The pressure make the trump hurry crack. Thats tonight on news nine good evening. Im abby phillip in new york week one of Donald Trumps historic trial is now etched in the history books, and it ends with a full jury box. When to starts with Opening Statements and we lead into it with a defining question. Can the men and women whove been selected to decide the former president s fate with Stand The Trump High waves that will swallow their entire existence. For the next six to eight weeks the jurors come from all parts of the city, west harlem, hells kitchen, chelsea, upper west and upper east sides. Some work in sales, others in finance. Others are lawyers. And they all say that they can be fair despite what theyve read or said about donald trump in the past, that juror number 11 quipped at one point i dont like some of my coworkers, but i dont try to sabotage their work. Fair enough. And from the minute the judge gambled in on thursday morning to the minute the court adjourned today re
she had to explain the internet to the lawyers. that s a meme. she told them. that was the comedy. and this was the tragedy a wave of potential jurors reckoning with the real stakes of surviving a trial where they re every movement is the subjective national scrutiny today, multiple people broke down in court, succumbing to what one woman called high anxiety one perspective jurors sobbed in full view of the court when she was passed the microphone. i m sorry. i thought i could do this. she said this is so much more stressful than i thought another confessed for the record and for everyone watching that she had a criminal record the judge, summoned her to the bench, listen to the defect as the defendant, donald trump watched merchan then dismissed her but not before pleading with the lawyers and the reporters in the room please be kind to this person. another seemed on the verge of panic, telling the judge that seeds of self-doubt