dubois, norah is on assignment,
we will get to the protest on
college campuses in just a
moment but we begin with the
first witness taken the stand in
the historic criminal trial of a
former president of the
united states.
donald trump, the presumptive
republican nominee is charged
with 34 felony counts of
falsifying business records
linked to so-called hush money
payments to cover up an alleged
affair with an adult porn star.
in opening statements,
prosecutors accused trump of
taking part in a criminal
conspiracy to interfere with the
2016 election, but defense
attorneys to claim that did
nothing wrong and claimed that
the prosecution are liars with
bias against the former
president.
robert costa was inside the
courthouse and starts us off
tonight.
>> it's a very, very sad day in
america.
>> reporter: former
president trump falsely claimed
he was the target of election
and the parents, the democrats
in washington had orchestrated
his indictment to keep him off
the campaign trail.
>>...