Name: On the Record, Feb. 14: Coronavirus in the classroom
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Description: Listen as experts like Dr. Kanecia Zimmerman, the Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Duke, Amy Dragotta, Wake County Elementary Teacher, Eric Cunningham, Halifax County School Superintendent and Mary Anne Wolf, Executive Director Public School Forum discuss coronavirus in the classroom.

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CLASSROOM IN DAYS. >>> HEAD SPINNING DEVELOPMENTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS THIS WEEK. THOUSANDS OF WAKE COUNTY STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM IN DAYS. AFTER PRESSURE FROM EDUCATORS, GOVERNOR COOPER ANNOUNCING TEACHERS WILL MOVE UP TO THE VACCINE ORDER. >>> REMOTE LEARNING WILL STILL CONTINUE FOR MANY STUDENTS IN OUR AREA IS. HOW IS IT GOING? WE ARE TALKING ALL THINGS SCHOOLS, ON THE RECORD. >>> SCHOOLS CAN GET STUDENTS BACK IN THE CLASSROOM SAFELY, RIGHT NOW. AND THAT IS WHAT I WANT THEM TO DO. >> GOVERNOR ROY COOPER, NOW STRONGLY URGING DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE SOME FORM OF IN PERSON LEARNING FOR STUDENTS. MORE STUDIES SHOW IT IS RELATIVELY SAFE TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM IF GUIDELINES ARE FOLLOWED CLOSELY. TONIGHT, WE LOOK AT WHAT THE SCIENCE REALLY SHOWS WITH ONE OF THE RESEARCHERS BEHIND IT, AND TALK TO EDUCATORS ABOUT THE GRADUAL MOVE BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM. THANKS FOR JOINING ME FOR ON THE RECORD TONIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER TO HELP FAMILIES UNDERSTAND  WHERE WE ARE WITH LEARNING DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND TONIGHT WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PANEL COVERING EVERY ASPECT OF THIS, DR. KENESHIA ZIMMERMAN  IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS AT DUKE AND COCHAIR OF THE ABC SCIENCE COLLABORATIVE, THAT STUDY ON COVID-19 TRANSMISSION IN SCHOOLS IS BEING WIDELY CITED BOTH STATEWIDE AND NATIONALLY. MARIANNE WOLF IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FORUM, WHICH LOOKS AT EQUITY IN EDUCATION STATEWIDE, SHE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF A LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD AND A FORMER TEACHER. AMY DROGATA IS A WAKE COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, SHE TEACHES PRESCHOOL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION AT  OAKVIEW ELEMENTARY IN HOLLY SPRINGS. AND, ERIC CUNNINGHAM IS THE HALIFAX COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND A LIFELONG EDUCATOR. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING ME. I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION. I KNOW PARENTS ARE VERY INVOLVED, AND VERY MUCH WANTING TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. SO, DR. ZIMMERMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH YOU. I ACTUALLY HAVE YOUR STUDY IN MY HAND RIGHT NOW. AS I SAID, IT IS BEING CITED ALL OVER THE PLACE, INCLUDING BY THE CDC RIGHT NOW, AS JUSTIFICATION FOR REOPENING SCHOOLS. YOU ALL SPECIFICALLY LOOKS AT NINE WEEKS OF IN PERSON INSTRUCTION IN 11 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NORTH CAROLINA. WHAT DID YOU FIND? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO, WE IDENTIFIED THAT AMONG OVER 90,000 STUDENTS AND STAFF WHO WERE IN THE HYBRID INSTRUCTION DURING THE FIRST 90 DAYS IN NORTH CAROLINA, THAT 773 PEOPLE MADE IT INTO SCHOOL BUILDINGS WITH COVID-19. HOWEVER, WITH MITIGATION STRATEGIES IN PLACE, MASKING HER MERRILY, DISTANCING, AND HANDWASHING, WE SAW ONLY 32 ADDITIONAL INFECTIONS, SO OUT OF THE 773 PEOPLE, WHO ARE INFECTED, THEY ONLY TRANSMITTED THE DISEASE TO 32 PEOPLE. WHICH IS FAIRLY REMARKABLE CONSIDERING HOW WE HAVE SEEN NEUSE RIVER , SPREAD IN THE COMMUNITY. >>> BIG PICTURE, WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT HIGH COMMUNITY SPREAD DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN IT IS SPREADING WITHIN SCHOOLS? >> THAT IS CORRECT, I THINK IT IS A CREDIT TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING WITHIN THE SCHOOL BUILDING. WE KNOW THESE MITIGATION STRATEGIES WORK OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND WITHIN THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS, WE HAVE PEOPLE THERE TO ENFORCE THEM. I REALLY THINK THAT IS WHAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR SUCCESS. >> EVEN WITH THIS DATA YOUR TEAM ACCUMULATED, IT IS NOT ADVOCATING OR RECOMMENDING THAT SCHOOLS REOPEN. WHY NOT? AND HOW SHOULD LEADERS USE THIS INFORMATION? >> SURE. SO, THIS IS A COMPUTER DECISION, SCIENCE IS ONLY ONE PART OF THIS. YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE LOGISTICS. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET PEOPLE IN? ARE THERE ENOUGH TEACHERS? WHAT ABOUT QUARANTINE? ALL OF THESE THINGS SCHOOL BOARDS ARE GRAPPLING WITH RIGHT NOW. WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE SCIENCE SO WE CAN HAVE SCIENCE-BASED DECISION-MAKING. BUT WE HAVE TO ALSO CONSIDER THE LOCAL CONDITIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING. >> YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE MITIGATION STRATEGIES, I WANT TO GO TO AMY, AS A TEACHER, HE WENT BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM IN THE FALL, WHERE MASKING AND DISTANCING GUIDELINES BEING FOLLOWED BY STUDENTS AND STAFF? >> ABSOLUTELY. I TEACH IN A SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM SO IN MY PARTICULAR PROGRAM, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANDATE THAT. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE GUIDELINES ACROSS THE STATE FOR CHILDREN OUR AGE AS WELL AS SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILDREN, IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, BUT NOT REQUIRED. SO, THAT WOULD BE THE ONE EXCEPTION. BUT BESIDES THAT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY MANDATED THAT EVERYONE WORE A MASK WITHIN OUR SCHOOL AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY VISITORS FROM OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL. >> DO FEEL SAFE GOING BACK NEXT WEEK? >> I HAVE SOME CONCERNS BUT OVERALL I FEEL SAFE, ESPECIALLY IN MY PARTICULAR PROGRAM. I FEEL LIKE I AM IN MY OWN LITTLE SPECIAL ED BUBBLE, AND I AM NOT EXPOSED TO A WHOLE LOT. OUTSIDE IN THE SCHOOL, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS FOR SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, THEY ARE VERY WORRIED ABOUT COMING BACK. >> YOU TOLD ME OVER THE PHONE BEFORE WE CONDUCTED THIS PANEL, THAT YOU WERE CONCERNED ALSO POTENTIALLY WITH CHILDREN TAKING WHATEVER THEY PICK UP AT SCHOOL, HOME. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? >> YES, WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS TEACHERS NOT BEING VACCINATED. AND IT IS NOT SO MUCH A CONCERN FOR ME AND MY HEALTH BUT I DO HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE VERY HIGH RISK, AND COULD POTENTIALLY BE REALLY DANGEROUS FOR THEM, IF I HAPPEN TO BE ASYMPTOMATIC AND TAKE IT TO THEM. SO NOW WE ARE ASKING SPECIAL ED PARENTS TO MAKE THE DECISION, DO YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR KIDS SAFE AND KEEP THEM HOME AND TRY TO CONTINUE WITH VIRTUAL SERVICES, OR DO YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE APPROPRIATE SERVICES IN THE CLASSROOM? AND POTENTIALLY EXPOSE YOUR CHILD, WHEN THE TEACHERS HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED. >> ERIC, AS I MENTIONED, SO MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS WANTED TO RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM, INCLUDING WAKE COUNTY IN THE COMING WEEKS. BUT HALIFAX IS DECIDING TO WAIT UNTIL MID SPRING. WHY? >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PLACE LIKE HALIFAX, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL WAYS THAT JUST COME ONE AFTER ANOTHER. AND WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, WE JUST HAVE ONE BULLET THAT WE CAN SHOOT AT A TIME. BECAUSE WE JUST DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO REPLENISH. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE TO TAKE A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH . WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE FACTORS WHICH IMPACT TEACHING AND LEARNING. WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS THAT MANY OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE SAID THEY HAVE. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LISTEN TO TEACHERS LIKE AMY AND THEY TELL US WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE, THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN SCHOOLS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A WORKFORCE. MANY OF OUR PARENTS AND HALIFAX COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. THEY ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. THEY HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THIS FIGHT SINCE MARCH. BRAVING AND GOING OUT, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, SINCE MARCH. THEY HAVE ALREADY REESTABLISHED THEIR LIFESTYLE. AND THE LAST THING I NEED TO DO AT THIS TIME IS DISRUPT IT. SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND HALIFAX COUNTY, IS TO CREATE A PLAN THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN. >> WE KNOW THAT IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A BILL THAT IS ADVANCING, THAT WOULD REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE SOME FORM OF IN PERSON INSTRUCTION. HOW WOULD HALIFAX COUNTY THEN RESPOND TO THAT? >> WE HAVE ALREADY HAD  PLANS IN PLACE IN AUGUST. BECAUSE WE WERE ACTUALLY BELIEVING THAT SCHOOLS WOULD REOPEN IN SOME FORM. BUT BASED ON THE ISSUES THAT HALIFAX HAS FACED SINCE MARCH, OUR SCHOOL BOARD WANTED TO TAKE ANOTHER LONG LOOK AT IT. NOW, WE ARE COMMITTED TO STAYING ALIGNED WITH WHATEVER THE STATE TELLS US TO DO. HOWEVER WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A LOCAL DECISION AND OUR SCHOOL BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ALL THE METRICS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS SAFE FOR US. >> I WANT TO BRING MARIANNE INTO THIS CONVERSATION, BECAUSE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FORUM DID SEND GOVERNOR ROY COOPER A VERY STRONG LETTER, URGING HIM TO MOVE TEACHERS UP IN THAT VACCINATION PROCESS. AND THEN THE GOVERNOR DID SO. DO YOU THINK THAT WILL HELP HESITANT TEACHERS GO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM? >> I REALLY DID APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS BY SO MANY AND SO MANY GROUPS IN TERMS OF ACCELERATING WHEN TEACHERS CAN GET VACCINES AND,  AS WE LOOK AT THE MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS LIKE EVERYONE HAS ALREADY MENTIONED TODAY,  WE KNOW THAT VACCINES ARE ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT TOOL IN THAT TOOLBOX, BUT ALSO TO AMY'S POINT, IT ALSO REALLY CAN SUPPORT JUST WHAT WE CAN DO AND HOW WE CAN KEEP OUR STAFF IN OUR SCHOOLS, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT EXPOSED AT SCHOOL, THEY CAN BE EXPOSED ELSEWHERE. I DO THINK THIS ADDITIONAL TOOL REALLY WILL HELP TEACHERS FEEL SAFER, BUT IT ALSO IS IMPORTANT I THINK, TO FAMILIES AS WELL. AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THESE TEACHERS THAT WILL BE WITH STUDENTS, WITH ALL THE OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS, THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OUT ALREADY, ARE PART OF THAT. >> WE HAVE SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT. SPECIFICALLY, HOW KIDS ARE SUFFERING WITHOUT HAVING IN PERSON INSTRUCTION. WE WILL GET TO THAT, AFTER THE STAY WITH US. >>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR STAYING WITH US, AS WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS SCHOOL REOPENING ACROSS OUR STATE. ERIC, I WANTED TO BEGIN WITH YOU. HALIFAX COUNTY SCHOOLS SUFFERED A TRAGIC LOSS LAST YEAR. THE 2020 PRINCIPLE OF THE YEAR AND A BELOVED EDUCATOR, MR. PATTERSON LOST HIS BATTLE WITH COVID-19. WHAT IMPACT DID THAT HAVE ON EDUCATORS IN YOUR DISTRICT? >> JUNE 26, WE WERE ALL TOGETHER, CELEBRATING THE END OF THE YEAR AT ENFIELD MIDDLE. JULY 3rd, HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, 11 DAYS LATER, HE WAS CALLED HOME. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WIND BEING KNOCKED OUT OF YOU? IT HAPPENED AND HALIFAX. WE WERE THE FIRST ACROSS THE STATE TO LOSE A BELOVED ADMINISTRATOR. WHO HAD DEDICATED HIS ENTIRE LIFE, HIS ENTIRE CAREER, TO SERVING CHILDREN IN THE INFIELD COMMUNITY, NOW TO WAKE UP AND HE IS GONE? IN LESS THAN A MONTH? IT WAS JUST DRAMATIC TO US. NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE PREACH RESILIENCY AND HALIFAX COUNTY. SO, ALTHOUGH HE EXPIRED EARLY, WE HAD TO PICK UP OURSELVES, BECAUSE REMEMBER, WE OPENED UP SCHOOLS AUGUST 17th, SO WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH TIME TO MOURN, SO WE HAD TO CARRY THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. AND WE ARE CARRYING IT RIGHT NOW. OUR CHILDREN STILL MISS HIM. THEY STILL ASK ABOUT HIM, THEY STILL REFERRED TO HIM, THEY STILL, YOU KNOW, MISS HIM, AND THEY LET US KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. TEICHER PATTERSON  WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. IN HALIFAX COUNTY. NEVER. >> DID HIS DEATH SPARK FEAR IN TEACHERS WHO MAY BE JUST DID NOT WANT TO GO BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS? >> ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, WE CLOSED SCHOOLS IN MARCH, TEICHER PATTERSON  WAS GONE IN JULY. AND THAT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PANDEMIC, AND WE JUST DID NOT KNOW ALL THAT WE KNOW TODAY. SO, IMAGINE ALL OF THE STORIES WE WERE TELLING OURSELVES? YOU KNOW? AND SO, IT DID SEND SHOCKWAVES THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE STAFF, AND THEY CAUTIONED ME TODAY NOT TO MOVE TOO FAST. >> MARIANNE, I KNOW YOU ALSO KNEW TEICHER PATTERSON , BUT YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS SEEMINGLY A CONFLICT BETWEEN FAMILIES AND TEACHERS, TEACHERS WITH THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT GOING BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM, FAMILIES, WANTING THEIR KIDS TO GET THE BEST EDUCATION THEY CAN. CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, AND THAT SEEMING CONFLICT? >> I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT HAS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY AND CONTEXT, LIKE DR. ZIMMERMAN STARTED BY SAYING IN THESE DECISION-MAKING'S, IT IS ALSO A VERY PERSONAL DECISION FOR FAMILIES. AND I THINK IT HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT THAT ACROSS THE STATE, FAMILIES HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY IN REMOTE LEARNING OR IN SOME DISTRICTS, TO ALSO GO BACK TO HYBRID AND IN PERSON. I THINK THAT DECISION THAT IS VERY PERSONAL, IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL JUST HAVE TO APPRECIATE THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE, AND I THINK AS WE LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING, WE KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND FAMILIES, WE ALL WISH WE COULD BE TOGETHER IN SCHOOLS. I DON'T KNOW ANYONE THAT DOESN'T WISH THAT COULD BE THE CASE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE LOCAL CONTEXT, AND I THINK THE FOCUS, AS WE LOOK FORWARD, HAS TO BE ON ACADEMICS, BUT ALSO SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING. AND WE ALWAYS HAVE KNOWN HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, IF YOU ADDRESS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, ACADEMIC WILL IN FACT IMPROVE AND STAY THAT WAY. BUT I WILL SAY THAT COVID  HAS REALLY MADE THAT EVEN CLEARER TO US, AND SO AS, WHATEVER METHOD WE ARE LEARNING AND RIGHT NOW, THOSE ARE ALSO CRITICAL. THAT IS WHAT I KEEP HEARING FROM TEACHERS AND AMY ALREADY SURE THAT TODAY, THAT CONNECTING WITH STUDENTS AND THE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. SO, I THINK THAT IS REALLY WHERE OUR ENERGY NEEDS TO GO AS WE MOVE FORWARD. >> YET, WE KNOW THAT DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS ARE SUFFERING THE MOST FROM REMOTE LEARNING AT THIS POINT, I WANT TO BRING IN DR. ZIMMERMAN AGAIN. IS YOUR TEAM RESEARCHING THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS? OBVIOUSLY IT HAS BEEN A YEAR, BUT THAT IS A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AT THIS POINT, IN TERMS OF HOW THIS IS AFFECTING KIDS, THEIR EMOTIONAL HEALTH? >> WE HAVE STARTED SOME OF THAT RESEARCH, AND THERE IS SOME RESEARCH COMING OUT, EVEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO I THINK PEACE OUT. WE PROBABLY WILL NOT SEE THE FULL EFFECT OF THIS FOR MANY YEARS, EVEN DECADES. >> GOING BACK TO UNDERSERVED STUDENTS, WE ARE TALK DURING LOWER INCOME, LIKE AND HISPANIC KIDS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES WHO ARE SUFFERING WITH REMOTE LEARNING THE MOST, THERE ARE ALSO CONCERNS RIGHT NOW, MARIANNE, ABOUT EQUITY IN TERMS OF WHEN THOSE FAMILIES WILL DECIDE TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL, RIGHT? WE ARE NOT THINKING THAT SOME OF THOSE FAMILIES WILL BE THE FIRST TO SEND THEIR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL. >> I THINK WE ARE SEEING THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ASKING FAMILIES WHERE THEY ARE, AND EVEN WHAT THEY ARE CHOOSING, AND SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS SO IMPORTANT, IS AS WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE RETURN TO SCHOOL, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR OPTIONS, REMOTE INCLUDED, TO ADDRESS THOSE ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE STUDENTS ARE AS WE TRANSITION OUT OF COVID. AND SO, THE EQUITY DEFINITELY, I THINK HAS,  THE COVID HAS EXACERBATED THOSE INEQUITIES. SO AS WE COME OUT, WE CAN'T JUST GO BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL AND THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THE GAPS THAT HAVE LIKELY INCREASED, AND NEW GAPS WE MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN HAD BEFORE. SO UNDERSTANDING WHERE STUDENTS ARE, WE ARE GOING TO NEED RESOURCES, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO NEED FLEXIBILITY IN DISTRICTS TO MEET THOSE NEEDS THROUGH EXPANDED LEARNING AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR MORE SUPPORT FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS, SO ALL OF THIS PEOPLE THAT COME TOGETHER TO SERVE, I THINK WE AS A STATE AND OUR DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME TOGETHER. AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE STUDENTS THAT MAYBE HAVE FALLEN BEHIND MORE, OR WERE ALREADY BEHIND BUT MAY NEED MORE SUPPORT AS WE TRANSITION BACK. >> HOW DO YOU REACH THOSE FAMILIES, THOUGH? HOW DO YOU LET THEM KNOW THAT IT IS SAFE TO GO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM? >> SO, SOMEONE ELSE MAY WANT TO JUMP IN ON THIS. I THINK IT HAS CONTINUED TO SHOW WHAT ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE ARE DOING, BUT ALSO APPRECIATING THE FAMILIES, WHERE THEY ARE. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO OFFER EXCELLENT OPTIONS. BUT I DO THINK THE MORE WE HAVE DATA, TEACHERS BEING VACCINATED, THE MORE WE HAVE THOSE TOOLS THAT EVERYONE HAS OUTLINED, THAT WILL ONLY HELP US, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MEETING OUR STUDENTS NEEDS WHEREVER THEY ARE. >> WELL SAID. WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NEXT, WHAT IS GOING WELL WITH REMOTE LEARNING AND HOW FAMILIES CAN BOOST THE LEARNING HAPPENING IN THEIR HOMES. I WILL ASK THE PANELISTS, AFTER THIS.

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Good morning. I'm meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner, who was a cold start this morning, we had widespread temperatures in the thirties, but here's why we're not likely to see that again. This week, high pressure system that you can see down in the deep south, it rotates clockwise, starts to slide eastward a little closer to us and we're going to see the flow on the backside of that high, which is coming out of the south. Let me show you what I'm talking about right now. Our winds are fairly light and as we take a look at the wind direction, you can see it's kind of all over the place until we get to around lunchtime and then it's solidly coming out of the southwest and you could see the uh winds shaded there and red. So that's going to be some warmer air that moves in. Temperatures will actually be very close to normal. We do have a cold front that's gonna swing through tomorrow and uh that's really not going to cool us down much. It's going to bring us some cloud cover and maybe a quick light shower during the afternoon, but we're definitely gonna see uh some warmer temperatures starting this afternoon. 73 in Raleigh and in Durham, 73 in Fayetteville, the Durham Bulls have a day, game day. It starts at 11 o'clock and the temperatures are going to be really nice for that. We'll have near normal highs for the rest of the week. At least through Saturday, near normal is 75 and temperatures will be in the low to mid seventies all the way through Saturday and then Sunday and Monday, those temperatures climb up into the low eighties with some warmer weather ahead. After dropping easily down into the thirties. This morning, our low tomorrow morning will be 51. So about 15 degrees warmer and 51 is our normal low. For this time of year, we tend to see the coldest temperature of the day at around seven o'clock and we'll see a cooler Friday at 45 and then we're into the fifties again for Saturday and Sunday. So it's really pleasant. I mean, we're looking at temperatures that are close to normal, which are in the seventies. We're going to see a lot of sunshine for the next seven days except tomorrow, we'll see increasing clouds with that quick band of rain that comes through. Not, not going to be a whole lot to that. We'll see maybe a quarter of an inch or less and we're looking nice and warm next week, we do climb up to 85 by next Monday.

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Good evening. I'm Gayle. Her, welcome to tonight's drawings for Monday, April 22nd, 2024. Well, let's get started tonight with our Carolina pick three. Our first winning number is a two. Our second number is six and the third number today is three and our pick three. Fireball number is four. Joining me for tonight's showing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move to the Carolina pick four. Good luck. Everyone who's at first winning pick four. Number, it's a two. Our second number here it comes. It's two again. Third number tonight is three and our fourth number is a nine and our pick for a fireball number is six. We turn now to the Carolina cash five. If no one wins the top prize tonight, tomorrow's our prize is estimated at $451,000. Good luck. Everyone is their first winning cash five number. It is a 39. Our second number 14, 3rd number tonight is 12. Our fourth number is 28 and the final number in our cash five this evening is 31. The North Carolina Education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Get your winning numbers right here every night in your exclusive station for the North Carolina education lottery. Thanks for playing. Have a great night.

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OCTOBER OF 2016 WHEN SHE CAME FORWARD TO THE "NATIONAL ENQUIRER," THE "NATIONAL ENQUIRER" IN TURN CONTACTED MICHAEL COHEN WHO THEN PAID HER $130,000 JUST TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION THE D.A.'S OFFICE FROM DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG'S TEAM HAVE OUTLINED HERE OVER THE COURSE OF 45 MINUTES IN OPENING STATEMENTS THAT THEY INTEND TO SHOW THAT THERE IS A CONSPIRACY, THAT DONALD TRUMP DIRECTED THE PAYMENTS IN 2016 WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION TO STORMY DANIELS, AND THAT HE WOULD THEN IN TURN IN 2017 REIMBURSE MICHAEL COHEN FOR THOSE PAYMENTS. THE WHAT DID DONALD TRUMP KNOW AND DIDN'T KNOW IS AT THE HEART OF THIS CASE. BACK IN 2016 WHEN THIS CASE BECAME PUBLIC, HE INITIALLY DENIED THAT HE WAS AWARE OF THE STORMY DANIELS PAYMENT OF $130,000, BUT WHAT YOU ARE HEARD FROM HIS DEFENSE TEAM WHEN THEY TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT FORWARD THEIR OPENING STATEMENTS OVER 35 MINUTES, HIS DEFENSE LAWYER OUTLINED THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS A SYMPATHETIC FIGURE IN THIS, THAT HE DID NOT COMMIT ANY CRIME, THAT HE COMPENSATED MICHAEL COHEN AS HIS PERSONAL LAWYER, THAT IT WAS NOT A REPAYMENT TO COVER UP THE STORMY DANIELS' STORY BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION, BUT HE WAS SIMPLY PAYINGIM AS HIS PERSONAL LAWYER. HE TOLD THE JURY -- THIS WAS DONALD TRUMP'S ATTORNEY -- THAT THEY SHOULD IGNORE THE TESTIMONY FROM THE LIKES OF STORMY DANIELS WHEN SHE TAKES THE STAND SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SALACIOUS MATERIAL ABOUT ALLEGED AFFAIRS AND AN ATTEMPTED HUSH MONEY PAYMENT, BUT NONE OF THAT MATTERS BECAUSE AT THE HEART OF THIS IS OVER FINANCIAL RECORDS AND THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS NOT THE ONE THAT ULTIMATELY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE ACTS. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INTENSE FIVE TO SEVEN-WEEK TRIAL HERE. TOMORROW THEY WILL RETURN TO COURT FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE WE LOOK AT OTHER WITNESSES INCLUDING STORMY DANIELS AND OF COURSE, MICHAEL COHEN WHOM THE DEFENSE TEAM FOR DONALD TRUMP ALREADY WAS QUESTIONING THE CREDIBILITY OF SAYING THAT MICHAEL COHEN'S TRUE INTENT HERE IS JUST TO GET DONALD TRUMP AND GET HIM INTO JAIL AFTER THOSE TWO, BEING THE FORMER LAWYER, FORMER FIXER, THE TWO OF THEM PARTED WAYS AS ALL OF THIS CAME TO LIGHT IN 2018. FOR DONALD TRUMP AND HIS PART INSIDE OF THAT COURTROOM FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, HE KEPT HIS EYES SHUT, BUT AT OTHER MOMENTS, HE WAS LOOKING AT HIS DEFENSE LAWYER TODD BLANCHE AS HE BEGAN TO MAKE HIS CASE TO THE JURY. AND HE ALSO TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED AT THE GALLERY, LOOKED AT THOSE WHO WERE IN THE ROOM. HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH DAVID PECKER, THAT "NATIONAL ENQUIRER" PUBLISHER WHO WAS A LONG-TIME, ONE-TIME FRIEND OF HIS. THIS FOR HIM IS GOING TO BE A LONG HAUL HERE, BUT ONE THAT COULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO HIM AND HIS LEGAL FATE EITHER BEING FOUND GUILTY OR INNOCENT OR THE VERY REAL POTENTIAL OF A HUNG JURY. THE FIRST WITNESS TAKE THE STAND IN WHAT IS A MONUMENTAL DAY FOR DONALD TRUMP, THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S CRIMINAL TRIAL. >> DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING FROM THE OTHER SIDE THAT SUGGESTS SOMETHING NEW IN HOW THEY WANT TO FRAME THIS CASE FOR THE JURY? >> Reporter: THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY THAT THE PROSECUTION WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD BECAUSE IF YOU JUST TAKE DAVID PECKER, THAT MAN WHO WAS AT TRUMP TOWER WITH MICHAEL COHEN, WITH DONALD TRUMP, THE QUESTION WAS WHAT KIND OF TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE WOULD HE BE ABLE TO PROVIDE? BECAUSE HE HAS NEVER DONE A PUBLIC INTERVIEW. HE HAS NEVER PUBLICLY DISCUSSED THIS, BUT WHAT THE PROSECUTION OUTLINED IS THAT THEY HAVE CORROBORATING EVIDENCE THROUGH EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES AND PHONE CALLS. THEY EVEN HAVE GOING BACK TO OCTOBER 26th OF 2016 A PHONE CALL, TWO PHONE CALLS THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND MICHAEL COHEN IN WHICH THEY ALLEGE THAT MICHAEL COHEN JUST AFTER THOSE PHONE CALLS WENT TO A BANK, SET UP A BANK ACCOUNT IN THE FOLLOWING DAY, WIRED $130,000 TO STORMY DANIELS. SO THE PROSECUTION IS MAKING THE CASE THAT THIS IS MORE THAN JUST THE TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL COHEN BUT WE HAVE THE RECORDS. THE QUESTION IS DO THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO MAKE DONALD TRUMP THE TRUE CRIMINAL DEFENDANT HERE AS HIS DEFENSE TEAM HAS MADE THE CASE, LESTER, THAT THIS WAS A MATTER OF FINANCING AND THAT THOSE IN THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THOSE FINANCIAL RECORDS, IT WAS INCUMBENT ON THEM ON HOW THOSE RECORDS WERE ACTUALLY MAINTAINED AND THAT LEGAL, WHICH IS AT THE HEART OF THE FINANCIAL FRAUD ALLEGATIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP HERE, THAT THOSE DENOTATIONS OF LEGAL EXPENSES WERE FAIR AND JUST BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP THOUGHT THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY USING MICHAEL COHEN FOR AND THAT THE IDEA OF REPAYING HIM FOR A HUSH MONEY PAYMENT WAS NOT AT THE FOREFRONT OF DONALD TRUMP'S MIND WHILE HE WAS SITTING IN THE OVAL OFFICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OF 2017. >> ALL RIGHT, VAUGHN, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO STAND BY. LET ME BRING IN FOR MORE, OUR SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT HALLIE JACKSON, AND NBC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST, DANNY CEVALLOS. GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE. HALLIE, FIRST OFF, FRAME WHAT WE HAVE HEARD TODAY. >> THE PROSECUTION IS ESSENTIALLY LOOKING TO LAY OUT THE CASE, AND YOU HEARD THIS COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE OPENING STATEMENTS TODAY, THAT THIS GOES BEYOND SIMPLY WHAT WE ALL SHORTHAND IT AS THE HUSH MONEY TRIAL, THAT THIS WAS ABOUT ELECTION INTERFERENCE. THEY DID SOMETHING INTERESTING, THEY TOOK THIS PHRASE THAT IN MANY WAYS THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS CO-OPTED, THIS IDEA OF ELECTION FRAUD AND THEY TRIED TO FLIP IT AND USE IT AGAINST DONALD TRUMP IN THESE OPENING STATEMENTS, DESCRIBING WHAT HE DID AS ILLEGAL ELECTION FRAUD, THAT HE TRIED TO COVER UP ALONG WITH MICHAEL COHEN AND DAVID PECKER THIS, YOU KNOW, MONEY TO COVER UP AN ALLEGED SEX SCANDAL. WHAT THE DEFENSE DID WAS TRY TO TAKE THAT BACK. YOU HEARD THIS VERY INTERESTING LINE FROM TODD BLANCHE, THE LEAD ATTORNEY THERE FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT WHO SAID SPOILER ALERT, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH TRYING TO INFLUENCE AN ELECTION. IT'S CALLED DEMOCRACY. KIND OF AN EXTRAORDINARY LINE TO HEAR FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S TEAM, AND SO THE DEFENSE CAME BACK, BLANCHE SAID THAT, BUT ALSO TRIED TO MAKE DONALD TRUMP SEEM SUPER RELATABLE. THAT WAS STRIKING AT SEVERAL MOMENTS FOR THE DEFENSE'S OPENING STATEMENTS TALKING ABOUT, SURE, HE'S THE FORMER PRESIDENT, BUT HEY, HE'S JUST LIKE US. HE'S A FATHER. HE'S A HUSBAND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL NEW YORKERS HERE. WE ALL GET IT. TRYING TO ESTABLISH THAT PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE JURY IN HOPES THAT THAT COULD SERVE THE DEFENSE TEAM OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SIX WEEKS THERE. WHAT I'M GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR, YOU ASKED ABOUT WHAT COULD BE NEW HERE, AND YOU HEARD VAUGHN ALLUDE TO SOME OF THIS, THE PROSECUTION HAS RECEIPTS. THEY'RE ALLUDING TO A TAPE WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S VOICE ON IT. THEY'RE ALLUDING TO A PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE OVAL OFFICE OF DONALD TRUMP WITH MICHAEL COHEN. THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO PROVE THAT MICHAEL COHEN, STORMY DANIELS, THAT THE PAPER DOCUMENTS, THE EVIDENCE, THE PAPER TRAIL PROVES THEIR CASE. >> SO DANNY, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO SAY THERE'S NO CRIME HERE? >> THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAN THAT. THEY ACTUALLY OPENED WITH HE'S INNOCENT. WHICH IS AN INTERESTING CHOICE OF WORDS. INNOCENCE IS NOT DETERMINED AT CRIMINAL TRIAL, GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY. SOMETIMES IF YOU FEEL THAT YOUR CASE IS PARTICULARLY STRONG, YOU MAY TRY TO ESSENTIALLY ARGUE INNOCENCE TO THE JURY. MY CLIENT IS SO NOT GUILTY THAT HE'S INNOCENT, AND THEY ESSENTIALLY OPENED WITH THAT. WE ALREADY GOT A PREVIEW AND THERE WERE NO SURPRISES. THEY'RE GOING TO POINT TO MICHAEL COHEN AS SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT CREDIBLE. THEY'RE GOING TO POINT TO STORMY DANIELS AS SOMEONE WHO IS NOT CREDIBLE, ALTHOUGH YOU COULD ARGUE THAT STORMY DANIELS IS ALMOST NOT NECESSARY AS A WITNESS IN THIS CASE. HER INVOLVEMENT IS KIND OF TANGENTIAL. THE AFFAIR ITSELF IS NOT CRITICAL TO WHETHER OR NOT IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED FOR THIS CASE. SO REALLY WHAT WE GOOD PREVIEW OF IS EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPECTED FROM THE PROSECUTION. THEY GOT OUT IN FRONT OF WHAT THEY CONSIDER THEIR MICHAEL COHEN ISSUE, THAT HE MIGHT HAVE CREDIBILITY  ISSUES. IN THE SPECTRUM OF COOPERATING WITNESSES, MICHAEL COHEN, WHO IS NOT TECHNICALLY A COOPERATING WITNESS, HE'S PROBABLY ON THE LOW END OF LACK OF CREDIBILITY. MOST COOPERATES WITNESSES ARE BROUGHT IN FROM THE PRISON IN SHACKLES, AND THEY HAVE TONS OF ISSUES WITH CREDIBILITY AND CRIMINALITY. BUT AS THE PROSECUTION WILL SAY, AS THEY ALWAYS SAY, IT'S A STANDARD LINE, WE DIDN'T CHOOSE THIS WITNESS. THE DEFENDANT CHOSE THIS WITNESS. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS THIS -- THE OPENINGS COME TO A CLOSE, I THINK ALL EYES ARE ON THE STAR WITNESS, AND I DON'T THINK I MEAN MICHAEL COHEN ANYMORE. I THINK DAVID PECKER IS GOING TO BE A CRITICAL WITNESS BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, HE CORROBORATES MICHAEL COHEN. HE ESTABLISHES THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY, AND HE CORROBORATES A LOT OF DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO SUPPORT WITNESSES LIKE MICHAEL COHEN. THE GOVERNMENT, THE PROSECUTION HAS A WAY OF MAKING MICHAEL COHEN'S LACK OF CREDIBILITY A MINIMAL ISSUE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING RIGHT IN THAT DIRECTION. >> THE PROSECUTION MADE AN EFFORT TO POOUT THAT DAVID PECKER HAD BROUGHT A LAWYER TO THE COURTROOM WITH HIM. IS THERE SOME STRATEGY IN THAT? >> NOT NECESSARILY. WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS IF YOU'RE THE STATE AND YOU HAVE A COOPERATING WITNESS, YOU DON'T WANT TO LOOK LIKE YOU'RE TOO HAND IF HAND WITH THAT WITNESS. I'LL GIVE YOU SOME OF THE STANDARD LINES AS A DEFENSE ATTORNEY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HIT THAT COOPERATING WITNESS WITH, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY FRAME THEM AS DOING ANYTHING THEY CAN TO PLEASE THEIR CAPTORS AND THEIR CAPTORS ARE THE GOVERNMENT WHO HAVE OFFERED THEM A DEAL. THEY'VE GOTTEN HAND IN HAND WITH THE DEVIL. THEY'RE TOO COZY WITH PROSECUTORS. THIS IS A COMMON THEME WHEN YOU'RE ATTACKING CORROBORATING WITNESSES OR PEOPLE TESTIFYING FOR THE GOVERNMENT. THE STATE WILL HAVE PREPARED THEIR WITNESSES FOR THIS. THEY'LL HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT IN CROSS EXAMINATION, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE. >> I WANT TO GO BACK TO VAUGHN FOR AMOMENT. WE KNOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD ED A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT HE WOULD TESTIFY. I ASSUME THAT DECISION OFFICIALLY IS STILL WEEKS AWAY, BUT WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? >> Reporter: RIGHT, DONALD TRUMP'S CREDIBILITY, LESTER, IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL HERE FOR THIS JURY WHEN THEY'RE DETERMINING THE EXTENT TO WHICH HE IS GUILTY OR INNOCENT HERE. AND YOU SAID TWO TIMES NOW ALREADY IN THE LAST WEEK HE HAS MADE CLEAR THAT HE WOULD TESTIFY IN HIS OWN DEFENSE, BUT THERE ARE NUMEROUS QUESTIONS THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS NEVER PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY, INCLUDING INSIDE OF A COURTROOM, ANSWERED WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPECIFICS OF THIS CASE. AND ONE OF THOSE COMES DOWN TO THE FACT THAT IN JANUAUARY OF 2018, THAT IS WHEN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL FIRST REPORTED ABOUT THE MICHAEL COHEN AND STORMY DANIELS $130,000 ARRANGEMENT, MORE THAN A YEAR INTO HIS PRESIDENCY, JANUARY OF 2018, WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS FIRST ASKED ABOUT IT IN APRIL OF 2018 ON AIR FORCE ONE, HALLIE WAS COVERING HIS WHITE HOUSE AT THE TIME. DONALD TRUMP WAS ASKED SPECIFICALLY, DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE $130,000 PAYMENT TO STORMY DANIELS. DONALD TRUMP REPLIED NO. HE THEN WENT ON TO SAY, QUOTE, YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK MICHAEL COHEN. MICHAEL IS MY ATTORNEY. YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK MICHAEL, AND SO DONALD D TRUMPILL HAVE TO WEIGH KNOWING THAT HE WILL GET THESE QUESTIONS AND DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PROSECUTION HAS IN TERMS OF EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY FROM THE LIKES OF DAVID PECKER, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REPLAY THOSE VERY COMMENTS FROM DONALD TRUMP IN 2018 AND PUT THEM SIDE BY SIDE TO COMMENTS THAT HE MADE IN 2016. ONE OTHER NOTE ON HIS CREDIBILITY, THERE IS A MAJOR DECISION EARLIER THIS MORNING AS WELL BY THE JUDGE. JUDGE MERCHAN MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT THE PROSECUTION WILL BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE TO THE JURY PREVIOUS TRIAL DETERMINATIONS AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, NAMELY TWO OF THOSE BEING IN JUST THE LAST YEAR, THE E. JEAN CARROLL DEFAMATION CASE AS WELL AS THE CIVIL FRAUD TRIAL IN WHICH JUDGE ENGORON JUST THIS YEAR FOUND THAT HE AND THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION HAD ENGAGED REPEATEDLY IN FINANCIAL FRAUD. THOSE CASES WHICH THE JUDGE IS GOING TO ALLOW THE PROSECUTION TO BRING FORWARD IN FRONT OF THE JURY WILL ALLOW THEM TO TELL THE JURY THAT DONALD TRUMP'S CREDIBILITY AND HIS PENCHANT FOR LYING AND NOT BEING WHOLLY TRUTHFUL ARE GOING TO BE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THAT DONALD TRUMP'S DEFENSE AND HIS LEGAL TEAM'S DEFENSE ARE NOT ALL THAT CREDIBLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIM IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE LAST DECADE THAT STARTED IN AUGUST 2015, WHEN THAT TRUMP TOWER MEETING WHICH DONALD TRUMP HAS NOT PUBLICLY COMMENTED ON, ALL THE WAY INTO 2017 WHEN DAVID PECKER, THE "NATIONAL ENQUIRER" PUBLISHER WAS INVITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A DINNER THAT THE D.A.'S OFFICE SAYS WAS ARRANGED FOR DONALD TRUMP, THE THEN PRESIDENT, TO THANK DAVID PECKER FOR HIS EFFORTS TO SQUASH THOSE SALACIOUS STORIES FROM KAREN McDOUGAL AND STORMY DANIELS. >> WE'RE SEEING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, THERE HE IS, OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE OR OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM. HE'S PREPARING TO LEAVE AS HE OFTEN DOES. HE ADDRESSES THEAMERAS GATHERED THERE. DANNY, LET ME BRING YOU BACK INTO THE CONVERSATION. THERE IS ANOTHER MATTER THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT FACED. THAT'S THE QUESTION OF THE GAG ORDER AND WHETHER HE HAS RECENTLY VIOLATED THAT. THAT'S GOING TO COME BACK UP TOMORROW, CORRECT? >> YES, AND LAST WEEK I SUSPECT THAT JUSTICE MERCHAN SAID IT FOR MORE THAN A WEEK OUT BECAUSE OF A COUPLE DIFFERENT REASONS. NUMBER ONE, HE HAD HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS, OF POTENTIAL JURORS TO GET THROUGH, AND HE WANTED TO GET THE PARTY STARTED. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, BACK THEN, MONDAY MORNING -- MONDAY MORNING LAST WEEK WAS MIRED IN ARGUMENTS AND MOTIONS AND I SUSPECT THE JUSTICE WANTED TO JUST PUSH IT OFF TO NEXT WEEK SO THEY COULD GET THROUGH JURY SELECTION, AND THEN ALSO, THERE WAS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY THAT BY THAT NEXT WEEK, BY TOMORROW THERE WOULD BE MORE VIOLATIONS OF THE GAG ORDER, AND THEY COULD PROBABLY JUST BE CONSOLIDATED. BUT AT THE TIME, IT WAS APPROXIMATELY SEVEN CLAIMED VIOLATIONS. THAT HEARING WILL GO ON TOMORROW, AND HERE'S WHAT I SUSPECT. LOOK FOR THE PEOPLE, THE PROSECUTORS, TO ASK FOR MINIMAL PENALTIES AT THE OUTSET. A LOT OF FOLKS SAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHAT DOES THAT MATTER TO DONALD TRUMP? WELL, THESE VIOLATIONS AND THE PUNISHMENTS ARE INCREMENTAL. REALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS SETTING A FLOOR. SURE, START HIM OUT WITH A THOUSAND DOLLARS, $5,000, IT DOESN'T MATTER, BUT THIS SPECTRUM, THIS PATH STARTS FROM ADMONITIONS. IT GOES TO FINES, AND EVENTUALLY, AT THE END OF THE ROAD IS INCARCERATION FOR SOMEBODY WHO VIOLATES OR IS HELD IN CONTEMPT BY THE COURT. NOW, THAT WOULD BE A MONUMENTAL DECISION AND A DIFFICULT DECISION BY THE JUDGE, BUT I THINK THE STATE IS SHOWING THAT THEY WANT TO MOVE IN INCREMENTS BUT THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IF THERE ARE VIOLATIONS OF THE GAG ORDER. >> HALLIE, HOW IS THIS AFFECTING THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT? THE FORMER PRESIDENT LIKES TO MENTION THAT HE WOULD OTHERWISE BE OUT CAMPAIGNING RIGHT NOW. >> WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THE RUBBER MEET THE ROAD ON THAT FRONT. COURT IS NOT IN SESSION ON WEDNESDAY. HE COULD DO CAMPAIGN EVENTS ON THOSE DAYS OR THE WEEKEND. THIS PAST WEEKEND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CAMPAIGN RALLY. IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A WASHOUT, RAINED OUT, IT HAD TO BE CANCELED BECAUSE OF WEATHER. WHICH IS AN INDICATION SOMETIMES THINGS JUST POP UP. IT'S NOT ALWAYS IN YOUR CONTROL WHEN YOU'RE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. TO GET REAL INSIGHT ON HOW THIS CASE WILL AFFECT HIM IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. REMEMBER, IN THE PRIMARY, ALL OF HIS LEGAL ISSUES WERE A BOON TO HIM. IT RALLIED HIS REPUBLICAN BASE AROUND HIM AND HELPED HIM GET THAT PRESUMPTIVE GOP NOMINATION ALL BUT LOCKED UP HERE. WHAT HAPPENS IN A GENERAL ELECTION. WE MAY NOT KNOW FOR A BIT YET. WE CAN LOOK AT NUMBERS OUT PR OUR NBC NEWS POLLING SHOWING THAT ABOUT 50% OF PEOPLE, AND THIS IS POLLING IN JUST THE LAST 24 HOURS, BELIEVE THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS BEING TREATED FAIRLY BY THE SAME STANDARD OF LAW AS YOU OR ME OR ANYBODY ELSE. 43% DISAGREE. THEY BELIEVE THAT DONALD TRUMP IS BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY, SEEMING TO ECHO WHAT HE HAS BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG TT HE IS IN MANY WAYS THE VICTIM OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION. THE CONVERSATION YOU WERE JUST HAVING WITH DANNY ABOUT THAT GAG ORDER, THE FORMER PRESIDENT SEIZED THAT THROUGH THE LENS THROUGH WHICH HE SEES SO MANY OF HIS LEAGUE PROBLEMS AS AN ISSUE OF UNFAIRNESS AGAINST HIM. HE HAS SAID THIS ON TRUTH SOCIAL, THIS ISN'T FAIR, THEY CAN TALK ABOUT ME BUT I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THEM. HE HAS ILED AGAINST THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN. KEEP IN MIND, IT'S A PARTIAL GAG ORDER. HE DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEAK AGAINST THE JUDGE OR MAKE COMMENTS IN A CAMPAIGN RALLY SETTING RELATED TO THAT, BUT THE POLITICAL IMPOLITICAL OCCASIONS I THINK ARE GOING TO BE REALLY TOLD, WHEN WE DO GET A VERDICT AND WE GET POLLING IN THE FIELD AFTER THAT. >> WE SAW FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSING THE CAMERAS A MOMENT AGO. ANY IDEA WHAT HE SAID? >> Reporter: YEAH, HE'S STILL ADDRESSING THE CAMERAS IN REALTIME, AND HE I SHOULD NOTE OVER THE LAST WEEK THROUGH JURY SELECTION WOULD OFTEN GIVE ABOUT FIVE, 15 SECONDS OF QUICK REMARKS OR COMMENTS TO THE PRESS, BUT THIS IS HIS MOST PROLONGED COMMENTARY WE HAVE SEEN YET. AND LARGE AMOUNT OF IT HAS SO FAR BEEN FOCUSED ON MICHAEL COHEN, OF COURSE WHO WAS HIS LONG-TIME PERSONAL LAWYER, AND HE IS UNDERCUTTING MICHAEL COHEN'S REPUTATION. WE SHOULD NOTE THAT, IN FACT, IT WAS CAMPAIGN FINANCES VIOLATIONS THAT WERE PART OF WHAT LED TO A GUILTY PLEA F FROM MICHAEL COHEN BACK IN 2018 WHILE DONALD TRUMP WAS SERVING AS PRESIDENT, AND IT WAS A LONG-STANDING DOJ POLICY TO NOT PROSECUTE A SITTING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. BUT THAT IS WHEN MICHAEL COHEN FOR THE ACTS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLEGED AS PART OF THE ACTUAL HUSH MONEY SCHEME, LED TO MICHAEL COHEN SERVING PRISON TIME. AND MICHAEL COHEN HAS BEEN VERY PUBLIC AND VOCAL IN THE YEARS SINCE ABOUT HIS FRUSTRATIONS AS TO WHY PROSECUTORS AFTER DONALD TRUMP LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE, GO AFTER DONALD TRUMP FOR THE ALLEGED CRIMES, AND NOW WHAT YOU ARE HEARING IS MICHAEL COHEN WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT HE IS GOING TO BE A WITNESS, YOU'RE HEARING DONALD TRUMP CALL INTO QUESTION HIS CREDIBILITY AND SOMEBODY WHO ONLY HAS THE INTENT OF UNDERCUTTING HIM NOW THROUGH THIS PROCESS. >> VAUGHN, THANKS VERY MUCH, SO THE OPENING STATEMENTS ARE DONE. THE FIRST WITNESS ON THE STAND TODAY, THAT CONCLUDES THIS NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. MUCH MORE ON OUR STREAMINGNG

NBC News Special Report: Witness testifies after opening statements in Trump trial

A 12-person jury in Manhattan is set to hear opening statements Monday from prosecutors and defense lawyers in the first of four criminal cases against Donald Trump.

<p>&gt;&gt; Announcer: THIS IS AN NBC NEWS "SPECIAL REPORT." HERE'S CRAIG MELVIN. &gt;&gt;&gt; AND A GOOD MONDAY MORNING. WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR WITH BREAKING NEWS AND A HISTORIC MOMENT AS WELL WITH OPENING STATEMENTS SET TO START IN FORMER-PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S NEW YORK HUSH MONEY TRIAL. THE PRESIDENT HAS ARRIVED AT THE COURTHOUSE. THIS, OF COURSE, IS THE FIRST TIME A FORMER PRESIDENT AND A PRESUMPTIVE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT IS STANDING TRIAL FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES. MR. TRUMP HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. THOSE COUNTS ARE RELATED TO A 2016 PAYMENT MADE TO ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS TO KEEP HER QUIET ABOUT AN ALLEGED SEXUAL ENCOUNTER, ALL OF WHICH THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS DENIED. TODAY'S OPENING STATEMENTS COMING A WEEK AFTER THE TRIAL STARTED WITH JURY SELECTION. NOW THOSE 12 JURORS AND 6 ALTERNATES ARE SET TO HEAR THE CASE AGAINST HIM AND HIS TEAM'S DEFENSE IN A WATERSHED MOMENT FOR OUR COUNTRY'S LEGAL LANDSCAPE. WE START NOW WITH OUR SENIOR LEGAL CORRESPONDENT LAURA JARRETT. SHE HAS MADE HER WAY TO THAT COURTHOUSE THERE IN LOWER MANHATTAN. LAURA, WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING TO SEE AND HEAR INSIDE THAT COURTROOM THIS MORNING? &gt;&gt; Reporter: WELL, CRAIG, IT WAS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO THAT DONALD TRUMP STEPPED INTO THE COURTHOUSE HERE BEHIND ME FOR HIS ARRAIGNMENT. TODAY HE WALKS IN AS A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT FOR HIS OPENING STATEMENTS IN HIS FIRST CRIMINAL TRIAL. A REMARKABLE MOMENT FOR MR. TRUMP, FOR THE 12 JURORS SET TO SIT IN JUDGMENT OF HIM, AND FOR THE COUNTRY A REMARKABLE TEST, AS YOU SAID, FOR OUR LEGAL SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. THOSE 34 COUNTS, TECHNICALLY ABOUT FALSIFICATION OF BUSINESS RECORDS, BUT THE STORY THAT THE PROSECUTORS HERE WANT TO TELL, CRAIG, IS FAR BROADER THAN THAT, FAR MORE AMBITIOUS. THE STORY THAT THEY WANT TO TELL, A ROADMAP IF YOU WILL THAT THEY WANT TO LAYOUT TODAY IN OPENING STATEMENTS IS ABOUT ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND THEY'RE TELLING THEHE TRU CAMPAIGN IN 2016 WAS REELING FROM THE RELEASE OF THE "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD" TAPE AND SO DESPERATE TO MAKE SURE THEY COULD SHORE UP THE FEMALE VOTE THEY TRIED TO BURY THE STORY OF STORMY DANIELS, A STORY THAT COULD HAVE UPENDED THE CAMPAIGN. SO IN PROSECUTOR'S TELLING, MR. TRUMP DIRECTED HIS FORMER FIXER, MIKE AN COHEN, TO PAY HER OFF WITH $130,000. THAT PAYMENT IS MADE DAYS BEFORE VOTERS WENT TO THE POLL BUT, OF COURSE, THE VOTERS FOUND OUT ABOUT I ANYWAY. THE DEFENSE TEAM IS GOING TO LAYOUT HOW MR. TRUMP DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PLOT, THIS ALLEGED ORCHESTRATION, THAT MR. TRUMP WASN'T INVOLVED IN IT AND THAT MR. COHEN DID IT ON HIS OWN. THE DEFENSE TEAM WANTS TO SAY, CRAIG, IF ALL OF THIS HAPPENED THE WAY PROSECUTORS SAY, WHICH THEY DENY, WAS ACTUALLY BEING FALSIFIED, THE INTERNAL CRIME ARE BUSINESS RECORDS THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY. SO HOW COULD THE VOTERS HAVE BEEN FOOLED? THAT'S THE DUELLING NARRATIVES WE WILL SEE PLAY OUT IN OPENING STATEMENTS, CRAIG. &gt;&gt; AFTER OPENING STATEMENTS, THE FIRST WITNESS WE'VE BEEN TOLD A MAN NAMED DAVID PECKER. EXPLAIN HOW HE FITS INTO ALL OF THIS AND WHAT IS THE PROSECUTION HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH BY CALLING HIM FIRST? &gt;&gt; Reporter: IT IS AN INTERESTING STRATEGIC MOVE REALLY, CRACK, BECAUSE DAVID PECKER WAS THE FORMER LEADER OF AMI, WHICH IS THE PARENT COMPANY OF ""THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER"." EVERYONE KNOWS THAT TABLOID. THE REASON PROSECUTORS WANT HIM IS BECAUSE HE ALLOWS THEM TO PUT MR. TRUMP IN ROOM FOR WHEN THE SCHEME HAPPENED IN 2015, AND PROSECUTORS TELLING, THEY'RE GOING TO TELL THE JURY HERE MR. TRUMP, MR. COHEN AND DAVID PECKER SAT IN A ROOM AND THEY DECIDED TO TRY TO CATCH AND KILL BAD STORIES THAT COULD HAVE HURT MR. TRUMP. THEY'RE GOING TO SAY IT WAS MR. PECKER AND MR. TRUMP AND MR. HEN WHO DECIDED TO TAKE AND BUY THE STORIES TO MAKE SURE OTHER PEOPLE COULDN'T PUBLICIZE THEM. MR. TRUMP DOESN'T DENY THAT MEETING HAPPENED. HE CAN'T. BUT HE IS GOING TO DENY THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL ABOUT IT, CRAIG. &gt;&gt; LAURA JARRETT FOR US THERE AT THE COURTHOUSE. LAURA, THANK YOU. LET'S BRING IN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT HALLIE JACKSON AND NBC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST DANNY CEVALLOS. WE WILL HEAR FROM DANNY PECKER BUT THE AFOREMENTIONED MICHAEL COHEN, THE PRESIDENT'S FORMER FIXER, A MAN WHO WROTE A BOOK CALLED "REVENGE" ABOUT HIS FORMER BOSS. HE IS ALSO A CONVICTED FELON. &gt;&gt; MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF HIS LACK OF CREDIBILITY AND HE HAS THAT PROBLEM, BUT PROSECUTORS ROUTINELY USE COOPERATING WITNESSES WITH MUCH WORSE CHARACTER ISSUES THAN MICHAEL COHEN. YOU WILL HAVE TRIALS AND I HAVE HAD THESE WHERE THE COOPERATING WITNESS COMES IN IN SHACKLES AND PRISON GEAR. THE POINT IS PROSECUTORS OFTEN GO TO OTHER BAD GUYS TO GET TESTIMONY AGAINST THE DEFENDANT BAD GUY THAT THEY WANT TO CONVICT. THIS IS NOTHING NEW. THE PROSECUTION'S ALREADY BEEN SEEDING THE JURY, PREPPING THEM FOR THE FACT, HEY, YOU MAY HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE CREDIBILITY ISSUES IN THIS CASE, BUT THE STATE HERE AS A LOT OF CORROBORATING EVIDENCE. I THINK THAT COMES A LOT IN THE FORM OF DAVID PECKER, WHO I THINK IS QUIETLY GOING TO BE REALLY THE GOVERNMENT'S STAR WITNESS HERE, NOT SO MUCH MICHAEL COHEN. &gt;&gt; HALLIE JACKSON, OF COURSE, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER OPINION -- PENDING CASES THE PRESIDENT IS DEALING WITH. SO FAR IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE AFFECTED HIM AT ALL POLITICALLY. DO WE EXPECT IT TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN THAT REGARD? &gt;&gt; HUGE QUESTION AND SOMETHING WE WILL NOT GET AN ANSWER UNTIL AFTER THE VERDICT COMES DOWN LATER ON IN THE SPRING. YOU ARE CORRECT, CRAIG. HIS LEGAL ISSUES DID NOT PHASE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS WHO OVERINGLY BACKED FORMER-PRESIDENT TRUMP. HERE IS SOMETHING I'M WATCHING FROM THE LATEST NBC NEWS POLLING. WE ARE CALLING IT SHORT-HANDING THIS AS THE HUSH MONEY TRIAL TO DIFFERENTIATE IT FROM THE OTHER TRIAL, THE OTHER LEGAL ISSUES THE FORMER PRESIDENT FACES. THE PROSECUTION IS HOPING TO HAVE PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT NOT AS A HUSH MONEY TRIAL BUT AS SOMETHING BIGGER THAN A SEX SCANDAL BUT AN ELECTION INTERFERENCE TRIAL. WHY DOES IT MATTER? WHEN YOU LOOK AT ISSUES THAT VOTERS SAY MATTER TO THEM AND VOTERS COME NOVEMBER, IT IS INFLATION AND IMGRANGS. NO SURPRISE. THOSE ARE STALWARTS, ALWAYS BIG ISSUES. THIRD, THEY SAY THREATS TO DEMOCRACY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES FACING THE COUNTRY. IF PROSECUTORS ARE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION, THERE YOU SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENT WALKING IN, THAT COULD SWAY FOLKS. &gt;&gt; WE HAVE "MEET THE PRESS" MODERATOR KRISTEN WELKER JOINING US FROM WASHINGTON. KRISTEN, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT BIDEN, SO FAR IT WOULD SEEM AS IF THE STRATEGY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH A HANDS-OFF APPROACH. WE HAVEN'T HEARD THE CURRENT PRESIDENT TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TROUBLES. DO WE EXPECT THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THIS TIME AROUND? &gt;&gt; ABSOLUTELY NOT, CRAIG. I EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE THIS WEEK. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT HAS BEEN A HANDS-OFF APPROACH. LAST WEEK PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN BATTLEGROUND PENNSYLVANIA TALKING ABOUT ONE OF TOP ISSUES FOR VOTERS, THE ECONOMY. THIS WEEK HIS BIG SPEECH IS GOING TO FOCUS ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN BATTLEGROUND FLORIDA, IN TRUMP'S HOME TURF. HE WILL BE BLASTING THAT SIX-WEEK BAN IN THE STATE THERE. THE STRATEGY, CRAIG, IS TWO FOLD. ONE TO TRY TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON THE ISSUES AS AN ATTEMPT TO CAST HIMSELF AS A STEADY LEADER, AS THE PERSON WHO IS THE OPPOSITE OF BRINGING CHAOS, AND ALSO TO TRY TO LIVE UP TO THE PROMISE HE MADE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL BACK IN 2020, THAT HE WOULDN'T INTERVENE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. SO I ANTICIPATE WE WILL SEE THIS PLAY OUT. LOOK AT OUR LATEST NBC NEWS POLL, SHOWS THAT HE IS NARROWING THE GAP WITH FORMER-PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW JUST TRAILING HIM BY TWO POINTS AS OPPOSED TO FIVE LAST TIME WE TOOK THE POLL, CRAIG. &gt;&gt; MODERATOR OF "MEET THE PRESS," KRISTEN WELKER. BIG THANKS TO YOU. THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE SPECIAL REPORT. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON OUR STREAMING NETWORK, "NBC NEWS NOW" ONLINE AND ON NBCNews.com. THE FULL AND COMPREHENSIVE WRAP</p>

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