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
takes control of his courtroom we saw the way he moved jury selection, a at the speed and the pacing no nonsense. again, he reprimanded donald trump four grimacing at the jurors so he will have a solution to this eventually, but donald is still going to test his patients. i m sure yeah. he s done with all of his legal quick legal case. there s no doubt about that, say six uniter, jeremy saland. thank you guys very much. and we are continuing to show you pictures from inside the courthouse, just outside the courtroom will keep an fine if the former president comes out. also outside the courthouse, the safety of those inside the courtroom and those outside very much an issue right now, the heightened situation this trial creates for law enforcement and first responders just illustrated earlier this afternoon biden intense incident. just a few feet away from where we re sitting right now, stay with us every day, more people and more vets are