everyone. >> thank you so much for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. >> all right. we're less than 24 hours away now from witness singh history tomorrow, opening statements began and the trial of defendant donald trump, the first former president ever to be on trial. for criminal charges. trump well, walk into a manhattan courtroom tomorrow morning, where he will hear the state's case against him. he is facing dozens of charges related to an alleged hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels made before the 2016 election this is the first of four criminal cases against trump to go to trial. 12 jurors and six alternates will decide trump's fate. here's cnn's brian todd ready to empaneled jurors have been excused from former president trump's hush money trial, underscoring just how crucial the six alternate jurors are, who've just been seated in a case of this length& in a high-profile case, the alternates are as