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Now? that is the conclusion they may make. however, you have got four victims. three that they asked to hear the testimony. i think its going to be very difficult to pretend that all of these victims separated in time and space made up the same story. the defense is arguing that the victims misremembered. is that even a real word? i dont know. and that they had been persuaded by money to testify. >> right. well, lets see. they could come back with a verdict any day now. meanwhile, there is. >> w...

Which is probably a regional tactic. >> your expectation about how relevant centers will react once they have the information should key moderates icons, flake, murkowski and democratic joe manchin iii from west virginia, heidi heitkamp, be more likely to vote yes? >> i think all of those votes are in play as you all have been reporting and a lot will depend on the details of the fbi investigation. unless the fbi uncovers either new allegations like the dynamite charge we heard referred to in a ...

If they are victorious, thats going to obviously bolster the public view of what theyre doing from here on out. i think its interesting that you mentioned the prosecutors should be happy about this. my colleague was talking manaforts lawyer. he was saying that they believe its a good sign for manafort that the jury hasnt been able to decide. maybe that was before they found out it was just one count that they were deliberating on. but again, just goes to show we dont know what theyre thinking at...

>> paul call as the judge is di this with attorneys for both sides, what are the attorneys saying in that discussion? what are the cases they are making as to how the judge should proceed and what should be said? >> what they are discussing is something lawyers call an allen charge. its given when a jury is deadlocked and you want to send them back out and you want to get them to try to get back to work and milwaukake a decision. they call it sometimes the dynamite charge. theres not so much dyn...

Started to get concerned. >> reporter: after theyd been out for more than five hours, the jurors filed back into court with discouraging news. they could not reach a decision. >> all this work youve put into it, and you dont have a resolution one way or the other. >> the judge gave them what -- what we generally term "the dynamite charge," which is, "youre the best jury. now, go back in there try and come up with a determination." and they went back for about an hour. >> an hour, yeah. >> for an...

It, and you dont have a resolution one way or the other. >> the judge gave them what -- what we generally term "the dynamite charge," which is, "youre the best jury. now, go back in there try and come up with a determination." and they went back for about an hour. >> an hour, yeah. >> for an hour, and they came back and they said theres just no way. >> with that said, i will declare a hung jury. >> you had pushed this thing for so long. did you think thats all theres ever going to be? >> right t...

For a vacation, so that alt alternate was brought in and they had to sort of start all over again to bring that juror up to speed. >> joining us now, nbcs steve kornacki. steve, as i understand the law, the judge could still resist these defense filings and again give them an allen charge or the dynamite charge to tell them to get back to work, but that could cause further complications down the road on appeal if it did go to a conviction. there are a lot of problems for this judge if he decides...

Jury and i think you will see tomorrow what they call an allen charge to the jury and thats a charge sometimes called the dynamite charge and its designed to really get the jurors to get serious, to re-examine their beliefs and not to give up a conscientious belief, but to reassess all of the other jurors positions on it, but this is a tough, tough case for the prosecution and i have to agree with michael on that. >> well see where it goes tomorrow. quickly, michael, go ahead. >> one problem her...

In her statement to police, she said she had been in various relationships with women but also one with a man. the prosecution fought that. did not want it to come in. it didnt. the jury did not find out. >> interesting. back to work tomorrow. thank you so much. joining me now are mark garragos and laura coats. the conventional wisdom is we thought the jury would want a vekd verdict because they want to go home for the weekend. what does it tell you they coming back to work tomorrow? >> i thin...

Assault trial. you cannot bring out prior sexual history of the victim or alleged victim. shes gay. the defense wanted to bring this out before the jury. in her statement to police, she said she had been in various relationships with women but also one with a man. the prosecution fought that. did not want it to come in. it didnt. the jury did not find out. >> interesting. back to work tomorrow. thank you so much. joining me now are mark garragos and laura coats. the conventional wisdom is we t...