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What was going on today? >> well, as you noted, chris, and then there were five. we have two jurors who were seated yesterday who are no longer going to be part of this panel. one of them, juror number two came in this morning and notified the court that particularly because of the public attention being paid to this trial she no longer felt she could be fair and impartial. based on the amount of information that had already been released about her, she was getting calls from friends and family asking her if she was impanelled on this jury. that was too much pressure for this juror to take. sh...

All day on tuesday, that they can put together a fair and impartial jury because of that sense of duty? do you think that's possible? >> i'm not sure about that. everybody has biases. and, you know, you know, stereotypes in their mind. so you have to be really, you know, deep and, you know, fair person. which is very hard to do, right? >> laura: yeah, of course, it's very hard to do. and if it were joe biden on trial, for let's say, money laundering in a case filed by some republican d.a. in, i don't know, mississippi, democrats would be making the same argument that in a red state where democ...

>> steny hoyer, thank you so much. >> thank you. judge merchan dismissed juror four. that brings the total number of seated jurors down to five. we thought it was seven. now, two have been dismissed for other issues that had come up. both being uncomfortable with the exposure that they had because of the conversations in the court. let's go back to manhattan and nbc's vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. >> reporter: we thought we made progress. we were at seven. now we are down to five. one coming into the courtroom today and telling the judge that she felt she could no longer be fair an...

Late today, the former president sharply criticized the judge and district attorney alvin bragg. >> you got a d.a. that is out of control. you have a judge that is highly conflicted. >> reporter: among the new jurors, an engineer, a physical therapist, and a banker, who said they follow one of the key witnesses in this case on social media, michael cohen. they also follow trump. in the judge said opening arguments could now begin on monday. norah? >> norah: wow. robert costa, thank you. tonight, the crackdown at columbia university, where more than 100 protesters at the ivy league school were ...

Allegations that trump falsified business records to bury a story about an alleged sexual encounter with adult film star stormy daniels. the d.a.'s office also alleges model karen mcdougal received a payment from american media to silence her about another alleged affair with trump. trump has pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts and denied the affairs with these women ever happened. joining us now, nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian, danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst and rebecca roy fee, a law professor at new york law school. so, yasmin, a lot going on in...