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Long deliberation. >> im sure you have some people firmly entrenched or theyre trying to change their minds or people are trying to sway them over to their side. whether theyre successful or not -- when they get to the point where theyre deadlocked, theyll get the dynamite charge. the judge will call them in. if they cant break the log jam at that point, there will be a mistrial. but these secret meetings, i dont think it has anything to do with the jurors disagreeing. it could be more like they...

joe johns is in the courtroom. hes outside the courtroom in greensboro, north carolina. we have our jeffrey toobin, senior legal analyst, helping us along, along with ray lynn johnson and as well as our own sun yib hostin who has been good enough to join us. joe, first to you. its hard to do it quickly, i know, and briefly. bring our viewers up to speed what we know right now and what were waiting for. >> reporter: what we know is this is a six-count indictment against john edwards and...

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Is and how many want to acquit versus how many want to convict. thats all being played out in court. uncertain if they will go back into the deliberation room. >> i want to bring in the chief legal analyst. jeffrey, you have seen cases like this and public corruption cases are always difficult to prove. what is your sense of what happens next? >> i would not be surprised to have the judge urge them one more time to reach at least a partial verdict. judges hate hung juries. they never want to ret...

A legitimate outcome, guilty, not guilty, hung jury, thats part of what the criminal justice system is. when people get angry where it should have been this or that. no, these people were sequestered and they did everything right. judge oneal given them the dynamite charge which was the jurys instruction -- theyll continue their deliberation after they came back on thursday of a hung jury and he instructed them to keep on working at it. >> is that what you are referring to? >> yes. >> thats call...

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We have just learned the jury hasached a verdict on four of the five counts, they appear to be hung on the fifth count. the judge has brought the jury in. this is a dynamite charge where he tries to push and shove and cajole the juror into going back into the jury room to deliberate more. >> i am required to read to you an additional jury instruction. im going to read that instruction to you now. and then i will provide a copy of it to each one of you when im finished reading it. i know that all...

You have done your job and you can hold your head up." back to you. >> kimberly: jonathan, this is interesting. after only 45 minutes the deliberation, judge sending them back in. on what we call a dynamite charge saying please continue to do your duty, go back in and deliberate further. they seem to have the right language to say they dont feel a verdict could be reached despite more deliberation going forward. but no indication, the news reports were getting is no indication whatsoever whether...

Jury is hopelessly deadlocked and theyve done all they can and it is time to go home. gregg: the dynamite charge, get back in there and push them into reaching a consensus. well wait and see, mike tobin live outside the courthouse in chicago, thanks. >> back out to california, now, where police are investigating a tragic accident in the mohave desert. incredible video, showing the terrifying moments in an off-road race and the truck flying into a crowd of fans, killing 8 people and friends and f...