cohen a serial perjurer. >> i got caught lying in the last trial, so he got caught lying, pure lying. >> prosecutors want judge juan merchan to fine trump $1,000 per violation, and they urged the judge to warn trump that future violations could result in a terme of incarceration of up to 30 days. the judge, considering the accusations today in court. this comes after a tense first day of testimony in new york. >> it's a very, very sad day in america, i can tell you that in court, trump watched stone faced as prosecutors accused him of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to bury allegations of an affair with actress stormy daniels during his first run for president in 2016. >> jurors heard brief testimony from david pecker, who ran the national enquirer, who has acknowledged by negative stories about trump only to get rid of them, a practice known as catch and kill. >> this is a case where you pay a lawyer, he's a lawyer and they call it a legal expense. that's the exact terms they used. legal expense. >> trump has denied the 34 felony charges, his defense attorney saying