opening statements on monday. a reminder, trump pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts. joining us now from outside the courthouse, nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian, and with us barbara mckwid, former u.s. attorney in michigan and msnbc legal analyst and david henderson, civil rights attorney and former prosecutor. what is the latest from inside the courthouse this morning? >> reporter: we started out with 22 today, we're down to 19. three so far have been excused from the jury pool that showed up early this morning. one of them because of fear and anxiety, fear for her identity being revealed, one saying after thinking about it overnight, doesn't think they can necessarily be impartial. we have got some interesting characters, jose in this jury pool, which are fairly interesting when we get to the voir dire portion of the q&a, when they ask their own questions of the potential jurors. let me read the quotes from inside the courtroom from the potential jurors. the one that was excused said i don't think i can be fair and