His former foe, back in 2016, governor chris christie, and at one point long time ally. and then went on to say that michael cohen, the star witness of this case, michael cohen s son actually works at this potential juror s company. and so there is a lot of interesting kind of nuggets to take away from this potential jury pool and we re all going to hear that come out, of course in that q&a portion of the voir dire. the voir dire process is extended by five minutes for each side, asked early this morning by attorneys if they could get five more minutes because of the larger jury pool, right? 22, now 19. and judge juan merchan granted that. david, jury selection was anticipated to pay weeks, maybe two weeks. but we re nearly done after just four days. what do you make of the pace of this case so far? jose, i m less focused on the pace than i am how generous the judge has been with the defense,
Getting to some people. there s a little drama going on right now with the challenge. get us up to speed on what s happening. reporter: chris, we knew coming into this that there would be intense focus, intense pressure on the individuals that would ultimately become the jury , but what we have watched play out here especially over the course of just these last couple of hours is just the amount of weight it is bearing on some of these potential jurors. two of them openly crying in front of the more than 100 others inside that courtroom upon being questioned about their own positions as it relates to donald trump and their own past experiences. and three individuals citing anxiety as reasons why they do not believe that they would be able to move forward and be jurors as part of this process. just look at some of the responses that played out. one potential juror, a female saying, quote, i have really, really bad anxiety, and people have found out where i am. i don t think i ll be ab
They made it that far along in the process, and what i d be interested in for both sides is what arguments are going to resonate with this jury? because everything leading up until now was more hypothetical in terms of arguments and case strategy, but now you have an audience, and so each side now wants to tailor their case to make arguments that resonate with the members of the jury and it seems like a well to do juror, jury that consists of people that productive members of society, maybe they don t pay such close attention to the cases that involve donald trump, and they haven t been paying that much close attention to this one but they re well informed. it looks like it s going to be a good jury on the surface. let me go back to vaughn, because i understand you have some new information about what s happening inside. reporter: we ve got two additional alternate jurors there, so what we have left are two open slots, chris, with 12 individuals who have gone through the extensive
The time as useful idiots and i don t even think that marjorie reaches that level of being a useful idiot here. she is just mouthing the russian propaganda and really hurting american foreign policy in the process. she s acting completely are and again, when history looks at this period of time, russia invaded ukraine ukraine is fighting for its freedom, and we should be with the freedom fighters in this war i understand ken buck, appreciate your time tonight. thank you thank you. i ll front next we are following the breaking news out of iraq, reports of a huge explosion that pro iran military base. new details next plus, never before seen video from a group of young voters. what they have to say, may surprise you is our democracy in danger of failing raise your hands if you say yes wow i m
That there were a few emotional moments. one of those there was a woman who went to his hand the microphone during the voir dire process is they re going through the questionnaire. she said and i m quoting her here. i m sorry, i thought i could do this i wouldn t want someone who feels this way to judge my case either. but jurors have been very forthright. it seems at least in reading the transcripts, as i ve been doing and jeremy s reporting, can you walk us through what that was like? well, i m not allowed to draw their faces so i can t i can t get to the jurors but she was very emotional. tears and tissues and it s too bad. i wish i could have drawn her. yeah. do you notice a difference with this trial and other trials? again, you ve been doing this for decades. is there anything different in that is i don t think i ve ever seen people get so nervous or anxious about actually being a juror on a trial. and why do you think that is? i don t know the ex-president is a big deal to