reporter: to give everybody an idea of the courthouse district. we re two blocks away from where the civil fraud trial, where that trial took place. this is on 100 center street. below us, donald trump has since left for the day as well as the jurors. but you can see center street was shut down earlier today after the incident outside here. but now the traffic is slowing again. i m keen to see what sort of precautions are taken here after this event that transpired today. of course, the concern here in new york city specifically is that the jurors have their neighborhoods already identified. this is part of the public process of a trial, but the neighborhoods in new york city are all that wig. they are a couple blocks wide. so we even heard just from one potential juror today, one that broke down crying, another juror, she said, i have really, really bad anxiety. people have found out where i am. i i don t think im i ll be able to be completely here. that was somebody who was not put
those cases regarding the verdict in the civil fraud trial. trump s attorneys arguing that to bring it up would send jurors down a, quote, rabbit hole. that s where we start with some of our favorite reporters and friends. nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard is back outside the courthouse for us. plus, former acting solicitor general, msnbc legal analyst here, with me at the table once again, new york times investigative reporter sue craig is back. she spent the day inside the courthouse. also joining us, the host of politics nation here on msnbc and the president of the national action network, the reverend al sharpton here. vaughn hillyard, i start with you. you re at the scene of all the action. bring us up to speed. reporter: right. it was a difficult day here particularly the middle of the day just before lunch break when right after those six alternates were officially sworn in and we were able to announce that we had a full jury slot of 18 individuals, there was a man o
it s going to be exhausting for everybody involved, and they re going to have to operate on multiple fronts, the appellant front, the trial front, what s happening outside of the courtroom, so i think it can happen, and i hope very much it happens without any incident. sue craig, we have taken so much of your time, an hour and a half to be exact. thank you so much for being here. i hope you ll come back tomorrow. of course. all of the news. everyone else sticks around. much more in our breaking news coverage, the full 12-person jury in donald trump s hush money election interference trial has been seated. our correspondent lisa rubin is on the way making her way to the cameras. she ll join us in just a minute. deadline white house continues after a quick break. don t go anywhere. ontinues after a quick break. don t go anywhere. the night. it s all the things that keep this world turning. it s the go-tos that keep us going. the places we cheer. trust. hang out. and check in. the
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he participates in a couple of sort of alternate programs both for mental hell and for veterans, and he has expressed his intention to continue to do so. that s a great thing for the lawyers. it gives them 24 hours to research this panel of 96 prospective jurors that they ve been handed. but it s a terrible thing in terms of continuity because in that 24 plus hours that has gone on since court let go on tuesday afternoon and be ever we came in this morning, that gives people time to think, and that s not a good thing in terms of the jury selection process going faster. lisa rubin and sue craig, not boring, and if there s anything that we have learned, anything can happen. thank you both. and coming up, there s chaos on capitol hill. can lawmakers get past all the infighting to get some much needed legislation done. you re watching chris jansing reports only on msnbc. you re watching chris jansing reports only on msnbc getting screened copy fr is why i m delaying i heard