have been talking about. vaughn hillyard is at his post outside the courthouse for us. joining us is former manhattan district attorney catherine christian. vaughn, there's 17 perspective jurors being questioned. there are five slots left. i understand that one of the perspective jurors actually broke down in tears and was dismissed for cause. is that correct? >> reporter: that's right. the big question here over the next however -- before the lunch break is, are they able to find five alternates out of the batch of 17 who are remaining? five have been dismissed from the batch of 22 who are facing this more intense line of questioning. you noted that there was a potential juror who broke down crying in the courtroom saying that she was anxious and nervous because her father is a longtime friend of governor chris christie. when she had answered and

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