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Heartfelt than the trayvon martin familys attorney benjamin crump, and i was going to have you go and have dinner and come back to me when there is a verdict, and i think 245 what you said when we went to break is very, very important for the people in the country to understand. can you say it again. >> yes, don. it is very important to know how this system will break our hearts sometimes, and especially for trayvon martins, and jordan martins as well, but whatever the verdict is, we have to res...

Bring them in and tell them to bring the most recent instruction in with them, and it says "4.1 jury deadlock." all right. the judge has asked for the jury to be brought in, and as we wait for them, i want the go to hln host jane velez-mitchell and nancy grace. nancy, a former prosecutor e here, and what do you make of the question that the jury just asked of the judge? >> well, obviously, if they are mistrying or hanging on one charge, and they have a reached a verdict on the other four charg...

Situation, and understand that apparently one case, one count would be declared a mistrial? >> yes, your honor. >> okay. then bring the jurors back in. >> jurors are entering the courtroom. >> all right. sorry about that, ladies and gentlemen. you can have a seat. and juror 7, you are the foreperson and if you will hand the verdict forms to the bailiff, please. >> thank you.

>> okay. we have reviewed the weaknesses of our position and have more to talk about. if we are up able to agree and reach a verdict, is the entire case mistried or is the single count mistried? i think that they didnt mean it exactly the way they said it, because it says if we are unable to agree and reach a verdict, which doesnt really make sense, but i think that i know what they mean, if they are unable to agree, is the entire case mistried or just that count, and i think that the instructio...

On all charges, and that suggests along that rational line of thinking that they are coming back with a -- >> nancy, we are listening to the judge as they are coming back. >> i have a question for the record, and the question is that we have reviewed the weaknesses of our position, and we have more to talk about. if we are unable to agree, and i think that this means to reach a verdict instead of "and" is the entire case mistried or is the single count mistried? only the single count is mistried...

The other counts which are attempted murder on each of the other three boys in the car, and the fifth count is firing on the vehicle. what is stumping me though is that if they accept eed dunns self-defense, and most court watchers agree that jordan davis did not have a gun, and he was a kid going out to the mall that night, and if they accept michael dunns self-defense theory, this is acquittal outright, because if you are defending yourself, you have a right to fire back, and while the jury ve...

These could be signs of rare but serious side effects. crestor! yes! [ female announcer ] ask your doctor about crestor. if you cant afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. we are back now on cnn with the breaking news coverage happening in florida. im don lemon and we are covering the michael dunn murder trial or the jordan davis murder trial. obvio obviously, michael dunn is on trial for murdering jordan davis. this is what is going on. and probably getting my times mixed up...

Are unable to agree on a verdict as to that count, only that count is mistried and the other verdicts will stand. >> and did you say after? the written instructions -- >> yes. >> and that is in with the instructions that you gave and the actual written instructions of the case -- >> well, yeah, i think that when i read it, you are right. i didnt say case, i said count, but that is the instruck sthack instruction does say case instead of count. so that shows you how carefully these folks are look...

The gun and shoot. >> and now, the judge and another question. >> before i bring out the jury, let me say this. i know that you have all anxiously awaited this day, and this case has been pending for approximately 15 months. it is obviously affecting many live lives, and this is a very, very emotional time. i understand that. to this point, you have all conducted yourselves as i have requested, and you have done so gracefully here in the courtroom. i would ask you to continue to abide by my rule...

>> okay. so the judge has said that there appears to be a verdict is what it sounds like. >> yes. >> and he has given the instructions of no outbursts in the courtroom, and the jury that is deliberating for four days now is about to come in and hand the verdict down on michael dunn, and whether they have reached a consensus or some sort of consensus on the count one that they had trouble with e earlier. will it be a hung jury on that count? we have assumed on the other counts that it would be, b...