an elevator reserved for judges. but once inside the jury room, he mingled. thanks, everybody, for serving on the jury. reporter: you know those how to be a juror movies they make you watch? while in the courthouse, wear your juror badge. reporter: the former president and head of the harvard law review even sat through one of those. the secret service did make a request of potential jurors actually, it was more of a demand. stay seated. stay seated. man, man reporter: other presidents who had jury duty, guess who showed up, see the guy who posed with george w. bush in 2015. and donald trump served shortly after he announced his run for president. comedian bobby moynahan happened to have jury duty at the same time. i took a little creeper photo [ laughter ] and that s him.
the jury. or at least being willing to. good to see you. how are you all doing. this looks like chicago right here. how can you tell if you re campaigning a little bit. liked how the police or whoever it was stay man, man, stay seated. he s like that s okay. he s shaking hands. quite an entourage for another juror to walk in like that. he was the dismissed, but still gets $17s for showing up. spokeswoman said he will donate. following george w. bush also called for jury duty back in 2004. opera was seated on a chicago jury that found a man guilty of murder. it is a serious responsibility to get called. let s switch gears for a moment and get a check check on the weather with bonnie snider. getting colder in the northeast. it sure is. winter weather we were wait r for is finally getting here. notice the rain.
citizen obama reports for jury duty, this is no ordinary day at the courthouse, former president shaking hand after hand and greeting potential jurors. check this out. hello. stay seated. that s okay. hi mr. president. good to meet you. thanks everybody for serving on the jury, or at least being willing to. good to see you. how are you all doing? shock of all shocks, he didn t get picked. what? the former leader of the free world was dismissed a short while ago. apparently his qualifications, that old harvard law degree plus 8 years as command der in chief didn t quite make the cut. all right. we continue on watching cnn. i m brooke baldwin. thank you for being with med to.
knows what makes trump tick. i have the co-author of the art of the deal. why he says trump is a danger to, quote, civilization. and as promised, here s what barack obama was doing a year after election day. doing his civic duty, jury duty. he did not get picked but did he make some people s day. hello. stay seated. ma am, ma am. that s okay. hi, mr. president. thank you. thanks, everybody. for serving on the jury. at least being willing to. how are you all doing? this looks like chicago right here. more people shop online for the holidays than ever before. (clapping) and the united states postal service delivers more of those purchases to homes
state? the government asks for never less than $1 million on a murder case. i think that s appropriate on a murder case and we would ask for a $1 million murder. very good. the defendant is facing the possibility of life in prison. it s the court s duty to ensure his appearance. the bond will be $1 million anyway. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, this is a courtroom. you will conduct yourselves at all times appropriately. the next date is august 19th at 9:00 a.m. is the defendant waiving time? at this point he is not judge. very good. gentlemen, i will see you all here august 19th at 9:00 a.m. thank you, judge. stay seated. all right. i want to back up a little bit. this is officer ray tensing. of course, he s obviously a white police officer.