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The deals on top before there job the defense has rested. Testimony has wrapped, and donald trump notably did not take the stand of course, sanchez, alongside jessica dean in the nations capital, and soon the judge and attorneys for both sides are expected to go back in court to go over Jury Instructions. In this historic Criminal Hush Money Trial of the former president. Earlier today, jurors were dismissed for the week the judge telling them to be ready for Closing Arguments next tuesday it comes after the defenses second and final witness, attorney Robert Costello, took the stand for a second day, and once again, the former adviser to Michael Cohen face some tough crossexaminati on prosecutors, youth castellows, emails in an attempt to show he made several efforts to stop cohen from flipping and assured him that he had a backchannel to trump won email dated april 19, 2018, indicated trumps former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was joining trumps team and costello wrote to cohen, quote im sure you saw the news that rudy is joining the Trump Legal Team. I told you my relationship with rudy, which could be very, very useful for you stella denied that he was pushing cohen to retain him because he could provide a backchannel to trump, cnns Kara Scannell has been encouraged throughout this entire trial here at any reaction from the jury when the defense rested today there was no reaction at that moment when they rested, but this pattern that you were describing with the Process Khidr confronting Robert Costello with an email and then this prosecutor, susan hoffinger, would ask castello, citing words he used yesterday saying it speaks for itself, right . There was one moment where costello said, not quite and he went on to try to explain it. And the prosecutors that thats all right. Well move on. That elicited some laughs in the courtroom and i saw some smiles cross the faces of some of the jurors. But for the most part part throughout this trial now and its six feet, this jury has been poker face. They havent revealed much about what they thought of the testimony and the judge playing them today, but they are going home for for a week and that theyd come back next tuesday for Closing Arguments. He warned them that that could go all day. Its possible could even go into wednesday. But he said he would expect them to work on wednesday this trial hello. Is normally not sat on wednesdays. So they would hope that they would work and then they could begin deliberations in this historic case. Guys so cara, what can we expect in the next . Our so this afternoon session is very important. Its going to be in the weeds, its very legally the lawyers are going to argue back can forth about what the judge should explain to the jury about the law in this case and this will be the instructions the judge gives a jury about what they need to find in order to decide if former President Donald Trump is guilty or if he is innocent. And the prosecution has not met its burden. So these words, these instructions are going to be very important. The judge has asked the parties, both the prosecutors, and trumps team for the past several days and weeks to come together to try to come up with some language they can agree on. Today. Going to be hammered. Bring out those areas where they still do not have agreement on some of this language. Key, key elements here. This is a case for trump is charged with Falsifying Business Business Records to commit or conceal another crime. And the issue here is what are those other crimes and what will the jury be told about them . The judge said the other day that he wanted to keep this simple as possible. He didnt think they needed to overcomplicate it. And he ask the parties to come together and give submissions to him. He got them this morning. He thanked them for and were going to get into the nitty pretty gritty of that this afternoon before. And this will be the makeup of what the judge charges the jury with just before they leave the room to begin deliberations next week all right Kara Scannell for us. Thanks so much for that update and cnn senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor elie honig is here with this now elie now with the defenses rested its case. Can you walk us through some of the key moments of what has been and historic trial. Well, jessica, as kara said, we are about to get into some weeds here, but the really important weeds, i think theyre interesting weeds. Lets just first take stock of where we are in the trial process. The defense case is done. They finished with bob costello. There was no prosecution rebuttal case. They can put one on, but they chose not to. And were going to next week moving to the end. Game, which will consist of Closing Arguments by the parties, followed by the Judges Instructions to the jury, file, followed finally by the jury deliberations. Now, whats going to have to happen this afternoon is the parties are going to get together with the judge. No jury. Theyre and theyre going to talk about what those Jury Instructions will be. This is a really important moment because it to it determines how the jury will deliberate. Now, the first thing that the parties are going to do is have the judge define the actual crime. Let me bring you back to the indictment itself. The charges here against donald trump falsifying Business Records in the first firstdegree, there are 34 counts, one for each ledger entry check, an invoice in the case. Now, there are two elements, two components of that crime that the judge is going to instruct the jury on. First of all, the prosecution has to prove that donald trump knowingly made or caused a false entry in the Business Records. Each of those records will be its own count and to that extent the prosecution is going to point to the documents. Heres the checks signed by donald trump. Heres the invoices made out to retainer and the allegation is those were falsified because they were actually campaign related fees, not legal fees. The second element of the crime that the judge is going to instruct the jury is that the intent here was to commit aid or conceal another crime, this is really important because we dont quite know from the prosecutions point of view, what is that other crime we should find out this afternoon, the prosecution has alluded to federal Campaign Finance crimes, statelevel Campaign Finance crimes, and in passing, tax fraud, i suspect thats going to fall away, so we should know by the end of today what that other crime is. A couple of other really important points that always get made during a jury instruction. First of all, the prosecution carries the burden of proof Beyond A Reasonable Doubt. That is the highest standard of proof in our entire legal system uncontroversial but important. The judge also will instruct the jurors when they come back next week that it is up to them to assess the credibility of each individual witness. Most importantly, Michael Cohen, also, Stormy Daniels, david pecker, and the defense witness. Robert costello. There also will be conversation later today about what does the judge told the jury about missing witnesses, important people . Allen weisselberg, the cfo of the trump org keith schiller, the bodyguard who received some important calls from Michael Cohen. Does the judge instruct the jury that you can hold it against either party or both parties, that they were not called as witnesses. And finally, jessica and boris, the judge, will instruct the jury that donald trump has a right not to testify. They cannot use that against him in any way. That is our fifth amendment. Again, that part will be uncontroversial, but really important to the Judges Instructions. So what were going to see this afternoon is crucial and it will set the table for next week when we finally get our jury into that backroom to deliberate and then turner verdict la. Thanks so much for breaking that down for us. Well see you here at the desk in just a moment. Lets bring in the rest of our panel now cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, Elliot Williams is with us, also so cnn senior political analyst, gloria borger, and cnn political director david chaldean gloria, i want to start with you because this question of assessing credibility by the jury specifically bob costello, he wrapped up his testimony today. He was asked about his relationship with Michael Cohen, his relationship with Rudy Giuliani, and he specifically pushed back on this idea that he was a backchannel to donald trump in defense was trying to get at wi think whatever they were trying to get at, they didnt succeed because he was trying to take down Michael Cohen and say that Michael Cohen was a liar but what some of these emails show owed in fact was that bob costello was trying to get Michael Cohens business and was promoting himself as a backchannel to Rudy Giuliani. Then aka good friend of donald trump and his attorney. And that stay within us, within the clan. You are loved, will protect you and so he came on the stand to discredit Michael Cohen. But instead, i think he just credited himself david prosecutors question costello about this Pressure Campaign on cohen from trump out and there are from trump allies back in 2018, about getting everyone on the same page, getting everyone in alignment. What does it say to you about what was happening at that moment in time . Well, was saying that trump and his allies were concerned that Michael Cohen it was going to flip and he did. And i think that that was a real concern at the time and i think thats why the defense using this witnesses a little bizarre to me because it takes Michael Cohen and all of his flaws and facts and what have you, however, the jury is going to assess that though and it it reminds them, it seems to me that this was somebody who was once in Donald Trumps orbit and then flipped and had a story to tell for the prosecution here. I dont know that thats the reinforcing thing that the defense in this case wanted to put forward to the jury earlier. Do you agree with that . I do. It prosecution is ultimately are doing cases ultimately an exercise and using a scalpel, not a hatchet. And this whole question of what did Robert Costello actually bring that hadnt already been brought over weeks of testimony. If the question were Michael Cohens credibility and poking holes in it, and thats largely the purpose of why they call robert custody so on the first place, that had largely been done over the several days prior. Now, you can make the argument that through Robert Costello, perhaps you heard about Michael Cohen stealing from the trial Im Organization or does that really add much to two weeks of testimony about this witnesses credibility . So it invites the question of what the defense actually gained from putting this witness on the stand, and i would make the argument that they actually lost a little bit because they number one, got under the judges skin and number two, in front of the presence of the jury, actually saw a witness and its disrespecting the judge. So in many respects, it just it wasnt a net positive for the defense to call this witness yeah, an ally. It does come back really to credibility wright, who do you who do these jurors believe . Who do they think is telling the truth . Who is the most credible, right . And so im curious what you think about costello and how he kinda falls in to that lineup of bonus is not credible. I think bob costello was not a credible witness for the reasons elliott sodomy first of all, he has motive. Second, all his conduct that they brought out was really not good conduct. Hes trying to keep Michael Cohen from coming into the government and choline operating. Third of all, they contradicted bob costello with his own emails. I found them to be not at all a credible witness and thinking back to all of the witnesses in this case, i think the total number was 22 different witnesses. I really think in my view, at least understood. Maybe what other people think. I only think there was two witnesses that i found with substantial credibility issues, costello, as i just said, and of course, Michael Cohen, whether one fully believes him or not the guy has serious credibility issues. Maybe Stormy Daniels, but i didnt find anything to outrageous about what she said, but i think the jury is going to be focused on really Michael Cohen, about Above And Beyond all of us because lets be real. Bob costello was a terrible way to as you leave a bad taste in the jurys mouth. But Michael Cohens testimony is 100 times more important to this case. Then Bob Costellos testimony that got i wont even rehash it. We know he lied to everyone. He made a bunch of money off this turns out he stole from the trump org. So the question is, can they live with it . Can you live with it based on the other evidence, just to clarify, just for the non former prosecutors and the crowd, what we mean when we say credibility issues, every witness has credibility issues and even do you remember the thing you saw when you said you saw the Robber Running down the street . Three, is itself a question about the witnesses credibility because youre poking holes in what they saw and can testify to you at the time, anything like a prior conviction, prior instances of lying on the stand . And prior instance of lying de or wife can be credibility issues. Theyre not insurmountable. People are convicted all the time over the testimony of witnesses who have credibility issues. But its not this binary. Michael cohens credible and costello was not. Its every were human and have a jumble of things in our backgrounds that could be used to poke holes in what we say under oath. If it were up to attorneys, to Donald Trumps attorneys alone about whether they were going to make their witness bob costello, at the end of the trial i think if you took a poll of his attorneys, the answer would be no. We dont wanna do this i think it was directed by the client donald trump, and costello has appeared on fox news dumping all over Michael Cohen, the president is known to watch some television and i think it was his idea all the way. I cant prove that 100 , but those lawyers are two good. I think to say, oh, yeah its a great idea we can chuckle about donald trump in his donald trump venus at the end of the day, it is the clients decision about how to proceed in any litigation. Now reasonable attorneys. Will advise a client to say that is a bad idea and against your own legal interest to proceed in that way. But it really is his decision and perhaps they did that if trump actually did want to testify he said publicly things that would indicate that he was eager to maybe not as much behind closed doors. Do you think this was a compromise between he and his attorneys, david, donald trump has a history of say his litigation efforts here that he is eager to testify and he hasnt testified all that much. So im a little dubious about taking trump at his word that he really wanted to testify in this case. But theres no doubt weve seen in its not just in this example. We have seen time and again where the Trump Legal Team and the client are not on the same page and their needs and theres some massaging there that goes on and as you just pointed out, the client at the end of the day is the one thats going to win that battle there if theyre paying the fees, well, just about that that is a conversation for another panel, david Gloria Elliot elly, appreciate the perspective. Thank you all for being with us. Were going to stay on top of this trial and bring you updates as they happen still ahead, this hour on Cnn News Central his both sides rest, were going to talk to a former attorney for donald trump about the defenses decision to coal. Just two witnesses plus one person is dead, dozens more injured, some critically after a flight from london to singapore hit severe turbulence. Weve gotten your details about how it happened as video from inside the plane reveals the chaos time for Growth Funding from bus do breaded makes it possible . Are easy and convenient process makes it simple to take the next step on your journey bus to credit funding. Whats next imagine a trip thats personalized just for you with an experienced private gun who works only the queue, no crowds or groups with exclusive good access to the very best of your destination and exceptional accommodations that always go Above And Beyond in over 100 retries worldwide. Its travel thats once in a lifetime every time. 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They hit the places where lights and masks or and broke straight through it. The Boeing Triple Seven was heading from london to singapore when the turbulence hit cnns gabe cohen joins us now with the details gave the turbulence hit just as people were starting to eat breakfast. Yeah, thats right. This was near the end of the flight. The plane was making its way over me and mar where we know the were some thunderstorms in the area. We dont know if that was the cause at this point. What we do have some flight data from the plane that indicates that shows it was making these really violence sudden maneuvers as this was playing out, we see the plane drop and then suddenly climb and then drop again and then climb again. All of that within about 90 seconds or so. And then you can see the plane start to reroute and make its way toward bangkok, where it made that emergency landing. And then theyre those images that were now seeing that you made mentioned that show the significant damage inside the cabin and the plane parts of the ceiling and the Luggage Compartments that collapsed. Objects that were thrown about the cabinet of course, the passengers who flew out of their seats, as you described before, weve also seen medics, a Carrying Passengers out on stretchers. This was not just a violent scene, but quite he didnt emotional scene according to the testimony from the head of bangkoks airport, lets take a listen. Heres a little bit of what he told us about what happened nima deployed out the plane landed at the airport and the medical team was sent to the cme. Many injuries occurred. So the airport had the issue and Emergency Plan or teams went to help and also found one man had died micah, goodbye. Next, this kind of incident rarely happens where there is death after a plane has hit severe turbulence. And that means and so now guys, theres an investigation underway. Of course it is being led at this point by the single a Poor Ministry of transport, presumably because this was a Singapore Airlines flight. We also know, as you mentioned, this was a boeing plane, a Triple Seven Boeing has been under the microscope. Of course, because of safety issues in recent months. To be clear at this point, there is no indication that this was any sort of boeing issue, but the company has already said theyre in touch with the airlines fine. And theyre ready to assist in any way needed. It is such a sobering reminder, just 90 seconds causing that much damage that many injuries imagine what people went through. Must have felt like like forever that it was happening. But we know this one gentleman died as a result, and many others were injured. Do we know the extent of the other injuries as well . Yes. So 71 people were injured, including at least this one american who was on the plane. Six of those injuries were considered critical injuries according to the hospital where they were taken. Theres reports of broken bones. You mentioned head injuries. We know a lot of cuts and bruises. We will certainly no more in the coming hours about the extent of those injuries. And look to be clear, turbulence is really common. Its the number one cause of injuries on flights, but this type of the severe injuries are extremely rare. There is only been one other person killed because of turbulence on it commercial flight since 2016, that according to the International Civil aviation organization. So theyre going to be a lot of questions as to why this, in this case, there was such an extent Stream Impact get going. Thanks so much for those details we want to turn it now to miles obrien. Hes a cnn aviation analyst. Hes now the Science Correspondent for pbs newshour as well. Majles, thanks so much for being with us. What do you think happened here . And what could have caused this turbulence . To seemingly come from Out Of Nowhere while boris, we could be talking about what is known as clear air turbulence. And its an insidious thing because as the name implies, its invisible. What were talking about is aircraft flying up in what we call the jet stream. These there are rivers of air that can flow what hundreds of miles per hour. And frequently what happens is theres, its kinda like a layer cake and one layer is going One Direction and the other layer is goh in another direction and as the aircraft flies through it, theres a significant drop in lift which causes what we call it turbulence. The problem is theres no sensor on the aircraft or any Weather Forecasting that can predict this. We do know if we see Cumulus Clouds and thunderstorms. Pilots will thread your way around it. But unless you get whats known as a pie rep. A pilot report from somebody ahead that abuse saying, hey, theres turbulence here, dont fly at this altitude you dont have much warning in many cases obviously, everyones instructed when they get on a plane to buckle their seatbelts the Seat Belt Sign is on. Thats a very familiar refrain. And theres a reason for that is we see right now, but is there anything else a person can do to help protect themselves should they encounter violent turbulence like this . Well, thats right there at the top of the list. When youre in your seat please. By all means buckle up the individuals who are seated just sitting there watching a movie and who werent buckled in were making an assumption that they were on their couch and their living room and you are after all, five or six miles above the planet in a metal tube approaching the Speed Of Sound, you have to respect the technology in physics have where you are and at least buckle your seat belt other than that, tried to watch out for those signs when the pilot puts on that buckle your Seat Belt Sign, do your best not to get up, but sometimes nature calls, especially on a 12hour flight statistically, you gotta go when you gotta go, theres no question but statistically, its kind of like worrying about getting hit by lightning. But you can at least increase your chances of getting through this by staying buckled in your seat. That such important contexts youre in a middle to five to six miles above the earth going at the Speed Of Sound important to keep your seat belt on, myles what happens next in the investigation well, the first thing theyre going to do is were going to check this aircraft out very thoroughly anytime in aircrafts like this goes through what we call severe turbulence, which clearly this was they need to make sure there hasnt been significant fatigue to the structure. Its possible the aircraft will be a total loss in this case, if it was enough stress on it marching forward, i think the industry has to get pushed for Technological Solutions better forecasting, better ways of identifying this. It should be noted that there is a Climate Change component to this. Scientists have been looking at this issue of clear are turbulence over the past decade or so and the numbers of incidences of severe term be lends over the North Atlantic are up 55 and this has something to do with the jet stream flows changing, causing more wind shear, which is what causes that turbulence. So its a difficult thing to predict for but i think more study needs to be done clearly. All right, majles and brian always ready to have you on. Thanks so much. Former President Donald Trump didnt testify in his criminal trial, but he should have went to talk to one of his one more attorneys as both sides rest their cases riyadh saves new album is breaking records gets to say what . Country is colby country bianna, say a nashvilles renaissance monday, but aid on cnn. Getting your Dream Kitchen is easier than you think Cabinets To Go can design a beautiful, highquality and affordable kitchen make over. 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The ultimate form of jurisprudence here i want to bring in a former trump attorney, Tim Parlatore. Tim. Thank you so much for being with us first to that comment from the son of former President Donald Trump does this case in your mind totally rest on Michael Cohens testimony . It does. I mean, what we have here is weve got a lot of Business Records. Weve got a lot of corroboration, but what we have corroboration on are things that are not the crime yeah. I believe that the prosecution has proved Beyond A Reasonable Doubt that there was catching killed, that there was Hush Money Payments made, that Michael Comas pay back all of that is undisputed. But thats not what hes charged with. Hes charged with these false Business Record entries. And in order to tie him personally to the knowledge of how those checks were put the books you need Michael Cohens testimony or Allen Weisselbergs testimony, who neither side called. So without weisselberg, you only have Michael Cohen, the defense did call Bob Kohn Costello somebody who described as a friend moments ago when we were in the commercial break folks that weve talked to have been split about his testimony, whether it did, more to distract the jury from cohens at times difficult testimony or whether it actually helped the defense make their argument. What did you think of his contentious moments with judge juan merchan its very difficult to tell from outside the courtroom because were looking at a flat transcript and so much of it is going to be the nonverbal things that the jury witnesses. You here. What judge merchan says about are you staring me down now . Is that because bob costello, this old man, is threatening him or is he just turning around to look at him and it was judge merchan a little bit hair trigger. I dont know. Its difficult to tell when youre not in the room the thing that i find interesting about bob costello is that there were so many objections from the prosecution which can go both ways. On one hand, that can limit what the jury hears from him. But on the other hand, it can backfire and have the jury sit there and say, okay, clearly this guy has a lot more information. Why wont they let us hear it . You think it benefits the defense to see him . Were off with the judge. I mean, it seems like you think the judge may have been sensitive. Do you think the jury would feel that way . Its not helpful to be squaring off with the judge generally in front of the jury but i think that what the jury saw because remember, they were out of the room when a lot of that happened. What the jury saw was questions and then answers that he was not allowed to finish the answers on. And then him getting frustrated that every time he is trying to answer the prosecutions objecting and its sustained. And it gets frustrated with it. Yes one important thing here is they had the hearing right before his testimony on what he could and could not testify to, as opposed to a week before so when bob gets stolen, walks in the room, the judge has said hes allowed to talk about this. Hes not allowed to talk about this. The lawyers know it. Bob costello doesnt and so when the lawyer has to ask them openended questions, tell us what was said in the meeting. Bob doesnt know which parts hes allowed to say which parts is not not allowed to say. And so hes naturally going to say things that the prosecution is going to interrupt the month. He doesnt know what the script is because he he doesnt know the pretrial ruling. Someone of his emails that came to light during testimony revealed this frustration with Michael Cohen, that Michael Cohen, according to his emails, wasnt taking his advice he denied that. He offered Michael Cohen this backchannel to donald trump. How do you think the jury sees those emails in light of his testimony denying some of that behavior. I think that emails obviously speak for themselves, but they do need context. And so if you can explain a lot of the other things around im that of is the backchannel because casella and giuliani are trying to keep them on the straight narrow, or is it because Michael Cohen is one sitting there begging for for a pardon one of the major problems here that i saw come out through these emails is if the media is reporting that Michael Cohen is cooperating and if theyre reporting that trump and julian are speaking bad about them that type of thing, whether its from the media or whether its from prosecutors false information being put out, can have a tendency to cause somebody to want to cooperate and so ive seen this before. Were prosecutors will paint somebody as if they were a cooperator when theyre not forced them into his organization is correct its something that they did a lot and organized crime cases. And so i think that those emails can also be put in the context of, hey, michael, lets make sure that you understand the full context before you make a decision. And dont forget the first thing bob was trying to do with Michael Cohen was to get him to cooperate against donald trump is that right . Yeah. It was the very first thing because he bobs sat with him and said, look, clearly youre not the target here. We know who the target is. I can make all because cohens sitting there saying swear to god, bob, ill do whatever i have to do. I wont spend a day in jail. He says, i can make your legal problems go away. Is it also possible that that was an avenue to see what he had on donald trump . No because that would be completely unethical bob costello had no relationship with donald trump at the time. The only person who had a relationship with was the man sitting in front of them, Michael Cohen. And so at that time his sole legal and ethical responsibility was to the man sitting in front of them and Michael Cohens best route out of it at that time was to cooperate against donald trump. That thats what he explored. Well see how the jury feels about it quickly before we go. Was it a good idea to have donald trump avoid the Witness Stand . Absolutely no question. Tim parlatore, weve got to leave the conversation. Theyre very much appreciate your time. Thanks. Its being with us. Thank you. Still to come. Americas top diplomat is testifying on capitol hill right now, the ultimatum that Secretary Of State Antony Blinken just says the israel was now facing stay with it us, didnt check. We hear nothing a spatial shuttle accident. Its usually not one thing. Its a series of events is that part of the wing coming apart . Space shuttle columbia, the final flight. Now streaming on next. 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And weve heard this fullthroated rejection of the icc seeking these warrants for hamas and israeli leadership from both President Biden and Secretary Blinken in a blinken yesterday saying that they fundamentally reject this equivalence between hamas and israel. So blinken was asked today about Potential Legislation For Punishing The Icc De for what many, especially republican see as overreach whats interesting is that the Trump Administration had put sanctions and Visa Restrictions on members of the icc that were then lift did when biden came into office so this is what Secretary Blinken had to say when the Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign relations committee, senator risch asked him about the icc sticking its nose in the business of countries like israel, take a listen we want to work with you on a bipartisan basis to find inappropriate response im committed to doing that. As you say, the devils in the details. So lets see what you got. And we can take from there. But given the events of yesterday i think we have to look at the appropriate steps to take to deal with, again, what is a profoundly wrongheaded decision so profoundly wrongheaded decision. He talked about the appropriate steps and said he is willing to look at what Congress Sends the administration. So not ruling it out, i just want to note that in the case of russias war in ukraine, the us has been supportive of helping the Icc Uncover Russian War Crimes and said that the warrants by the sec against Vladimir Putin was justified now, blinken was also asked about this prospect of normal formalizing relations with saudi arabia, which kind of looms over the deal. The hostage yield, all of it right at the cdcs fire, what did he say about that . Because Jake Sullivan was overseas this weekend he was. And what we understand is that the us and saudi arabia are all but done with agreeing to the terms of between the us and saudi arabia. But thats just one part of it. The other part of course, is what would go on between saudi arabia and israel and saudi arabia is required during peace to return to gaza and a credit credible pathway to a palestinian state. And that is something that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other israeli leaders have so far rejected what the us has been saying is that without that part, without That Hathaway To Statehood for palestine, there will be no normalization and there will be no defense pact between saudi arabia and the united states. So blinken, not terribly optimistic today saying that in this moment is here, you may not be able or willing to proceed down that pathway. And that israel now has to decide where to come on. That alex mark, right . Always good to see you. Thanks so much. Just in to cnn, Rudy Giuliani the one and several other trump allies arraigned in arizona for their alleged roles in the fake electors scheme. 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He was the 11th out of 11 who were scheduled to appear either virtually or in person. He dialed in over the telephone and the Assistant Attorney General clearly was fed up saying that it was three weeks of backandforth where giuliani was talking about this on his podcast, appearing on tv shows, even sending out a taunting tweet. So so that the Attorney Generals agents followed him from new york and then it finally served him notice of this arrangement that was helped scheduled for today to where he would finally serve notice but it happened at his 80th Birthday Party after he had finished singing. New york, new york on his front lawn when giuliani was leaving that party. Thats when you serve notice. So it was three weeks of this sort of a chase. And so what the Attorney General roles office has requested is that he appear in person within the next 30 days and that he has to pay a secured bond of 10,000 the lawyer for the prosecution did explain exactly what their philosophy was behind this request. Take a listen ready . Giuliani has made numerous statements over the path, past month discussing the indictment, his codefendants, and quite frankly mocking the justice its a system in arizona given his latest twitter posts and then his lie about communicating with our office, we decided to be appropriate to ask for some Police Conditions to ensure his appearance in arizona so in court, giuliani deny that he was ducking the authorities. He said to the judge that, look, this is a completely political case. 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It was a game changer gets started today at andy. Com. Im learned thoughts on capitol hill and this the defense rests and now were just minutes away from another Pivotal Moment in the Criminal Hush Money Trial of former President Donald Trump prosecutor theres and trumps Defense Attorneys will soon returned to the manhattan courtroom where judge juan is played out over the last five weeks earlier today for costello testifying for just over an hour today discussing his connections with former trump lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and his efforts in 2018 to represent the Prosecutor Prosecutors star witness, Michael Cohen, notably the former president , did not take the Witness Stand in his own defense as a reminder, he faces 34 counts of falsifying Business Records related to a Hush Money Payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the final stages of the 2016 president ial campaign. Hes pleaded not guilty and hes denied any affair with daniels so jurors have been dismissed for the week Closing Arguments are expected to begin on tuesday. Cnns brynn grass is live outside of the courtroom for us brynn, before we get to Closing Arguments a week from today, another major moment of the trial is set to begin in just moments, walk us through whats happening there yeah, well, boards you just mentioned that donald trump didnt take the stand, so that will be part of Jury Instructions. Jurors cannot use that against donald trump when they learn that from the judge. But during instructions are in extremely important part of this process, though they are very dense and defined and legalities and essentially what it is, is the lawyers negotiating with the judge about what he will say to the jurors when they are given the case after Closing Arguments next week, this will serve as a roadmap for the jurors as they basically figure out how to interpret the law and apply the law when it comes to these charges with all the witnesses and all the testimony that they have heard in the last two, fourandahalf, five weeks or so. So its a very important part, although it is a very dense part, so its going to take some time though it is expected to wrap up up. And this is done without the presence of the jurors that they actually went home earlier this morning. They were able to get home in time for lunch and like you said, they will not be back here until next week when those Closing Arguments began, and the judge picking next week so that there will be basically a clear runway for these jurors to deliberate and decide hi, the verdict in this historic case. All right. Brynn gingras four is outside the courtroom. They are in new york. Thanks so much. Lets bring in cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutors, elie honig and Elliot Williams. Great to have both of you ellie, were about to go into this part of the trial. That seems like its gonna get pretty in the weeds, legally speaking, but i guess my question question to you is, is how much control or influence will the attorneys actually havent shaping these instructions . Itll be the old push and paul, there will be certain things on which the parties agree in the judge said, i want your briefs by today, so they submitted them this morning. Usually you can get to at 90 consensus things that you agree on. But there definitely will be certain areas in contention. I think one of the areas where im watching its really important to is what is going to be the other crime, right . One of the things that prosecutors have to show is that they false donald trump falsified Business Records or had them falsified to commit another crime. And this is a really unusual feature of this case because ordinarily in the federal system, you left the laid off and the indictment thats what an indictment is. Your notice. Find that offense what the charge here here theyve just left it out here we are. The evidence is closed and all that the prosecution has said is some other crime tbd. Well, today theyre going to have to get pinned down on what that is. And then just how much detail does the judge give the jury about that other crime elliott, in a sense, what elie laid out there is the biggest weakness in the prosecutions case, right relying on this other crime, this allegation of election fraud, that trump wasnt actually charged with. How can they try to influence the Jury Instructions to help them bridge that gap in different ways. Well, your phone focusing on just one of three potential crimes that could be the underlying crime. Theres also potentially federal campaign law, but also tax law. And the big question is how does the judge defined to the jury number one, what these crimes are . And number two, what the prosecution needs to have established in order to convict you youre now again, the prosecution does not have to. I believe prove Beyond A Reasonable Doubt that this crime was committed merely that the actions taken by the former president were done to cover up a crime, whatever that crime is, and thats tricky. And thats the kind of thing that is very legally sensitive. And in the weeds that theyre fighting about right now, but i thank clarity on that point. Clarity on reasonable doubt and what even the definition is varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and probably even within different new york courtrooms. And thats the kinds of stuff that certainly prosecutors are keenly trying to make sure that the judge shapes in a way that helps them. In the meantime, these theres are gonna go home for about six days and have this to think on this last defense witness, Robert Costello repeatedly denied that he was pushing Michael Cohen to provide a bet that he would provide this backchannel to trump, even as the prosecutor shared emails that seemed to indicate otherwise how do you think that kind of marinate in the jurors had thank you. Add it because its the last thing they saw. And more than anything else, those emails undermine such a key part of why he was called as a witness. Had he been able to come forth and unquestioned or unchallenged, make the point that Michael Cohens has credibility issues or some of these points about the pardon an issue that wouldve been great for the defense because it would have undermined a key part of Michael Cohens testimony. The problem is that the star defense witness had huge holes blown his testimony with these his own emails that undermine them. And unfortunately, its for the defense, its the last thing that the jury saw. They will have these five days is rather than an embarrassing pressing moment for the defense being the last thing they saw to be thinking about this, this context. Costello testimony. Now is the case going to rise and fall on any one Witness Testimony . Probably not. But you really want to leave people with a final point that they can latch onto eleia. I spoke with Tim Parlatore of former trump attorney in the last hour and he was making the case that bob costs hello. His testimony didnt completely hurt the defense. He made the argument that his first approach to Michael Cohen was telling cohen to comply with investigators to work with investigators. Do by what youre saying as a celebratory fact that it didnt completely thank your witness. Not a great sign i disagree with him on this. I think costellos testimony was useless on the one hand, and if anything, undermine the defense. I mean, all the good stuff that he might given to the defense while there was this moment in time when Michael Cohen said, i dont really have anything on donald trump, i did this on my own. Thats in there. Thats in there from emails thats in there from other Witness Testimony. Cohen himself essentially admitted that he there was a point in time when he was saying that. On the other hand, i just feel like costello was such a distasteful witness that had his own credibility undermined i would not look, this is a long gap to go a week essentially between mean the end of evidence and Closing Arguments. I think it was the right move by the judge to push it all off until after memorial day. Thats a long time, but we all remember from psych onetoone primacy and recency, right. Im in the first and last things you hear tend to resonate. The greatest. And i think it was real misstep yeah. Why is 30 years . What about trump not taking the stand that the right thing, its absolutely positively mathematical certainty without question, the right thing it is. I think its incredibly rare that a defendant ever takes the stand. You have to have a really good reason and a really tight scope of testimony for a defendant to ever i want to take the stand because number one, his whole all of his words can be used against him prior statements can be used to impeach him. The gag order could potentially come in. That was there was some question about that. All of and then he can be crossexamined. It would have been disastrous in most cases, and cataclysmic Mushroom Cloud level, bad had he taken the stand this case given who he is and given what his history isnt this case totally bad. I do not to mention you could be asked about any of the other cases, the civil fraud trial, the e. Jean carroll case, et cetera, et cetera, they would spend more time debating beforehand what could come in because theres so many cases, so many, so much prior testimony so much bad behavior. He did not appear on the Witness Stand, but he is appearing outside the courtroom right now. Heres the former president , just moments ago we have a great there is no crime. In fact, i just almost every reviewed the case known far as they say, there is no crime never been brought it should be dismissed before you even but rejection is extremely lets say, complicated. But lets also say conflicted its complicated and kids and its first very to to her she nobody whos never stated the judge can try and manufacturer one where he goes from a misdemeanor which doesnt exist because of the statue of limitations, doesnt exist and they tried to bring it into a validate, but he cant do it because the proof and you see whats happened and water remember, on gag, im not allowed to say what id like to really say. Youd be very addressed. But im so why would i take the chance but we do want to defend our constitution. So at some point, maybe i will take a chance its a very serious situation where a republican nominee for president , the republican nominee, somebody that one easily and quickly in record time. It gets number one gagged and number two is before a democratic pointed judge and youre playing with fire like this. Its very sad. But the good news is not proven. There is no crime, not really read all of these experts and you know, the ones that have to go over the names again, but all experts, legal scholars talented people are smart people and there is no crime so maybe theyll try and devise one right. As the judge, shell help them out with the suggestion has been very helpful to the other side that shed never been and should never be in our country. Now, on another node, biden is releasing one Million Barrels of oil from the north police reserved a bit to lower prices at the top just because youre listening to former President Donald Trump outside the courtroom there, elie, lets just start first. Hes saying we know well, theyre going into hash out Jury Instructions. He saying theyre going to create a create a crime there. Theyre going to make something up. Thats not whats going. Yeah, its not accurate. Its a little echoey, a little harb here. Definitely did say no crimes times. This is a crime. If prove thats up to the jury, what i think hes talking about in an artful way, not to explain on his the half is the way this case is charged is unusual. The da started with a Misdemeanor Charge of falsification of Business Records, which if charged alone would be out the door because its the statute of limitations too much time has passed, but theres a longer statute of limitations. If you can make it a felony. And the way they make it a felony here is what we were just talking about that other crime. What is the other crime that they falsified records took promote or to commit. So its not your most straightforward charges, not like well, i charge you jury on the elements of robbery. Here are the elements of even fraud can be straightforward its complicated, but its been tested thus far in this core. And i think its i dont think an Appeals Court is going to save this as an illegal way to charge a crime, but there is a bit of uncertainty and it isnt unusual way to construct an indictment. I would just clarify one point that on the statute of limitations question with respect to the misdemeanor, there might be an open question. There because of the fact that he the statute of limitations is seen to be told or paused if the defendant is not in the jurisdiction during the statute of limitations period because hes lived in florida, in washington, dc the whole time. Prosecutors can make the argument, may be that you could still charge him with a misdemeanor because the fact that he wasnt continuously in the state in new york during the period of the statute of limitations. Now, thats an open legal question, or at least one that theyd fight about. Im not saying its a winter one way or the other, but its just not something prosecutors might watch it now, to be clear, prosecutors do not want to charge a misdemeanor here. This may come up in the Jury Instructions that perhaps they could also convict on a misdemeanor i would think prosecutors dont want that at all. Yeah. Mr. If there is an interesting strategic decision coming up for the defense here, which is this. If the defense wants it, they can ask the judge. Okay. I want you to instruct a jury on the Felony Falsifying Business Records for some other crime, but also the lesser included the misdemeanor, just falsifying Business Records thats it. So if youre the defense du you want to give the jury this sort of Middle Ground Fallback . If i had to guess, i would think trumps team is not going to ask for that. Theyre going to say give them the all or nothing. I dont think they want to give them a safe space to land, but look, a misdemeanor conviction, i think at least let me try to be political for a second. Would probably be a win for trump to only get victory of a fairly petty misdemeanor, and prosecutors could request it to. Now the calculus on there and as well, if were less likely to get the felony that involves this campaign question, or maybe a tax question, we could just get him on the misdemeanor. It would be a conviction, not the one we want. You probably not much i do we are no known dura. All right. Elie honig and Elliot Williams, we will see you all again soon. Thank you so much. I want to bring in Jury Consultant and attorney Robert Hirshhorn on all of this. Robert, nice to see you. Thanks for joining us. Lets start first with what theyre about these Jury Instructions. Why are these so important . Well, theyre the recipe for the jury, right . Its the law thats going to guide them on this very monumental, historic decision. Theyre about to make. And this isnt a normal criminal case where you have some idea what the elements of the offense are. This one is really a lot more complicated. Now heres whats different about this one. Jessica, theres two lawyers on the jury. They have to law professor type. Theyre not Law Professors are lawyers. But the point is, theres two legal experts in the jury room with them. I that are going to be able to explain to the jurors than nuances of some of the more a complicated parts of this jury charge. And i wanted to say one other thing. We may need to check with your pundits. I dont know what the law is in state court in new york. But a lot of quartz only give one copy of the jury charge to the entire jury one. Theres only one cafe. Right . No. No, no, thats wrong. Sorry. This isnt sorry, robert, let me just answer your question because i happen to be sitting here a lot of courts, federal, a lot of judges in the federal system will send a written copy of the charge back in new york state. They dont send a written copy back with the jury at all. So the jury may take notes, but theyre going to basically be left with their own recollection. Okay. Wow, were just doing this in real time. All right. Back robert, continue your thought, please. Even worse jessica this is even worse because now the jurors, all they have is their recollection of what the judge said, the elements of the crime four. And its so where do you see how long this jury charges there is no way the jurors being able to keep all that information in their head. Its gonna be a mess if the defense were smart, they would ask that each member of the jury be b, given a written copy of this charge. And we talked a little bit in the last segment about bob costello as that last witness. And how it would sit in the jurys minds just as they have these many days, five, six days until theyre going to be back together. As somebody who is an expert in juries talk about that last thing that they here and now this time, how does that all go together and fit together . Yeah normally, it would be a really big problem for the defense because castello was a disaster okay. I am convinced that it was trump that insisted he be a witness, and i am now convinced that trump was looking out for number one by calling him as a witness. And he ended up stepping in number two. All right. So would normally be a real big problem for the defense. But heres the difference this one week is going to work as a reset. Its going to let you know everybodys to calm down, right . Everybody maintain their cullum, everybody to kinda think about other things other than this trial. And when they come back next week, thats when theyre going to get fired backup about the case. 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Lawyers are discussing what those instructions should say with the judge right now are reported theres are in the courtroom and were following every update as you can see on your screen, turning to other news though right now, crowds of mourners have gathered into iran as Funeral Ceremonies are observed for irans president Ebrahim Raisi he along with the countrys Foreign Minister and seven other people were killed when their helicopter crashed on sunday today is still unclear what caused that crash and why so many Senior Iranian government officials were traveling on one single helicopter. Cnns have been wiedemann joins us now, been any more new information about this . Not new information, but the basic facts certainly would hint at why perhaps this helicopter went down. First of all, lets keep in mind its a bell to 12 helicopter that is a helicopter that went into production in 1968. Basically think we have vietnam Era Helicopter and keep in mind that iran has been under us sanctions. Going back decades. And therefore, the country has been suffering from a lack of spare parts. And in addition to that, this helicopter actually three helicopters, but on the one that crashed, there was the Foreign Minister, the president , and other senior officials they were flying over a mountainous area in very bad weather. There was a late spring storm coming through. It was very foggy and weve heard heard, for instance, from the turkish Transport Minister suggesting that they were monitoring the flight because it wasnt far from the Turkish Border and it appears that perhaps the signal, the transponder perhaps wasnt working in this case. Now, in addition to that, we are hearing, for instance comment from Bell Helicopters who have put out a statement saying that bell does not conduct any business in iran or support their helicopter fleet, and we do not have knowledge about the active state of the helicopter involved in this accident. Now, the Chief Of Staff of the ronny and army has formed a committee of technical and Military Experts to try to ascertain the precise cause of this crash. It until now theyre talking about a quote, unquote technical failure and so if we put our faith in this investigation will have to wait and see what comes out of it or its jessica, ben wiedemann. Thank you so much for the update israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hitting back at the International Criminal court for its decision to request Arrest Warrants for the israelhamas war the iccs top prosecutor, karim khan, telling Cnns Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview this week, he seeking Arrest Warrants against netanyahu, israels Defense Minister, and three top hamas leaders, khan also claimed israel is using starvation as a weapon of war heres how netanyahu responded today well, i think this absurd, this is beyond outrageous. This guy is out to demonize israel. Hes doing a hit job. He is created a false symmetry between the democratically elected leaders of visual and the terrorists chieftains. Thats like saying in after nine, 11, well misha and Arrest Warrants for for george bush, but also for bin laden or after in world war ii. Well, im issuing Arrest Warrants for fdr, but also for hitler. Its a hijab its not serious. Hes out to defame as well. President biden is also a blasting the icc yesterday, he called the courts efforts, quote, outrageous. And said there is no equivalence between israel and hamas. Lets turn now to cnns jeremy diamond, whos life force in jerusalem, jeremy, what more can you tell us about . Israels reaction to the icc well, youre hearing a lot of outrage and a lot of defiance from the israeli Prime Minister, his allies, but even his rivals, all of whom across the israeli political spectrum are slamming the iccs decision to seek Arrest Warrants for these really Prime Minister and the Defense Minister particular because of the fact that they are doing so in the same breath as they are seeking Arrest Warrants for hamas is leaders. A lot of criticism of what israelis view as this Moral Equivalency that they think the icc is drawing between israel and hamas. Weve heard the israeli Prime Minister has, as youre just played that soundbite of him speaking, theyre talking about how outraged he is and what a problem he sees these move by the icc as being, but hes also responding to some of the specific charges, notably on the use of starvation as a weapon of war. The israeli Prime Minister is talking about the tons of humanitarian aid that israel has allowed into gaza. But of course what he isnt talking about is the specific amounts of aid versus what humanitarian aid official say is required and multiple humanitarian aid agencies over the course of several months now have been arguing that the Israeli Government is restricting the flow of aid into gaza, not allowing enough aid into meet the needs of the palestinian people, calling that collective punishments and that is indeed what the iccs top prosecutor is picking up on here netanyahu also said that kohn is arguing that israel doesnt have a right to sell the defense in his statement, said that israel does have a right to selfdefense. But in his view, according to the evidence that he is relying upon, he is seeking these Arrest Warrants because he believes that the means israel has used to defend itself are criminal i also want to ask you about the Associated Press, whos saying that the Israeli Government has shut down its live camera feed and seized its equipment. What more do we know about this . Yeah thats right. The Israeli Government confirming that it did indeed not only shut down the Associated Presss live feed of northern gaza, this is from a position that they have in southern israel looking into the gaza strip, mostly showing Smoke Billowing above gaza. Some of the airstrikes that happened, they shut down that live feed. They also sees the Camera Equipment that the Associated Press was using and the Communications Ministry and israel says that they are relying on this new foreign broadcasts or law that earlier this month empowered them to shut down al jazeera from broadcasting insight, and operating inside of israel, the israeli Communications Ministry says that the Associated Press was providing this live broadcast to al jazeera, which has one of its clients thats what the Associated Press does. They provide these feeds to other news outlets and agencies and the Communications Ministry saying that because of that, they use this foreign broadcasts or law to seize this equipment. They said that they had previously warned the Associated Press to stop providing this material to al jazeera, but we should note what, what is just the latest crackdown . On press freedoms inside of israel following the shutdown of aljazeera or earlier this month. And it is something that the israeli Opposition Leader yair lapid, is indeed also seizing on. He said in a statement, this is not aljazeera. Were talking about. This as an american awardwinning media outlet. And he said that this move by the Israeli Government is contributing to making israel an outcast saying that he believes this government has gone mad. Jessica jeremy diamond, life for us from jerusalem. Thank you so much. We do have a quick programming note to share with you is really Prime Minister benjamin. 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And now the judge and attorneys for both sides are working through a critical issue. Jury instructions essentially, how the judge will instruct the jury to apply the law while they deliberate. Closing arguments are set to begin one week from today on tuesday. I want to talk more about this with former New York State Supreme Court justice jill cannes visor. First, we should note that she is a longtime friend of judge juan. Were sean jill. Thank you so much for being with us from that vantage point. How do you assess his handling of the trial so far well, as ive said, on the show before, this is an extremely difficult kait case. Everyone knows that there are so many moving parts and any trial and this one has the added added imprimatur of having a former president the united states, making it that much more of a fish ball, he has called balls and strikes as is his job. He calls them down the middle. From my perspective, hes trying to keep control of the courtroom as best he can. And i think hes done that fairly well. How do you think hes done just as a friend when that former president goes out as he did moments ago and lambaste him and says that hes crooked. I think he described them is compromised as well earlier i guess sticks and stones can break your bones. I mean, hes gagged with respect to witnesses to protect the integrity of the system. And the judge has said, you could say whatever you want about me because its not going to affect the way i rule or what i do, or the fair trial that i am going to give you mr. Trump . So he can say what he likes. Its not going to change anything. Im sure that on a personal level its no fun. Ive had you know, namecalling as well, although not to this degree, its shameful from my perspective, but its not ultimately going to affect the bottom line of this trial at all. A joy i want to break down that dramatic final witness and Robert Costello, the judge, ordering the jury to leave the room. Soon after things got tense with the former attorney why do you think judges remove the jury from situations like these . Does it really do a job of sort of separating them from what could be a contentious moment between a witness and a judge, something thats fairly uncommon. Yes, theres a kneejerk reaction to always protect the process and the way you do that is to take the jury out of the room so that they dont witness anything that could affect them, that that shouldnt affect them. So the truth is by removing that jury when he did how he did, he was actually protecting the defendant because this was a defense witness. If they saw the judge dress him down as the judge did, and should there was a cheer from my colleagues for the way he handled that had that been seen by the jury that could sway them and appropriately. So he did the right thank took them out and then took out the witness. Forgive the pun yeah. Judgment or merchan and the legal teams are meeting right now as we just mentioned, to discuss Jury Instructions, both sides of discussed the need for instructions about for instance, the absence of Allen Weisselbergs testimony, the former Trump Organization cfo what do you predict the instructions to the jury might be from judge merchan i think thats an interesting question so the reason why someone asks for a missing witness charge was is because they believe the information should have been brought before the jury. So if the defense is arguing they are entitled to a missing witness charge because of Allen Weisselberg that argument will fail. It will fail for two reasons. One, it will fail because it wasnt made timely. That request must be made before the people rest their case to give them an opportunity to call that witness, but it will also feel fell from a legal perspective because there is one of the prongs thats required before someone is entitled to a missing witness charge is that the defendant b. Does that the witness rather beginning favorable information to the side, calling it theres no question here that mr. Weisselbergs is not going to give favorable information to the people. This is a man who went to jail rather than cooperate with them. So then the question becomes whether the people would make that request and they cant really write the defendant has no burden. So i dont know that he will say much about it. Certainly there will not be a standard missing witness charge as a result of that. Its not appropriate here. Judge joel kahn visor, great to get your perspective. Thanks for being with us thank you coming up, it is primary de in both Fulton County or rather in georgia. 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In fact, if you talked to her allies, they say because of her popularity in this very blue county and because shes somewhat of a household name here that she could perhaps be de here until shes 100. But shes not taking any chances she was out at polling stations earlier today, even though her competitor is only polling in the single digits, we caught up with her and from her message to us, its clear that as the de as she believes, shes just getting warmed up ill put together a dream team. Im if i havent done anything else right. Ive done that right. I have put together a team of just competent lawyers and a professionals and investigators and theyre doing amazing seeing work. And were doing it as a team. The backlog, if you remember when we got here, was 18,000 unindicted cases going back seven years, it doesnt exist any longer. 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This situation with blitzer didnt knighted six once cnn fighting for graceland, Elvis Presley, his granddaughter, is suing to stop a foreclosure sale set to happen in a matter of days of the late singers iconic home in memphis, rarely go is alleging fraud and says that the purported Company Behind the sail doesnt exist and has no rights to the property. Cnns dian gallagher has been following this story for us. So diane, what happens next . Boris graceland is part of american history. Its the second most visited home in the entire country behind only the white house. And tomorrow morning and attention because he chancery court. Well, theres a hearing that could determine in part if that iconic Memphis Properties stays in Elvis Presleys family. His granddaughter first riley kiyo, is suing a company to stop a scheduled foreclosure for later this week, she now owns the property after her mother, lisa maree, present lee died last year now, in her lawsuit, kiyo states that last year, noss any investments and private lending, llc presented documents claimed her mother had borrowed 3. 8 million from the company and use the trust the deed of trust on graceland as collateral for that as security. Now, the firm claims that lisa maree defaulted on that loan and therefore graceland is now their property, but kill says, none of this happened in her lawsuit questions whether the company even really exist, saying, quote, these dogs humans are fraudulent. Lisa Marie Presley never borrowed money from north funny investments and never gave a deed of trust to north funny investments. But the Court Documents goh even further identifying florida notary whose name is on that paperwork presented by the company. But the notaries says that she never met least some Marie Presley nor did she notarized any documents from her. Now, lets cnn has tried to reach out to noss any investments we sent an email to their addresses and got out of office, replied that says ill be back next week. The phone number attached to them in the lawsuit doesnt work and the lawsuit says theyre missouri based company funny, but we couldnt find any Company Matching that name with the missouri Secretary Of State or in our search across the nation at this point. Now we did receive a statement from grace plan dba, Elvis Presley enterprises that said to cnn, quote, Elvis Presley enterprises can confirm that these claims are fraudulent. There is no foreclosure sale. Simply put, the counter lawsuit has been filed to stop the fraud. There was a temporary restraining order that says they cant sell the property until there was a hearing on her application for injunction here and look, boris, jessica, this isnt just americana to kiyo and her family. This is where elvis this is very, this is where at least the maree is buried. Her great grandparents and her brother. So this is a family property, even though many people in america find its special in a place that they want to go and see what a bizarre story. Dan gallagher, thanks so much. The update. So happening right now, as you can tell on this side of your screen, attorneys and Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial are working with the judge and Jury Instructions. Were gonna get the latest from inside the courtroom. And just moments assignments are going on. 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This is a little bit more dry and dense, and this is without the jury, this is where both sides the prosecution and the defense can basically negotiate the wording details with the judge about how those Jury Instructions are going to sound when the judge actually gives him to the jury next week after Closing Arguments, its a critical cool part of this entire process. It does take time, but again, it is very dense, really steeped in the legalities, but it serves really as a roadmap for jurors when they go back and deliberates a sort of have the way to interpret the law and apply it to all of that testimony that they have been hearing over this entire trial. So its extremely important. So thats whats happening right now. We do fully expect that to wrap up by the end of today. And then there is no court for the rest of the week. In fact, the judge told jurors earlier today after the defense rested did that they dont need to come back like you guys said, until next week on tuesday, the day after memorial day, when they are going to begin hearing Closing Arguments that could bleed into wednesday. But the judge fully expects and wants the jury to return to court on what is usually a dark day here at the trial to continue their deliberations. And of course, then we all wait to see what the verdict is on these 34 counts are charges rather against the former president in historic trial. Guys are brynn grass live from outside the courthouse in new york. Thanks so much. Lets discuss more now with our legal experts, elie honig and Elliot Williams join us once more. Elliott, lets start with getting into the weeds feeds about some of the language that the judge is going to have to decide on. Theres a dispute that came up in the last few moments where the defense wants a sentence in the Jury Instructions to read that the former president allegedly participated in a crime crime singular, the prosecution wants participated in and was convicted of two crimes. Crimes plural. I think theyre talking about like oh, forgive me. Michael cohen. Yeah, walk us through the significance of that and that very significant. This is the kind of thing that is at the heart of Jury Instructions. And what parties are going back and forth about now, the question is, do you identify by the number of crimes that he has convictions for du just say broadly speaking, he has a criminal record or do you just say crimes generically . And each of those has pitfalls in either direction, including if if if the judge really just makes a huge error here, it could have problems on appeal. You can really mess up the whole case. Now, i think the concern is if the judge doesnt properly and fairly characterize this witnesses criminal history, it may be it may put a thumb on the scale in either direction and so theyre debating it. I believe they lets mentally ended up on crimes plural but youre going to see much more of this over the course of the day. Its bickering about plural, shall versus may. And so on and stuff that makes peoples eyes glaze over, but are legally so important speaking of just following the update, here, theyre having a discussion right now about what does it mean to cause someone to make false entries, false business documents, and now apparently, the defenses objecting to prosecutors language saying it would be causing the cause are causing the cause her to do some things. So you know what its like, what is the meaning of is, is what does it mean to call but you will see judges, you sort of long strings of synonyms that means to cause, make compelled encouraged, blah, blah, blah, aid and that kind of thing. But we are past the most contentious part of this, which had to do with how much depth is the judge going to go into on the nuances of Campaign Finance law, generally speaking, trumps team, the defense wanted to make it sound like this big confusing messy area, which it is. And the Prosecution Team wanted to sort of streamline it. My sense generally from our updates here is that the judge, as he has done throughout this trial, is trying to find a middle path all right. And just zoom out for everyone watching for a second. L8 the importance of all this stuff that were talking about that can be a little dry, a little crunchy. But what this how this case is going to play out . These instructions that this jury gets very important. This is it, this is the gospel that the jury will be given whatever the judge tells them is how they will conduct their deliberations. So what happens . A lot of times we talked about in the segment earlier, last hour with the Jury Consultant new york state is unusual in that the judge is going to read this 50, 60, whatever it is, page instruction to the jury. A lot of judges send it back. So the jurors can go. Oh, i think page 34 is what he told us. Yes. Lets read it together. In new york state judges do not send the written instruction back. Now, how are they supposed to remember all this . Its impossible, but what they can do, the jury its come out in the middle of deliberation, send a note saying we would like to hear again the instruction on reasonable doubt. We would like to hear again the instruction on causing the cause or whatever but this is it. This is what will guide them lead them towards their verdict or if they dont reach a verdict. But this isnt what youll find, is that every time the jury has a question on Something Like we want to hear this instruction again, the judge will call both sides back the attorneys for both sides, and debate. Should i read it . Should i provide it to them . And you cant do that in the state of new york can i do i provide them a sheet of paper due i just say no. Do i give them some other instruction and that comes up all the time and it also provides the parties and frankly, folks like us an opportunity to read between the lines and try to divide, well, whats the jury thinking right now . What do they have questions on . Next week . Next week is going to be a lot of tea leaf reading by all of us. What does that mean . Is that good . Is that a convoluted process to say the least confusing, but we appreciate having you guys here to walk us through it. Thank you both so much. Ill even allele so lets go which is cnns Alayna Treene now, because shes focused on the trump teams reaction now that both sides have rested their case you also have some interesting news. Alaimo, what do you hearing . Thats why when my colleague, Kristen Holmes and i are told that overall, when theyre looking forward to this whatever the verdict may be, and whenever it may come were told that the former president is preparing for a potential conviction, at least on some of the counts, and thats largely because donald trump personally believes that the jury is biased. He has long believed, even before the trial began, that he could not get a fair trial in manhattan. Mostly democratic city. And so hes preparing for that potential option now, im also told that some of his attorneys are still considering, you know, maybe this could be a hung jury. Of course, this is all speculation. But as for the former president , he is preparing for that potential outcome. Now, i also just want to speak about the overall performance of his defense team. So weve been told that donald trump has been actually pretty pleased with todd blanche, his lead defense attorney in this, especially when it comes to his crossexamination of Michael Cohen. And again, i think we have to play point out that donald trump is a very tough client. He expects his lawyers to be very aggressive, to be bulldogs in the courtroom. And from our conversations with Donald Trumps campaign and his team, they believe that the former president thinks that blanche was effective and then theres two instances that they point to. One is when blanche tried to undermine Michael Cohen its credibility when he pointed out that 92nd phone call that he had that he brought up the Stormy Daniels payment and blanche had said this was a call with keith schiller, Donald Trumps then body man, and he actually brought up prank phone calls from a 14yearold and that was something that donald trump was very pleased with, were told the other thing that they point to is the moment when blanche got Michael Cohen to admit that he had stolen from the Trump Campaign, were told that that was really a very clear moment that in Donald Trumps view shows that Michael Cohen was lying. Now i also want to dress. Robert costellos testimony now, obviously, he exploded on the stand are deployed it i should say but that came together because donald trump had really liked castellows testimony before congress and what he wanted costello to do on the stand was to say, in very clear terms that Michael Cohen is a liar and thats exactly what costello did. Now of course, he did some other things as well, and its still very unclear whether or not Donald Trumps team believes that that was actually helpful to the defense or whether that was damaging to them, but that was something that donald trump had really pushed for. And so i think overall, its unclear where this is heading. His team knows that obviously theyre not sure of what the outcome will be. But again, donald trump is preparing for a potential conviction in this case. Alayna treene, some fascinating reporting there. Thank you so much. 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We know that a 73 yearold british man died from injuries, or we dont know the cause at this point, but from something related to the turbulence, we know we had a Heart Condition but at this point, were waiting to find out what the cause of death was. But as you said, 71 other people injured, including at least one american six of those people are in Critical Condition according to the hospital where they were taken, it was a violent scene, an emotional scene, and you can see some of the images that show the aftermath, these significant damage inside the cabin and the plane. Parts of the ceiling Luggage Compartments collapsed. There were objects thrown about during the incident and now we are just starting to learn more about how those people are doing. But again, one person did die richard urine aviation expert this kind of turbulence is rare. This extreme turbulence like this, but it does seem just to me the casual, all of us, the casual observers or hearing about it more often is that true . Yes there is more office in a sense because its Climate Change is doing that. To the point that gave was saying, if you dont need to look at the numbers in too much detail, but the yellow line shows me basically how the plane moved. The red line shows me the ferocity and velocity in other words, the vertical rate of a central d said, so youve got the plane which has coming along and then it enters this storm and it starts moving around like this. Now, if you have true the actual altitude changes are not massive there are two or 300 feet in either direction, goes up andre down, 50, up 75 down 200. But it is doing so at a vertical rate of ascent, descend in the hundreds. So the, the dramatic movements that cause this is going up with a rate of 800. Its coming down i can make about thousand. Its going up, but the rate of odd and that is why this was so dangerous and so difficult. It wasnt the plane dropped 6,000 or anything like that. It was the fact that in these storms, there are weather patterns that push the airframe in different directions. And those its forces hit the passengers particularly of course, if theyre not strapped in, right . If they dont have those seat belts on and gave what Singapore Airlines saying about all this, what weve just learned that the airline now has a team thats arrived in bangkok to assist their crews that are still there as well as the local authorities. Theyve theyve also put out this statement offering their deepest condolences to the family of the deceased, that 73 yearold british mann saying we deeply apologize for the traumatic experience that our passengers and crew members suffered on this flight richard, is there much that pilots can do . Due to avoid or get out of situations like this . Yes. And theyre doing it every minute of every day and thats why we dont have more of these incidents. Number one, they have rate they fly that their allied will give them a meet your logical map of where theyre going. So they plan ahead the airline knows what the weathers going to be downward number two, on board radar, they can see the weather patterns ahead of them. Number three, air Traffic Control will tell them a number for the plane in front. Well give a ride report. Weve got turbulence at flight level 330, in which case the pilot will request a different area. But in this part of the world in Southeast Asia, at this time of the year, there are massive storms that are very out to go around. Are there are cloud formations you cant go over. Think of it this way. Landing in the summer, washington reagan, or atlanta hartfield, the weather, the summer storms, they will create thermal movements and the plane will bounce around as its coming into land. What happened here was on a much grander scale as it hit this summer, this storm in Southeast Asia are fortunate that it is a rare occurrence, but its unsettling to hear that its happened. They would have gone round it it native known more about it they would have obviously gone rounded or strapped everybody in much more tightly wright, Richard Quest, keep going. Thank you both so much so right now, in a courtroom in new york, judge juan nmr, sean is working on Jury Instructions in Donald Trumps Criminal Hush Money Trial after the defense and prosecution rested their cases. And just moments, were going to speak to a former trump attorney about all of this start your day with nature. Me. The number one pharmacist recommended Vitamin Supplement brand when you get a pool with dr. Time, you get the real deal time real deal maker lets you customize the real down payment and Monthly Payment of the car you want to buy. 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How involved is he liked to be he likes to be very involved. He keeps up to date not only on the news, but in Constant Contact with his lawyers. The last case that i tried for one of his companies, i talked to him every morning. I talked to him every night. We would talk a couple of times a day. He isnt a very, very intelligent guy. So he wants to know details. He wants to make his own arguments which you take with a grain of salt to a certain extent because its, you know, its tough being the defendant or the owner of a company that is a defendant. And you know, try to look at it abstractly rather than getting really personal about it, feeling emotions. Ill give anybody. Yeah, sure. And so he he he really wants to let you know what his arguments are. He really wants you to know what points he thinks is important and whats really interesting is this is back two or three years ago in a case that i did for him, he he wants you to know what he wants to nobody. Hell listen to you. Hell let you know what its important to him and whats important to him is not just the legal case, but its politics as well. And so its really the first time ive had a client where they were equally concerned, if not more concerned with their political future. Rather than the underlying case itself. Weve talked about that a lot in how he really is trying this in the court of opinion outside of the courtroom. But for him as the republican will likely republican nominee that he theres so much politically thats at stake what else is he going to do youre limited in the time now . Yeah, i can campaign youre limited in the things that you can say while youre not in the courtroom and so i think hes strategically taking the best that he can in a bad situation patient for him and with them, a lot of things that dont look good turn out okay . So i think hes probably hopeful that he wins this and just rides into the white house. They have five or six days before theyre back in court and is it hard do you think itll be hard for him tukeys hes maintained the gag order now since hes been told he could go to jail if you kept violating it you weve seen moments where hes gotten very frustrated at people as they, as they are testifying. Do you think he has that he can sustain that through the next several days . Yeah. I think he can sustain that through the next several days. What i dont understand is theres just this long delay. They should have closed today. They should have been doing Jury Instructions over this past weekend and they should deliberated thursday and friday. You probably wouldve had a verdict before the week is out. So im interested in the reasoning to delay the trial, but certainly it gives him time to slip up and i dont think he will, but, you know just that amount of time. I dont think its going to be terribly good for the prosecution. Frankly, the delay because a lot of the prosecutions best case was in the beginning and you want that with a jury, you want the jury some, some people think that jury makes their mind up really quick. And so you want your best self forward, but now youve got these elongated crossexaminations. He got delays, she got the de off days off on wednesday. Now you got the holiday weekend. And so all of that good stuff is now for weeks removed from their knowledge base. I know theyre taking notes and whatnot, but, primacy and recency i think that its probably better for the defense of the delay if at all, then for the prosecution. All right. Michael van der been. Thank you so much for being here. We really appreciate it. Thanks. Yeah. Thanks. I still come. Why researchers that say trumps unprecedented. Oh, hang on one second for proposals could cause a middleclass families at least 1,700 a year and coming up in the night next. 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If you or a loved one who has been diagnosed with ms ophelie noma call us now President Biden is back on the campaign trail just moments ago, he arrived in boston where he said to hold a pair of fundraisers after seeing a big dip and donations last month earlier today, the president campaigned in New Hampshire where he talked to veterans at avf wwe hall about his support for the pact act. Thats a law that expands health care and benefits to veterans who were exposed to burn pits and other toxic cnns mj lee is joining us now. And mj, that pact act and the burn pits that is a topic that hits very close to home for President Biden yeah, thats absolutely right. The president is spending some time up in new england today and we just heard him delivering remarks in New Hampshire about this socalled pac dr. This is legislation that the president signed into law back in 2022 that expanded Health Care Services available to veterans that were exposed to toxic six substances like burn pits and like agent orange and what the president announced app this event was that more than 1 million claims have now been granted to veterans since that act became law. Now, this issue, as you say, is of deep personal significance for this president. The president has often talked about his belief that burn pits were responsible for the brain cancer that ultimately took the life of his late son, beau, who of course served in iraq and we heard the president talking a little bit about that in New Hampshire, take a listen my son, beau was one of those veterans so this is person to me and my family and to his family and his children. So until many viewers so i took office. I determined that come hell or high water, were going to protect the heroes and protect our nation. We learned a terminal lesson after vietnam as those harmful effects of age and arent took years to manifest and left too many veterans without the care they deserve because they had to prove that every illness they had was a consequence of agent orange, which is often too hard to do just a quick note about the state of New Hampshire ahead of november, the state doesnt necessarily fall in the category gory for the Biden Campaign of the toughest and most competitive battleground states. But i think biden allies would certainly argue that the fact that he is making this trip up there goes to show that the Biden Campaign is reticent to take any state for granted granted at this point, i will also note the president has now arrived in boston where hes going to be participating in two separate fund raisers coming of course, after the Biden Campaigns april fundraising numbers showed that it lagged behind the march numbers. The Biden Campaigns war chest is still significantly greater and bigger than the Trump Campaigns. That is a cash advantage that the Biden Campaign certainly hopes to continue having as we head closer to november mj, the white house says that President Biden is going to address a video that donald trump shared, referencing a united reich if trump is reelected as biden said, anything about that post yet yeah the president is expected to address that video and some form at these two fundraisers that i just mentioned up in boston, a reporter did ask him about that earlier today and hes sort of laughed it off and said it would take too long for him to address that in great detail. We do have the white house and the Biden Campaign have both address the posting of this video. The Biden Campaign, for example, saying in a new statement that this video is part part of a pattern of trumps up praise for dictators and echoing antisemitic tropes. He is a threat to our democracy. The statement says americans must reject him and stand up for our democracy come this november this statement actually came after the video was finally removed from online and the campaign i think is asking the question of why was it posted in the first place . All right. Mj lee force at the white house. Thanks so much for that reporting foreign President Donald Trump meantime, is tripling down on the trade war he started with china and during his first term in office with a plan that calls for aggressive new tariffs. The former president saying his proposal is a way to protect the working class. But a new report out this week suggests it would actually do the opposite as soon as matt egan has more on this new research, mountain walk us through whats in the report well, porous and jessica, remember donald trump loves tariffs so much that he nicknamed himself the tariff man. And he is vowing to go even bigger if he gets reelected, hes floated 60 tariff on chinese imports. That is massively everything from toys and furniture two iphones, hes also wants a 10 tariff on all us imports, all of them now, new research from the Peterson Institute finds that really consumers would be the ones paying the price that thered be 500 billion in annual consumer cost that is 1. 8 of gdp. Some contexts, its almost five times the size of the costs from the last trade war. And for a typical family, this would amount to at least 1,700 a year in additional cost. Now, i say at least because the researchers say that this is really just the tip of the iceberg. It doesnt even an account for almost definite retaliation from our trading partners. Do you recall during the last trading war everything from american crops and Harley Davidson motorcycles to kentucky bourbon was hit in retaliation. Theres no reason to think that our trading partners would take it lying down this time now we should know that President Biden is relying on tariffs to writing. He Just Announced tariffs on steel, aluminum, computer chips, electric vehicles, and solar cells. All of that from china, the difference though is that biden is targeting 18 billion of chinese goods and trump trump is targeting all 3 of us imports. So by just taking a surgical approach, trumps would be more of a sledgehammer, reach out to the Trump Campaign about this research. Theyre pushing back there saying, americans dont need to hear from socalled experts and research to know that bidenomics has failed and that theyd have more money in their pockets if trump is returned to the white house listen, i do think that the end of the day, what is clear is that tariffs are not going anywhere. Republicans and democrats, they dont agree on much. Trump and biden dont agree on much, but they do agree on using tariffs to stand up to china and to show voters that they are tough on china. Thats despite the fact that a lot of economists warn that its actually consumers that would be paying the price and matt new data shows inflation made things worse for most Americans Last year. Even though it actually please slowed down in 2023 how does that all square . Thats very jessica. This is a new research from the Federal Reserve with finds that about twothirds of adults say that their financial situation was made worse by the cost of living. 31 said no impact, 4 said just 4 said that their situation was made better another telling finding is that about one in six adults say that they could not pay their bills in the prior month in full. And the problem of course is that people are spending more than theyre making only 48 less than half say that they spent less than they made in the prior month. Thats pretty low 32 , about a third, say they broke even. Of course, if you break even, that leaves nothing left to save for a rainy day or save up for retirement. And 19 said that they spend more than they made. Of course that is not sustainable and that speaks to the increased use of credit cards. I think at the end of de these findings do speak to the gloomy mood that we hear on main street and also to the cumulative impact of inflation mean prices are no longer skyrocketing, but there is this snowballing effect after three years of high rices. And clearly, americans are still feeling that impact that egan, thanks so much for the update. Thanks. Just in to cnn in the nfl making a big push with diversity, equity and and inclusion. But it says the initiative is in no way related to that controversial speech by chiefs kicker Harrison Butker. The details straight ahead houston check. We hear nothing. The Space Shuttle accidents, usually not one thing. Its a series dense is that part of the wing coming apart Space Shuttle columbia, the final flight, now streaming on max. Hi, im chris and i lost 57 pounds angola goh isnt complicated. 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And that means both sides, the defense and the prosecution are arguing over many fine points. Yes. Fine points. Indeed. Lets get with Elliot Williams and get some perspective. Elliott, right now, the parties are debating language about the jurys requirement to find prosecutors proved trump was part of a conspiracy. This ties back to that meeting in 2015 between trump, david pecker, and others about how they were going to handle potentially negative news about donald trump going into the president ial election as jessica alluded to these very fine points. So were getting into the weeds on this. How does this fit into the broader context of the case of the weeds, but also to use Stormy Weather because it starts getting a little bit tricky here because the question is, are you accusing the defendant of an additional crime by saying hes part of a conspiracy. And this this is the kind of area that all parties need to be careful about what they do. Now the question is, as theyre debating, was trump a part of a conspiracy at the time that he engaged in allegedly engaged in these acts. And how you instruct the jury as to what his actions were. Now, the judges question is, if theres nothing criminal at all, which is what he puts lets to the defense. Why does it matter if put it in an instruction or not . And my gut here reading this is the judge probably lets this and because this is a question for the jury to decide whether you think he committed a crime, are engaged in something on lawful so its hard to see where theyre going to land on this, but its really big picture Jury Instructions become fraught with peril when you start assigning or accusing the defendant of additional things, thats where you start running into trouble on appeal because the words that the judge gives the jurors might suggest more for criminality events actually that underscores why this is so important. Were also getting this update. The judge merchan said to the Defense Attorneys, what youre asking me to do is change the law and im not going to do that so just to give everybody kinda clue them and ill just read what are reporting has been, which is that arguing for another deviation from the standard criminal Jury Instructions language, the defense attorney emil bove asked the judge, juan, were sean be as specific as possible when describing the statutes as they applied in this case, noting the importance of the case, and that theres not much of a precedent for the way these statues are being used in this case. And thats when the judge and she said to him, what youre asking me to do strange things happening here. So when we speak about this standard Jury Instructions, just about every state has model or standard instructions for everything, whether its reasonable doubt, the role of the jury, the role of the judge, the role of your notes, and so on. Their standard, and they can modify them based on what the parties in a given case. Thank if a case is truly unique now, something many viewers may not know is that the law is very ambiguous in most areas including particularly in saying for a month this one. Now the question is, how much additional language they put in now the judge has made clear several times during these proceedings thanks. Today, we have standard instructions on most things and every single thing you asked me to add tampers with a century of new york state law. So please make a compelling case to me as to why ada deviate from that so again, he doesnt seem to really want to i wanted you to expand on something we were discussing earlier about the way that Jury Instructions work in new york state im hearing there. We just got a live feed of donald trump walking out of the courtroom. It appears that the proceedings may have come to a pause, if not a conclusion, unclear right now, im waiting to get clarity on that. Theyre taking a quick break. A producer just mentioned the way that Jury Instructions are handled in new york. The jury doesnt actually get documented instructions from the judge. They would have to come back out and basically ask the judge for clarity on these fine points so surprising that are that are confusing to say the least how does that affect the dynamic of deliberations im selfish. Im sure its incredibly challenging. So when we speak about Jury Instructions, they can take hours to read. I think on i believe its tuesday when we hear them. Yeah. We dont hear them yeah. It could be half the de where the judge its not just saying this is what your job is. Its you have anything from a paragraph of text to several pages of text on each legal ends, almost factual point that are incredibly critical the question again was just how it affects the process over liberation. So dynamics inside that some, many jurisdictions allow jurors to get a printed copy of the durians instructions. And really, theres no reason not to their blog there voluminous and the law in them isnt going to change. New york doesnt allow that. What the judge would have to do is call them back into the courtroom. First debate with the attorneys outside of the jurys presence as to what should i instruct them on . Should i modify the Jury Instructions to give them a little more or a little less information or simply we say no and say just rely on your memory here. It doesnt really benefit anybody to not give the jury this big stack of paper as they might. Another juror just actions to a degree you could argue it benefits us because we get to find out what the jurys pondering, right . Right. Every single question that jurors come back with, gives both attorneys, but also people in our position of having to divine whats happening. Those questions provide valuable insight because it shows where they dont understand the law, where theyre leaning in terms of convenience fiction or acquittal or hanging youll see at the end, invariably they will come back with a question that says, we cant come to an agreement. And the judge will say, invariably go back and come to an agreement and after a few times they will give them an opportunity to come to consensus. But virtually every jury, ive ever worked on worked with came back at one point saying we think were going to hang we just cant come back with a consensus, so you can read what theyre thinking because theyre clearly fighting with each other in that room. Just before we let you go, there are these two attorneys that sit on this jury and we keep talking about who knows how much of a role its going . Thank to play thats theirs to decide. But but when you are talking about some of this, what is rather complicated, legal ease doesnt help it. Ill go with the jury. Ill go with a really hot taking youre really look, it is a jury of your peers, all citizens have a right necessarily right, but can sit on a jury. Attorneys dont really help because people in the jury room, well defer to their experience and often theyre not prosecutors are Defense Attorneys are judges or they can be food and drug administration, right somebody went to war ill school totally years ago, but they have an air of authority and people want to follow them and listen to them, which may not help. That is interesting. All right, la william, thanks so much. And as weve mentioned, court is on a break right now. We will stay on top of this trial. Youll see all the updates on your screen. And well have more next hour on the lead with jake tapper. Well be right back. When the competition is a nuclear competition, spying is extraordinarily important the russians were trying to spy on us. 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And today its announcing what the league says is its biggest dei initiative to date, cnns jones joining us now and a thena, this announcement follows a firestorm of controversy over kicker Harrison Butker is commencement speak, but the leak is insisting this is not related. So tell us what the new initiatives about hi jessica, thats right. The league says that this has been something thats been in the work four years, the works for years working on the issue of supplier diversity. As you mentioned, this new program is being called the most expansive dei initiative to date by the league, because it covers the whole ecosystem of the National Football league at the league level, at the club level. And its going to allow underrepresented businesses more have a chance to compete for these big, lucrative contracts for things like the super bowl, the draft, as well as yearround. Were talking about businesses owned by minorities, by women, by veterans, by people who have disabilities, as well as by people who are lgbtq plus. And so up until now, a lot of these, these kinds of businesses had to rely on having connection to a team anymore to the League Office in order to get access to bid for contracts at these big events and year round, this is going to change that. Its going to its a new initiative called nfl source. Itll be a centralized website where businesses can go and learn about how they can work with the nfl. Its a way to increase access to these moneymaking events at this centralized website, therell be one set of standards and procedures for how teams deal with procurement, how they, how they deal with selecting people to supply goods and services. Theres even a list on this new website that says exactly what sort of services and goods the nfl is looking for. And i should say that there may be some people who are who may be against this, this sort of dei, initiative trying to make this change. But the nfl says they remain committed to this. They think its Good Business and they say they want to lead in this area. They want to set the benchmark across the sports industry, but eventually across all companies to show that theyre there they are paying attention to the need to expand opportunity here i think jones. Thank you so much for