Tonight on the readout.

And I gotta say Chris now I'm looking at there is a man on fire Chris.

In the middle of a square in front of me where protesters were standing an

individual has now set himself on fire.

NBC news correspondent Yasmin Vasuvian today reporting on the shocking self-immolation of a man outside of the Trump trial as it happened.

This as the historic trial draws media attention from around the

world. Also tonight just a short time ago Judge Marchon denied a last minute appeal

by Trump and declared to the former president and everyone else in

court we're going to have opening statements on Monday morning. This trial is

starting. And we begin tonight with our new reality as a country and in the

media as our first ever criminal trial of a former US president is slated to get underway bright and early Monday

morning in the state of New York versus Donald Trump.

The jury of 12 plus six alternates was sworn in this afternoon much more quickly than almost anyone expected

But the reality that we're now faced with is that my industry the media which has struggled with how to cover a former president who

fomented an actual insurrection and is running for president again, now has to

figure out how to cover the absolute spectacle of him being on trial.

The historic undertaking is understandably attracting a global media presence,

which of course is what Trump wants and thrives on.

Expect him to use the media packed outside the courtroom to do his Trump show every day of the

trial.

But the crush of media gathered in Manhattan is far outpacing the population of what Donald Trump also wanted to see.

He had called for a massive outpouring of his supporters to rise up while he's stuck in the courtroom.

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