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I dont think i am even eligible to serve and yet i am here and started to tear up about the circumstances of that conviction. again, a sidebar with the parties, whereupon judge mershon learned that while she could be eligible to serve, if she had a certificate of her release, that it would depend on the circumstances of each individual case whether she could serve as a juror and at that point, he excused her and she walked out and she had the best line of the whole day, cheerfully she sang out, ...

Smith along with... its 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. >> that was former president donald trump moments ago saying he is ready to testify after the stage got set. the 18 people who would determine his fate have been seated in his hush money trial in new york. opening arguments will begin this monday. the big developments today among them the judge ruling that prosecutors will not have to give advance notice of the witness list to trumps legal team because the former president canno...

Around a break for lunch, we got a jury with the alternates. and just as that happened, it felt like it happened in a minute. we got the jury seated. news broke and the overflow room where the reporters were that somebody had set themselves on fire outside the courthouse. just a chill went through the place. that was such a shock. i cant imagine jurors who were seated having heard about it. and i have to wonder now going into monday morning, we have open arguments. jurors will be in the box. we ...

Weekend. opening statements are set to take place on monday in donald trumps 2016 election interference trial now that a full journey has been seated. the jury consists of seven men and five women with six alternates. the process came with a lot of drama. one juror asked to be taken off the case after your personal information was made public. yesterday, two potential jurors broke down crying during the election process and three others said they were too anxious to serve. joining us as our near...

>> reporter: he is not used to being in a situation like this, alex. he is not in control of the messaging. he is not in control of how we books in court. he is not in control of the schedule. he is not in control of the jury but i think he would like to be. he is not in control of the judge and i think he would like to be. even on friday after they set the jury, within a short period of time after they got seated, his lawyers try to appeal the seating of the jury saying that it happened too qui...

On monday opening statements of former president trumps new york criminal trial set to get underway with all jurors seated. at times it is tedious but the four days of jury selection gave us the first glimpse of trumps state of mind going into this moment. joining the not is tim obrien, msnbc political and is an senior executive editor of bloomberg opinion. he is also the author of the book, trump nation: the art of being the donald. welcome. it is always good to talk with you about this. here i...

Agency in the west bank said that a 16-year-old had been killed we dont have a full understanding of all the all the palestinian casualties at the moment, but thats what were hearing from authorities in the west bank all right. >> nic robertson in jerusalem. thanks so much are back in this country. the jury for donald trumps criminal trial has been seated, but trump doesnt think he can get a fair trial in manhattan. what new yorkers think about staying and partial next the sinking of the titanic...

Jurors who will have the fate of the former president and their hands. we now have the final jury is seated, but there are also two potential jurors who were excused yesterday after telling the judge that the trial was too stressful, one even began crying in the courtroom. so how high or this? stakes for these men and women on the jury i think they realized the height than the focus on this jury is because they know theyre going to be anonymous and the courtroom is empty except me for the jury, ...

Behavior, had checks in, closed eyes, frowns, might pass without reprimand from the bench that the jury will notice. if the misbehavior continues, they may hold it against him. im curious if you agree with that and what you have made of his behavior and the second point that he cannot do -- he cannot talk. the judge is saying that you have to be quiet. >> reporter: everyone has to be quiet in the courtroom if the judge request them tell. it is not unusual to have courtrooms run. i would say the ...

Youve got really the gamut of the cultural melting pot that is new york, which really makes you wonder who is going to be either the wildcard or the blank slate. you can actually persuade thats going to be where the jurors are going to have the most impact for, these particular attorneys why well, because this is whats interesting to me is that this is a very sophisticated juror. you have two lawyers, you have people in finance, obviously both sides wanted people that had some education, some so...