host: can be hold on just a second? former trump -- president trump is outside the new york courtroom. >> we have this company. i put up 175 million dollars in cash but she says the bonding company is no good. she doesn't like the bonding company because she doesn't know if the collateral is good. i put up 175 million in cash and she is questioning the bonding company. when the number is 175 which is what we are supposed to be putting up and we put it in cash, she shouldn't be complaining about the bonding company. i put up the money. i have plenty of money to put up. nobody is going to be listening or coming to new york anymore. businesses are going to be fleeing because people are treated so badly. it has got to be the most unfriendly place to do business. that is why businesses and people are leaving. on the letitia james case, the worst attorney general in the country by the way. and she is keeping business out of new york. businesses that are here are leaving. that means jobs and...

we will continue on with this question about your level of excitement in the election. today marks the opening arguments in the former president's first criminal trial based out of new york city. other legal aspects of the former president are expected to come into play this weekend helping us sort what to expect is devlin barrett who serves as the justice reporter and also the newsletter co-authored of the trump trials newsletter. good morning, mr. barrett. guest: good morning. how are you? host: i am well, thank you, and thank you for giving us your time. guest: sure. host: everybody is paying attention today. we have a jury. what happens today? guest: so today we will have opening arguments and will probably get the first witness and obviously it is a big moment. never had a trial like this in american history, and it will be a test of the system, and it will be a pretty momentous thing. host: as far as the opening witness, who do we expect? guest: at this point, we expect it to be...