Court as 12 americans are selected to decide the former president s fate in the socalled hush money trial. The jury called you how did that make you feel . Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with that breaking news. A jury of 12 new yorkers has now been seated for the first criminal prosecution of a former president of the united states. Seven men and five women have been selected for the trial of donald trump, who is charged with falsifying Business Records to hide an alleged affair and influence the 2016 president ial election. One alternate has already been selected, and the court needs five more to begin the case. The judge said he hopes to have that wrapped up tomorrow. Now, earlier in the day, the case appeared to be heading in the wrong direction. Thats because two jurors who were already seated were then removed. Tonight, prosecutors are also asking the judge to hold trump in contempt
Court as 12 americans are set to decide the former present space and the socalled hush money trial. How did that make you feel . Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight without breaking news. A jury of 12 new yorkers has now been seated for the first criminal prosecution of a former president of the United States viewed seven men and five women have been selected for the trial of donald trump, who is charged with falsifying Business Records to hide an alleged affair and influence the 2016 president ial election. One alternate has already been selected, and the court needs five more to begin the case. The judge said he hopes to have that wrapped up tomorrow. Now earlier in the day, the case appeared to be heading in the wrong direction. Thats because cargo jurors who were already seated were then removed. Tonight, prosecutors are also asking the judge to hold trump in contempt after they said he re
in contempt after they said he repeatedly violated the court s gag order. cbs s robert costa was inside the courthouse in lower manhattan for today s major developments. reporter: jury selection stumbled backward and forward today before the 12 jurors who will decide donald trump s feet were finally seated. seven men and five women, including one who, during questioning, referred to trump as selfish and self-serving, but also promised she could be impartial. how does it feel to have a jury? reporter: after a full day in court, former president trump vented his frustrations. i m sitting here for days now, from morning till night, in that freezing room freezing! everybody was freezing in there. reporter: the morning began with seven jurors in place, but complications flared, underscoring the high-wire act of seating a jury in such a high-profile trial. first, new york judgment