empaneled jury history has been made. the first ever former president to face criminal trial. it is moving ahead. we now have an eye toward me. monday where the judge is expecting to begin opening arguments. >> now, as that was happening, we were talking about that news. >> laura was talking about that news. that is when this person appear to set themselves on fire just outside the courthouse, will of course, continue to monitor that news and bring you the latest details as we get them. but we do want to focus on what was happening in cord we have with us cnn legal correspondent chiefly will correspondent paul read, also cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, jennifer rodgers, apollo. first to you, we are anticipating the sandoval hearing this afternoon and effectively, this is going to detail what aspects of donald trump's legal history could be entered into this case? >> yeah, this could be pretty fiery given the circumstances. here are the increasing tensions between prosecutors and defense attorneys and the reason they're having this