of the jurors was already leaving. he said it was due to a medical issue. it is not the single african-american juror. instead, it's a white female and she will be replaced by another white female who is alternate number one. but it means even before we get to the most difficult part of this trial, they have already lost one alternate and have three left, and can't afford to lose many more. christine and laura. >> martin, thank you for that. let's bring in jennifer rodgers, our legal analyst and former federal prosecutor. jennifer, good morning. with everything martin just laid out there, this is so fraught, issues of racism front and center. so many trials here. what do you look for as this trial actually gets underway, especially with the jury composition here? >> well, you know, we'll just have to take it day by day and see how it develops. i'm hoping that these evidentiary issues that come up, like martin was just speaking about, with whether the