You know on appeal. More conflicted than this one, so well see how that all works out. You learn telling people youre fired was something to laugh about. I guess thats how you look at the world when youre on park avenue or maralago. If you grew up in a place like scranton, nobody handed you anything. Donald trump in court, President Biden on the campaign trail. A contrast that we expect to see much more of in the coming weeks. Well have a recap of how both president ial candidates spent their day. Thats straight ahead. Meanwhile, on capitol hill the threats to end Mike Johnsons speakership are glowing as he prepares to bring multiple foreign aid bill tuesday the house floor. And also ahead well go through the new u. S. Response to irans failed air strikes on israel. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, april 17th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We have a very busy show for you this morning, and we begin with Donald TrumpsHush Money Criminal Trial with seven jurors now seated after what was clearly a productive day in court yesterday. The jury is anonymous, so their names were not used in open court. But heres what we do know so far. The group to this point is made up of four men and three women and include two attorneys, a salesman, a nurse, an i. T. Consultant, a teacher, and a software engineer. Other potential jurors were dismissed throughout the day as the process continued into the afternoon. Reporters in the court describe trump as being more alert yesterday and at times looking the intently at potential jurors as they answered questions. Judge juan merchan believes the jury Selection Process will be completed this week and advised the jurors who have already been seated to be ready for opening arguments to begin monday morning. The day ran so smoothly, in fact, that trump claimed later outside of court that the judge was rushing the trial. So we think we have a very conflicted, highly conflicted judge that shouldnt be on the case and hes rushing this trial. In all 12 jurors and 6 alternates are need. Now, the trial does not sit on wednesday, so expect nothing today. The process will resume tomorrow, meaning thursday morning. Joining us now State Attorney for Palm Beach County, dave aronberg. Thank you for starting us off. First lets talk about the jurors, the seven jurors who have been seated and what we know about them. Again, lets repeat this. Theyre anonymous in part for their safety. But from what we know in terms of the gender break down and utwhen we know of their occupations, anything stand out to you at this point . Good to be with you, jonathan. You know, these jurors dont have to be empty vessels. Theyre allowed today know about the case. They just have to put aside their biases and be fair and impartial and follow the evidence and the law. One of the jurors said that he thought donald trump was a fascinating figure, just amazed how he can, you know, control a room, for example. And that has to concern prosecutors if hes an admirer of trump. The thing is prosecutors dont know whos going to be coming through door number 2. Whos to say the next juror is not going to be some big fan of the mypillow guy. Got to be careful and just go with people who say they can put aside anything they have beforehand and follow the evidence and law and looks like these jurors can do so. Dave, lets get your take here on the pace of this. Monday, you know, seemed to be behind schedule, you know, no jurors selected at all. Yesterday seven, and there was some commentary people were surprised just how many were already picked, and now the judge is suggesting that process could be done by the end of this week. Opening arguments as soon as monday morning. Whats your reaction to that time line . What should we learn from that . Judges matter, jonathan. Compare this to the case here in my Neck Of The Woods with judge aileen cannon, the maralago documents case, which is the strongest case against donald trump. You have an inexperienced judge whos dragging her feet and slow walking the case, and that case isnt going to be heard before the election. Here you have Justice Merchan who is experienced, no nonsense, and hes determined to get this case going. Yeah, i think its very possible you seat the jury by friday, and then you can start the case by monday. And its ironic that donald trump has been complaining about having to sit in this trial while he could be out campaigning is now complaining that the case is moving too fast. That tells you that hes scared about this case and his strategy all along as we all know has been delay, delay, delay. Dave, i also want to ask you about this matter yesterday. At one point during Jury Selection the judge gave trump a warning about his behavior. It came after one potential juror was being questioned about facebook posts in the wake of the 2020 election. Once she left the room, the judge admonished trump telling his lawyers this, your client was audibly uttering something. I will not tolerate that. I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom, i want to make that crystal clear. So lets get your reaction to that moment, dave. And then take a step backwards and then talk about the challenges this judge can have in controlling trump, his behavior both inside and outside of the courtroom when it comes to social media. Jonathan, theres a reason why youve got to stand up at the edge of the room, its there for them, their domain. Although donald trump was the boss when he was president and he was the boss at his company, in judge merchans courtroom hes just another defendant and its important the judge here treats him as much because you dont want a circus. Sometimes it just takes a smirk or huff and trump is going to get his way. Here you have a justice and hes considered a Supreme Court justice at the Trial Court Level in new york, we call judge merchan Justice Merchan. You have a guy whos not messing around, and hes going to make sure this case goes and hes not going to tolerate any guff from this defendant no matter if hes donald trump or anyone else. Dave, lastly, lets look beyond this trial and the other legal challenges facing donald trump in the weeks ahead. You already mentioned the slow pace of the matter in florida, but weve got Oral Arguments in front of the Supreme Court scheduled for next week. Give us a sense how you think theyll go and how important they are. I dont envision the Supreme Court is going to rule Donald Trumps way to say he has absolute immunity and that everything is done. I do think they could nuance the issue and send it back to judge chutkan in d. C. And have her make Additional Findings to determine the extent of immunity, and that would really end the case in d. C. Before the election, so thats what im looking for. But in the end i think that the Supreme Court is going to rule for jack smith. There you have a judge who like Justice Merchan wants this case to move forward, and if the Supreme Court gives the green light, which i think it eventually will, i think it will happen. The question is whether it happens before or after the election. Its a possibility that could be the second after the election. A lot will be riding on that. State attorney for Palm Beach County dave aronberg, thank you for starting us off this morning. We appreciate it. 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