. >> reporter: donald trump arriving today at the manhattan courthouse where for more than six hours he sat watching his lawyers and prosecutors grill potential jurors who could hold his fate in their hands. >> i should be right now in pennsylvania, in florida, in many other states, north carolina, georgia, campaigning. >> reporter: at the end of the day, seven jurors were chosen. three women, a teacher, a software employee at disney, and an oncology nurse who said, “i didn't know i was walking into this.” and there are four men, the foreperson, a man born in ireland who works in sales, two attorneys, and an i.t. consultant originally from puerto rico who called the former president "fascinating and mysterious," saying, "he walks into a room and he sets people off, one way or another." throughout the day, the lawyers questioning the jury pool, looking to root out potential bias. the teacher who was chosen telling the court she's not a political person, but adding, “trump speaks his mind and i'd rather that than someone who was in office who you don't know what they're thinking.