and sworn in with six alternate jurors picked yesterday. nicole: judge juan merchan denying trump's request for an emergency stay while also continuing a gag order imposed on him last month. the former e president calls it political persecution. >> what's happening here with the judicial system is an outrage. this is a giant witch hunt to try and hurt a campaign that's beating the worst president in history. will: meanwhile, this man is dead after he lit himself on fire outside the manhattan courthouse shortly after the jury was finalized. dozens of potential jurors were dismissed for saying they didn't believe they'd be fair while others expressed anxiety over the highly publicized trial. we talked about this throughout the morning. you know, we've talked about what i think -- obviously, in this district it's going to be overwhelmingly antagonist ific to donald trump. we all agree there's very few people in america that are truly impartial, right?