the good news in terms of looking at this whole system is that look, you have the opportunity for impartiality. the batteries of your donald trump's defense team. these are alternate jurors were talking about knots the primary 12 who might be ultimately deliberating by the end of the day, any one of the 18 who will be set might have to take on the role of the ultimate deliberate and decide the fate of a former president of the united states. some 200 days before a presidential election yeah, the stakes are very high in history is being written as we go. all right. laura coates for us. thanks so much. and evan perez boris let's dig deeper now with cnn legal analysts carry cordero, kerry, thanks so much for being with us this afternoon your view of how jury selection has gone so i think it's gone pretty quickly. really. i mean, given the high-profile nature of the defendant and the fact that this is a former president the fact that they've been able to sort of keep order within the courtroom. i'm sure there was it's very intense security