Jeremy diamond in tel aviv. And this is cnn moment in American History tomorrow for the first time, prosecutors will present Opening Statements and a criminal trial of a former President Donald Trump will walk into a manhattan courtroom tomorrow morning, where he will hear the states case against him. Hes facing dozens of charges related to an alleged Hush Money Payment to Adult Film ActressStormy Daniels made before the 2016 election this is the first of four criminal cases against trump to go on trial. Cnns Marshall Cohen joining us right now with more on all this, marshall walk us through what the trial just might look like. Hey fred, its History In The Making with Opening Statements scheduled for tomorrow morning in new york. This is the very first time in our nations history that a former president will sit for a criminal trial. Lets just zoom out fred and remind everybody how the heck we got here donald trump is facing 34 felony charges. These are state charges brought by the manhattan district attorney. The alleged crime is falsifying Business Records because of that Hush Money Payment to Stormy Daniels, which went through trumps former attorney, michael cohen, and then he was reimbursed first do the trump org, which is a Business Registered in new york thats the alleged crime we all watched last week as they whittled down the jury pool to reach a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates. They are ready to go. This trial is expected to last probably about six weeks with a verdict, perhaps coming in june, are in the early summer. And of course, donald trump has pleaded not guilty and he denies the affair with donald trump. So Opening Statements tomorrow. Whats that going to look like . Whats that going to sound like . You wont be able to see it and you wont be able to hear it because theres no cameras in the courtroom but we have a team of reporters that will be there chronicling every little development. And were expecting prosecutors to start telling the story. They have a ton of witnesses lined up ready to go to explain to the jury what happened back in 2016 and why in their opinion, its a crime the prosecution is expected to call folks like michael cohen, as i mentioned, the longtime attorney to donald trump, who has turned against him and is in many ways the star witness in this case Stormy Daniels, who alleged the affair and got the Hush Money Payment to 130,000. Theres also hope hicks, Trump Campaign official back in 2016, who was part of that behind the scenes scramble to try to make sure that there werent negative stories like these coming out in the press. Theres also karen mcdougal. You see there on the bottom left she is another woman who alleged in a with donald trump. Her story was purchased by david on the right, who was the head two of the National Enquirer tabloid. He bought that story according to prosecutors, so that he could bury it, so it would never see the light of day. Its what they call catch and kill fred thats the theory of the prosecution that donald trump conspired essentially with these other people to suppress these negative stories too. Who prevent the voters from hearing about it in 2016 and then covered it up in the Business Records thats the theory of the case and the prosecutors will lay it out tomorrow. Okay. And many of the pictures there, many of those participants could be called, as eyewitnesses. All right. Marshall cohen thanks so much. All right. For more now on this unprecedented trial, im joined now by Senior Jury Consultant at Imf Legal Strategies and melissa gomez, she has also the author of The Book Jury Trials Outside In Leveraging Psychology from discovery to Decision Melissa Great to see you. There theres a lot of pressure on this jury. I mean, thats an understatement, right supporters and critics of former president are adding to that pressure. Are you concerned that after this weekend judge, immer schon may hear from jurors who went out because of fear or pressure that could potentially happen. But remember fredricka in the very beginning, the judge asked the entire veneer, who cannot be fair and impartial. If someone was not willing to serve, they had an easy out at that moment that typically isnt that easy. So you started with the panel a week ago of jurors that indicated that they were willing and able to serve. So i think the risk of that is smaller than it would be if he hadnt conducted the initial void de in that manner well, there are six alternates but no, judge wants to have to need them at least at the start of trial. Oh, will judge merge kind of persuade them, offer these jurors are reassurance about how important it is to really hang in there absolutely. Well, and this is something that happens in a lot of trials that have alternates these jurors understand that they pay to the evidence as everyone else you never know what can happen, especially in a sixweek trial. The length of trial is really what determines its the number of alternates that are needed. People can get sick, there can be something that happens that causes someone to drop out and those jurors know that if someone drops out in six weeks for whatever reason, theyre up okay. So what kind of protections can a judge perhaps put in place for these jurors . I think just talking to them about the importance of the decision that theyre making. But i dont necessarily think that he needs to let them know that. I mean, you talked about pressure on this jury. There is absolutely pressure on this jury. They understand the importance of what theyre doing. They understand that the country in the world is watching and theyve already indicated that they were willing to be there. So i think just the appreciation for their time reminding them that they too are extraordinarily important to this process. This process can happen without these alternative being there in order to make sure that were protecting this problem process in the event that something happens to one of the other jurors. The defendant, donald trump, has been seen turning around, looking at prospective jurors during the Selection Process there is also, of course, intense press coverage. One dismissed juror called the experience of that trial a bit intimidating. So what instructions do you think might still be given to the jurors . Whether it be before Opening Statements, just who, offer reassurances about the responsibility at hand. And what they have already sworn to do. I think the reassurances will come from there together in this process. Theyre not there in isolation. But i think that a lot of it will come to trying to control the outside influence that is on this jury. Theyre going to be instructed dont google anything, dont look up the news, even if theyre not sequester, theyre going to be instructed very strongly not to look at any external information about this trial. And thats where a lot of those pressures may come from where people can start to feel intimidated and uncomfortable because its not just understanding the importance of the decision that theyre making, but im sure were that each and every one of them fully understand that no matter what decision they are going to make, there will be a response from the public. All right. Um, lets look about the look at the assemble jury are 12 jurors in all six alternates, wide range of backgrounds from Investment Bankers to lawyers and english teacher, a physical therapy paste. Among the 12 seven menn five women, as someone who has studied the psychology of juries is there anything that you can glean that might indicate some things strong about this jury . What i noticed about this jury is this is a very sophisticated panel you have to lawyers on this panel, this is very unusual. You, in any kind of jury trial, lawyers often want a strike or remove other attorneys because of their knowledge of the law. But i think that there are special circumstances here that are causing some decisions to have been made that may be a bit unprecedented are maybe a bit unusual so having jurors who understand the law and remember what the goal of this jury is, what theyre supposed to do is decide whether donald trump is innocent or guilty of these specific charges. And so the integrity of the judicial process is going to be paramount given the implications that this trial has on the political election to have to lawyers who work in the judicial system who care about the integrity of the judicial system its gonna be very important another thing that i noticed about this juries that its quite diverse and diversity really creates a lot of discussion. It creates a good place for deliberation and compromise. And so having a jury that is that diverse is going to be helpful to the process. Now, theres no way to know which way thats going to land. But the thing to keep in mind for donald trump is that he doesnt necessarily just need a Defense Verdict if he has one juror it. Does not want to convict and who stands there ground he doesnt get convicted. And the trial he would have to start over again if he doesnt get a unanimous verdict in either direction. All right. Melissa gomez will leave it there. Thank you so much. Youre welcome. Great to be here. All right. Of course will have full coverage tomorrow. Still the calm several people are injured after a tram crashed at the Universal Studios theme park in hollywood. 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Blackstone im Zachary Cohen and washington this is cnn all right, welcome back 15 people are recovering from minor injuries today after a tram crashed at the worldfamous Universal Studios in hollywood last night, investigators say around not oclock or so a. Car collided with a real and several passengers fell out of the tram. And the studio uses the trams for its popular studio tour, which takes visitors to various Filming Locations on the Iconic Hollywood Back lot police say the tram driver is blaming a mechanical failure. The california Highway Patrol is investigating onto michigan. Now were too young siblings are dead after police say a drunk driver crashed into a building where a Childs Birthday Party was being held, more than a dozen people were injured. Cnns rafael romo joining me live with more on this. So this is horrible. What happened very horribly . Fred, it was a joyous occasion that instantly turned into a nightmare for multiple families with young children. It was about three in the afternoon when they were celebrating a Childs Birthday Party on a boat club in berlin township, michigan which is located on lake erie, about 30 miles south of detroit, according to Monroe County authorities, a woman later described as driving while intoxicated, crashed her vehicle against the building where the party was being held went through a wall and finally came to a stop approximately 25 feet inside of the sheriff says that First Responders who rushed to the scene describe what they saw as extremely chaotic with a high level of Emotions Chins of those directly involved and those who witness this horrific incident, Monroe County sheriff, troy. Good enough. At checked choke back, tears at a press conference, providing details about the tragic crash. Lets take a listen unfortunately in tragedy two of the victims were pronounced deceased at the scene this includes an eight yearold female a fiveyearold male who are siblings of each other the 66 yearold female driver of the vehicle, excuse me, who will not be identified at this time. Has been taken into Police Custody for operating executed causing death. And shes large at the Monroe County jail obviously very difficult for the sheriff to talk about this spread. In addition to the two children who died, 15 others, or a more than a dozen people were injured, nine people, including three children, were transported the to area hospitals with what a good enough describe a serious lifethreatening injuries that two siblings were pronounced dead at the scene and fred, in addition to driving while drunk officials, also said the 66 yearold woman will likely face additional charges as you can imagine, a community that is devastated by this is that its absolutely tragic all right rafael romo. 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