Tapper starts right down a split second. This courthouse went from the scene of a highprofile trial to a highprofile security seen elites starts right now hey horrific scene outside this courthouse after man lit himself on fire. Inside the courthouse, theres a major developing and then in the Hush Money Case against former President Donald Trump, a full jury plus alternates. Now, all seated, setting the stage for Opening Statements. This hour, were gonna go all in on this okay. Its dissecting the next steps. How long can the prosecution hold out and keep its witness list out of the hands of donald trump and his defense team also this hour, in an extreme jordan, berry moves from 100 House Democrats came to the aid of republican speaker mike johnson, drawing the ire of hardline republicans in putting johnson even close closer to potentially losing his job welcome to lead on mattingly in today for jake tapper and we are live outside the new york courthouse where the former president s Cri
to you what stands out to me is this alternate panel of five is perfect for both sides. this is the most neutral vanilla the panel out of all the jury selection that has gone on this week most of these five jurors are not really that into the news. they re not working watching as much. they tune into certain news stations, but it s not a hobby or a habit. and that s good for both sides. that s the ideal juror in this case. is the most neutral person possible who doesn t have an opinion about donald trump either way and is willing to listen openly to the evidence presented by the people of the city if new york i will add one funny thing though, the 2nd juror who is picked, what we know about them, enjoying martial arts i predict that this trial is going to be a martial arts display between donald trump and michael cohen. so that should be interesting for that person sitting there listening
your thoughts because one of these jurors was dismissed because they felt too much personal information about them had been released. and we look at the georgia grand jury, some of the members of that grand jury did receive threats later on after their information was revealed should we worry about the safety of this jury look at you re in any criminal criminal prosecution, there s always that kind of understanding that there s some danger associated with that from time to time, especially in high-profile cases where there are issues like this, and especially in this world of social media, where people are getting attacked on social media. it s really important to keep the identities of these folks anonymous, if you will. and i think the judge even said to the news media, let s not release the identities, right? let s make sure we re not doing that. right. and use this morning that trump s post about quote, liberal activist lying to try to get on the jury violates the gag order tha