with lester holt.
>> good evening and
welcome.
anyone who has ever
served knows jury duty
can be tedious,
sometimes interesting
or emotional, and
often forgettable.
but for seven people
selected today to sit
in judgment of the
criminal trial of a
former president of
the united states, the
experience will likely
be hard to forget on
so many levels.
today in the second
day of jury selection
in donald trump's new
york hush money trial,
the seven anonymous
individuals, the first
of an eventual 18
jurors to be
impanelled for the
case have been sworn
in.
they are a salesman,
an oncology nurse, two
attorneys, an i.t.
consultant, a teacher,
and a software
engineer, selected in
a process that has
confronted some
perspective jurors
with their past
actions and remarks
over hints of
potential partiality.
laura jarrett is
covering the trial for
us.
>> reporter: tonight,
seven jurors have now
been chosen to sit in
judgment of former
president trump, who
left for the
courthouse this
morning, then...