Tonight the horror outside Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York just

as the full jury panel is seated inside a man outside the courthouse setting

himself on fire police and civilians running over desperately trying to

extinguish the flames. Witnesses saying he'd thrown conspiracy theory pamphlets

into the air, his condition tonight. Just moments before the full panel of 12 jurors and six alternates officially seated and when the judge says we'll hear opening statements.

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base days after Iran's massive drone and missile attack and Iran's foreign minister

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investigation. This is NBC nightly news with Lester Holt.

Good evening and welcome.

Tonight the criminal trial of Donald Trump has quickly reached a key milestone.

The jury and a panel of alternates are now fully seated with opening statements set to start as soon as Monday.

But for many connected to this case it will be hard to shake the horrific and unexpected

turn in the atmosphere of the trial.

The images we must warn you hard to watch, a young man in the crowd outside the courthouse

setting himself on fire, engulfed in flames as bystanders worked desperately to extinguish them.

The tragedy not expected to impact the trial, the New York-Hush money case against

former President Trump, which is moving at a quicker pace than many observers anticipated.

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