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Here. pretty complicated legal case. the law here is complicated. its not that easy. its not uncommon for jurors to ask these kinds of questions. really whats going on now, while the court is in recess, is the two sides are discussing with the judge what the instruction to the jury will be. its likely he will just send them back in to go ahead and deliberate. what happens if they come back and they say, we have tried and we still cant come to a conclusion, a decision on this one count? perhaps t...

Court is that theres a five-minute recess. the judge is coming up with a way to explain to the jury he wants them to go back into the jury room and try yet again to come up with a unanimous decision on this one count that seems to be the one remaining count that they are having trouble with. so the judge needs both sides, the defense and prosecution, to agree on this language that he will instruct the jury with before sending them back into the room. the judge has also said that he is prepared t...

>> we are all waiting with baited breath here as we wait to see what happens. shimon, thank you. also want to bring in cnn legal analyst paul callen. shimon is saying unless the defense will take a partial verdict, what to you think the chances are of that? >> i dont really -- i dont know that it will be entirely up to them because if this jury comes back and says, we just cant reach a verdict on one count, traditionally the court would declare a hung jury on that count and then take the verdict...

We are following breaking news outside -- live outside the courthouse where we are waiting on a verdict from the jury, day four of deliberations. they have sent a note to the judge. the fourth question they have asked. jessica schneider is live outside the courthouse with the latest on the question and what more we can glean from it. jessica? >> reporter: about an hour and a half into the jury deliberations today, thats right, the jury sent a note. they asked the judge, what do we do if we cant ...

Questions the jury has now submitted to the judge. we understand that the defense team, prosecutors, they are in the courtroom. how this unfolds, the jury will be brought into the courtroom. the judge will -- the clerk probably will read the question from the jury and then the judge would determine how exactly to answer this. whats interesting is, last week on thursday, the jury asked four questions and the judge actually only answered the one pertaining to reasonable doubt. as to the other ones...