THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. BREAKING FIRST AT NOON. YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE AT THE SCENE OUTSIDE A NEW YORK CITY COURTROOM WHERE HISTORY IS BEING MADE. JURY SELECTION HAS BEGUN IN THE FIRST CRIMINAL TRIAL EVER AGAINST A FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP IS CHARGED WITH 34 FELONY COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. PROSECUTORS SAY HE DID IT TO COVER UP ATTEMPTS TO HIDE AFFAIRS FROM VOTERS DURING THE 2016 CAMPAIGN. JAY GRAY IS OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM NOW WITH THE LATEST BARRICADES UP AROUND THIS MANHATTAN COURTHOUSE. HIGH SECURITY AND HIGH DRAMA AS HISTORY BEGINS TO UNFOLD INSIDE, A HANDFUL OF PROTESTERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS CONTROVERSIAL CASE OUTSIDE, AS PRESIDENT TRUMP ARRIVED THIS MORNING AND SPOKE BRIEFLY BEFORE ENTERING THE COURTHOUSE. THERE IS NO CASE, AND THEY’VE SAID IT. PEOPLE THAT DON’T NECESSARILY FOLLOW OR LIKE DONALD TRUMP SAID, THIS IS AN OUTRAGE AT THIS CASE WAS BROUGHT. THIS IS POLITICAL PERSECUTION. THIS IS A PERSECUTION LIKE NEVER BEFORE. NOBODY’S EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. AND AGAIN, IT’S A CASE THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN BROUGHT. IT’S AN ASSAULT ON AMERICA. AND THAT’S WHY I’M VERY PROUD TO BE HERE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT FACES 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS TO CONCEAL DAMAGING INFORMATION AND UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY FROM VOTERS AHEAD OF THE 2016 ELECTION. AND, OF COURSE, A LOT OF IT CENTERS ON HIS ALLEGED AFFAIR WITH FORMER ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS AND HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS TO DANIELS. HE SAYS THAT HE NEVER HAD THAT AFFAIR, AND THAT NONE OF THE PAYMENTS WERE ILLEGAL. WE KNOW THAT THIS TRIAL COULD CONTINUE FOR MONTHS HERE IN NEW YORK TODAY. JURY SELECTION BEGINS A POOL OF 500 POTENTIAL JURORS IN THE INITIAL ROUND AS THEY TRY TO FIND 12 JURORS AND SIX ALTERNATES. THEY’LL BE ASKED A LITANY OF QUESTIONS. MORE THAN 40 TO BEGIN WITH, INCLUDING QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR POLITICAL BELIEFS AND ANY POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS THEY MAY BELONG TO. IF THEY HAD PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST MISTER TRUMP. AND OF COURSE, IF THEY CAN BE IMPARTIAL IN THIS FIRST OF ITS KIND CASE, THAT’S THE LATEST FROM HERE IN NEW YORK RIGHT NOW, I’M JAY GRAY, BACK TO YOU. WE WILL FOLLOW THE PROCEEDINGS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND HAVE A FULL UPDATE FOR YOU BEGINNING ON WXII 12 NEWS AT FOUR. ALSO BREAKING AT NOON FOR FIRST LADY DOCTOR JILL BIDEN MAKING THE FIRST OF TWO STOPS IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. RIGHT NOW SHE IS IN GREENVILLE IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES, SHE WILL SPEAK AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE THERE TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFORTS TO EXPAND CAREER CONNECTED LEARNING AND HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE MAGE AFTER THAT, GOVERNOR ROY COOPER WILL JOIN THE FIRST LADY AT GUILFORD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WXII 12 CHRIS PETERSEN JOINS US LIVE FROM GREENSBORO. AND, CHRIS, WHAT’S THE FIRST LADY EXPECTED TO DISCUSS WHILE SHE’S HERE IN THE TRIAD? HI, LINDSAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M. YES, ON THE CAMPUS OF GUILFORD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THE GREENSBORO CAMPUS HERE ON WENDOVER AVENUE. THERE’S OBVIOUS HEIGHTENED SECURITY AROUND CAMPUS. YOU CAN SEE GREENSBORO POLICE OFFICERS AND GUILFORD COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AROUND IN ANTICIPATION OF DOCTOR JILL BIDEN’S VISIT HERE. NOW, THE FIRST LADY, JILL BIDEN, WILL BE MEETING HERE WITH LEADERS FROM GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS, INCLUDING SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR WHITNEY OAKLEY AND SOME GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS STUDENTS. SHE’S HIGHLIGHTING THE ADMINISTRATION’S COMMITMENT TO CAREER BASED LEARNING. BASICALLY, EXPOSE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO CAREERS AND SETTING THEM ON A PATH TO TAILOR THEIR EDUCATION TOWARDS THEIR CAREER, CAREER GOALS. NOW, THE FIRST LADY WILL SHARE HER THOUGHTS AND HEAR FROM LOCAL LEADERS IN A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION AND YOU KNOW, THIS ISN’T DOCTOR JILL BIDEN’S FIRST VISIT TO THE AREA. SHE’S ACTUALLY BEEN TO THE TRIAD AND NORTH CAROLINA ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN TIMES IN THE PAST 4 OR 5 MONTHS. SO I ASKED ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE MARTIN KIEFER FROM HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY, HIS THOUGHTS ON WHY THE ADMINISTRATION IS COMING TO NORTH CAROLINA SO OFTEN. I GUESS THAT’S A QUESTION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE CAMPAIGN. YOU KNOW, SORT OF HOW CLOSE, YOU KNOW, NORTH CAROLINA IS TO, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO THE DEMOCRATIC COLUMN RATHER THAN STAYING IN THE REPUBLICAN COLUMN. UM, UM, A FEW THINGS RECOMMEND NORTH CAROLINA, APART FROM THAT, RIGHT, IS THAT WE’VE GOT A A LOT GOING ON HERE THAT’S IN LINE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION’S POLICY PRIORITIES, WHETHER IT HAS TO DO WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY, WHAT HAVE YOU. YOU ALSO HAVE A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR, SOMEBODY WHO’S GOING TO BE WELCOMING YOU INTO THE STATE AT. AND WE’LL HAVE A COMPLETE WRAP UP ON DOCTOR JILL BIDEN’S VISIT COMING UP AT FOUR, FIVE AND SIX ON WXII HERE IN GREENSBORO. I’M CHRIS PETERSEN, WXII. 12 NEWS CHRIS, THANK YOU. MORE BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR DOCTOR SHERI EVERTS IS STEPPING DOWN DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES. THE SCHOOL ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING THAT HER LAST DAY WILL BE FRIDAY. DOCTOR EVERT HAS LED APP STATE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS, AND DURING THAT TIME SHE LED RECORD ENROLLMENT, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND FUNDRAISING AND OPENED A CAMPUS IN HICKORY. THE UNC SYSTEM PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE AN INTERIM CHANCELLOR FOR APP STATE BY FRIDAY. HAPPENING NOW TWO PEOPLE ARE FACING CHARGES IN A SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE INSIDE A RESIDENCE HALL AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE UNIVERSITY TELLS US SUNDAY NIGHT, A STUDENT AND HIS GIRLFRIEND GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT AT BARBEE HALL. WE’RE TOLD THE GIRLFRIEND IS NOT AN A STUDENT. THAT FIGHT ESCALATED AND A SHOT WAS FIRED ON THE SECOND FLOOR. NOBODY WAS HURT. CAMPUS POLICE CHARGED 18 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS MCCALL IN 19 YEAR OLD JAYLA GIBSON IN CONNECTION WITH THAT SHOOTING. WINSTON-SALEM POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE WOMAN WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT AN APARTMENT. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A CALL AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN STREET AND NORTHWEST BOULEVARD AROUND 2 P.M. SUNDAY. THEY SAY THEY FOUND 59 YEAR OLD SHANNON CLARK INSIDE HER APARTMENT. SHE DIED AT THE SCENE AND POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING HER DEATH AS A HOMICIDE. THERE IS STILL NO WORD ON ANY SUSPECTS OR ARRESTS. NEW. AT NOON, A PILOT WALKED AWAY WITHOUT INJURIES FROM A PLANE CRASH IN ROCKY MOUNT. THE FAA SAYS A SINGLE ENGINE CESSNA 172 CRASHED IN ROCKY MOUNT AROUND 930 SUNDAY NIGHT. ONLY THE PILOT WAS ON BOARD. AUTHORITIES SAY THE PILOT MISSED POWER LINES IN THE AREA AND WAS ABLE TO WALK AWAY WITHOUT ANY INJURIES. BOTH THE FAA AND T