and in two hours, the senate will open the impeachment trial of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, the first impeachment of a cabinet member in almost 150 years. >>> but, we begin this morning with the very latest from former president donald trump's hush money trial, that is now taking shape after hundreds of new yorkers were summoned to court this week. seven have now been sworn in to serve as jurors in the very first criminal trial facing the former president, centered around hush money payments made to stormy daniels. prosecutors say trump falsified business records as part of an effort to bury a story about a sexual encounter daniels alleges she had with trump. trump had pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts, and denied the affair ever happened. there is no court today, jury selection resumes tomorrow morning to fill the 11 remaining seats. joining us now, nbc news senior national political reporter jonathan alan, msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin, both have been inside the courthouse during the trial, catherine christian, former assistant district attorney for the manhattan