sadow. mr. sadow: he was on when ms. merchant was asking questions. judge mcafee: we need to add a spotlight to the witness stand and mr. sadow, and we do not need the other boxes. mr. sadow: thank you very much. judge mcafee: now we are ready. mr. sadow: thank you, sir. mr. bradley, you have referred to mr. wade as your client, correct? mr. bradley: correct. mr. sadow: you understand that the court has ruled that communications that you had with mr. wade are not privileged, correct? mr. bradley: no, i'm aware that the court ruled that one specific dealing with the timeframe of one specific conversation was not privileged. mr. sadow: i'm going to ask your honor, if the statute of limitations -- judge mcafee: you asked whether all communication's with mr. wade recovered. that was not the extent of the ruling. the only ones i deemed not covered that i asked about in the in camera hearing that were relevant were any communication's mr. wade made regarding the existence or nonexistence of a romantic

sadow did. did anybody from the district attorney's office or any witnesses in this case contact you about mrs. merchant's motion from january 8 of 2004 until today? >> did anyone contact me about her motion? >> yes. from the district attorney's office or any witnesses or anybody else involved with the case besides the defense. >> other than the call -- the only personal call that i had is with gay banks. i never spoke to anyone else to my knowledge. he's not a part of this. so -- >> that's all i got, judge. >> thanks, mr. stockton. >> mr. durham? >> no questions. >> mr. mcdougal? >> good afternoon. you have certain information about the relationship between mr. wade and mrs. willis that is not privileged. correct? >> well, that was my determination. so i think he disagrees with that. we're going to say his opinion is irrelevant on that point. >> do you understand that the court has ruled that certain information that you have about the relationship between mrs. willis and mr. wade is not privil

sadow did. did anybody from the district attorney's office or any witnesses in this case contact you about miss merchant's motion from january the 8th of 2004 until today? >> did anyone contact me about her motion? >> yes. from the district attorney's office or any witnesses or anybody else involved with the case besides the defense? >> the only personal call that i had was with gabe banks. i never spoke to anyone else and to my knowledge, he's not a part of this. so. >> that's all i got, judge. >> thank you, mr. stockton. >> mr. durham? >> no questions, your honor. >> mr. mcdougle. >> good afternoon, mr. bradley. you have certain information about the relationship between mr. wade and miss willis that is not privileged, correct? >> well, that was my determination. so i think he disagrees with it. so his opinion is a little irrelevant on that point. >> do you understand that the court has ruled that certain information that you have about the relationship between miss willis and mr. wade is not

sadow did. did anybody from the district attorney's office or any witnesses in this case contact you about ms merchant's motion from january the eighth of 2004 until today >> did >> anyone contact me about her motion? >> yes. from the district attorney's office or any witnesses or anybody else involved with the case besides the defense >> other than the call that the only personal call that i had was with gay banks. i never spoke to anyone else and to my knowledge, he's not a part of this, so let's all get, judge. >> thank you, mr. stockton. mr. durham, if you still with us? >> no question, joe. >> thank you, sir. mr. macdougal good afternoon, mr. bradley. >> you have certain information about the relationship between mr. wade and ms willis? that is not privileged, correct? >> well, that was my determination, so i think he disagrees with it so i'm going to say his opinions a little bit irrelevant on that point. >> do you understand that the court has ruled but certain information that you have a

sadow? >> no, i'm ready to go. >> all right. >> i'm going to try to ask you questions that you can actually answer without having to explain. okay? >> yes, sir. my comprehension skills are good. we should do all right. >> we shall soon see. if i heard you correctly, you moved in to what i will refer to as the yearti condo in march or april of 2021. is that correct? >> late february and april. yes. just so we're clear. yes. in that time period, you're in the ballpark. we're in the ballpark. >> okay. is that yearti condo, would you say that is in hapeville? >> it is in hapeville, yes, sir. >> you moved in there for safety reasons? >> my father -- yes. i moved in there. we were concerned. my father was terribly concerned about me continuing to live at the house. so that we're clear, people came to my house at 5:00 a.m. saying i was going to have a wake-up call. there was security threats due to gang cases and that was at the very beginning of this. looking into that. so for all of those reasons

sadow? >> all right >> i'm going to try to ask you questions that you can actually answer without having to explain okay? >> yes, sir. my comprehension skills are pretty good, so we should do all right. >> we shall soon see if i heard you correctly, you moved into what i will refer to as the eur20 condo in either march or april of 2021. is that correct? >> sometime between late february and april? yes, i don't. just so we're clear, yes. but in that time period, you're in the ballpark? we were in the ballpark >> and is that year t condo, would you say that it is in hateful >> it isn't hate-filled. yes, sir. and you moved in there >> for safety reasons? >> my father >> yes. i moved in the amount we we're concerned. my father was terribly concerned about me continuing to live at the house. and so they will clear people came to my house at 05:00 in the morning. i'm about the glutes brutality cases, say and i was going to have a wake-up call there were security threats due to gang cases and there

sadow. it does nothing secret or salacious about having a private life nothing not suggesting that there was i'm asking the questions. when you went on the various trips that have been outlined by both mr. gillan and buy ms merchant anyone in the district attorney's office know that the two of you were traveling on personal trips together? >> to my knowledge, mr. sadow know >> again, that was for privacy, according to your testimony? >> privacy, yes, sir. okay. >> did you and ms willis go to the hape ville condo prior to your relationships starting? beginning of 2022 >> prior to having physical contact. proud of having intercourse, do we go to the hate-filled condo? again, you keep going to intercourse. i'm trying not to be find the answer to that question would be yes. did you and ms willis go to the hate-filled condo? prior to what i want to say, november 1 of 29th, 2021? >> yes. >> okay. and the purpose for going to the hate-filled condo with ms willis prior to 2021 would have been what?

sadow. nothing secret or salacious of interesting a private life, nothing. >> i'm just asking the questions. when you went on the various trips outlined, did anyone in the district attorney's office know that the two of you were travelling on personal trips together? >> to my knowledge, no. >> and again, that was for privacy, according to your testimony? >> privacy, yes, sir. >> did you and miss willis go to the capeville condo prior to your relationship starting beginning of 2022? >> prior to having physical contact, prior to having intercourse, did we go to the hateville condo? >> you keep going to intercourse, i'm trying not to, but fine. the answer to that question would be yes. did you and miss willis go to the hateville condo prior to november 1st of 2021? >> yes. >> and the purpose for doing to the condo prior to 2021 would have been what? prior to november 1st of 2021? >> could have been any number of things. at that time -- >> that's what i'm asking, tell me. >> could have been any

sadow, where are we heading with this? >> i think i can finish it up by saying, you didn't say none again. you asserted a privilege, correct? >> that's correct. >> okay. and you did the same thing, did you not, with number 5? >> that's correct. >> that is, you didn't say none again, right? >> correct. >> is the answer to the interrogatory number 4, do you have it in front of you, is the answer none, is that the truth? >> the answer is to that interrogatory is as i placed it at the time i responded, sir. that's the answer. >> i'm asking you now, is the answer to that interrogatory none. >> the answer is still privileged. >> so he's apparently electing to apply the same privilege, mr. sadow, to that exact question. >> we can get beyond that if the court deems that appropriate. >> to what end? >> that the privilege actually does not apply, and he must answer the question. >> and where does that get us. even if he answers the question, hasn't he already said everything he has to say about the nature of the relationship, how lo

sadow, where are we heading with this? >> i think finish that up by saying you didn't say none again, you asserted a privilege, correct? >> that's correct. >> ok. and you did the same thing, did you not, with number 5. >> that's correct. >> that is you didn't say none again, right? >> correct. >> is the answer to the interrogatory number 4, you have it i want front of you, is the answer none, is that the truth? >> the answer is to that interrogatory is as i placed it at the time i responded, sir. >> i'm asking you now, is the answer to that interrogatory none. >> the answer is still privilege. >> he's apparently electing to apply the same privilege, mr. sadow, to that same question. >> i have a case that indicates we can get beyond that if the court deems that appropriate. >> to what end? >> huh? >> to what end? >> the privilege does not apply and he must answer the question. >> and where does that get us? even if he answers the question? hasn't he kind of said everything he has to say about the nature of the relationship,

. >> reporter: and later, when pressed by trump attorney steve sadow -- >> did you observe them do things that are common among people having a romantic relationship? >> yes. >> such as can you give us an example? >> hugging, kissing, affection. >> all before november 1st of 2021, correct >> yes >> reporter: but willis took exception. >> i certainly do not consider her a friend now. i think that she, you know -- there's a saying, no good deed goes unpunished. and i think she betrayed our friendship. >> reporter: willis says she and wade began dating in early 2022, after she hired him. it's the same timeline he swore to in an affidavit and testified to today >> let's be clear. 2022 was the start of any intimate sexual relationship with the district attorney. >> and blayne is outside the courthouse in atlanta blayne, when do we expect a ruling on if willis will be removed from the election interference case? >> reporter: well, lester, we do not expect it to come this week this hearing is set to go into tomorrow, and possibly early next week now, we do know the judge is not going to rule fro

she did not directly address allegations, but she did bring up race and according to see steve sadow, that has prejudice future jurors on this case, that has prejudice, according to sadow, the remaining co-defendant it's in this case, so she's already facing a lot of problems. she would very much like this to go away. she's filed a motion to try to quash the subpoena. there's a chance that we could hear from fani willis today or tomorrow? that's clear. she's not going to want to take the stands, it could be potentially embarrassing revelations that we hear in this courtroom. >> it's certainly could be. and john, when you think about just what is at stake today, the potential disqualified occasion, a fani willis, it is not a certainty this hearing will be very very illuminating. the testimony that we very well, my hearsay, including the first witness, very, very informative how this will lead and what will happen next. this is why we're here riveted already john. >> yeah. today is absolutely about when and if donald trump will go to trial this year because of the sequence of events hap

bloomberg has learned that the group has acted sadow.nd of course, this has followed so conclusively and comfortably for so long. what are the key things that will determine the outcome? they have outbid one of the key competitors for these assets. has significant is this? chris trileptal bloomberg news that the investment banking jv unit -- ubs, the current owner right now is facing a dilemma because even though there was a higher offering, regulators are leaning toward having if your buyer take over the business. it was given under the contest that this would attract more global players. some hard decisions for ubs to make their. >> outbid and citadel for that business. whether or not regulators give it the green light is a key question going forward. thank you. other stories making the news. disney is sounding a binding pact with his company to combine their companies in india. they are looking for more private credit deals in asia. a particular focus on india. the $1.7 trillion private credit market has doubled in size. it could be f

sadow, our morning recess and that was indicated to go toward a potential argument, i don't think we have gotten there yet. it is fraud on the court. it is attorney-client privilege, 1.6. >> the case i had cited this morning showing distinction was tenant healthcare, that is where we were on the threshold issue, did you have something to address on that? >> i have not been able to review that. >> mr. ward, you are co-counsel with mr. bradley? >> no, i'm not here in that capacity. >> remind me why you are here. >> i am -- >> harris: it is never a dull moment. one point, fani willis's father says i don't mean to be racist, most black folks hide cash. i am from georgia, atlanta and i don't hide cash. welcome to "outnumbered," this whole thing in fulton county georgia courthouse with the d.a. on the line here, fani willis, and her lover nathan wade. this is what we're talking about here, her dad took the stand and she didn't, it was a twist. fulton county decided not to call her to the stand. state said it had no questions for fani willis. we've been covering this and welcome you in. the

. >> later this afternoon sadow. >> i'm asking if this he would reflected on credit card bills. >> $500eflected on debit card. my recollection i took about 4 in cash with me. >> 400 or 4,000? >> 4,000. >> laura: wait, wait. 400 or 4,000? she answered 4,000. now, who carries around that kind of cash? well, fanny does. again, very convenient, because you need a paper trail, right, to show that willis did repay mr. wade and that she wasn't getting a financial benefit from the lawyer that she hired to investigate trump. >> did you keep track of this cash that you paid him at all? >> what are you talking -- i don't understand. >> did you keep track? did you keep a allergic? did you keep track of it? >> i have only given him cash as i mentioned three or four times. there is no ledger. this isn't planned handing money off to each other. >> laura: of course. just friends handing money off to each other. this is ridiculous. just like the idea that ms. willis didn't know her ethical obligations as the county d.a. >> did you disclose your relationship to anybody at fulton county? >> no, i don't th

that atlanta courthouse, fulton county district attorney, fani willis, and trump's lawyers, steven sadow, sparred in a cross-examination that was defined by tents, probing questions sharp elbowed answers, and the former president's legal team wants willis and her office booted from the georgia case against trump. the testimony was deeply personal. it touched on sex, money, power and if all of that wasn't enough in a workplace, that could disqualify fani willis from running point on one of the most important prosecutions in the united states. now, trump does face 13 counts connected with the plot to steal the election in georgia. we start our coverage from outside of the courthouse with cnn's nick valencia, nick nothing very anxious to have this conversation with them today i ran to the courtroom, a defiant fulton county da fani willis. take it listed today after weeks of fighting allegations that she personally benefited from our romantic relationships she had with nathan wade, the special prosecutor. she hand-picked to spearhead the sprawling racketeering charges against donald trump an

i want to read you a statement that steve sadow said, president trump's filing focuses on the d.a's disingenuous that her racist church speech was not aimed at this case, the defendants or counsel, her claim utterly lacks plausibility, and goes on to say our filing argues that contrary to response, georgia law compels her disqualification, and goes on from there. fani willis attached a number of racist notes and things like that, basically saying, yes, race is a factor when it comes to the sort of threats she's receiving, chris. >> blayne alexander thank you for all of that, appreciate it. >>> now to the growing backlash against fast food restaurants as customers continue to see prices rise. nbc's senior business correspondent christine romans is following this. christine, fast food orders coming with an extra side of inflation, not exactly palatable. what's going on? >> and fast foodies are fed up. we could do puns for the next two minutes. it's a serious story because you've got inflation coming to the menu for so many of these fast food restaurants, at a time when so many customers are really

sadow, it has been a while. >> i hope you're well. >> doing fine, just getting older. >> that's true. that applies to all of us. i think you indicated that if you had your calendar you would be able to pinpoint a date. >> i would. >> is there a way for you for example at a break before you leave to contact your folks to see if you can get a date? >> i guess i could. i don't know how far back we archive those. i assume i could. >> would you be willing to give that a shot? >> i'll do whatever the court instructs. >> if i asked the court and the court says do t. that's all right? >> i'll do whatever the court instructs. >> i hear you. >> you should, too. >> i try to live by those words. i'm not always successful, but i try. if i pinpoint a date, for example, i think the record is clear that mr. wade was hired for the position on november 1 of 2021. does that help you at all? >> it does not. >> let's go to the meeting. it sounds like it was just one meeting? >> yes. >> and could you tell us where that meeting took place? >> in the conference room adjacent to the district attorney's office

maybe wrong so now in this filing, sadow is basically saying that wade was not telling the truth when he testified >> there and just a moment ago, jim, we got a new filing from the district attorney's office. they were forcefully pushing back on these claims. not only do they say that this cell phone data is not relevant to this disqualification hearing, but more important only they say in this filing that it does not prove that wade and willis were in the same place at the same time. ultimately, it is going to be crucial what is admitted as evidenced and the continuation to this disqualification hearing at continues next friday at 10pm jim, if alencia thanks so much outfront. now, let's dig a little deeper wind, goodman, our legal analyst and co editor in chief of just security, and stephanie grisham, former trump white house press secretary. good to have you both on tonight. ryan, if i could begin with you and let's just stipulate here. none of this affects the evidence against trump and his alleged co conspirators regarding election interference. this is about a hearing regarding t

sadow. >> it has been a while. >> it has been a while. >> i hope you're doing well? >> just getting older. >> that applies to all of us, i believe. i think you indicated that if you had your calendar you would be able to pinpoint a day for us? >> i would. >> is there a way for you, for example, to break before you actually leave to contact your folks to see if you can get a date? >> i guess i could. i -- i don't know how far back we archive those, but i assume i could. >> would you be willing to give that a shot for us? if i ask the court and the court says go ahead and do it, that would be all right? >> i'll do whatever the court instructs and you should too. >> i try to live by those words. i'm not always successful, but i try. if i pinpoint a date, for example, i think the record is clear that mr. wade was hired for the position on november 1 of 2021. does that help you all? >> no, it does not. >> then let's go to the meeting. it sounds like it was just one meeting? >> yes. >> and could you tell us where that meeting took place, if you remember? >> in the conferen

what does that mean, what steve sadow just filed on behalf of donald trump, he's going to have to getion from the court for the court to entertain what was in it, which is frankly hearsay, which means it's not actually been presented in the courtroom for purposes of being evidence in that disqualification hearing. oral arguments next week friday march 1st at 1:00, that's actually the same time that a scheduling conference is happening in mar-a-lago for that case in front of judge cannon in fort pierce. this is not the gotcha trump thinks it is. wade and willis testified under oath that wade visited willis at this particular location, which is a condo she was renting from a former friend of hers, robin yeartie. there's big hay being made over the number of texts and phone calls that happened prior to wade being appointed special prosecutor in november of 2021, but chris, i just texted you i think maybe five texts before i got on this show with you, and of course the texts don't mean anything, right? this day and age people text all the time. sadly they don't pick up the phone to give a

sadow? >> 2021. >> grab dating >> no no worries. no reason >> mr. okay. mr. stocks stocks, excuse me >> just real briefly you started at early 2022 so use the term personal relationship and there was no dating, no personal relationship prior to early 20. is that correct? >> helped me understand. i want to make sure i answer you. so so let let's let's be clear. 2022 was the start of any intimate sexual relationship with the district attorney. >> okay. and that's what i was okay. >> affidavit used the term >> personal relationship. >> it's got to use the term vague. >> and >> your testimony today is that that ince basically physical or sexual or intimate relationships that correct? >> yes, sir. >> and there was nothing corddry testimony there was none of that priority? >> that is correct. >> all right. not seeing anyone else across the redirect. >> all right. ms merchant can swim to excuse i'm did we ask ask for >> keeping motors might need him back after all right. >> are you misled down, mr. wade business discuss your testimony with the other witnesses. >> sh

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and said, his government is working to get more water to the city, is tagger >> anti sadow, the >> city's mayor assured residents that the water supply is guaranteed but first traded residents have taken to the streets in protest. and many neighborhoods depend on water delivered by trucks some paid by the government. many paid by local residents at others middle, scala, media or media colin says, each drug costs about $200 and it's just it's enough for 20 days of water for a handful of families if they use it wisely and recycle like using water from washing dishes to flush toilets. but the lack of rain is not the only reason experts say mexico city is suffering from water shortages. it's sturdy by university that out tournament but the mexico shows that 40% of the water supply is lost due to leaks. some big cuff breakage of pipes during the frequent earthquakes some because the series still relies on pipes over 100 years old. >> i see. do you read that rodriguez martha says that instead of investing to improve the infrastructure, the money spent on water project has decreased for many yea

sadow next question, trying to, your honor. all right. mr. mcdonald, you can sit down now. >> i don't believe she answered that question, your honor. she answered as to specific individual gifts >> and you're not listening to my answer either. so we're done i mean, we're out. firstly, i don't think that he was even leaning to force her to testify before she walked into the courtroom. >> but as >> anyone helped by this judge's reactions, obviously there are poking a bit of a bear here you know, i actually think the judge did a great job today held both sides to a high standard, took them to task, made sure to try >> to force both sides to ask good questions to listen to his rulings, and to ultimately not retread ground that had already been treaded early clare in the hearing. so i thought he did a very good job ultimately, laura, he's creating a great record here i mean, candidly, we all agree everyone in this panel agrees that maybe fani willis, mr. way, didn't make the best choice here, but ultimately the legal standard is we've all discusse

sadow, it has been a while. >> i hope you're well. >> doing fine, just getting older. >> that's true. that applies to all of us. i think you indicated that if you had your calendar you would be able to pinpoint a date. >> i would. >> is there a way for you for example at a break before you leave to contact your folks to see if you can get a date? >> i guess i could. i don't know how far back we archive those. i assume i could. >> would you be willing to give that a shot? >> i'll do whatever the court instructs. >> if i asked the court and the court says do t. that's all right? >> i'll do whatever the court instructs. >> i hear you. >> you should, too. >> i try to live by those words. i'm not always successful, but i try. if i pinpoint a date, for example, i think the record is clear that mr. wade was hired for the position on november 1 of 2021. does that help you at all? >> it does not. >> let's go to the meeting. it sounds like it was just one meeting? >> yes. >> and could you tell us where that meeting took place? >> in the conference room adjacent to the district attorney's office

willis said it did take a listen to this exchange between bradley and trump's lead attorney, steve sadow, where he really pins them down on this speculating and you really hear the frustration in his voice. >> why would you speculate when she was asking you a direct question about when the relationship started? >> i have no answer for that >> except the fact that you do in fact know when it started and you don't want to testify to that in court. that's the best explanation so this would seem to undercut the effort to disqualify willis, obviously, bradley, not the witness. the defense attorneys thought he would be, but he did admit text messages into evidence that do show these this exchange with one of the attorneys on the defense side that could be a public consideration from judge mcafee as he's ultimately going to have to make a decision the next step in this process comes on friday when both sides are going to get to make their closing arguments, they can also raise the idea that some additional evidence should be admitted. and we're going to see what mcafee decides on that front. he

sadow and these other attorneys into me. that is the most reckless conduct here. >> elie, you intimated that if it can be proven that the relationship between district attorney fani willis and her prosecutor, mr. wade, if that relationship started before she hired him that that would be a real blow for her. >> why >> would she lie about such a thing? does that relate more to are you supposed to hire somebody that you're having a relationship with or might that have to do with his divorce. >> so this goes to the heart of the whole dispute here. then narrative offered up by donald trump and the co-defendants, mr. roman was essentially this fani willis was in a romantic relationship with mr. wade first, mr. wade, a man who's never prosecuted a felony. criminal trial, was then chosen by fani willis, according to the defendants because of that relationship to lead this massive case. and then as a result of that, mr. wade has been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars, some of which have made their way to fani willis indirectly th

sadow, i'd agree with you in the general sense of things but this this situation, ms. merchant offered to provide essentially her list of questions in advance giving us a preview of what she's going to say and that puts us in kind of a different posture in that respect where we can actually have some sense of what's going to come out, but ms. merchant, i think knowing what your next question may be, since usually we don't have that opportunity, does it presuppose some knowledge on his part that we have yet to establish is inside or outside of privilege? >> the first thing, judge, is i gave these questions so that we wouldn't be in a situation where we were objecting and having four different lawyers talk about privileged confidential every single question. i would hoping we would ferret that out ahead of time. this is the first i've heard that objection to question 18, trying to be completely transparent. i have to establish that his information, there have been statements in this court that i lied, multiple statements yesterday, i can't even tell you how many times th

the trump's attorneys, steve sadow would this filing day saying, no, we have evidence that may be it started before nathan wade was hired and they're pointing to the cell phone data and what our cell tower pings, right to say that we have located instances when nathan wade was in the area where for fani willis was living at the time, both in september 2021 and november 2021. so obviously that would contradict what nathan wade and what fani willis have said under oath. now, this is these little patients are not exact and this is circumstantial evidence, but it is another drop in the bucket. another question about why did fani willis and nathan wade testify? what they testified to and does this ultimately way the mind of the judge who is the one who makes the call as to whether or not she should be disqualified. >> so when will he hold his next hearing? >> and what is that? >> bird? then of proof really hear the burden is on the defense attorneys in this case on trump's lawyers and the rest of the defendants that are alleging this improper relationship. look, march 1, just got an order

judge macafee did note that a recent filing done by trump's attorney steve sadow, that nathan wade cell going to take up the cell phone records on friday at the hearing and if he determines that that evidence is relevant, he will reopen the evidence once again. i mean, this is become the longest evidentiary hearing and it is gone off the beaten path. but that is supposed to happen on friday at 1:00. and we'll see what more evidence is taken then. >> thank you for bringing me up to speed. melissa, thank you for being here. this is the in you book. it is called "the trump indictments", with commentary. this is what i needed when i came back, right. i read at the time they were printed out with my lie lighters and my marks and now they're all here. so thank you. >>> andrew, you could check out but you could never leave. you're coming back next hour. up next, democrats already seizing on an opportunity to go after republicans heading into november on the issue of reproductive health care. no you thanks to the ruling in alabama that embryos are people to, democrats are intensifying that dire

sadow. >> i believe the door has been opened to ask this particular witness about statements ms.willis made to her. she brought it up on cross examination on a couple of occasions. did ms. willis say this. i'd like to now ask her questions directly about what ms. willis told her about her romantic relationship. >> i think we'll take those one at a time, question by question, and we can address those to see -- i don't know about a complete opening of the door. we'll see where we go. >> the first time that you spoke to ms. willis about her relationship, romantic relationship with mr. wade, do you happen to remember what ms. willis said, in essence, not word for word, but in essence what she said? >> no. >> do you remember the first time she told you in whatever words were used that there was a romantic relationship? >> no. >> is this the kind of conversation that you had with your best friend ongoing over a period of time in which it was common knowledge to you that there was an ongoing relationship between ms. willis and mr. wade? >> what's the question? >> yeah, i'll ask it again

sadow. thank you. we're going to take five minutes. >> i mean, nic, think about that. moment bearing because at the core, remember what needs to be proven. it needs to prove there was a financial benefit derived from an improper relationship, leading to such a conflict that a defendant could not get a fair trial. she is indignant about the accusations and going into that particular aspect of it, the inferences that she needs a man to pay for her and she made it clear yesterday that a man is not a plan. it's not somebody who's going and to treat her or sort of be this savior in her life. she doesn't need that. she may have was that was important because of the finances, right? because the idea of whether the personal benefit was derived was tied to financial gain. >> i don't want to pick on this because there was an inference yesterday from defense attorneys means that her having these stacks of cash somehow is sort of nefarious or that should lead to some question marks. >> it might >> be a cultural thing. i know a lot of black and brown people who keep cash on them. t