fairly quickly and then hit the battlefield fairly quickly as well, guys. >> all right for pike in fours there in kyiv. thank you for it opening statements and former president trump's criminal trial are expected tomorrow in new york, it is the first time in us history that a former president is facing a criminal trial, joining me now to discuss cnn legal analyst and former us attorney michael moore. always good to see you thanks for coming in. it was pretty quick the process of getting there jury 12 jurors and six alternates. >> so the openings are statements are tomorrow. >> what will you be watching for? because you say it's really an art and they're going to have to find ways to really hook the jurors yeah, it is good to be with you here on set. >> so the opening statements really are the roadmap that the lawyers layout for the jury. >> it's important that they both maintain their credibility. in other words, you don't tell the jury things about the case that you can't prove or you're not going to produce at trial at the same time that you give them enough information to basically made