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. >> i want to bring back our panel, vaughn hillyard, danny cevallos, catherine christian, and jeremy soland. okay, jeremy, i just got new statistics in, are you ready? are you sitting down? >> i am sitting. >> the total cohen time on the stand, 12 hours, 52 minutes. total cohen cross, 4 hours and 40 minutes. high point, low point so far that the jurors may take away from this? >> i think the low point, depending how you're defining this is the cross. i don't think the cross has hammered home what the defense wants to hammer home. the high point for the prosecution is he was contrite, yeah, he lied. again, may not want him to be your neighborhood or date your daughter, but he told you what it is, and you know what, we can back it up with hope hicks within reason, phone call logs and documents within reason. it's going well for the prosecution. proof beyond a reasonable doubt, we'll see. it's going well. >> 13 hours is what we're approaching and we have a little ways to go about what you expected. does it just feel long? >> i had colleagues that would give six hour summations and acqui
. >> i want to bring back our panel, vaughn hillyard, danny cevallos, catherine christian, and jeremy soland. okay, jeremy, i just got new statistics in, are you ready? are you sitting down? >> i am sitting. >> the total cohen time on the stand, 12 hours, 52 minutes. total cohen cross, 4 hours and 40 minutes. high point, low point so far that the jurors may take away from this? >> i think the low point, depending how you're defining this is the cross. i don't think the...
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>> joining us to discuss all that, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, a criminal defense attorney and kristin gibb bin fed din, along with former prosecute bernard villalona. we'll head out to the courthouse in just a moment as we establish our contact with yasmin vossoughian on scene. we can take our viewers inside a little bit to what's happening with this cross-examination, a lot of discussion about what cohen was dealing with in his own business dealings during the time of the 2016 election, from his taxi medallion business down to then dealing with david pecker. >> they're also talking about what was he doing specific days and weeks. blanche right now asking cohen about what was happening the week of october 24th, the 25th, the 26th. and blanche asking him about trump's daughter on october 25th.her, communicating with her, that someone was trying to blackmail her. yes, says cohen. it's once again this pattern of establishing a timeline, a day, a week of cohen's life. i presume it's going to go into details of possible contradictions there. >> there was one other major development
>> joining us to discuss all that, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, a criminal defense attorney and kristin gibb bin fed din, along with former prosecute bernard villalona. we'll head out to the courthouse in just a moment as we establish our contact with yasmin vossoughian on scene. we can take our viewers inside a little bit to what's happening with this cross-examination, a lot of discussion about what cohen was dealing with in his own business dealings during the time of the 2016...
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cevallos, katie phang, former trial attorney, host of "the katie phang show" saturdays at noon on msnbc. the jury just about has all their instructions now. we talked about how important these instructions are, anything that came out in this past hour that stood out to you? >> we were just talking about it, when yasmin was speaking, they don't really have the instructions. that's a part that kind of sticks with me a little bit. >> what do you mean, they don't really have them? >> you have merchan reading them. it is one thing to hear it, it is another thing to have it and see it and touch it. >> i'm one of those people. i need to see it. >> i am too. and catherine was explaining, in new york, this is how it goes. they don't get the jury instructions in the jury room. when you have laura jarrett. plaining to us from inside the courtroom there may be notes being taken, but these jury instructions are kind of complex. they're not your straightforward assault and battery, for example, jury instructions. it gets me a little bit wary that the jurors will go in and they will not have the benef
cevallos, katie phang, former trial attorney, host of "the katie phang show" saturdays at noon on msnbc. the jury just about has all their instructions now. we talked about how important these instructions are, anything that came out in this past hour that stood out to you? >> we were just talking about it, when yasmin was speaking, they don't really have the instructions. that's a part that kind of sticks with me a little bit. >> what do you mean, they don't really have...
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we want to turn to legal analyst, danny cevallos. danny, good morning. the defense is able to present an alibi. in this case what the defense is offering isn't exactly an alibi. it's not saying i was over here during something else with someone else at the time which is saying i couldn't be there because i was here, the cell phone towers weren't pinging. >> the defense doesn't normally have the burden. but if they are going to say, i was somewhere else, then they have to provide evidence so the prosecution can track down things like surveillance video and other evidence to disprove that theory. idaho law requires you give that advanced notice. the problem here is the notice they were given is that he was generally driving around in an area that was close to the murders. and the prosecutors actually point out that your alibi is actually the same thing as what we allege in our affidavit. >> so why are they fighting to keep it out? why wouldn't they just say exactly. you were driving around and no one knows where you were. >> right. they could take that app
we want to turn to legal analyst, danny cevallos. danny, good morning. the defense is able to present an alibi. in this case what the defense is offering isn't exactly an alibi. it's not saying i was over here during something else with someone else at the time which is saying i couldn't be there because i was here, the cell phone towers weren't pinging. >> the defense doesn't normally have the burden. but if they are going to say, i was somewhere else, then they have to provide evidence...
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. >> joining our conversation, msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos. this is a very interesting line of questioning about what yasmin was just bringing up. this is a moment when later the prosecution can say this here is when you've got most to lose or less to lose. how do you think that the defense has been able to do so far in this part? >> you're talking about michael cohen agreeing to plead guilty and the whole i was coerced. the great chuck rosenberg stole some of my thunder before i got out here. he made a great point which i wanted to talk about. for me guilty plea hearings are have harrowing. has anyone promised you or threatened you to accept this plea. in a defendant's mine, heck yeah, i'm being threatened with prosecution. yeah, it feels very coercive, and i can't tell you how often a plea hearing will stop and the judge says you've got to go talk to your guy, and then you come back and work everything out because it's really difficult for defendants to make the distinction between hey, i'm pleads guilty pursuant to a deal but it feels like
. >> joining our conversation, msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos. this is a very interesting line of questioning about what yasmin was just bringing up. this is a moment when later the prosecution can say this here is when you've got most to lose or less to lose. how do you think that the defense has been able to do so far in this part? >> you're talking about michael cohen agreeing to plead guilty and the whole i was coerced. the great chuck rosenberg stole some of my thunder...
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msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, thank you for your insights this morning. have a good weekend. >>> still ahead here on "morning joe," donald trump touts his relationship with vladimir putin in new claims that the ex-president can get russia to free imprisoned "wall street journal" reporter evan gesh co schviz. >>> plus, we'll go to beijing amid tightened tension over taiwan and beijing. we'll be back in 90 seconds. in . (bell ringing) someone needs to customize and save hundreds with liberty mutual! (inaudible sounds) (elevator doors opening) wait, there's an elevator? only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, ♪ ♪ liberty. ♪ >>> welcome back. 6:22 a.m. on the east coast as we turn to look at news from overseas. china has staged drills for a second consecutive day with a clear message aimed at taiwan. reuters reports that the beijing government conducted mock missile strikes today and dispatched bombers carrying live missiles in exercises designed to punish the island for, quote, separatist acts in the wake of that country electing a n
msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, thank you for your insights this morning. have a good weekend. >>> still ahead here on "morning joe," donald trump touts his relationship with vladimir putin in new claims that the ex-president can get russia to free imprisoned "wall street journal" reporter evan gesh co schviz. >>> plus, we'll go to beijing amid tightened tension over taiwan and beijing. we'll be back in 90 seconds. in . (bell ringing) someone needs to...
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. >> joining us on set is danny cevallos. stormy daniels, according to her attorney, will testify in this hush-money trial. we know her significance to the larger story, but how significant a prosecution witness might she be in this case? >> she's significant in terms of star factor. we're all interested in hearing what she has to say. i'm not even that sure the prosecution would need stormy daniels from an evidence perspective, because they've got all elements of the transaction, the michael cohen payment to stormy daniels and now yesterday a lot of the reimbursement to michael cohen for that payment to stormy daniels. they got a lot of the testimony i think they needed from keith davidson about that transaction to stormy daniels. obviously daniels is not even involved in the reimbursement to cohen from trump. in terms of splash factor, huge today. everybody wants to hear what stormy daniels will say. frankly, i think she represents something of a risk to the prosecution. they don't have a ton of control over here, so they m
. >> joining us on set is danny cevallos. stormy daniels, according to her attorney, will testify in this hush-money trial. we know her significance to the larger story, but how significant a prosecution witness might she be in this case? >> she's significant in terms of star factor. we're all interested in hearing what she has to say. i'm not even that sure the prosecution would need stormy daniels from an evidence perspective, because they've got all elements of the transaction,...
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msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. we also have to talk about the criminal hush money trial with former president donald trump. >> right. >> which we'll get to now. it could wrap up next week. we'll find out from the experts here. star witness michael cohen is set to return to the stand on monday after trump's legal team tried to hammer away at his credibility yesterday. court is in recess today, so the former president can attend his son, barron's, high school graduation this morning. lead defense attorney todd blanche says cohen's questioning will likely wrap up on monday. the prosecution has said it does not plan to call any additional witnesses, and the defense says it may not call any either. that means closing arguments could begin as early as tuesday, clearing the way for jury deliberations by the end of next week. but hold on a second, willie. lisa, am i wrote about that? you shook your head. >> i was talking to someone in the control room. i'm lifting the curtain, i'm sorry. >> go ahead and communicate. i want
msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. we also have to talk about the criminal hush money trial with former president donald trump. >> right. >> which we'll get to now. it could wrap up next week. we'll find out from the experts here. star witness michael cohen is set to return to the stand on monday after trump's legal team tried to hammer away at his credibility yesterday. court is in recess today, so the former president can attend his son, barron's, high school graduation this...
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i want to turn now to nbc news legal analyst, danny cevallos. so there were a lot of different things that the defense was hoping to get re-tested. only one piece of evidence will be. what do you make of that? >> really, what the judge did was basically deny the motion, almost in its entirety. concluding that the items in the van are no longer in custody. the hammer, the glove, the things that washed ashore, the defense didn't meet their burden. that's the key. they have the burden here to show that they could be connected and that they, if tested, could result in a different outcome. and the judge concluded that to everything, other than the duct tape, they didn't make that showing. and it makes sense with the duct tape, it's known that it was actually attached to laci. there's a stronger argument to be made that dna could yield something interesting. >> so with that tiny piece of re-tested, evidence, if it does show something, is that all it takes for a new trial? >> the dna is the most common, most successful, newly discovered piece of eviden
i want to turn now to nbc news legal analyst, danny cevallos. so there were a lot of different things that the defense was hoping to get re-tested. only one piece of evidence will be. what do you make of that? >> really, what the judge did was basically deny the motion, almost in its entirety. concluding that the items in the van are no longer in custody. the hammer, the glove, the things that washed ashore, the defense didn't meet their burden. that's the key. they have the burden here...
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let me bring back laura jarrett, and legal correspondent danny cevallos and legal analyst. a lot to pars through here. a lot of claims here. let's pick one. >> let's start with the gag order. >> the gag order. he did make comments, obviously referencing michael cohen. that is who he was discussing. michael cohen and the former president certainly covered by this -- >> see the purpose of the gag order, remember, is to protect the witnesses have being attacked. so that it doesn't influence their testimony. the purpose of the gag order, is to be in place for the duration of the trial. and when he was fined before, for his violations of the gag order, it was for making references about michael cohen. i'm interested to see now that the trial is completed, the attorneys asked for clarification, is he still under the terms of this gag order until sentencing. because there is an argument from the defense side to say now trielt is order, he should be allowed to say whatever he wants. i could see the prosecutors pushing back on that if there is still witness intimidation. that is a i
let me bring back laura jarrett, and legal correspondent danny cevallos and legal analyst. a lot to pars through here. a lot of claims here. let's pick one. >> let's start with the gag order. >> the gag order. he did make comments, obviously referencing michael cohen. that is who he was discussing. michael cohen and the former president certainly covered by this -- >> see the purpose of the gag order, remember, is to protect the witnesses have being attacked. so that it...
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. >> christy greenberg and danny cevallos is with us, dave aronberg as well. greg, i'll start with you. thoughts on how the prosecution and defense have performed so far? how damaging was the drama last night with the trump witness and the judge having to clear the courtroom? overall, where do you think both sides stand, knowing you cannot predict where a jury will go? >> that's right. so i think yesterday's episode with mr. costello is clearly not good for the defense. >> but how not good? >> it depends on how the jury viewed it. a lot of what happened did not happen in the presence of the jury, so we have to discount the impact in terms of the jury's impression. what the jury did see, to the extent that it caused the jury to detect that the judge was not happy and to the extent that the jury really likes the judge, which is typically the case, the jury would be left with a negative impression most likely. the prosecution seemed to have put on its case the way it wants to. the judge has bent over backwards to protect the rights of the defendant throughout the
. >> christy greenberg and danny cevallos is with us, dave aronberg as well. greg, i'll start with you. thoughts on how the prosecution and defense have performed so far? how damaging was the drama last night with the trump witness and the judge having to clear the courtroom? overall, where do you think both sides stand, knowing you cannot predict where a jury will go? >> that's right. so i think yesterday's episode with mr. costello is clearly not good for the defense. >> but...
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cevallos and former assistant district attorney in manhattan nbc news legal analyst catherine christian. good morning to you all. vaughan, we will start with you and let you set the scene, what we expect in the next 20 minutes or so. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, willie. former president trump is actively on his way here to lower manhattan, making his way southbound, the three and a half miles from trump tower. today is the day that the jury could decide on whether he is guilty or acquitted on the 34 felony counts for the falsification of business records. after five weeks of testimony this trial is nearing its end. yesterday the prosecution delivering closing arguments for 4 hours and 40 minutes well after the 8:00 p.m. eastern hour. the defense for donald trump, it's part, three hours of closing arguments. it was a long way for this jury. they are actively here reconvening now inside of this courthouse. at 10:00 a.m. eastern time just a little over 20 minutes from now, the court will formally reconvene. jury instructions will be delivered by judge merchan to these 12 jurors who are
cevallos and former assistant district attorney in manhattan nbc news legal analyst catherine christian. good morning to you all. vaughan, we will start with you and let you set the scene, what we expect in the next 20 minutes or so. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, willie. former president trump is actively on his way here to lower manhattan, making his way southbound, the three and a half miles from trump tower. today is the day that the jury could decide on whether he is guilty or...
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. >>> let's bring in msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos and former assistant district attorney in manhattan, msnbc legal analyst catherine christian. good morning to you both. michael cohen is back on the stand, resuming the testimony under direct questioning from the prosecution yesterday. perhaps we'll see him on cross examination beginning after lunch sometime today, but where do we pick up today, how impactful was yesterday? >> it was very impactful, but not a surprise because the prosecution never would have called michael cohen if he didn't have valuable information for them, because he's somebody that comes with a lot of liabilities and risks. and the reason they called him so close to the end is because they spent all this time introducing evidence and testimony that would in advance support michael cohen's testimony. so i think yesterday's testimony on the whole went generally well for the prosecution, not a surprise. michael cohen, by all accounts, appeared more subdued, but the real test is when cross examination begins. i believe that will happen today. the prosecution's theme h
. >>> let's bring in msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos and former assistant district attorney in manhattan, msnbc legal analyst catherine christian. good morning to you both. michael cohen is back on the stand, resuming the testimony under direct questioning from the prosecution yesterday. perhaps we'll see him on cross examination beginning after lunch sometime today, but where do we pick up today, how impactful was yesterday? >> it was very impactful, but not a surprise...