cordoned off area where i'm standing, and you are a member of the press. so again, to reiterate, there has not been a huge presence when it comes to protesters, and we don't know if there's any connection between the individual who just set himself on fire and what happened in the courthouse behind me. the impaneling of a jury of the former president of the united states. >> i want to bring in cedric alexander, a law enforcement analyst. cedric, look, we have heard from the beginning as people ask questions, reporters ask questions of new york city officials, if they were prepared for this trial, obviously nothing has ever happened like this before, a former president going to trial. if there is a city in new york that believes it is ready to respond to any eventuality, arguably it is new york city. it is manhattan. they know what it is to have big events. this has not been a big event. what do you make of the response thato you saw here and do you imagine that fairly quickly we'll knowai exactly what happed