them at least at the start of trial. >> oh, will judge merge kind of persuade them, offer these jurors are reassurance about how important it is to really hang in there absolutely. >> well, and this is something that happens in a lot of trials that have alternates these jurors understand that they pay to the evidence as everyone else you never know what can happen, especially in a six-week trial. the length of trial is really what determines it's the number of alternates that are needed. people can get sick, there can be something that happens that causes someone to drop out and those jurors know that if someone drops out in six weeks for whatever reason, they're up okay. >> so what kind of protections can a judge perhaps put in place for these jurors? >> i think just talking to them