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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...

There has been another note from the jury. this is the third note that we have seen throughout these deliberations. this is day four of deliberations. we understand now that the defense team, the prosecution and the jury, they are all in judge elliss courtroom. at this point, we will find out a little bit more what this note says. the previous notes we have seen, most of them have related to when jurors want to adjourn for the day. given this is about 11:15 in the morning, they have only been at...

From the judge saying, you know, thank you for the work you have done so far. you have done a great job at reaching a conclusion. why dont you go back out and get back to work on that last count and see if you can reach a conclusion. i think its going to be a mild instruction to them to just keep on working to resolve it. if you cant, come back, because the judge is going to take a partial verdict. he is not going to have a problem doing that. >> we will continue following this breaking news. we...

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...

The courtroom, its a wonderful opportunity for us to get some of that color and better information and instruction of the judge is giving, so thank you for being there and for this report. so again, i lean on your oversight committee experience in your leadership experience because he had to take a look at a lot of things when pieces were coming together. your thoughts on where we are now? >> jason: one of the things that bothers me about this just in general is this has absolutely nothing to do...

Out and give us the 17 and if theyre stuck on the last one, well drop it. >> i want to recap this for the viewers. we have a note from the jury that indicates theyre struggling on a charge. there is some interpretation that it could be on all charges. but we might be narrowing down to the idea paubecause of sometg the judge has just done that its just one charge theyre struggling with, in which case we may end up hearing from the jury very soon with a verdict, number one. number two, its possibl...

Any? >> how does the judge work it out jp call them in? send in the bay iliff? >> judges like to reduce everything to writing. a clean record. the right move, for the judge respond in writing say, are you saying this or are you saying that? and the jury -- like passing notes in high school. the most reliable way. the jury responds with a note. in terms how this plays out down either road. if its 17 out of 18 counts they have a verdict and dont know what to do with the last one because they cant,...

Case, i see his remarks here as being so starkly positive toward the defendants lamenting what he describes as mistreatment, and unfair prosecution of the defendant and of course, his h withering attacks against the prosecutors, those look like the kind of statements from a president that may be designed to influence a jurys verdict. what can the judge do, other than instructing the jury to not pay attention to it to protect them from those kind of pressures? >> the judge does give that instruct...

Work together and no other jury is going to be better than you, no other presentation of the evidence is going to be better than you and he did tell them that this case is going to have to be disposed of somehow and theres no better jury or presentation of the evidence. so, do your best to reach a verdict? but, my guess is that theyre back in there. theyve been working for almost three hours now after the judge gave that instruction. and i agree with ken. i do think by the end of the day, we are...

Television coverage. so another reason is you dome want to put pressure on jurors to get done and get on with their lives and sequestration to cause them to be hasty in their decision. aside from that, expense. ive never seen it done in federal court. >> in terms of the presidents remarks in this case, i see his remarks being so starkly positive toward the defendant, unfair prosecution of the defendant, and his withering attacks, even in personal terms against the president. would that, what can...