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have enough time, expertise or resources to get this done. again, all it takes is being on the ballot in a few states. he could choose later to drop out of the race. but if he is on the ballot elsewhere and it gives people somewhere to go that are unhappy with both of their choices, he becomes a vehicle for a protest vote. still down the line could turn out it hurts trump just as much or more. for now, that s simply not the case. it s day three of the trump trial. he has done a political campaign this week in a bodega in manhattan. he will have to be in court. as the trial continues, do you think this will have an impact on his campaign? you know, trump is a master at engaging the media. right? in terms of, yes, he is in the courtroom and he is not necessarily out at all of the events he could be at. but he also knows how to play
and we want to make sure that aid gets delivered as well as the aid to israel and our other allies. and congressman, we re showing a live picture of congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, speaking just outside on the capitol there, she is obviously the first person to call for removal of speaker johnson. so, while that is going on, congressman, i want to help if i could focus on some of the other aspects of news that we re covering around the world and, of course, here in the states today, in new york. jury selection happening for the first criminal trial facing a former president. former president trump. as someone who served as a lead prosecutor in his first impeachment trial, what do you make of how the proceedings are going so far? i m very impressed that you could have a situation where in a courtroom, in a city, in america, 12 ordinary citizens are going to decide whether a former president of the united states is guilty or innocent of charges brought against him.
allegations that trump falsified business records to bury a story about an alleged sexual encounter with adult film star stormy daniels. the d.a. s office also alleges model karen mcdougal received a payment from american media to silence her about another alleged affair with trump. trump has pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts and denied the affairs with these women ever happened. joining us now, nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian, danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst and rebecca roy fee, a law professor at new york law school. so, yasmin, a lot going on in that courtroom today. reporter: a lot of folks are dismissed so far today, 96 walked in, 57 walked out after the two questions that were read by judge juan merchan, can you be impartial, many folks raised their hands, they walked out. do you have conflicts with this trial, can you sit it out or can you wait it out, for the next six to seven weeks? many of them walked out as well.
had reservations about being a member of the jury. it was because of her identity, essentially. she had friends and family members who were asking her if she was on this jury. and so she reached out to the court to say that she had reservations about serving in this jury pool in this jury, and so she came back this morning, to talk about that, and she was subsequently dismissed. then judge juan merchan talked about not identifying jurors and being cautious in the way in which we reported the identity of jurors. there is a question and a jury questionnaire that asks about your current employer, jose, and your former employer as well. the judge is asking that while that is still submitted into the record, we not report that, for instance, in our own reporting here on television and in papers, folks that are covering this trial, so that we don t reveal possibly the identities of these potential jurors.