Good morning. Sunday, April the 21st, about 24 hours now.

Opening statements are going to begin in the first ever criminal trial of a former president.

Tomorrow morning, the Republican Party's presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump

will be back in a Manhattan courtroom as a defendant

facing 34 felony counts. Those charges stemmed from his alleged role in falsifying business records to cover

up payments made to suppress a potential scandal just days before the 2016 presidential election.

And those opening statements are going to give the public a preview of the

case that both sides intend to present. Now, some court watchers didn't think that we'd get to this

point so soon. There were predictions that the jury selection would take a couple of, would take

multiple weeks, considering the defendant is so well known, so well connected, and so intimidating.

And then there were times last week when the high stakes of this historic trial became evident

in the courtroom. More than one prospective juror cried over the anxiety and the pressure

of participating in these proceedings. And by the end of week one, a full panel of 12 jurors and six alternates

were chosen to fulfill their duties as citizens and serve on this jury. The main 12-person jury

represents a cross-section of the residents of Manhattan, five women, seven men from different

neighborhoods across the borough. one of them works in sales,

one of them's a teacher, two are attorneys, interestingly enough. Two others come from the

world of finance. The fact that opening statements are set to begin tomorrow is also a testament

to how the court system is keeping things moving despite Trump's ongoing efforts to continue

to delay this trial.

On Friday, the former president's lawyers once again asked the appeals court to temporarily

pause the trial until a ruling is made on its previously filed motion for a change of venue.

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