to put anything they have aside and focus on the evidence and the arguments and render a fair decision by starting out neutral. >> paul, what's your reaction to what's happening inside that courtroom? i mean, again, these are not people who at least initially are going to be on the jury. these are alternates, and what are the chances that an alternate would ever even statistically get into the jury room, the deliberation room? >> yeah, so part of that is how long the trial lasts. this is a six-week trial. that's how long it's expected to be. that's kind of long. it wouldn't be surprising if one of the regular jurors has some kind of emergency where she has to step down. that's why there are six alternates here. and the concerns that these people are expressing, they're not unusual in high profile cases. jurors often have strong opinions. chris, i've never seen anything quite like the level of these concerns and the emotion here