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>> sandra: we are awaiting a verdict in the jussie smollett trial. jurors are considering charges the actor orchestrating a hate crime attack against himself and lied to police about it. >> mike: matt, any signs of movement? >> no, the jury has been back in the deliberation room for 6 hours. 4 hours today and 2 hours yesterday. we have not heard of any questions or difficulties. rather quiet in the courthouse. yesterday before the jury left they wanted a copy of the prosecutions calendar that ha...

Bad. there could be severe consequences. >> sandra: more with joe top of the next hour. >> ♪ ♪ >> mike: we are awaiting a verdict in the jussie smollett trial. jurors deliberating that the actor lied to police about a fake hate crime attack on himself. >> the jury deliberated 2 hours yesterday and 3 today. they asked for the prosecutions exhibit of a calendar which indicate what happened on what days. the jury is mostly white middle aged people. there is one black man and one black woman an ...

>> shaquille brewster in minneapolis, thank you very much. closing arguments are now underway in the trial of actor jussie smollett. smollett took the stand in his own defense this week to deny allegations that he staged the 2019 hate crime attack in chicago. the actor charged with six counts of plan disorderly conduct and prosecutors say that he made a false report about the alleged attack. with more on this, im joined by nbc news correspondent, rahema ellis. good morning, rahema. what can we...

George floyd trial there. >> also this morning, we are expecting closing argument in jesse smolletts trial in kraig. he is accused of making a false police report when he said he was the victim of a hate crime attack. two brothers testified that they were paid to stage the incident. he faces six counts of felony charge. it was obviously not the george floyd trial, it was the trial of derek chauvin. i misspoke, my apologizes. and big tech, facing tough

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Because he was worried that it would show extensive communications with bola osundairo in the days leading up to the alleged hate crime attack. smollett said no because at that point, bola was not a factor in any sort of issue at the time. >> its really risky to put a defendant on the stand. why did the defense do that, and what were they trying to prove, omar? >> reporter: for one, they were trying to push back on some of the major points in the prosecutions case. for one, they went back -- or ...

Smollett was also asked about why he didnt turn his cell phone over to police in the initial investigation after the alleged hate crime attack, and the prosecutor specifically pressed him, asking if it was because he was worried that it would show extensive communications with bolla and smollett said no, because at that point, bolla was not a factor in any sort of issue at the time, don. >> you know, its really risky to put a defendant on the stand. why did the defense do that? and what were the...

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Intensified. and the reason thats important is because the defense has argued that one of the reasons that they believe the osundairo brothers carried out a real attack was because they were trying to intimidate him into hiring them or at least bola for security. >> got it. he also alleged a relationship with one of the brothers. how does that affect the case? >> reporter: well, that was something that came in contrast to what bola osundairo had testified, but smollett said he had had multiple s...

Prosecutions case, or at least took jussie smollett through that in the testimony that was being heard. during one of the major points, i should say, came during the car ride the brothers testified was when jussie smollett first brought up this alleged hoax and asked smollett if thats what happened. smollett said, no. all they did was drive around and smoke blunts. specifically he was asked by his attorneys at any point in time, did you talk to owe -- osendera about a hoax? he said no. he testif...