the white house and asked, how is our girl and made sure karen mcdougal was doing okay. they are trying to show election conspiracy here and donald trump and david pecker and michael cohen were part of it. president trump's lawyer will try to dismantle that when cross-examination begins this morning. back to you. >> brian: here is the thing, go out of your way to say whatever you think of that story, not illegal. this is not a violation, not a misdemeanor, it is not a felony. not illegal. you may not like it, that is what is going on. up to defense to say, they took a day and and a halfful your time and told you about stuff that might be good for page six of new"new york post." >> lawrence: david pecker said he assumed donald trump knew. did not know, assumed. >> ainsley: down the road, president biden will be in new york city, close to fox, not far from the anti-israel protest at columbia university among other schools in new york. >> brian: "new york times" is blasting joe biden for dodging questions about independent jou journalists. >> peter doocy is live at the cour