routine hearing to determine how much of trump's legal history the prosecution will be allowed to ask him about if he testifies which he said he plans to prosecutors argued they should be allowed to question trump about the findings in the e jean carroll defamation case, among others despite trump's attorneys strong objection. the former president shook his head as the prosecution spoke about how he defamed carroll kara scannell, cnn, new york all right. >> let's talk more about the start of this historic court case. i would trial attorney and former baltimore prosecutor, debbie hinds, debit great to see again. so this jury selection happened much faster than all of analysts predicted. they thought maybe it would take weeks. this was a matter of days. so what's your take on how this judge is executing a real efficiency in the jury selection process. if you think that's going to carry over in to the actual trial management of his trial. >> so far. this judge, judge michelle, has done an incredible job. i mean, i