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yasmin? what better way to take this historic moment in? >> so cool. >> so cool. back to you. >> i told my kids multiple times this morning when i dropped them off at school, guys, do not look directly at the sun when you get out of school this afternoon. i hope they take heed of my warnings and everybody does across the country if they don't have those special glasses. al roker, george solis, jesse kirsch, you guys are all in the best spots. thank you for joining me. by the way, guys, we've got a very excited katy tur. be sure to watch her special coverage. and she's going to speak with former astronaut mike mossimo about the excitement and the science behind today's solar eclipse. that's at 2:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. coming up, everybody, president biden set to arrive in wisconsin to tout a new student debt relief plan as he seeks to gain support amongst young voters. plus we've got some breaking news in donald trump's hush money criminal case. with the trial a week away can the
yasmin? what better way to take this historic moment in? >> so cool. >> so cool. back to you. >> i told my kids multiple times this morning when i dropped them off at school, guys, do not look directly at the sun when you get out of school this afternoon. i hope they take heed of my warnings and everybody does across the country if they don't have those special glasses. al roker, george solis, jesse kirsch, you guys are all in the best spots. thank you for joining me. by the...
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yasmin, get us up to speed. there was a break. since they came back from that lunch break, what's happening inside the courtroom? >> reporter: they're in voir dire now. steinglass who's one of the attorneys for the people is asking his questions to this potential jury. and then after that, he'll be followed by todd blanche or attorneys for the former president, and they'll get 30 minutes to ask their version of those questions to these potential jurors. i kind of want to read a few exchanges i'm seeing to get a sense of what's happening inside the courtroom. so in regards to one juror saying they follow donald trump on instagram. this is the exchange. do you still currently follow him? i followed him years ago, that is juror. just generally because it was a news item when he put a tweet out, so i was aware of that. have you seen him post anything about this case. haven't paid much attention to it. there was another exchange with a potential female juror who talked about reading mark pomeranz book, you know he was an attorney worki
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yasmin vossoughian, stay close. richard gabriel, thank you for offering your expertise and insights. >>> up next, all the former president's men and women from former fixer michael cohen, adult film actress stormy daniels, the key players in donald trump's hush money trial. >> you're watching special coverage of donald trump's first criminal trial only on msnbc. ♪♪ some people just know that the best rate for you is a rate based on you, with allstate. because there's a right way to. stop! and the speed limit definitely isn't. 700 million mph. so why would you pay a rate based on. a terrible boss with a terrible haircut! save with, ooh. save with drivewise and get a rate based on you. you're in good hands with allstate my mental health was better. but uncontrollable movements called td, tardive dyskinesia, started disrupting my day. td felt embarrassing. i felt like disconnecting. i asked my doctor about treating my td, and learned about ingrezza. ♪ ingrezza ♪ ingrezza is clinically proven for reducing td. mo
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yasmin, that we actually have a full jury now? >> reporter: we got it, judge juan merchan saying it himself inside the courtroom, s chris. we have our full panel. this is, chris, i feel like an incredibly historic moment if we think about ibit, right? the first former president, ex-president of the united states to be tried criminally in the united states of america. the jury is set. the people in this jury is set. let me take you through kind of the makeup, chris, of this jury so we can kind of remind folks who will be really kind of knowing the future of this president, right? we have on this jury right now seven menig and five women. that will be the jury that will be in the jury box. then amongst the alternates, we have five women and one man. we just added two more alternates to the jury box in the last 20 minutes or so, and a jury has, in fact, been impanelled. let me talk you through some of what these folks do for their vocation. we have a sales worker, an investment banker, an attorney, a security engineer, a teacher, a s
yasmin, that we actually have a full jury now? >> reporter: we got it, judge juan merchan saying it himself inside the courtroom, s chris. we have our full panel. this is, chris, i feel like an incredibly historic moment if we think about ibit, right? the first former president, ex-president of the united states to be tried criminally in the united states of america. the jury is set. the people in this jury is set. let me take you through kind of the makeup, chris, of this jury so we can...
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and back with us is yasmin vossoughian. court is expected to resume in the next five to ten minutes. do we know how the proceedings will be impacted by this? >> reporter: we don't know that answer yet, ana. one thing i wanted to mention, you actually don't need any security to get into that cordoned off area where folks are protesting and the man subsequently lit himself on fire. you need clearance to get into where i am in the press area, but not in that area. i wanted to mention that. let's talk about what's happening in the building behind me. 3:15 they're supposed to resume. as of right now, it's 3:07. >> yasmin, i'm sorry to interrupt you. we have the press conference with nypd starting. let's listen to that and we'll come back. >> and today you're going to hear from our chief of department, jeffrey mage who will update you on the incident that took place, the fire commissioner, cavanaugh on the condition of all the people involved, the medical conditions, and our chief of detectives, joe kenny, and he'll talk to you a
and back with us is yasmin vossoughian. court is expected to resume in the next five to ten minutes. do we know how the proceedings will be impacted by this? >> reporter: we don't know that answer yet, ana. one thing i wanted to mention, you actually don't need any security to get into that cordoned off area where folks are protesting and the man subsequently lit himself on fire. you need clearance to get into where i am in the press area, but not in that area. i wanted to mention that....
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nbc's yasmin vossoughian is on the ground for us. jim kavanaugh is back with me. what are the questions you think they'll be able to answer? it's now been just a little more than an hour since this happened. >> you're right. i think the witnesses reporting that he threw some pamphlets in the air, prior to powering a flammable liquid on himself and lighting himself with a lighter. some of the answers are in those pamphlets. that's his message. that's what he wants the world to know. it may prove to be nonsensical, and won't make sense to anyone, only to him, but largely some of the answers are there, and he may have posted things online or left notes at home as well. i think nypd will have some answers for us, that, you know, he might have been disturbed, but clearly he's suicidal, and he went to this location because this is a spot where he'll get attention for whatever his issue is. he could burn himself up behind a warehouse in newark, and it's not going to make the news. it's not going to be on the news. when he goes to the trump trial, just like going to the f
nbc's yasmin vossoughian is on the ground for us. jim kavanaugh is back with me. what are the questions you think they'll be able to answer? it's now been just a little more than an hour since this happened. >> you're right. i think the witnesses reporting that he threw some pamphlets in the air, prior to powering a flammable liquid on himself and lighting himself with a lighter. some of the answers are in those pamphlets. that's his message. that's what he wants the world to know. it may...
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our yasmin vossoughian is back with us outside the courthouse. yasmin, you have a potential juror who was dismissed there with you. go right ahead. >> reporter: i do. this is cat, she runs a vc fund here in manhattan for folks that are over 60 years of age. she was just dismissed as a potential juror. what happened? why were you dismissed? >> because i couldn't be impartial. >> you couldn't be impartial. >> so when the judge asked that hand, can you be impartial, you raised your hand and you said you cannot. >> exactly. >> reporter: when did you first come? >> on tuesday. >> reporter: on tuesday. and at that point when did you realize that this was a trial involving the ex-president of the united states, donald trump? >> so we were here on tuesday from 9:00 a.m., but we realized that it's about this case on 4:00 p.m. we went into the courtroom, and we saw donald trump. >> you went into the courtroom at 4:00 p.m. on tuesday and you see donald trump? >> exactly. we didn't know before that. >> reporter: what was your first thought? >> i was shocked.
our yasmin vossoughian is back with us outside the courthouse. yasmin, you have a potential juror who was dismissed there with you. go right ahead. >> reporter: i do. this is cat, she runs a vc fund here in manhattan for folks that are over 60 years of age. she was just dismissed as a potential juror. what happened? why were you dismissed? >> because i couldn't be impartial. >> you couldn't be impartial. >> so when the judge asked that hand, can you be impartial, you...
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yasmin, if this is just the start for this trial, when might we see a verdict? >> reporter: the trial could take four to six weeks, hallie. if he is found guilty, he's facing up to four years in prison. hallie. >> yasmin vossoughian live for us in new york. >>> to breaking news out of michigan with a community in shock and in grief tonight after a driver crashed into a children's birthday party. maggie vespa is there. >> reporter: tonight, tragedy in michigan and a suspected drunk driver caught on camera from multiple angles saturday, appearing to speed toward a boat club. debris flying as investigators say the 66-year-old woman crashed into the side, plowing 25 feet through a child's birthday party, hitting 15 adults and kids, killing 2, a young brother and sister who were attending their friend's party. >> a vehicle went through the building. >> reporter: first responders swarming newport's swan boat club south of detroit. >> we have several people on the ground as well as several children injured. >> the scene was described by the first responders as extremel
yasmin, if this is just the start for this trial, when might we see a verdict? >> reporter: the trial could take four to six weeks, hallie. if he is found guilty, he's facing up to four years in prison. hallie. >> yasmin vossoughian live for us in new york. >>> to breaking news out of michigan with a community in shock and in grief tonight after a driver crashed into a children's birthday party. maggie vespa is there. >> reporter: tonight, tragedy in michigan and a...
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yasmin, great job out there. jim, michael, we thank you all so much. >> with a full jury now seated in donald trump's first criminal trial with opening statements set for monday morning, we have more of the latest from the dramatic day in that new york courtroom today. courtroom today. we're talking about cashbackin. not a game! we're talking about cashbacking. we're talking about... we're not talking about practice? no... cashbacking. word. we're talking about cashbacking. cashbacking. cashbacking. cashback like a pro with chase freedom unlimited. how do you cashback? when enamel is gone, you cannot get it back. but you can repair it with pronamel repair. it penetrates deep into the tooth to actively repair acid weakened enamel. i recommend pronamel repair. with new pronamel repair mouthwash you can enhance that repair beyond brushing. they work great together. hi, i'm tali and i lost 85 pounds on golo. you can enhance that repair beyond brushing. (upbeat music) i started golo because i was unhealthy due to my w
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yasmin mentioned that the d.a. is saying we count seven potential violations, talking about witnesses, trump's comments about the jury on immediate as well, the district attorney's office wants a thousand dollar fine for each of these violations. do you think that's going to be enough to deter him? >> very hard to say, and for this reason, first there's an irony of trump giving repeated sort of statements to the press about how he's gagged. it's just odd because he's obviously not completely gagged. it sort of points out the fact that it was a fairly narrow gag order that the judge imposed, and the judge left open the door for donald trump to talk in any manner he wanted about the judge himself and the district attorney. it was really the witnesses and the families of the court including the judge and the other potential witnesses and prosecutors that the judge was trying to protect. now, donald trump, it seems, has technically violated the gag order particularly with respect to talking about michael cohen and stor
yasmin mentioned that the d.a. is saying we count seven potential violations, talking about witnesses, trump's comments about the jury on immediate as well, the district attorney's office wants a thousand dollar fine for each of these violations. do you think that's going to be enough to deter him? >> very hard to say, and for this reason, first there's an irony of trump giving repeated sort of statements to the press about how he's gagged. it's just odd because he's obviously not...
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joining us now, nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian, danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst and rebecca roy fee, a law professor at new york law school. so, yasmin, a lot going on in that courtroom today. >> reporter: a lot of folks are dismissed so far today, 96 walked in, 57 walked out after the two questions that were read by judge juan merchan, can you be impartial, many folks raised their hands, they walked out. do you have conflicts with this trial, can you sit it out or can you wait it out, for the next six to seven weeks? many of them walked out as well. we're at 57 having walked out. that's way more than half. i actually had the opportunity just a couple of minutes ago to speak to a potential juror who in fact raised her hand when asked can you be impartial. and she said no. and subsequently walked out. take a listen to what she had to say. >> when did you realize that this was a trial involving the ex-president of the united states, donald trump? >> we were here on tuesday from 9:00 a.m., but we realized that it is about this case around 4:0
joining us now, nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian, danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst and rebecca roy fee, a law professor at new york law school. so, yasmin, a lot going on in that courtroom today. >> reporter: a lot of folks are dismissed so far today, 96 walked in, 57 walked out after the two questions that were read by judge juan merchan, can you be impartial, many folks raised their hands, they walked out. do you have conflicts with this trial,...
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yasmin, get us up to speed of what is happening in the courtroom. >> reporter: they are going through the answer and question period in the jury selection, reading their 42 answers to the questions on the jury questionnaire. we have 12 initial jurors that passed the initial phase of the process, and what that means is once they fill a jury box of 18 people, then they move on to the next phase called voir dire. they get to ask then their own questions, for instance -- in the parameter of what the judge laid out, and they can't say i'm a republican or did you vote for trump or biden, but they do get to ask their own set of sub questions. one of the attorneys could say i don't want one of these potential jurors to be part of the jury, and they don't have to have a reason. they can do that ten separate times, but then they need to also have specific reasons outside of those ten separate times. they will keep doing that, josÉ, until they reach 12 potential jurors. that's the magic number to fill the box. one more thing, the one question a lot of folks are getting stuck on and why many are
yasmin, get us up to speed of what is happening in the courtroom. >> reporter: they are going through the answer and question period in the jury selection, reading their 42 answers to the questions on the jury questionnaire. we have 12 initial jurors that passed the initial phase of the process, and what that means is once they fill a jury box of 18 people, then they move on to the next phase called voir dire. they get to ask then their own questions, for instance -- in the parameter of...
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your thought, yasmine, knowing what your family has experienced. >> it's just mind-blowing to see the degree of ignorance. i mean, i have a part of a non, you know, part of a non-muslim religious minority in iran, and speaking from my perspective but also the perspective9 and the pact that israel is our holy -- fact that israel is the holy land for major relations, christianity, jewish dayism -- jewish day judaism and islam. and the thing that is just mind-blowing is the fact that when you oppose israel e, you're putting all of these major religions in the hoe land land at risk -- holy land at risk. hamas is funded by iran. iran is going to do the exact same thing, the islamic republic will do the exact same thing to iran -- to israel, i mean, as hay did to iran. i mean, a perfect example is, you know, the persian empire was one of the greatest empires in the world, and cyrus the great was the first declaration of rights. but we don't even trust that cylinder to be in iran. we would rather have it in the hands of the british in the british museum because we know that they're going to
your thought, yasmine, knowing what your family has experienced. >> it's just mind-blowing to see the degree of ignorance. i mean, i have a part of a non, you know, part of a non-muslim religious minority in iran, and speaking from my perspective but also the perspective9 and the pact that israel is our holy -- fact that israel is the holy land for major relations, christianity, jewish dayism -- jewish day judaism and islam. and the thing that is just mind-blowing is the fact that when...
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maybe the defense feels like they get a better shake from lawyers in this case. >> and yasmin, i know you don't stop reporting on this. what has been the former president's demeanor inside court today? >> he seems more involved, jose. i've been getting a lot of notes from inside the courtroom, he seems more involved in picking these alternate juros than he has been in the last few days. i say that because of kind of being more animated, in the courtroom, especially when it comes to some of the answers we're hearing from the potential jurors. i will say we also heard from the former president earlier today as well, talking about the gag order. remember there are seven potential violations being filed for this gag order. the former president stopped for cameras before he entered the courtroom early this morning and he said the gag order should be lifted. take a listen to what he had to say. >> the gag order has to come off. people are allowed to speak about me and i have a gag order. just to show you how much more unfair it is. >> so, just to let you know there is going to be a hearing
maybe the defense feels like they get a better shake from lawyers in this case. >> and yasmin, i know you don't stop reporting on this. what has been the former president's demeanor inside court today? >> he seems more involved, jose. i've been getting a lot of notes from inside the courtroom, he seems more involved in picking these alternate juros than he has been in the last few days. i say that because of kind of being more animated, in the courtroom, especially when it comes to...
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yasmin, how are things looking for travelers there? >> reporter: better than it was in the last couple of days, and i only say that because the weather that we've been dealing with here in new york city, ana. we've been seeing a lot of people in and out of this airport, some people completing their spring break, heading out on spring break, and then of course it's the confluence of folks that are heading to areas in which they want to be in that path of totality for the eclipse. we heard from less of those individuals. we have seen some cancellations or delays as well. around 2,000 or so cancellations domestically so far along with 300 or so delays. we got two cancellations so far and all the ones in yellow were delays. a lot of the folks i've been speaking to so far say they have not yet been affected. however, they are showing up early to the airport just in case, ana. take a listen. >> were you worried at all about delays? >> yes, definitely. this morning i was checking my phone and everything to make sure my flight wasn't delayed,
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but with third-party candidates in the mix, biden leads trump by two points. >> and our thanks to yasmin for that report. >>> the chicago police department is in mourning after one of their own was shot and killed while driving home after his shift. officials say cops responded to a gunshot detection alert and found luis shot several times. the six-year veteran of the force was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. >> that officer was a victim of the type of crime that he was working against, to keep people safe in this city. >> his vehicle was stolen from the scene. a manhunt for his kill cerion going. >>> now to a michigan community in shock after a devastating crash. a suspected drunk driver is caught on camera saturday appearing to speed toward and crash into a boat club, driving about 25 feet through a children's birthday. 15 adults and children were hit and a young brother and sister were killed. the family identifying them as lana and zane. their mother moriah and their older brother jaden were also seriously injured. >> two of the victims were pronounced decea
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joining us, msnbc's yasmin vossoughian outside the courthouse. temidayo aganga-williams, a former prosecuor and defense attorney caroline pull lisi. >> yasmin, jury instrekss under way right now. what's going on? >> jury instructions under way ahead of opening statements, jose and ana. 45 minutes for the prosecution, 25 minutes for the defense. they're doing that because there's going to be a lot of details, much of a timeline, a lot of dates and they don't want to overwhelm the jury in the opening statements process. judgments made from the bench that i want to talk about with you quickly, first, when it comes to the -- evidence if, in fact, the former president decides to testify, judge juan merchan is allowing six various cases to be decided if donald trump it was. talking about the trump payroll judgment, the trump civil fraud -- gag orders as well along with e. jean carol assault case and the defamation case. -- a couple more things happening in court this morning. the former president spoke about how challenging it is to campaign. he said h
joining us, msnbc's yasmin vossoughian outside the courthouse. temidayo aganga-williams, a former prosecuor and defense attorney caroline pull lisi. >> yasmin, jury instrekss under way right now. what's going on? >> jury instructions under way ahead of opening statements, jose and ana. 45 minutes for the prosecution, 25 minutes for the defense. they're doing that because there's going to be a lot of details, much of a timeline, a lot of dates and they don't want to overwhelm the...
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yasmin, give us a sense of what is going on inside. i know you've been closely following what people have been writing from inside. what do we know about donald trump's demeanor and any sense of the vibe inside the courthouse on day two? >> reporter: i think when people showed up today, what we're hearing from inside is that it felt like kind of the first day of school jitters. i think a lot of potential jurors that were showing up today kind of knew the gravity and understood what was going to -- it was going to take to sit on this jury and were quite nervous to start this second day and understanding what it would take away from their lives, but also the potential of what it could mean for the rest of the country. when it comes to the former president of the united states and his demeanor, chris, inside this courtroom, lisa rubin described him as kind of leaning to the left, arms crossed, and eyes closed on and off all throughout the morning. you have to imagine, i mean, this is a pretty long and drawn out period, right? court began
yasmin, give us a sense of what is going on inside. i know you've been closely following what people have been writing from inside. what do we know about donald trump's demeanor and any sense of the vibe inside the courthouse on day two? >> reporter: i think when people showed up today, what we're hearing from inside is that it felt like kind of the first day of school jitters. i think a lot of potential jurors that were showing up today kind of knew the gravity and understood what was...
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msnbc's yasmin vossoughian is among the many people standing by outside the courthouse. you are following our google doc with the reporting coming from inside. what are you following right now? >> reporter: so, we have got a lot of folks that are being excused so far today, ana, because they got right into this thing. so far this morning we have four potential jurors that were excused, three of them, vaughn was talking about a little bit earlier was because of their inability to be impartial. two more also saying it was because of their inability to be impartial. it seems like that one question of do you have political beliefs that you feel like will get in the way of serving as a juror in this trial, and that is the question that is kind of stumping some folks, which is interesting, though, by the way, considering that merchan asked everybody at the beginning of this selection process as to whether or not they can be impartial and if they could not be and raised their hands and they would have been excused. now some of them are saying they cannot be impartial. one more
msnbc's yasmin vossoughian is among the many people standing by outside the courthouse. you are following our google doc with the reporting coming from inside. what are you following right now? >> reporter: so, we have got a lot of folks that are being excused so far today, ana, because they got right into this thing. so far this morning we have four potential jurors that were excused, three of them, vaughn was talking about a little bit earlier was because of their inability to be...
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our yasmin vossoughian is joining us now. so yasmin, trump was indicted in this case a little over a year ago, the first criminal charges brought. it will be now the first case to go to trial. how'd we get here? >> you said it, right? three times is not a charm in this week when it comes to appeals, and it hasn't been successful for the former president, but this dates all the way back, ana, to the access hollywood tape released back in 2016. and i think a lot of folks forget that. let's take a look. >> on august 21st, 2018, michael cohen, donald trump's former fixer pled guilty to eight counts in manhattan federal court. cohen alleged in a court of law donald trump directed him to make illegal payments to influence the 2016 election. >> he worked to pay money to silence two women who had information that he believed would be detrimental to the 2016 campaign. >> those two women, adult film star stormy daniels and playboy playmate karen mcdougal were at the center of hush money payments by michael cohen ahead of the 2016 elect
our yasmin vossoughian is joining us now. so yasmin, trump was indicted in this case a little over a year ago, the first criminal charges brought. it will be now the first case to go to trial. how'd we get here? >> you said it, right? three times is not a charm in this week when it comes to appeals, and it hasn't been successful for the former president, but this dates all the way back, ana, to the access hollywood tape released back in 2016. and i think a lot of folks forget that. let's...
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what exactly happened here, yasmin? >> reporter: yeah, so i'm trying to get an understanding as to why the one was, in fact, dismissed, as we're kind of doing the math here, chris, because i have been looking at the timing of this whole thing, right, and we talk a lot about how this jury selection is going to take some time. they started at 2:34 p.m. that was when judge merchan brought in the first set of jurors out of the first 18, right, into the jury box. it took about 30 minutes to read the rules restrictions for becoming a member of this jury. and he's going to have to do that, by the way, for every set of jurors that comes through. we have 15 that are waiting and left. it's 3:45 right now. court is supposed to adjourn at 4:00 p.m. they're in a short recess, and they've got to get to the lucky number 12, obviously with alternates as well, with 1,500 here today as potential jurors in a pool of 6,000 that we're looking at for the week. i'm trying to drill down as to why that one juror was dismissed. we went from 34 t
what exactly happened here, yasmin? >> reporter: yeah, so i'm trying to get an understanding as to why the one was, in fact, dismissed, as we're kind of doing the math here, chris, because i have been looking at the timing of this whole thing, right, and we talk a lot about how this jury selection is going to take some time. they started at 2:34 p.m. that was when judge merchan brought in the first set of jurors out of the first 18, right, into the jury box. it took about 30 minutes to...
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yasmin vossoughian joins us with more. two different rulings here. what does this mean for abortion access in florida? >> 6-1 in favor of maintaining the 15-week abortion ban, which means ron desantis, the governor's six-week abortion ban, which he signed into law, takes effect in 30 days or so. florida is not going to be a safe haven for the south that it has been historically, especially under the time of roe in other states that were deserts for abortion clinics, where there was only one abortion clinic in those states. but then there was another decision, which is now bringing abortion to the ballot. 4-3 in favor of that. which means in november, floridians will head to the polls to decide whether or not abortion rights should be in the florida state constitution. i want to take a listen to some of the reaction that we got from on the ground in florida and how people are feeling about this. and then we'll talk. >> honestly, i feel like women should not be told what to do, to be honest. so, i think the government needs to stay out of it. >> i beli
yasmin vossoughian joins us with more. two different rulings here. what does this mean for abortion access in florida? >> 6-1 in favor of maintaining the 15-week abortion ban, which means ron desantis, the governor's six-week abortion ban, which he signed into law, takes effect in 30 days or so. florida is not going to be a safe haven for the south that it has been historically, especially under the time of roe in other states that were deserts for abortion clinics, where there was only...
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days later, he was arraigned. >> our yasmin vossoughian with that reporting. thanks. back with us now, paul butler, and joining us someone you just saw in that piece, "new york times" investigative reporter suzanne craig. welcome, suzanne. paul, let me start with you and your legal expertise. we just went through the key players in this case. we mentioned some of the witnesses that could be called by the prosecution. who could have the biggest impact? >> i think hope hicks could be a star witness as she was involved in calls with michael cohen and donald trump and ami. she doesn't have michael cohen's baggage. it's just the opposite. she was team trump all the way during the period that's the subject of this indictment, so that makes her especially credible, and she will be able to connect the hush money payments to trump's presidential ambitions. >> hope hicks, ronna graph, michael cohen, serious trump insiders or former insiders in the case of michael cohen, suzanne. what's your sense of the trump team's mind-set and how concerned trump might be about some of these
days later, he was arraigned. >> our yasmin vossoughian with that reporting. thanks. back with us now, paul butler, and joining us someone you just saw in that piece, "new york times" investigative reporter suzanne craig. welcome, suzanne. paul, let me start with you and your legal expertise. we just went through the key players in this case. we mentioned some of the witnesses that could be called by the prosecution. who could have the biggest impact? >> i think hope hicks...
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joining us now from outside the courthouse is yasmine and we have steve kornacki standing be i to break down what the jury pool is like here in manhattan. and former district attorney for the manhattan d.a., catherine christian. who is this juror and why was she excused and brought back? >> reporter: this juror was a woman living here in manhattan. she was brought back because of those social media posts you talked about. she said that the explanation she gave was the time in 2020 about the honking of the horns reminds her -- >> i'm going to stop you because -- i didn't explain the honking of the horns. can you start there and explain what the posts were? >> reporter: yeah, of course. so the social media post from blanche was about a facebook post this potential juror had posted and she says i think i was going to go to my car for alternate side of the street parking and there were people honking in the street. that was the explanation she gave. she had posted on facebook about back in 2020 of the election that they were celebrating the loss in 2020 of donald trump. her explanation was
joining us now from outside the courthouse is yasmine and we have steve kornacki standing be i to break down what the jury pool is like here in manhattan. and former district attorney for the manhattan d.a., catherine christian. who is this juror and why was she excused and brought back? >> reporter: this juror was a woman living here in manhattan. she was brought back because of those social media posts you talked about. she said that the explanation she gave was the time in 2020 about...
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we begin right here in new york city with nbc's yasmin vossoughian who is outside the courthouse for us. so so many twists and turns already with jury selection at the former president's trial. it's about to pick up again any minute now. what's ahead? >> reporter: voir dire is next, chris. essentially they got the 18 jurors in the box. they have heard the answers to their 42 questions on the questionnaire. next step is we're going to hear from the prosecution and defense, asking them some very specific questions about some of the things that they said. i want to read for you some of what we heard when it came to the question of impartiality and can they put their opinions aside. from one juror we heard, i do have opinions but i firmly believe i can be fair and impartial. and leave those outside of the facts of this case. another juror said, i do believe in innocent until proven guilty. they're going to be digging into statements like this from potential jurors. we started off with 96 potential jurors walking into the room, half come them subsequently walking out after the crucial que
we begin right here in new york city with nbc's yasmin vossoughian who is outside the courthouse for us. so so many twists and turns already with jury selection at the former president's trial. it's about to pick up again any minute now. what's ahead? >> reporter: voir dire is next, chris. essentially they got the 18 jurors in the box. they have heard the answers to their 42 questions on the questionnaire. next step is we're going to hear from the prosecution and defense, asking them some...
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nbc's yasmin vossoughian is at laguardia airport for us. how are things looking? >> reporter: let me show you, chris. i'm going to walk this way to show you exactly what's going on here. let's talk numbers, right. reporting 50,000 travelers going told. 48,000 or so tomorrow, kind of a peak for the season, the confluence of what we're talking about, a lot of spring breakers coming home from spring break and/or folks heading out for the eclipse on monday. i know you're headed there as well. take a look at the board here. you've got delays, some cancellations as well. domestically, country wide. we're looking at about 2,000 or so delays, about 300 cancellations so far. a lot of folks, chris, that are choosing to travel today tell me it's because the end of this spring break is this weekend, better to travel on a thursday and prices may be a little lower. if you go online and look for a plane ticket right about now, those prices are sky high. take a listen. >> the closer we get to this coming weekend, the more expensive it got. that's one of the reasons we decided to
nbc's yasmin vossoughian is at laguardia airport for us. how are things looking? >> reporter: let me show you, chris. i'm going to walk this way to show you exactly what's going on here. let's talk numbers, right. reporting 50,000 travelers going told. 48,000 or so tomorrow, kind of a peak for the season, the confluence of what we're talking about, a lot of spring breakers coming home from spring break and/or folks heading out for the eclipse on monday. i know you're headed there as well....
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some of the other proposals that are cut -- are coming up with -- she insanity of yasmine. >> charles: it would be insult to injury many ways that americans are now grappling with inflation that's back to a four-year high on the base of it picking up yet again and then perhaps next year will have to face on top of that the higher taxes, smaller paychecks. >> yeah, along with potentially, you know, in the ever pay their student debt or, you know, interest rates on credit cards that are, you know, plus 20%, you know, you can only scratch them so far and the thing is that joe biden always promise that taxes wouldn't go up. people making under $400,000 to make any of these tax cuts expire just as gary says that is not the case and we have a bifurcated economy, you know, lowered 60 are living paycheck to paycheck, they can't afford to buy homes or having to rent those costs are going up and if their taxes go up, i fear that the consumers will fall off and if the consumer falls off or whatever percentage of that consumer you get defaults, you back yourself in to a credit situation that's no
some of the other proposals that are cut -- are coming up with -- she insanity of yasmine. >> charles: it would be insult to injury many ways that americans are now grappling with inflation that's back to a four-year high on the base of it picking up yet again and then perhaps next year will have to face on top of that the higher taxes, smaller paychecks. >> yeah, along with potentially, you know, in the ever pay their student debt or, you know, interest rates on credit cards that...
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this has cleared the way for a six-week abortion ban to take effect, and yasmin, what does this mean? >> the supreme court decided to hold up the abortion ban, and that means ron desantis's 6-week abortion ban will take effect in florida, and many states somewhat of a desert when it comes to abortion clinics, and florida was a safe haven for many women around the country. it no longer will be that. however, 4-3, they decided in favor of putting abortion on the ballot come november. we have seen in seven states across this country, which are red states and conservative, abortion rights have won out. we got some reaction from on the ground. josÉ, let's take a listen to what florida are saying there in florida and then talk on the other side. >> i think it's sad to even think of having the option to have an abortion in our state. i think that people should have more morals. >> i have a daughter, so i want to, you know -- also, i am her advocate and she's of age to vote, too, and i hope she exercises that right. >> they are saying maybe florida is in play as it has become a red state ins
this has cleared the way for a six-week abortion ban to take effect, and yasmin, what does this mean? >> the supreme court decided to hold up the abortion ban, and that means ron desantis's 6-week abortion ban will take effect in florida, and many states somewhat of a desert when it comes to abortion clinics, and florida was a safe haven for many women around the country. it no longer will be that. however, 4-3, they decided in favor of putting abortion on the ballot come november. we...
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yasmin, safe travels back. we'll see you soon. >>> round one of the two-month run to the nba finals is under way this weekend. last night denver's two-time mvp nikola jokic led the defending champion nuggets to a 114-103 victory over lebron james and the los angeles lakers in game one of their series. earlier in new york a scary moment in the knicks/sixers game when reigning nba mvp joel embiid slammed home his own pass off the backboard but then fell to the ground in pain, aggravating a knee injury. he did return in the second half and played well. the knicks were sparked by josh hart to a 111-104 win to take game one. meanwhile, the minnesota timberwolves blew out the phoenix suns, 120-95 thanks to 33 points from their electrifying star, anthony edwards. and in cleveland, the cavs' all-star guard donovan mitchell dropped 30 points on the orlando magic in an easy, 9 >>> good sunday morning. the time is 6:12. temperatures starting out in the mid 50s there in oakland. beautiful in walnut creek with a clear start
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yasmin vossoughian is joining us from wilmington, north carolina , which i learned it actually exist. i thought it was delaware. anyway -- geography lesson today. you have covered the jury selection all week long but you are getting it on both fronts. on tuesday, the judge in the trump case will preside over hearing about the gag order. how closely do you think prosecutors will watch what the former presence is tonight at the rally? >> reporter: barry. i think many of the incidents that attorneys for the people have already cited when it came to violations in the gag order were about trump social post that he put out and/or things he said at campaign rallies. they were cited in front of juan merchan. that is why they have set the date of the hearing on tuesday to go over the violations and see what judge juan merchan says. if you find season held in contempt of court because he violated the gag order. i imagine and assume that prosecutors in the case will watch the rally incredibly close. you think about the timing of this. this is the first campaign rally happening after this trial i
yasmin vossoughian is joining us from wilmington, north carolina , which i learned it actually exist. i thought it was delaware. anyway -- geography lesson today. you have covered the jury selection all week long but you are getting it on both fronts. on tuesday, the judge in the trump case will preside over hearing about the gag order. how closely do you think prosecutors will watch what the former presence is tonight at the rally? >> reporter: barry. i think many of the incidents that...
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yasmin but his second store, rossy, does not fall under this approval. sfmta said they did offer a permit for a parklet he would need to remove every day, but ayat says that's not what he used to have outside of rossy. so instead he's protesting in that space. what if sfmta comes and they want to remove it? >> they just have to remove me with it. >> in san francisco, luz pena, abc seven news. >> coachella valley music festival it kicks off a week from today. and for those of us not willing to pay out nearly $600 for a ticket, youtube has us covered. festival organizers partnering with the video site to upgrade its free streaming capabilities this year will include a new multi-view mode, where you can watch artists performing on four stages at once. it also gives users the option to pick which audio they'll listen to. while this multi-view mode is going, the headliners this year, lana del rey, tyler the creor and then we are looking for you. we are the peace corps. with volunteers in more than 60 countries. living together. working together. transforming
yasmin but his second store, rossy, does not fall under this approval. sfmta said they did offer a permit for a parklet he would need to remove every day, but ayat says that's not what he used to have outside of rossy. so instead he's protesting in that space. what if sfmta comes and they want to remove it? >> they just have to remove me with it. >> in san francisco, luz pena, abc seven news. >> coachella valley music festival it kicks off a week from today. and for those of...
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. >> my colleague, yasmin vossoughian is on the campaign trail and is covering the trial from the manhattan courthouse. welcome. walk us through yesterday's dramatic developments and what we can expect next week. >> reporter: i'm at the rally right now. yesterday was incredibly historic. they empaneled 12 jurors and 6 alternates as well. but outside of the courthouse, that's where all of the drama unfolded. this morning, the full jury with 12 people and 6 alternates officially sworn in to hear the hush money trial of donald trump but with a chaotic and disturbing scene friday just across the scene from the courthouse putting everyone on edge. video capturing a man setting himself on fire in the park area reserved for protesters. bright orange flames engulfing his body shortly after. >> i heard someone scream he's going to set himself on fire. i turn around and i saw a man dump liquid on himself and he immediately lit himself with a lighter. >> police were able to extinguish the blaze in several minutes before an ambulance took him to the hospital in critical condition. his motive was unclea
. >> my colleague, yasmin vossoughian is on the campaign trail and is covering the trial from the manhattan courthouse. welcome. walk us through yesterday's dramatic developments and what we can expect next week. >> reporter: i'm at the rally right now. yesterday was incredibly historic. they empaneled 12 jurors and 6 alternates as well. but outside of the courthouse, that's where all of the drama unfolded. this morning, the full jury with 12 people and 6 alternates officially sworn...
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i would also note, jason, another kind of component happening here is when our colleague yasmin vossoughian interviewed one of those excused jurors, she said he looked less orange in person. now, i beg to differ. i don't know if he looks less orange, but the reality is she's seeing a man that is forced to have to sit in court, and you take away all of the bluster, you take away all of this idea in the public and the media about what a big guy this guy is, and he's just this old dude sitting there looking orange and tired. what it does, though, is i think it recalibrates everybody from the judge to the lawyers to the jurors to understand, he's just a guy. he's not a deity. he's not a cult leader. he's just a man who has violated the laws and just like all of us who violate a law, there's going to be consequences. when he violates a gag order, the judge is going to say you're not learning your lesson and i can put you in jail, or i can take you out of court, i can make you sit privately somewhere else. i won't let you have access to a phone. there's remedies and we'll see what happens on tues
i would also note, jason, another kind of component happening here is when our colleague yasmin vossoughian interviewed one of those excused jurors, she said he looked less orange in person. now, i beg to differ. i don't know if he looks less orange, but the reality is she's seeing a man that is forced to have to sit in court, and you take away all of the bluster, you take away all of this idea in the public and the media about what a big guy this guy is, and he's just this old dude sitting...
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thank you so much, danny, adam, for being with us, yasmin, thank you so much for your great reporting out the courthouse. that's going to do it for us this hour. i'm ana cabrera from new york. "deadline: white house" starts right now. >>> hi, everyone. we made it to friday. it's 4:00 in new york on a very busy day of developments at the courthouse in manhattan where day four of the people of the state of new york versus donald trump is currently under way. earlier today a harrowing moment outside of the court where a man set himself on fire in the area designated for protesters. we'll talk about that and the potential security implications later in this broadcast. >>> happening right now inside the courthouse, a pivotal hearing focused on the scope of questioning. if and this is a huge if at this point, donald trump should take the stand in his own defense. with the 12 jurors and six alternate jurors who will determine donald trump's fate now selected, the trump trial has turned to an important question -- one on which the entire trial could ultimately hinge. that is what is fair game
thank you so much, danny, adam, for being with us, yasmin, thank you so much for your great reporting out the courthouse. that's going to do it for us this hour. i'm ana cabrera from new york. "deadline: white house" starts right now. >>> hi, everyone. we made it to friday. it's 4:00 in new york on a very busy day of developments at the courthouse in manhattan where day four of the people of the state of new york versus donald trump is currently under way. earlier today a...
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let's bring in nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian live outside the courthouse in manhattan. also with us is chuck rosenberg and dave aronberg. amanda carpenter is back with us. tell us what's happening inside the courtroom. >> reporter: this is exactly what we predicted would happen. juror number nine came in, had some concerns about media attention with the trial. it's something we predicted could happen after two days of thinking about the gravity of this case, the nature of the case, the attention surrounding the case as well. they went into the judge's chambers, both the prosecution and the defense, to have a private conversation with juror number nine as the former president of the united states sat at the defense table all by himself because he said he didn't want to be involved in any of the side-bar conversations. as they emerged from the judge's chambers, it seems as if juror number nine is remaining inside this jury pool. it's five women, seven men with six alternates. one other thing i want to add, it seems as if the trial will go into recess at 12:30 this afterno
let's bring in nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian live outside the courthouse in manhattan. also with us is chuck rosenberg and dave aronberg. amanda carpenter is back with us. tell us what's happening inside the courtroom. >> reporter: this is exactly what we predicted would happen. juror number nine came in, had some concerns about media attention with the trial. it's something we predicted could happen after two days of thinking about the gravity of this case, the nature of the...