From CNN's Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell in the courthouse
Trump attorney Susan Necheles asked potential jurors if they are bothered by allegations that the former president has been unfaithful in his marriage.
Trump leaned over and whispered to his lawyer Todd Blanche at the defense table as Necheles asked the line of questioning.
Trump is watching the alternates' answers very closely as they share their opinions of him. He turned toward the jury box as they responded.
One of the prospective jurors said she has a balanced opinion of Donald Trump.
"I actually have a favorable opinions about some of the policies he enacted — tax policy and foreign policies," she said.
Defense attorney Susan Necheles asked the juror if she would feel pressure from friends who don't like Trump. "I have never felt pressure," she responded.
Donald Trump's attorney Susan Necheles spoke with a female juror who attended the women's march, asking her what she thinks of Trump and if she has strong opinions about him.
She replies, "Not at the moment. I believe that my primary biases, I think my personal biases or opinions about President Trump are more focused on his base."
The prospective juror added that "his rhetoric at times enables people to feel as if they have permission to discriminate or act on their negative impulses."
She said she did not hold Trump responsible for the way his base responds to his rhetoric, saying it's an issue for the "ballot box" and not necessarily in the courtroom.
She also said she's embarrassed that she doesn't know his policies. "Every time I’ve tried to listen to one of his rallies," she said, "it feels like I’m intruding on a personal conversation.”
One of the potential jurors being questioned raised her hand and told the court that as she sits and listens to this line of questioning, she's feeling "anxiety and self-doubt."
She approached the bench to privately discuss the issue with the parties and was then dismissed. She quickly exited the courtroom.
Donald Trump's attorney Susan Necheles is pushing back on prosecutor Susan Hoffinger's statements about Michael Cohen.
She asked the potential jurors whether any would have a problem considering the "fact people change their stories and that might indicate that they’re lying?"
Trump, who is facing the jury box, leaned forward and whispered to his attorney Todd Blanche as Judge Juan Merchan interrupted Necheles to tell the jurors that they’ll ultimately make their own determination about the credibility of witnesses who will testify at trial.
Cohen is expected to testify in the trial. Here's a reminder of his role in the case.
It's the defense's turn to question the potential jurors, and Donald Trump attorney Susan Necheles is up.
Necheles, who also questioned prospective jurors yesterday, once again focused her line of questions on biases toward Trump.
"You all bring biases, and you particularly bring biases about someone who is as publicly and outspoken as President Trump. There's nobody that doesn’t know him in this room," she said.
Trump is watching Necheles speaks to the jury pool.
Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger is now going through the jurors one-by-one to ask each would be able to return a guilty verdict if the evidence proves it beyond a reasonable doubt.
Donald Trump is looking over at the jury box as they respond.
Hoffinger is also asking the potential jurors if they will return a verdict of not guilty if the evidence doesn't prove the case — the question that Susan Necheles, Trump's lawyer, asked prospective jurors yesterday.
Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked several jurors if they can promise not to pre-judge the witnesses in the trial.
"No pre-judgements," said one prospective juror.
Another juror who is a lawyer also said she'd approach the case with no pre-judgments.
Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger is now going through Michael Cohen's background, asking the potential jurors whether they will keep an open mind to his testimony. She asked one juror if the fact that Cohen pleaded guilty wouldn't stop the person from listening.
"That’s correct, I’ll keep listening," the juror says.
Cohen is expected to testify in the trial. Here's a reminder of his role in the case:
