ISRAEL BELIEVES HAMAS STILL HOLDS MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE CAPTIVE IN GAZA. IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MANY OF THEM ARE STILL ALIVE. >>> HERE IN NEW YORK, THE CRIMINAL TRIAL OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP STARTED WITH A HEARING OVER ALLEGED GAG ORDER VIOLATIONS. THEN CAME TESTIMONY FROM KEITH DAVIDSON. THE LAWYER WHO ONCE REPRESENTED STORMY DANIELS AND KAREN McDOUGAL. TWO WOMEN WHO HAD ALLEGED SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT. DAVIDSON HELPED HUSH MONEY DEALS WITH TRUMPS FORMER FIXER, MICHAEL COHEN. TRUMPS TEAM TRIED TO DISTANCE HIM FROM MICHAEL COHEN AND DAVIDSON. IF HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE DEALS HE WOULD HAVE NO MOTIVE TO FALSIFY BUSINESS RECORDS TO COVER ONE UP. THE JURY WAS INTRODUCED TO A NEW PART OF THE STORY ON THURSDAY. A SECRET RECORDING MADE PUBLIC IN 2018. TAKEN OF TRUMP APPARENTLY BEING BRIEFED ON THE PLAN TO BUY THEM BARRY McDOUGAL'S STORY. CAMPAIGN REPORTER AND ATTORNEY, CATRINA KAUFMAN, JOINTLY NOW. WHAT ROLE -- WHEN IT CAME OUT, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. HOW DID IT PLAY, WHAT ROLE DID IT PLAY WITH THE JURY? >> FL SIGNIFICANT FOR THE JURY TO HEAR THEIR VOICES, TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY HAD TO SET UP A COMPANY TO TRANSFER THE MONEY. MICHAEL COHEN SAID HE TALKED TO ALLEN WEISSELBERG ABOUT IT. THE JURY SEEMED QUITE RIVETED. THEY WERE LOOKING AT THEIR SCREENS WERE THE TRANSCRIPTS WERE. >> THIS WOULD BE FOR THE JURY, THE FIRST TIME SOME OF THEM -- DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN IN THE ROOM BUT NOT SAYING MUCH. THEY ARE HEARING HIS VOICE AMERICA HOARDING AND HE IS SITTING RIGHT THERE. THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE A REAL MOMENT IN THE ROOM. >> IT DID FEEL SIGNIFICANT. SO FAR TRUMP HAS BEEN BEHIND THE SCENES. HIS TEAM HAS REALLY WORKED TO SHOW THAT HE WAS NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN ANY DEALINGS. THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN DAVIDSON AND MICHAEL COHEN, NOW WE ARE ACTUALLY HEARING TRUMPS A VOICE TALKING ABOUT THESE DEALS. >> DID THE DEFENSE, TRUMPS LAWYERS, DID THEY POKE HOLES? >> THEY TRIED -- THE RECORDING CAME OUT LATER WITH A DIFFERENT WITNESS WE WOULD DAVIDSON THEY TRY TO UNDERMINE HIS CREDIBILITY. THEY WENT THROUGH A CAST OF HIS FORMER CLIENTS. REALITY TV SHOW STAR, T LOOKS TEQUILA. CHARLIE SHEEN, HULK HOGAN, THEY WERE TRYING TO SHOW A PATTERN OF HIM GETTING SETTLEMENTS FOR CELEBRITY CLIENTS. THEY REALLY WERE TRYING TO SAY HE HAD A HISTORY OF EXTORTION. HE PUSHED BACK ON IT BUT THEY ARE DEFINITELY TRYING TO CHANGE THE MATERIAL OF DAVIDSON FOR THE JURY. >> BASICALLY, IMPEACH THE WITNESS. NOT NECESSARILY TAKE ON THE CLAIMS HE IS MAKING DIRECTLY. IS THAT A FAIR WAY TO CHARACTERIZE IT? TWO THEY TOOK ON CLAIMS HE MAY DIRECTLY THEY BROUGHT UP A CONVERSATION WHERE HE SAID TO Michael: THAT THEY WOULD LOSE LEVERAGE AFTER THE ELECTION BECAUSE STORMY DID NOT THINK THAT TRUMP WOULD ACTUALLY WIN. THAT IS COUNTER TO THE PROSECUTIONS CASE WHERE THEY ARE SAYING THEY WERE TRYING TO HELP HIM WIN THE ELECTION. DAVIDSON SAID THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING SHE HAD TOLD HIM. HE DID ADMIT TO SING IT. >> TAKE US TO THE GAG ORDER CONVERSATION. I THOUGHT IT WAS FIGURED OUT AND TRUMP WAS FINED? WHY ARE WE AT IT AGAIN? TWO MORE VIOLATIONS. FOUR MORE THAT WERE DISCUSSED TODAY FOR THE PROSECUTION IS ASKING FOR THE THOUSAND DOLLAR FINES. THE JUDGE MADE IT CLEAR THAT JOE COULD BE ON THE TABLE. FOR NOW THE PROSECUTION SAYS THEY DO NOT WANT TO DISTRACT FROM THE CASE. GOING TRUMP IN JAIL WILL CREATE SO MUCH CHAOS. THIS HEARING WAS ABOUT A FEW DIFFERENT ONES, ONE ABOUT MICHAEL COHEN AND ONE ABOUT THE JURY. AND ONE WAS ABOUT DAVID PACKER, THE FORMER WITNESS. IT WAS ACTUALLY TRUMP SAYING THAT HE WAS VERY NICE. WHAT THE PROSECUTION SAID, IT SHOWS TRUMP CAN USE CARROTS AND STICKS. HE CAN BE NICE TO YOU OR HE CAN TEAR YOU APART. THE JUDGE ADMITTED HE'S NOT SO WORRIED ABOUT THAT BUT HE DID SEEM CONCERNED ABOUT ONE WERE TRUMP MENTIONED THE JURY. HE REALLY CARES ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THIS PROCESS. HE DOES NOT WANT THEM TO FEEL THREATENED. >> SOME JURORS HAVE EXPRESSED
