People who believes cases are won and lost in jury selection. this case couldn t be any bigger. can the mood in a room, can these kinds of exchanges make the job harder for someone like you or the lawyers? the good news is the judge is dismissing jurors that have a clear bias, and the way he did it with the self-removal, just to get everybody to say who can t be fair and impartial, i can t do this, they re gone. and then there s more questioning that goes into the process and more jurors are removed. it s really winnowing everything down. you don t want distracted jurors, jurors who have anxiety, jurors who aren t going to be able to give 100% of their commitment and focus, they re going to be removed. it s a little unnerving to see it unfold in court, but i think with the process it seems as though donald trump may not have a lot of supporters in new york county, he s in the process of getting a jury of his peers. that s all you can ask for from
Someone who is unemployed, an audio professional, a contract l specialist, a creative operations for a clothing company, and an estimator, a project manager for a construction company. a really unbelievable moment, chris, i should say in that courtroom justul now as they ha now impanelled this jury. and by the way, let s remind folks, chris, how quick this process went, right? day one, when we were out here, we projectedn this thing was going to take at least two weeks. we thought it would, and in fact, now we are, what, four days in and they have already impanelled a jury.av that means that we are looking towards monday for opening arguments, that is an ha unbelievable time line to think about, and i got to say, chris, now i m looking at there is a man on fire, chris, in the middle of a square in front of me where protesters were standing. an individual has now set
On friday. the trial will go forward on monday, but there still got to be the sandoval hearings. part of it depends on how long that hearing takes. and as i ve mentioned before, there s six new folks on the jury, so over the weekend both sides will be poring over their social media, googling them, trying to find anything that might suggest some bias that was overlooked in the voir dire process. remember on thursday we started out with seven juror, and we ended up with only five of those who are now impanelled to serve. so i do think that the trial is the jury selection process went very quickly. the judge runs an efficient, orderly courtroom, so almost certainly the trial will start at some point early next week. all right, let me go back to yasmin vossoughian, and yasmin,
To mention. they allowed for five extra minutes in the voir dire process, i know you and carol were just talking about that, because of the 22 jurors that are not in that box, although now it s down to 20 because two have subsequently been excused. one other thing i think we should keep in mind in looking to monday on a time line for opening remarks, and that is the possibility that we could have jurors show up on monday morning after having gone over the weekend, worried about that anxiety, fear of their identities. in, being revealed. showing up on monday morning and saying i m worried about this. i don t know if i can necessarily do this. that s something to keep in the back of our minds and looking at that time line and those possible opening remarks on monday morning. yasmin vossoughian, carol lam and joyce vance, thank you. don t go too far. we ll check back as we keep our eyes on that manhattan courthouse. we are also following breaking news in the middle east this morning as
Have been missed during this voir dire process. just because we have 18 today doesn t mean that on monday morning they re going to be those same 18 who hear the opening statements. paul butler just raising the stakes even more. paul, vaughn hillyard, alan, thank you all very much. in 60 seconds, growing fears after israel retaliates against iran, but will tehran strike back again, or can a wider conflict be avoided? we ll go live to the region next. he region next every day, more dog people, and more vets are deciding it s time for a fresh approach to pet food. they re quitting the kibble. and kicking the cans. and feeding their dogs dog food that s actually well, food. developed with vets. made from real meat and veggies. portioned for your dog. and delivered right to your door. it s smarter, healthier pet food. get 50% off your first box at thefarmersdog.com/realfood