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kara, dismissed this morning. >> what a fascinating conversation, vaughn hillyard, thanks very much. thank kara for being with us. thank you both. >>> joining us now, as we continue to have this conversation, michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee and an msnbc political analyst. he is the host of the michael steele podcast. always contributing in so many ways. it's always great to see you, my friend. >> nice to see you, my friend. >> we are 6 1/2 months from the presidential election. trump starting his first criminal trial, day two today. what kind of impact do you think this will have or could already be having on voters? >> that's an interesting question. i was thinking about that over the last 24 hours. one of the things that occurs to me is, this idea of the -- when something is far away, the idea of it is sort of a myth. it could be this. we don't know if it will have this impact and how people will respond to it. now that it's here, i think it lands differently for folks. i think it lands a lot differently for voters. he is in -- he is actually th
kara, dismissed this morning. >> what a fascinating conversation, vaughn hillyard, thanks very much. thank kara for being with us. thank you both. >>> joining us now, as we continue to have this conversation, michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee and an msnbc political analyst. he is the host of the michael steele podcast. always contributing in so many ways. it's always great to see you, my friend. >> nice to see you, my friend. >> we...
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with us to talk about this, nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard, and maya wiley, and david marcus, a criminal defense attorney and a professor at the university of miami school of law. vaughn, get us up to speed as to what comes next. there's a pause, right? >> reporter: right, they are currently in the morning recess. gary farro, who was the former first republic banker that worked with michael cohen to set up the account for the llc that was operating as the pass through for michael cohen to get the home equity line of credit to the attorney for stormy daniels, and that took place just before the 2016 election, and that banker that worked with michael cohen is off the stand. they are now in morning recess. it's not clear who the next witness is that the prosecution is going to bring here to the stand. gary farro, notably, when answering questions of the defense team under cross-examination testified he never was aware of donald trump directly ordering any of the accounts to be set up or for any money to specifically be transferred. instead it, he viewed it as he was directing wi
with us to talk about this, nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard, and maya wiley, and david marcus, a criminal defense attorney and a professor at the university of miami school of law. vaughn, get us up to speed as to what comes next. there's a pause, right? >> reporter: right, they are currently in the morning recess. gary farro, who was the former first republic banker that worked with michael cohen to set up the account for the llc that was operating as the pass through for michael...
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joining us now, vaughn hillyard. vaughn, what is the latest from there? >> reporter: yeah, jose, right now those individuals that are in the jury box are currently going through that 42 question questionnaire. we had another batch of 96 that came into the courtroom at 9:30 a.m. eastern this morning. about 65 of them were dismissed after saying that either they couldn't be fair and impartial or they had another reason that wouldn't allow them to go forward. we got an allotment of 39 individuals. interestingly you could say two have read art of the deal, one of them read michael cohen's book, another individual said that they had read mark pomerantz's book about this case. so, kind of a fascinating look inside. i want to let you meet another dismissed juror here, who i just met a few moments ago this is mark. you're one of those individuals, correct me if i'm wrong, you rose your hand and you said you would not able to be fair and impartial. how did that play out? >> we were summoned and the judge read all the particulars of the case, how one was supposed t
joining us now, vaughn hillyard. vaughn, what is the latest from there? >> reporter: yeah, jose, right now those individuals that are in the jury box are currently going through that 42 question questionnaire. we had another batch of 96 that came into the courtroom at 9:30 a.m. eastern this morning. about 65 of them were dismissed after saying that either they couldn't be fair and impartial or they had another reason that wouldn't allow them to go forward. we got an allotment of 39...
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back with us, vaughn hillyard, live from outside the courthouse. and joining us, a trial attorney that represented white house employees during the clinton scandals. vaughn, what has been going on in the courtroom as of right now? >> reporter: this is the second day for david pecker on the stand. yesterday he was only able to testify for about 30 minutes. we are about five minutes into his testimony here today with the jury back in the jury box. i can tell you that the prosecution is currently going through the early meetings of donald trump and david pecker. of course, the former publisher of "the national enquirer," who is a crucial witness to the prosecution dating back to the meeting between michael cohen and donald trump and david pecker, when they concocted the catch and kill scheme. what the prosecution is doing in real time is asking david pecker when he first met donald trump. he's now telling the story of back in the 1980s at mar-a-lago when he met mr. trump, and he pointed to defendant trump in the courtroom, and notably he said their re
back with us, vaughn hillyard, live from outside the courthouse. and joining us, a trial attorney that represented white house employees during the clinton scandals. vaughn, what has been going on in the courtroom as of right now? >> reporter: this is the second day for david pecker on the stand. yesterday he was only able to testify for about 30 minutes. we are about five minutes into his testimony here today with the jury back in the jury box. i can tell you that the prosecution is...
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vaughn hillyard, thank you very much. thank you for the taylor swift references. i very much appreciate that as well. >>> turning to the latest flashpoint here in the u.s. about the israel-hamas war, more demonstrations are expected today after 100 pro palestinian protesters were arrested yesterday at columbia university in new york. it comes just one day after the columbia university president testified on capitol hill about the university's response to antisemitism on campus. the daughter of congresswoman ilhan omar was among those arrested. joining us is nbc's antonia hylton. what's going on there today? >> reporter: we're getting ready for another protest to begin around noon. we already can hear some students gathering on the other side of the campus here. you can see a police presence, a small police presence right in front of one of the main gates behind me here. this is day three of protests here at columbia. as you mentioned, starting on wednesday, while the president, a split screen moment, was down testifying on capitol hill, there were students setting
vaughn hillyard, thank you very much. thank you for the taylor swift references. i very much appreciate that as well. >>> turning to the latest flashpoint here in the u.s. about the israel-hamas war, more demonstrations are expected today after 100 pro palestinian protesters were arrested yesterday at columbia university in new york. it comes just one day after the columbia university president testified on capitol hill about the university's response to antisemitism on campus. the...
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with us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, glen kirschner, former federal prosecutor and host of the justice matters podcast, kimberly atkins store, boston globe columnist and co-host of the sisters in-law podcast, and danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney. glen, kimberly and danny are msnbc contributors. vaughn, what has been going on right now inside that courtroom? >> reporter: right, jose, there have been multiple efforts by the defense team in front of this jury during its cross examination of david pecker, the long time publisher of "national enquirer," who is the crucial witness to the prosecution as they build out their case of alleging this conspiracy between the likes of donald trump with michael cohen and the "national enquirer" to suppress the stories of individuals like stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. and what you are hearing from emil bovy, the one executing this cross examination of pecker is multipronged effort here. in one of those facets of this is by trying to undercut the idea of thi
with us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, glen kirschner, former federal prosecutor and host of the justice matters podcast, kimberly atkins store, boston globe columnist and co-host of the sisters in-law podcast, and danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney. glen, kimberly and danny are msnbc contributors. vaughn, what has been going on right now inside that courtroom? >> reporter: right, jose, there have been...