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I'm T.J. Manoto, kasi this is your TFC News Now.
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For the first time in U.S. history, a former president will be tried in the court of law.
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For the first time in U.S. history, a former president is on trial facing criminal charges.
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Donald Trump in court on Monday in Manhattan, New York,
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facing 34 counts of falsification of business records
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related to hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels
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in a scheme to bury stories that could hurt his 2016 presidential bid.
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What the prosecution is going to try to show during the trial
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is that Trump not only knew about the payments,
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but that he intended for the payments to essentially help him win the election,
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to conceal it from the voting public.
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Philippine-American Matthew Halandoni is a criminal attorney and a former Ohio State prosecutor.
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Halandoni says not only do the prosecutors face a big hurdle,
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in connecting the dots to prove their case to the jury,
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but also the credibility of their witnesses.
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Michael Cohen, his former attorney, the attorney who made the quote-unquote hush payments,
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is going to be very prominently featured in this case,
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and his credibility is going to be very important.
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Does the jury believe him?
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Do they think that he is lying because Trump, you know, threw him under the bus?
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Or, you know, he's now himself a convicted felon?
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Can you trust him?
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Even if he's convicted,
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many legal experts doubt that 77-year-old Trump will be sentenced to jail time.
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Trump is required to attend the trial each day, which is expected to last through May.
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In sports, the final buzzer sounded for the NBA regular season
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as the 14th LA Clippers arrested their stars.
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They got a visit from the Houston Rockets and their Phil Ams star, Jalen Green.
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The game between the Clippers and the Rockets,
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which carried no impact on the playoff picture,
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ended in a 116-105 win for Houston.
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Green scored 13 points while grabbing six rebounds.
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The Filipino-American has finished his third NBA season,
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playing all 82 games, averaging just under 20 points per game,
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as he continued to flash his potential.
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I stuck it out and found, you know, who I am
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and the whole, like, rebuild of the season.
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You know, I had to break some habits.
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I'm still breaking habits to the last game,
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but I think I figured it out.
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And, yeah, I think I'll have a good carry-on for next season.
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The win caps off a 41-41 season for the Rockets,
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their best finish since Green was selected as the No. 2 overall draft pick in 2021.
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The Rockets won 20 games during Green's rookie season,
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followed by 22 wins in his second season.
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Under their new coach, Imei Doka, and several key free agent pickups,
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the Rockets went on an 11-game winning streak in March,
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keeping them alive in the playoff picture late into the season.
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And finally, the only Filipino head coach,
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in the NBA, Eric Spolstra,
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and the Miami Heat now know their path to the NBA Finals.
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Defending Eastern Conference champions,
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Miami Heat, led by head coach Eric Spolstra,
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finished 8th in the Eastern Conference,
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just as he did last year.
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The Heat will have to survive the play-in tournament
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they'll face the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday.
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Yeah, looking forward to it.
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It'll be a great environment.
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Philly's been playing fantastic, you know,
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recently, you know, so we know what to expect.
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Up there, and that is what we say, you know,
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it's for competitors only, and it should be a lot of fun.
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The NBA postseason begins with the play-in tournament on Tuesday
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as the Oklahoma City Thunders the top seed in the West
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with the defending champion Denver Nuggets in the No. 2 seed.
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And those are the news-making headlines today.
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Stay with us, Kapamilya.
