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Get a specific instruction about manaforts loans from that little bank in check where he had offered the ceo of the bank a job running the u.s. army, theyre discussing that today when theyre setting up what the instructions to the jury are going to be. the judge noted in open court hed sided with prosecutors, sided with the prosecution in terms of the way they thought the jury should be instructed to deliberate about the loans in that part of the case. the judge notes out loud hes siding with th...

>> chad, the judge did something interesting first for me when he was giving them instructions. i am going to give you a copy of this and you can take your instruction back to the jury room. he gave it orally and now their only amendment to rewind is to listen it again to his audio recording of his instruction to the jury. >> thats right. this is kind of ellis being ellis. we have seen his personality as a judge coming out of this case. he made a point of saying i am not going to send back a she...

That instruction should last about an hour and a half. and after that, deliberations will begin. its all up to this jury. they need to make a unanimous decision here. brooke? >> jessica schneider, with he wait for it. thank you so much. coming up next, president trumps race problem. the white house cannot guarantee theres not a tape of him using the "n" word. lets let that be the beginning of our conversation. a place with 24-hour fvalet servicee and a boutique salon

Witnesses on the stand. a very hard decision. the evidence does seem on its face sufficient. the question is, is it believable and credible? thats an issue that only -- only the jury will decide. theyll get an instruction on that and be told you should look cautiously about testimony given by people who have an interest in testifying because it helps them. >> julie: you think mueller is waiting for a verdict to figure out how to proceed on the russia investigation? >> i think thats right. he has...

On this alan dershowitz, the author of the book "the case against impeaching trump." thank you for coming back. lets talk about this. there is a lot to go through and these jurors have been given a lot of information and documents, a lot of witnesses on the prosecution side. not so much on the defense. well get to that in a second. what does each side need to do in closing arguments today? >> i think the key question is whether or not trumps name will come up during the deliberations, during the...

Eliminated? the prosecutor, we want it revis revised, your honor. the judge, you are giving me a brief now? >> i am. but your honor, its attached to the brief at the back should be the proposed instruction. the judge, did you submit this brief prior to today? we have not, your honor. we think that as the brief suggests that the post instruction is actually a more accurate statement of fourth circuit law on the comments of questioning of witnesses. the judge, it leaves out the fact that the law o...

>> did you submit this brief prior to today. >> mr. saonye, no, we have not but we think this proposed instruction is a more adequate statement of fourth circuit law on the courts comments of questioning of witnesses. >> the judge, well it leaves out the fact that the law of the united states permits a federal judge to comment to the jury on the evidence in the case. thats still the law of the land. but in any event, i dont care that much. and whats your objection to this one? the only thing it ...

Yesterday during the conference the only issue that was in dispute and that the prosecutors raised was this issue of the importance of the judges comments during the trial. and the lead prosecutor actually stood up and made the point to the judge when the judge intervened and said during rick gates testimony and undermined gates that manafort wasnt paying that much attention because rick gate was stealing from him that the prosecutors wanted a stronger instruction from the judge to tell the jury...

You dont need to rely on him alone. look at all the other evidence. and that should carry the day here. >> dan, gene robinson has a question for you. >> yeah, dan, do we know anything yet about the instruction that judge ellis will give to the jury as they retire? im especially curious about -- they heard days and days of him sort of hectoring prosecution lawyers. they didnt get to hear him hector defense lawyers, which i understand he also does. that potentially could weigh on the jurors, i don...

Technical phase called a charging conference which is when the lawyer and attorneys for both sides run through some of the instruction before closing arguments, and whether the parties may have objections about the course that the judges laying out. as you mentioned, closing arguments are now expected to begin tomorrow morning. both sides have been instructed to keep it to 90 minutes or less. as a final footnote, we have still a lot of mystery surrounding the closed hearing this morning. it was ...