seated in the trump criminal trial. that does it for us. that means that there are four left that they need and could happen very quickly. chris jansing reports starts right now. good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. high emotions and high stakes at donald trump s manhattan trial. one potential alternate quickly dismissed after saying donald trump s new york hush money case has already made her too anxious. with a jury in place, a second alternate just chosen. can lawyers find four more to make the cut today and get to the heart of the case on monday? the challen j made in court. and the pressure on both legal teams this weekend, so much to do with opening statements expected to start as soon as monday. i ll talk to a seasoned jury consultant and a former federal prosecutor next. and no comment from israel, the eerie silence hanging over the middle east right now after israel carried out a military strike against iran. plus, the la
To live through it, and there could very well be a suicide note posted online, at their home, that they sent to somebody else, in their pocket, you know, who knows. so if you can stay around, and cedric as well. i want toce get back to what ju happened in that courtroom and bring in msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin, and msnbc contributor, and new york times investigative correspondent sue craig. both inside to watch the proceedings. let me ask you first, and obviously were you aware inside of what was happening outside? right at the end, chris, we became aware. so there was a little bit in the overflow courtroom that we had, in fact, picked a jury of six jurors and six alternates. there started to be murmuring that there wassome who outside the courthouse has essentially self-emulated. i was sent video from one of our
She burst into tears. she said, i don t know that i can do this. i feel sokn anxious and nervous right now. and that s when she was brought over to a side bar for further questioning. and we saw that also today in the questioning with a prospective juror who revealed herself to have been convicted felony in another state, and even said, look, i don t know why i md, here. i don t think i m eligible to serve, but in the course of revealing why, her voice broke. she was tearful. she was not embarrassed per se, but it was clear that the source of her conviction was a real issue of pain for her. and so this was just a really emotional day for prospective jurors, and then to have it culminate with this, this incident here outside, i can say all the people in the courtroom i think we are, if not rattled, sort of made more sober by the events of today, the emotions and the rawness and the vulnerability that prospective
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 t
Mirrors what happened with senator langford and immigration bill. he put forward real reforms and then republicans tank the reforms, the border reforms. that s what s happening right now. you have some congressional members who are not serious, and they re hi jacking the process, andki then you have other congressional members who have legitimate questions about the ukraine aid.gi 60 billion more, it sai not enoh to decisively end the war. it s going to keep russia, you know, at bay, but it s not it s not a true strategy, and i don t think they re wrong for demandingey that. don t go anywhere, but i want to go to yasmin vossoughian because i understand, is it possible, yasmin, that we actually have a full jury now? reporter: we got it, judge juan merchan saying it himself inside the courtroom, s chris. we have our full panel. this is, chris, i feel like an incredibly historic moment if we think about ibit, right? the first former president, ex-president of the united states to be