that is very basic. even merchan agrees with that. but he allowed the prosecutors again and again to stress it to the jury. if you are the jury sitting there you are saying to yourself they wouldn't have the prosecutors tell me that 127 times unless it was important. >> bill: andy, you sound like roy comb. he was a lawyer in new york for a long time, took trump under his wing when he was a much younger man, and he would say don't tell me what the law is, tell me who the judge is. the answer you just gave sounds a lot like what he would say. find me the right judge. do you stand by that? >> well, in that particular bill i will take the comparison to him. i must say i haven't often been compared to him in my career, but i do think it was incredibly important who the judge was and the make or break in this case is that the judge has indicated

hands or will be soon, of 12 ordinary americans. as you just said, the former president walked into court giving a thumbs up but did not make any comments this morning. he has always every morning basically lambasted and criticized this case but in a few moments the jury will