary. now we're in a
manhattan, not known to be trump country, let's be honest, how difficult will it be to get a fair jury for the former president?>>ur expected to take days, if not weeks, the amount of questions >> this is why jury selection is expected to take days if not , 42 questions in a questionnaire, each of these jurors weeks, the amount of questions,o ha 42 questions in a questionnaire, each of these jurors is going t it's extensive because they want to make sure that each of them it's...
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our next guest only joined the manhattan district attorney's office a few weeks ago. on tv. but he's making his presence felt. >> you've told me about your family's history. i think you have unique inside information to the backstory and her psyche. >> i'm not uncomfortable with that. >> i'm not asking you to do anything unethical or illegal. go back in the courtroom and do your job. >> actor and director, tony goldwyn. he's on the board of directors of the innocence project, that i want to talk about. you talk over from someone unknown, right? big shoes to fill, i would think. talk about taking that new role on. >> it thrilling to step into sam's large shoes. that was a privilege. i had years with sammie in it. this is a different character. more politician, i think, than jack mccoy, who is purist atticus finch-type character. "law & order" is an institution. >> yeah. and the viewers are really loyal. >> really loyal. you must get stopped all the time. >> so many e-mails when i announced i was doing it. >> i have to ask one more entertainment question. you were on "scandal.
our next guest only joined the manhattan district attorney's office a few weeks ago. on tv. but he's making his presence felt. >> you've told me about your family's history. i think you have unique inside information to the backstory and her psyche. >> i'm not uncomfortable with that. >> i'm not asking you to do anything unethical or illegal. go back in the courtroom and do your job. >> actor and director, tony goldwyn. he's on the board of directors of the innocence...
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a cross section of manhattan residents revealing their views of the likely gop nominee, as mr. trump sat in court listening to lawyers spar over who could be fair and impartial. >> everything is screwed up in new york, and the whole world is watching. >> reporter: whittled down to o. two attorneys an oncology nurse, a teacher, a contsultant and software an effort, prosecutors say, to bury evidence of engineer. something mr. trump has repeatedly denied. the final panel of 1 the foreman, a 28-year-old in o bury evidence of a payment to an adult film actress on the eve of the 2018 election. 5 jurors and 6 alternates will stay anonymous, but some perspective jurors were confronted tuesday with old social media posts, covered by the defense team. one man who wrote, quote, lock him up, on facebook removed by the judge. the tedious nature of the process turning into an impromptu focus group. one woman saying, he stirs the pot. one man saying he was a big fan of "the apprentice" in middle school. one saying he enjoys the way mr. trump walks into the room. >> you get the sense that it's
a cross section of manhattan residents revealing their views of the likely gop nominee, as mr. trump sat in court listening to lawyers spar over who could be fair and impartial. >> everything is screwed up in new york, and the whole world is watching. >> reporter: whittled down to o. two attorneys an oncology nurse, a teacher, a contsultant and software an effort, prosecutors say, to bury evidence of engineer. something mr. trump has repeatedly denied. the final panel of 1 the...
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donald trump seated in a manhattan courtroom, coming face to face for the first time with some of the men and women who could ultimately determine his fate. the former president is accused of falsifying his internal business records in order to bury evidence he had an adult film actress paid off days before the 2016 election, an allegation he denies. >> nothing like this has ever happened before. >> reporter: 200 new yorkers summoned for jury duty slowly questioned in batches on day one of trial. many raising hands to signal they could not be fair. those were quickly dismissed. one woman overheard walking out of court saying, i just couldn't do it. perspective jurors only hearing a brief outline of the 34 felony counts mr. trump faces as the judge ticked through a who's who of names from trump world that could come up or serve as potential witnesses. the solemn painstaking vetting process inside the courtroom, a contrast to what's been happening outside with the presumptive gop nominee railing against the timing of the state's case. >> i'm not in georgia or florida or north carolina c
donald trump seated in a manhattan courtroom, coming face to face for the first time with some of the men and women who could ultimately determine his fate. the former president is accused of falsifying his internal business records in order to bury evidence he had an adult film actress paid off days before the 2016 election, an allegation he denies. >> nothing like this has ever happened before. >> reporter: 200 new yorkers summoned for jury duty slowly questioned in batches on day...