nbc news colleagues and as other people in the courtrooman saw their own footage, there began to be gasps and a hush fell over the crowd, so we were aware of the incident outside the courthouse. just at the very t last moments before coming out and coming to see you. this is obviously a much different conversation than i think sue and i anticipated we would be having with you, even as recently as five minutes ago, chris. >> you know, right as we learned that they had a jury, right, that the jury was impanelled, that's exactly the moment it started tot spread through the overflow room. the judge did not mention it. they're going to be back this afternoon as far as i understand. it happened right at that moment. it was just unbelievable news that spread right through the courtroom. >> you're absolutely right on the timing because we went to yasmin vossoughian to ask her about merchan saying we have our full panel, and she noticed it was happening out of the corner of her eye and was able to narrate it in a realtime, and