be a response.
and, of course, the history also
made tonight back in the u.s.
the other majorsy sy tory.
for the first time ever, a
criminal trial involving a
former president.
donald trump arriving in court,
facing 34 felony
their alleged affair from voters
before the 2016 election.
trump in the courtroom today as
the first 96 potential jurors
filed in.
the judge asking them if they
could be fair and impartial, and
with donald trump right there
watching, more than half of them
raising their hands to say they
could not be.
they were led from 2 room, and
the jurors who did remain, they
were asked pages of questions in
front of trump.
jury selection could take weeks.
our senior investigative
correspondent aaron katersky
leading us off tonight at the
courthouse.
>> reporter: tonight,
donald trump walking into the
courtroom on the 15th floor of
new york state supreme court in
lower manhattan.
the first president in u.s.
history to stand trial as a
criminal defendant.
>> nothing like this...