eric shawn, thank you very much for the detail. startling to hear the autopsy photos in such detail from eric shawn. i want to bring in leo terrell, attorney and fox news contributor joining me now. leo, you and i had planned to talk about a whole host of things today. everything changes for breaking news. your immediate thoughts when you learned that at one point a superstar and then an alleged double murderer and you heard all of the detail that eric shawn just gave, what were your immediate thoughts when you learned that o.j. simpson was dead this morning? >> well first of all i was getting ready to appear on your show for some unrelated issues and heard the news and shocked. my phone blew up. as you know, i met eric and many other people. i covered that trial. i had the opportunity to cover it for the local fox affiliate and i think a lot of people on fox news got to know me because i was on hannity every night. i worked on that case from the standpoint of giving legal commentary every night. it is a shocking event. what happen

eric shawn is up on what comes next. eric? >> hi, sandra. very quickly it just happen all the jurors are now seated. the 12 jurors who will sit in judgment of former president trump and how the six alternates. those alternates will listen to all the evidence and all the testimony and only be brought in if a juror drops out during the trial because of sickness or some other reason. one of the new alternate jurors as a woman, she is married, she has two elementary aged children, she gets her news from tthe new york, new york, times from reuters international as well as bbc she is on facebook, she does not listen to talk radio, so you get an indication of some of her interests. also there is a man who is an audio engineer professional, has a bit of a sense of humor because during the questioning he said there is a problem with a mic to the judge. if there's a problem with the microphone i can fix it. he also says he can be fair and impartial and also there is a woman who gets her news from "the new york times" and google. she is from chinatown.

we get to eric shawn outside the courthouse. eric. >> good morning, shannon and dana. today defense attorney for the former president will try and show that buying karen mcdougal's story was routine. he will continue his cross examination of david pecker to try to demolish alvin bragg's case against the former president. pecker has taken the stand now day four of his testimony. he said he still considers him a friend of trump's and testified about the catch and kill deal to protect the former president running as a candidate in 2016. he said he and trump for years had swapped salacious stories and tips and killed those stories in the "national enquirer" for decades. he bought stories to kill about alleged affairs from arnold schwarzenegger and tiger woods and others. when karen mcdougal wanted to get paid for her story it was business to buy that and kill it, too, he said. under cross examination trump's lawyer tried to shake pecker's memory asking how many meetings has he had with prosecutors? pecker, i don't have my calendar in front of me. it's hard to remember the

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steve, back to you. >> steve: all right, eric shawn, lower manhattan, eric, thank you very much.regg jarrett to talk about this. imreg, good morning good mornig to you. >> good morning, steve court adjourned on friday. i don't want anybody talking about this case. they are playing over in their heads what they heard last week put yourself on the jury if you were one of those jurors who heard what you heard what's your headline today? >> i think the jurors could be forgiven for wondering where's the crime? because nothing in the courtroom last week dealt with the actual charges, none of the witnesses actually testified about any relevant crime recognized by law. instead, it was sort of this weird kabuki theater or theater of the absurd, steve, david pecker who ran what we nude the tabloid was sleazy, promoting and killing stories. but, steve, that's not a crime. paying people for their silence is not a crime. influencing an election is not a crime, either. that's what campaigns are designed to do. yet, alvin bragg's legal minions in court keep using the words "conspiracy" and "fra

eric shawn keeping tabs on the trial. griff jenkins reports at george washington university in d.c. and jonathan turley has legal reaction to all of this and where we might be headed, next. first though, top of the hour. and top of the news with bryan llenas who has been at columbia university since, i think, 4:00 this morning. bryan, bring us up to date at 10:00 eastern time now. hello. >> bryan: bill, good morning. 10:00 eastern, some 10 hours since those students went into hamilton hall, stormed in and have occupied it. we have still not heard specifically from the president of the university or officially from the university about how they plan on getting those students out of hamilton hall, what we have heard from them is a plan to limit access to the main campus just days before final exams. that is what we are seeing here. the only people allowed on campus right now are those students who have housing on this main campus and essential personnel, whoever they deem to be essential. now, look, this is a campus with the main library and places for people to study, dining halls an

eric shawn has more from new york. >> i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense.n't know marked it down as a legal expense. i should be right now in pennsylvania, in florida, in in many other states, north carolina, georgia campaigning. >> former president donald trump returning to a new york courtroom tuesday. the search for 12 jurors and six alternates continues in its hush money trial. once they are selected, they will be tasked with deciding whether the former president is guilty of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 presidential race. he has pled not guilty. there's no chance of a fair trial here, remember, just because it's a jury doesn't mean that the judge can't sway them to go one way or another or make things difficult. >> so that jury selection is impossible. >> on monday, the first group of 96 prospective jurors were asked if they could be fair and impartial. more than 50 said they could not be and they were dismissed. one of the prospects said, quote, i feel that no one is above the law. whether it's the former pres,

eric shawn is in new york city. we will begin with alexis. >> good morning, it has been a busy day in midtown manhattan for former president donald trump who will be heading back to the courthouse, where he's been for seven days and counting. he stopped to talk to union and construction workers, trying to gain traction in deep blue new york, which he says he plans to change to red much watch. >> you are 10 points behind president biden, do you think it is doable in new york? >> we are close in new york and leading in the country by a lot. polls just came out, we are up in every swing state by a lot. i think we'll do well and make a play for new york. >> make a play for new york while he's here in court, if he has to be in a courtroom, bring the campaign trail to donald trump. he spoke at the construction ground and the former president joined by local union members and the crowd was loud. supporters talked about projects in new york and quality issues they face on a daily basis. they are trying to connect with union

eric shawn is outside the courthouse this morning. good morning, eric. >> good morning, bret. prosecutors want donald trump to cut it out. that hearing underway in just under half an hour from now. we'll find out if judge merchan does hold the former president in contempt of court. he could be fined. prosecutors from alvin bragg's office want the judge to warn the former president he could go to jail for up to 30 days if he does not stop. the former president could be socked with fines up to $10,000 as he has continued to attack witnesses in this case. one example that prosecutors have cited is this truth social post saying quote, as disgraced attorney and michael cohen been prosecuted for lying? only trump people get prosecuted by the judge and these thugs. michael cohen is the star witness about what -- the criminal election conspiracy carried out by trump and the "national enquirer" publisher to corrupt the 2016 presidential race by helping to suppress news of trump's sex scandals. the former president thought he the checks were for cohen's legal work but not to pay off sto

eric shawn, great reporting. phil holloway former assistant district attorney, former police officer and legal advisor to georgia sheriff's department. we don't want to get into the individuals on this case that they are trying to seat the jurors. they are having a hard enough time as it is without too many details out there. this was going to be hard anyway. this is new york city where trump made his name. >> great to be with you as always. the sixth amendment guarantees all criminal defendants a lot of rights but the one that we're focusing on here is the right to an impartial jury. of course, due process also says you have the right as a criminal defendant to an impartial judge. those are the themes that we're seeing coming out of the courtroom. there are major questions about whether the lawyers for donald trump can, in fact, find an impartial jury. and that is ultimately the judge's job. the judge, of course, himself has to be impartial and unbiased. there have been claims, some of them i think have at least

for right now this fraud trial is still set to start on april 15th. >> harris: eric shawn, thank you very much. matthew whitaker former acting attorney general under former president trump is with me here live. let's start with the gag order. i want to ask what you know about this judge's family and what the president did in response to reports that were around the judge's daughter. talk to me. >> there has been several things. we need to understand this democrat -- judge is a democrat appointed by democrats and donated to joe biden's campaign. there is no doubt who he prefers in this case. that's concerning. the second thing is his daughter runs a digital consulting firm that sends out the emails that we all get too many of and raised almost $1 hundred million for adam schiff and the democrats in the senate. based on this trial and these charges by alvin bragg. now, there was some allegation in the court filings by the president's team that on twitter this daughter was very active and had done some pretty outlandish things. >> harris: somebody changed her profile picture to look lik

thank you, eric shawn. >> bill: rfk, jr.en and the former president, donald trump. this as the third party challenger threatens to draw a significant chunk of the vote. alexandria hoff has more from d.c. five, 10%. who knows until they vote? >> that's right. good morning to you. who rfk, jr. pull more votes from is a hotly-debated question for months now and little time for the trump and biden campaign to try to ask that. both are on the hunt now. trump said rfk, jr. is a democrat. a vote for junior would be a wasted protest vote. rfk, jr. responded on x saturday calling trump's post unhinged and within that challenged him to a debate. here he is yesterday. >> he is telling you vote out of fear. they are trying to manipulate you into abandoning your values. >> it works both ways. president biden campaigned in philadelphia this month he was joined by the democrat dynasty kennedy family showing that they endorsed his campaign over the son of bobby kennedy. president biden fell further behind former president trump, nine points

eric shawn has the preview live outside court today. eric, to you, good morning. >> hey, bill. right you are. they didn't have much luck yesterday. maybe more luck today because yesterday more than half of the prospective jurors were dismissed because they said they could not be fair to former president trump. in court yesterday basically more than 50 of those jurors of 96 called were dismissed after they raised their hands when asked if they could not be impartial to the defendant. the first batch of 18 jurors sat in the jury box feet from the former president while he continues to slam these proceedings. >> it's a scam. political witch hunt. it continues. it continues forever and we won't be given a fair trial. it is a very sad thing. >> the jurors will remain anonymous. they could be seen reacting to the former president in the courtroom. some stared at him. one woman in the rear of the courtroom giggled for a while. one juror said i feel that no one is above the law whether it's the former president or a janitor. another said i just couldn't do it. others said they could be

. >> shannon: eric shawn is covering it outside the courthouse. good morning, eric. >> good morning, shannon and dana. prosecutors have had a chance to try to tie former president trump to buying those stories of mcdougal and daniels in order to protect his election chances in 2016. but so far this jury has not heard that. and right now the former president's lawyer is cross examining david pecker and perhaps we can get to that later on this morning or sometime this afternoon. right now pecker back on the stand after he testified that he paid former playboy playmate mcduly ago to ditch her story to protect his friend and his presidential campaign. it was also the goal of michael cohen. so far there has been no mention that pecker was directed personally and directly by donald trump himself to buy off the two women to protect his election chances. that's the key to the prosecution case. d.a. alvin] charged 34 counts of falsifying business records at felonies. the defense attorney's goal is try to separate his client from the deal making that pecker

eric shawn joins us from outside the courthouse. stu. man, is he angry, former president trump arriving -- >> never done that before -- >> reporter: in this as the lawyers are in court now talking to the prospective jurors to get the 12 that will finally, they hope, start opening arguments on monday. as far as the jury's concerned, they all promised they would judge this case fairly and appropriately. but the former president arrived here wanting to have that gag order lifted. here's what he said. [no audio] >> and the conflict has to end with the judge. the judgement has a conflict -- the judge has a conflict, the worst i've ever seen, and it has to end with the judge. the gag order has to come off. i should be allowed to speak. every time i come out to speak to you, i want to be open because we did absolutely nothing wrong. >> reporter: and some of the views expressed by a few of the jurors have also raised eyebrows. trump's attorneys tried to keep up one woman off the jury who was critical of him and told the court, close, i don'

eric shawn live outside the courthouse in manhattan for us, what's the latest out of the courtroom at this hour? >> eric: the latest is revelations behind the curtain, pecker revealing the site down my secret partnership between the tabloid and donald trump. fentanyl back on the stand for a second day in the courtroom discussing that relationship. he is a longtime friend of the former president and a detailed from the stand how the tabloid slanted its coverage to help trump's election campaign in 2016. he said that the tabloid would write positive stories about trump but negative ones about his republican primary opponents like ted cruz, marco rubio, and ben carson. slamming them with negative headlines and articles. he said the so-called "catch and kill" plan paying for negative information about trump and never publishing it was highly confidential and it came up during an august 2015 meeting at trump tower with trump, trump's lawyer michael cohen, and himself. that's when they made the agreement he said and the arrangement to kill negative stories about trump when he was a candidat

bill, back to you. >> bill: thanks eric shawn working on monday with full coverage. six minutes past the hour. >> our most immediate concern has been that individual or small groups will draw some kind of twisted inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks here at home. but now increasingly concerning is the potential for a coordinated attack here in the homeland. >> bill: chris wray with some ominous testimony warning the u.s. is vulnerable to a terror attack like the one in moscow in a concert hall that killed 140 people. we could look at it from 35,000 feet or take it right to the border. go to mike garcia, republican congressman on this exchange about that. >> can i get a simple yes or no in response to this question? does the open border policy make your job easier or harder? >> i have been consistent over the years, frankly, in citing my concerns about the threats that emanate from the border. >> okay. >> as to the long narrative you went through at the beginning, needless to say i disagree strongly. >> bill: the question is yes or no, m

first we'll get right to fox news senior correspondent eric shawn following this outside the new york state supreme court house in lower manhattan. >> the prosecution case rests on one allegation, that former president trump wanted to buy karen mcdougal's story and keep it hidden so it wouldn't hurt his presidential campaign. it turns out that's not what the president wanted, that then candidate trump did not want to buy karen mcdougal's story is what david pecker testified. he is on stand for a fourth day. he is trump's friend and former publisher of the "national enquirer" describing through the testimony you he and cohen arranged to pay store for east that could hurt trump. he bought the rights to karen mcdougal's claim that she had had a 10-month long affair with trump. he also testified that trump did not want that purchase to go through. that's a direct conflict with and contradiction of alvin bragg's whole theory that trump orchestrated the alleged election interference scheme to help his presidential prospects. pecker told the jury he told trump that mcdougal's story should be

eric shawn is outside the supreme court building in lower manhattan. let's begin with you for a brand-new hour. >> good morning, bill. can you be fair and impartial to former president donald trump? that is the the key question that prospective jurors will be asked this morning as jury selection in this trial has gotten underway. when he arrived this morning at the manhattan criminal court the former president pumped his fist in the air almost seeming as a victory. in the hallway he again slammed the prosecution and called it an honor to be here. >> the assault on our country. a country that's failing, a country run by an incompetent man who is very much involved in this case. this is really an attack on a political opponent. that's all it is. i'm very honored to be here. >> 100 people at a time will be called into the courtroom for jury selection where the former president will be seated. the judge will explain the case to the jurors and ask them if any of them cannot serve. then those who are weeded out, the remaining jurors will be given a jury ques

not have the public and not have those outside the doors that were friends of his covering him, eric shawnh obviously a very intimate perspective on that, thank you very much, eric. >> john: let's bring in joe concha for more on this. and the passing of o.j. simpson i really do think cut turkey always some people are continued to be friends with him, some continued to admire him for what he didn't sports and then you have people like caitlyn jenner who was bruce jenner knew him quite well and simply tweeted today "good riddance" what do you think? >> i think people that are friends with him admired him for his accomplishments after leaving football or his athletic accomplish rents which are the 1% at 899% of people now at this point no to eric shawn's point terkel people lost their lives in the most drizzly and brutal ways possible and o.j. simpson should have died in prison and been convicted in 1994 but when you look back 30 years ago and look at the fact the slow speed chase june 17th 199,495,000,000 people tuned in the trial ends the verdict when that was handed down declaring o.j. sim

. >> lawrence: eric shawn is outside of the new york state supreme court with more. eric?> hey lawrence, and guys, good morning all. seven jurors have been picked five more to get to 12 who will sit in judgment of former president trump and then they will need six alternates. as you said, the opening statements in this trial could come as early as next week. in about two hours or, # 6 potential jurors brought into the courtroom and ask if they could fair and impartial former president trump has been complaining about this process. he says judge juan merchan is not letting him side bounce enough potential jurors that may not like him. in new york state law both the defense and the prosecution have 10 strikes to try to bar people who they think would be unfair from being seated. the former president continued to slam in case at every opportunity. it's alvin bragg's fault. he does nothing. he goes after guys like trump, who did nothing wrong. violent criminals murderers they know there are hundreds of murderers all over the city. they know who they are. they don't pick them u

senior correspondent eric shawn is outside the new york state supreme court right now with more on this, eric, they are in the short break. bring us up to speed. >> eric: yeah, the president, harris, former president just arrived back into the courtroom sitting down after this recess and this proceeding will resume. this after mr. trump was found in contempt of court. judge juan merchan has find him $9,000. that's $1,000 each for nine different violations of the judge's gag order, in which the judge said that the former president attacked witnesses like michael cohen and others on truth social and campaign website. the judge even threatened if mr, threatened to send him to jail. well, the court proceedings continuing a moment from now. that witness that you mentioned, mr. farro, has now finished his testimony for the morning. and he is done. trump has said that the gag order is a violation of his constitutional rights. the prosecutors have branded his attacks to threats to the witnesses and proceedings. here is what judge merchan ruled saying, quote: the court will not tolerate continue

eric shawn is standing by outside the courthouse this morning in new york city. hi, eric. >> good morning, martha. the first witness in the trial expected to be david pecker. he was the publisher of the "national enquirer" and friend of former president trump expected to testify against him according to reports. pecker, when he takes the stand, is expected to outline the so-called catch and kill scheme was cooked up with trump running for president at the time and his long time lawyer michael cohen. ami admitted it tried to influence the 2016 presidential election by paying former playmate mcdougal $150,000 to keep the story of her alleged affair with trump under wraps during the campaign on top of the $130,000 cohen says he paid stormy daniels. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg said trump said they were for cohen's legal fees. >> the grand jury found 34 documents with this critical false statement. why did donald trump repeatedly make these false statements? the evidence will show that he did so to cover up crimes relating to the 2016 election. >> but the f

. >> sandra: looking forward to that and eric shawn first outside the supreme court for us in lower manhattan with the very latest at this hour. hi. >> hello, sandra and the court is on schedule. yes. the jury right now on lunch. earlier this morning the cross-examination of the first witness david pecker was completed and then it was the opportunity for the prosecution to have its redirect. basically during the initial direct examination it was trump's attorney who tried to show that former president trump had nothing to do with the alleged conspiracy to interfere with the presidential election in 2016. basically laying any of that on the feet of michael cohen and david pecker himself. and during the cross-examination of a was trying to show that pecker's credibility is damaged and also demonstrate that trump was not part of that alleged conspiracy to kill the negative stories about trump that could damage the presidential race. that is the bedrock of alvin bragg's prosecution. that trump supposedly engaged in conspiracy to do exactly that with both pecker and cohen. but on the stand he reve

. >> gillian: first we go to eric shawn outside the supreme court, this hour eric what is the latest? >> yes, as you said the second is gone. the first was excused the second bounced described as a middle aged man on the bohemian lower east side and there are apparently some questions about his credibility and answers to some of the questions. one of the questions of the questionnaire is number 19. although we do not know exactly why he was dismissed, the issue had to do with that question. it says "have you or a relative or a close friend ever been accused of or convicted of committing a crime? while reports where a man has the same name of this juror had been arrested in the 1990s for tearing down political posters. prosecutors say those posters were for those "on the right to" so there could've been a question if this indeed is the same man. he had been arrested for tearing down those clinical posters. he may not have revealed or had forgotten to tell that or answer that in the questionnaire. judge one where sean seemed visibly annoyed over all of this. he ordered this information

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we're going to check in with eric shawn. >> will: yeah.mer president trump will be back in court this morning for day six of his new york criminal trial. >> ainsley: but, before testimony resumes there, will be a hearing on whether the former president violated his gag order. >> brian: day two will start with three hours of gag talk. eric shawn is live outside the new york state supreme court. hey, eric. >> gag talk, brian, good morning. good morning, guys, yes. former president trump could find out this morning whether he has to pay up if judge juan merchan decides and rules that he did violate the gag order here. before we hear testimony resuming in the trial today, there will be that hearing held on the 10 violations the district attorney alvin bragg's office said trump violated by attacking witnesses and court staff. the former president could be fined $1,000 for each one. and the penalty could be up to one month in jail. though no one seriously thinks the judge will lock him up. the hearing follows the first witness. trump friend and

eric shawn is outside the new york state supreme court and i'm choosing eric. i'm going to start with you. gregg might be angry but i'm going to start with you anyway. set the scene for us. >> good morning, brian. ever watch law and order. >> this is the courthouse where the fictional show is broadcast. today in real life, getting ready are to the historic day. it is the people of the state of new york vs. donald j. trump, jury selection starts at 10:00 a.m. this morning just under four hours. there will be 12 jurors eventually and six alternates who will sit in judgment of the former president. this is how the jury selections is going to work. 100 people at a time will be called into the courtroom and judge juan merchan will explain the case to them and ask if any prospective juror does not think they can be fair and impartial. for those folks that raise their hand and cannot, they will be excused. the remaining people will be seated in the jury box in small groups and given the 42-question questionnaire before each one is questioned individually by a prosecut

eric shawn is outside the manhattan courthouse with more.ld trump returning to the new york city courtroom on thursday as 96 more potential jurors are questioned in his hush money trial, attorneys need a total of 1812 who will judge the case, and six alternates. >> jury selection is moving faster than expected, with fewer jurors saying they could not be fair and impartial to the former president. trump is now complaining, though, about the process. he says his lawyers should be given an unlimited number of chances to reject potential jurors who are against him. but under new york state law about the defense, and prosecutors are given only ten strikes for no reason, they are given additional strikes when selecting alternates. >> two different ways to strike jurors one for cause, meaning that they have a bias that's unlimited. now, judge merchant has not been very tolerant to the defense on that. and he should be on the other side. is ten peremptory challenges. you get to strike ten people for no reason at all. >> once the jury is seated, it w

eric shawn outside that courthouse with the latest developments. >> we're coming on november 5th. we're coming big. >> it is day six. a former president donald trump's hush money trial in new york. before bringing about the jury, judge juan merchan held a hearing to determine whether or not trump repeatedly violated his gag order by publicly attacking witnesses and posting on truth social. trump's team denies he broke the order, but prosecutors are asking court to find the former president and hold him in contempt. meanwhile the prosecution's first witness, david pecker, the former publisher of the national enquirer, is returning to the stand on tuesday. attorneys argue that pecker, trump and the former president's then lawyer, michael cohen, conspired to influence the 2016 presidential election by buying negative stories about trump and suppressing them. on monday, pecker confirmed the tabloid used checkbook journalism and often paid for stories he said he would keep his ears open for bad stories, potentially about him, and then help to kill them, which is not illegal. >> they're

eric shawn is outside the manhattan courthouse with the latest developments. >> we're coming on november 5th. we're coming big. it is day six of former president donald trump's hush money trial in new york. >> before bringing back the jury, judge juan merchan held a hearing to determine whether or not trump repeatedly violated his gag order by publicly attacking witnesses and posting on truth social. trump's team denies he broke the order, but prosecutors are asking court to find the former president and hold him in contempt. meanwhile the prosecution's first witness, david pecker, the former publisher of the national enquirer, is returning to the stand on tuesday. attorneys argue that pecker, trump and the former president's then lawyer, michael cohen, conspired to influence the 2016 presidential election by buying negative stories about trump and suppressing them on monday, pecker confirmed the tabloid used checkbook journalism and often paid for stories. >> he said he would keep his ears open for bad stories, potentially about him, and then help to kill them, which is not illegal. the

. >> first eric shawn joins us from united states supreme court. eric. >> the trial will resume in 90 minutes from now. it your honor its out david pecker and donald trump swapped salacious stories for years. during cross-examination today, the attorneys tried to make a big deal out of that and showed this was routine and had nothing to do with donald trump running for president. david pecker back on the stand to resume testimony for the fourth day. pecker, still a friend of the president, even though they have not talked for a while. he talked about the catch and kill deal and recalled exchanging tips and killing stories as far back as 1998, practice the defense shows was just ordinary. >> today was breathtaking in this room 678. you saw what went on. it was breathtaking, amazing testimony. this is really incredible. it was an incredible day. open your eyes. >> pecker said he bought stories to kill about alleged affairs by arnold schwarzenegger, tiger woods, so when karen mcdougal popped up about her affair, peck er bought that and buried it, too.

eric shawn at the supreme court with more. >> is not acting gag. he was angry about that.ed in this trial can say what they want. he is not allowed to say a people. not allowed to talk because the judge did slap the gag order on him after he repeatedly attacked witnesses, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg among others. from commenting on jurors, witnesses, staff, and their families, the former president demand the gag order be lifted because he wants to return fire. >> they've taken away my constitutional right to speak and that includes speaking to you. i have a lot to say to you and i'm not allowed to say it. >> reporter: christopher conroy wrote the decision to target individuals from this court's work protects deliberate flouting of the court's directives that were not sanctioned. by virtue of his post to truth social and on the official campaign website. at his former lawyer, michael cohen, branding michael a, quote, serial perjurer. co-conservator time in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion and campaign contributions. and trump reimbursed him for paying

. >> ainsley: eric shawn live outside new york state supreme court. he is on the street working for the media. hi, eric. >> that we are, working for fox news. here at court yesterday, they are not even batting 500. more than half of jurors questioned said they could not be fair to former president trump. first batch of jurors are brought into judge smerchans an questioned. 46 were dismissed because theyed they could not be impartial. one said, i feel no one is above the law, the press or a janitor, one left the court telling a court officer, i just couldn't do it. others said they acccould be fa. the president received standard warnings, if he skips proceedings a warrant could be issued for his arrest. the president's son barron is set to graduate next month. he claimed the judge will not let him attend barron's graduation. >> being loos like the judge will not let me go to the graduation of my son who has worked hard. i can't go to the high school or the supreme court or georgia or north carolina campaigning like i should be. it is perfect for radical

. >> ainsley: we begin with eric shawn outside new york state supreme court. eric. >> good morning. this is the building manhattan criminal court where the show "law and order" is taped. the screen writers probably never imagined along with common criminals would be former president of the united states. this is where donald trump will be sitting, behind a wooden defense table as the historic case begins this morning. jury selection starting under two hours from now. hundreds of manhattanites called for jury selection to sit in this case. 100 people thea a time will be called in and the judge will explain the case and ask if anyone thinks they cannot be fair or impartial. those people that raise their hand will be excused and small groups put in the jury box and given a 42-question questionnaire before they are questioned by the prosecutor and one of mr. trump's lawyers. mr. trump is charged with falsifying records for allegedly covering up his as affair with porn star stormy daniels. he says he gave payments through michael cohen for legal expenses. the charges are usually misdemea

. >> harris: eric shawn outside new york state supreme court in downtown manhattan. eric. >> hello, that break as you said ten minutes now should be over any moment now. no potential juror has even been in the courtroom. they are cooling their heels at morning because they've been dealing with evidence and discussing the evidence and pre-trial motions. judge merchan again ruled against the defense request that he recuse himself saying there is no agenda here he wants to follow the law and wants justice to be done. the former president seems optimistic and confident he started his day with his fist pumping in the air with defiance and harshly condemned the case arriving in the hallway outside the courtroom. >> this should never have been brought. there is no case. people that don't necessarily follow or like donald trump says it is an outrage that this case was brought. >> inside the courtroom the former president sits at a wooden defense table listening to the lawyers and prosecutors argue. 500 manhattan residents are summoned every few days for the jury pool. he is c

welcome to "fox news live" i am eric shawn, heart arthel. arthel: hello eric. hello everyone i'm arthel neville but right now biden is topping trump the race for campaign funds. biden's team raising over $90 million just in march alone outpacing trump bite nearly 25 million the president also has a $192 billion in cash on hand. nearly 100 million more than trump new jersey congressman jeff van drew on that and much more coming up. but first madison scarpino with trumps high dollar strategy. >> the former president is expected to attend the massive fundraiser at a private home in palm beach this evening. hedge fund billionaire jon paulson is hosting tonight's event there a their other big ne republican donors who will be there casino mogul steve lynn and chicago cubs some of trumps former rivals et cetera tim scott, and will also be there tonight. tonight's event as part of a new push to raise money for the trump campaign is trying to close the fundraising gap with president biden will raise $187 million so far this year. and as you mentioned the president also

donald trump in court for the sixth day of the hush money trial, eric shawn at the courthouse with the moments after the gag hearing order ended post on a true social saying this is a kangaroo court claiming he' s not allowed to speak out while others are allowed to attack him. the judge heard the arguments in which prosecutors went to hold donald trump liable for 11 examples of contempt of court for his speaking out on truth social against some of the witnesses but the judge said he is reserving decision on that for now. during that hearing it was quite heated and contentious because the prosecutors detailed trump's postings after the comments in which the prosecutor said he willfully violated the judge's gag order calling for trump attacks a real threat. trump's lawyer countered saying the client was responding to attacks on him for michael cohan and stormie daniel saying mister blanche, you're losing credibly with the court. prosecutors cited those examples and included this remark when he made it in the courtroom hallway after court yesterday. >> he was a lawyer and also the things

eric shawn talking about donald trump, they are back at it, the jury selection and all that. >> you are summoned for jury duty and come to court, you know this trial is going on but you may not expect to get picked for it. a lot of other trials going on. we talked to one of the jurors who was excused, she says she was shocked she was picked. this comes as the da, alvin bragg, put the former president and more hot water. the juror said she had no idea when she came to the courthouse she could be called for this case. she would only give us her first name and that she said she was shocked to see the former president in person. >> we were shocked. it is a big case. a historical thing. it is very important. our role is very important as jurors. >> reporter: the second jury and see number 2 had second thoughts and was excused. turns out friends and family figured out tuesday night that she was chosen for jury. she is an oncology nurse and went home after being selected. she got spooked the details about her life were so apparent even though the names aren't being made public so she came in a

eric shawn at the white house, what happened? >> reporter: adjure had second thoughts. and went home but because of all this has second thoughts about serving, told that to the judge and she's out. this judge wanted to ask the media not to describe adjure so thoroughly. this juror was a woman, an oncology nurse and she went home tuesday night and her friends and family started questioning her because they could figure out who she was based on the facts about her life. since those were made public she now says she has concerns about being fair and balanced and those public revelations about her identity and there are concerns about another juror and that juror may not have reveal an arrest from 1990s for tearing down political posters that were for conservatives, people on the right, that juror will be questioned to see if it is true. alvin bragg's offices demanding donald trump be cited for contempt of court for 7 more social media posts he made about this trial in addition to the previous post tacking stormy daniels and michael cohen. he post an article about cohen las

. >> lawrence: eric shawn outside of the courthouse, it hey, eric. >> hey, lawrence, good morning everybodyey have seven jurors picked and just need five more to get to 12 to decide the former president's fate. after that well, they have to get six alternates to sit in and in case one of the main jurors are sick or can't continue to judge the case. then they are good to go. that could start with opening statements, as you said, monday. that batch of 96 potential jurors brought into the courtroom and judge warmer shown, will believe cannot be fr partial to raise their hands and those who do raise their hands and say, "no, they cannot judge the president fairly will be excused and picked for further questioning those quote. winter was picked said, "i don't know the manna don't have opinions personally. i am not aware of other losses but i'm not sure i know anyone's character." one cold trump, "fascinating and mysterious." he walks into the room and sets people up and i find that interesting, really. this one guy can do all of this, wow! that is what i think. the former president has been comp

eric shawn outside the courthouse. eric, what are we going to hear today?orning, stu. the testimonies has just resumed a few moments ago. former president trump arriving here at the federal -- can at the manhattan criminal courthouse with his son eric trump, the first time we've seen a family member accompany the former president to these proceedings. and as usual, he is not a happy to be here. >> there is no case here. there's no case whatsoever. it's a disgrace. we have a conflicted judge, and it shouldn't be happening, not in this country. >> reporter: right now gary farrow is back on the stand. he was the senior managing director at first republic bank here in manhattan. he set up the shell company for michael cohen a cohen used to pay off stormy daniels. farrow's testimony is designed to start laying the foundation for the financial documents the prosecutors say are the backbone of the 34 charges of trump allegedly filing false business records. cohen billed trump in invoices listed as fees for his retainer for providing legal services. prosecutors say

eric shawn joins us now live in new york studio, eric, what is next for trump on the legal front here? >> a lot of balls in the air, sandra. the next step is to try to get the judge thrown off the case. bar president trump's lawyers have indicated that they will move to get judge one sean moved saying in court basis that he is "submitting a promotion letter to suggest leave to file a motion based on changed circumstances and newly discovered evidence" his lawyers have not probably said exactly what the newly discovered evidence is, but previously they have tried to get him bounced by claiming there is a conflict of interest. turns out his daughter is president of a political consulting firm that works for a lot of democrats including president trump's presumptive opponent president biden in his campaign. vice president harris, california governor gavin newsom, many others. you know the state's advisory commcommittee on judicial ethics previously dumb i previously turned trump down windows no conflict saying "a relative's political activities do not provide a reasonably low basis to qu

. >> brian: eric shawn will be covering it at the supreme court, eric. >> good morning, by the end of day they try to get the five remaining alternate jurors picked and ceded the pier that means i can kick off with opening statements in this trial on monday. the jury with one man who follows the former president but also includes a woman who called him "selfish and self-serving." the jury consist of seven men and five women in mostly professionals, but there is also a teacher, a physical therapist, and others. they pledged to be fair and impartial to the former president, even though the lawyers tried to prevent that woman who said she doesn't like his demeanor from being seated on the panel. by the time they got to her, the defense was out of challenges so she is a member of the jury. another jury dough mixture turns out and posted on facebook of people celebrating president biden's win. but she said she could be fair. and a juror who follows on true social also follows michael cohen on x. the former president of the court decides the case. >> all of these are stories from legal expe

eric shawn's at the courthouse for us. what can we expect from today's proceedings, eric?. well, we hope more progress than they had yesterday and much better welcome -- luck, because yesterday more than half of the prospective jurors said they could not be fair to former purpose. the proceedings just have started again finish president trump. the president has a arrived just a few moments ago. yesterday more than6 of witnesses -- jurors were called in -- 96, and they were asked to raise their hands if they could not be fair to the president or impartial, and 50 of them did. so they were immediately dismissed. 18 jurors were then put in the jury box for questioning about the case. all this as the president continues to slam the trial. >> it's a scam. it's a political witch hunt. it continues, it continues forever. can and we're not going to be given a fair trial. it's a very, very sad thing. finish. >> reporter: the jurors will remain anonymous throughout this proceeding. some could be seen reacting to the former president as he sat in the courtroom, staring at a them. one

eric shawn has more on that in the newsroom now. >> we don't know yet what that so-called newly discoveredy is. it could involve the political activities of the judge's daughter. president trump and his lawyers are demanding that the judge be removed because his daughter is a political consultant for democrats. she is listed as president and partner in the political consulting firm authentic campaigns. tens of millions of work for democrats and clients include biden, harris, adam schiff, you may recall congressional investigations into trump and congresswoman omar among other prominent democrats. trump's lawyers say she will benefit from the prosecution of the former president. she will continue to earn money from these developments by virtue of her senior role at authentic. the district attorney's office responded saying the daisy chain is a far cry from evidence this court has a direct personal substantial or any interest in reaching a particular conclusion. the trump team did file a similar motion to try to remove the judge last year but it failed. he refused to recuse himself and denie

let us go straight to eric shawn who is life outside the new york state supreme court with more on the jury selection which were not successful yesterday, they kicked up within 50 people yesterday after looking at 96 people. >> yes, there was more than half kicked out. the lawyers are questioning the potential jurors as they sit in the jury box. it does not seem like it is going any better than it is yesterday. we find out that the district attorney wants to hold the former president in contempt of court. filing a motion that could actually seek the president going behind bars if it continues and not cut it out. it brings a motion to court asking that the president be held in contempt and it centers on three social media posts that the former president made recently. the prosecutor says that they are in violations of the gag order. the office is demanding that trump be fined $1,000 for each of these closings where he attacked michael cohen and stormy daniels. he called them "to sleazebags have cost our country dearly." they say that this court should one defended the future violations

eric shawn is in downtown manhattan to give us the lay of the land this thursday morning. hi, eric. >> good morning dana and bill. the former president arrived at court. he didn't speak to reporters on his way in but as is his want he is making his feelings known on social media. he has reposted comments critical of the trial despite being under that gag order from district attorney alvin bragg. he has already said he wants the former president cited for contempt of court for three previous social media posts in which he attacked witnesses stormy daniels and michael cohen. we'll see if the new posts fall under the gag order at some point. all they need is five more jurors to get the trial to sit in judgment of the former president and six alternates. this morning once again 96 jurors will be brought into the courtroom and see the defendant at the defense table. judge merchan will ask anyone who don't think they can fair or impartial to raise their hands and they will be excused. the others will answer the questionnaire and questioned by the parties. his lawyers should be al

. >> emily: with that, let's go live to eric shawn who is outside the new york supreme court with moreails. >> maybe you can hear it behind me. trump motorcade that supports the former president. it's going to be kind of loud. back from a break and just before that break, the prosecutor indicated that the prosecution is going to ask the judge to hold the former president in contempt. contempt of court for his attacks on some of the witnesses as you may know earlier today, declined at the defense request that he recuse himself because of alleged conflict of interest. it turns that the judge's daughter works for a political consulting firm in chicago that has done work for president biden's campaign and other prominent democrats. the former president has been attacking this case as well as attacking many of the witnesses and others despite a gag order that is in place that he not attack jurors, witnesses, the prosecutors, the lawyers, or their family members. we will see what happens as the trial is back in the proceedings are now back underway. the judge declined to recuse himself sayin

. >> lawrence: eric shawn is live outside new york supreme court. eric. >> hey, lawrence, good morning, everybody. they are moving pretty quickly. later this morning they hope to get the last five alternate jurors. this after they lost two jurors yesterday. but juan merchan the judge more than made up for that by seating the 12 jurors and one alternate. let's take a look at the jury there a mix of professionals in various occupations. they work in finance, healthcare, there's a teacher. seven men, five women. all pledge to be fair and impartial to former president donald trump. one of the jurors though said she doesn't like his demeanor and believes he's selfish. another posted a video on facebook of people on the street celebrating president biden's 2020 election win. she said she will be impartial. another does follow the former president on his site truth social yet he also follows michael cohen on x. the former president after court again criticized this case against him. >> it's political and i'm sitting here for days now from morning until nig