harris: we re awaiting the verdict. historic times with a former u.s. president, donald trump, on trial in new york and after deliberating for more than four hours the jury spent last night at home. they returned about 90 minutes ago and at their request the judge is rereading part of his instructions to the jurors again they wanted it. yesterday the jury also wanted to hear again sections of prosecution witness testimony from former publisher david pecker and donald trump s ex attorney michael cohen. earlier today the jury sent a note specifically requesting those jury instructions how to weigh evidence in the case. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. seven men, five women considering 34 felony counts against trump. prosecutors claim the former president falsified business records to hide potentially embarrassing stories during his 2016 presidential campaign. trump s defense team argued manhattan district attorney bragg s office has failed miserably to
still at that point now we re getting so many notes and so many little time but it s all happening at the same time. you ve heard about of this new note making its way from the jury, requesting the judge s instructions. if i remember coke those instructions lasted the better part of 90 minutes. so i don t know whether that will be sort of replayed here. but they are also requesting some key testimony from michael cohen, david pecker. there is a lot going on here. welcome everybody, of neil cavuto. what a lot of people thought would be an uneventful newsday, turning into a sort of double whammy with these no requests and everything else, going rocket right back into the courtroom to get it all settled. how long it takes, anybody s case. let s go to nate, i m sure he has a far better idea than i do. hello neil, so the judge just suggested bringing to the jury back into go over some of the concerns you mention it, you mentioned the jury has two note so far, the most recent a
thank you john and sandra, good afternoon, and for martha maccallum, this is the story . we are live out of the trump trial in downtown manhattan where the jury is still awaiting right now behind closed doors, the former president charged with falsifying business records to cover up a payment to born stars stormy daniels before the 2016 election he s facing up to five years in prison on each count and he says you did nothing illegal. mr. trump: mother teresa could not meet those charges, this whole thing is rigged. where the judges so conflicted he cannot breathe, he has to do his job. it s a disgrace and i mean that. mother teresa cannot be those charges but we will see. the five cohosted judges with me here at the courthouse, what has struck you, in the final argument, the jury instructions now we wait. judge jeanine: so much that strikes me, on the one hand up and saying continuously that michael cohen it is the linchpin of this case, the judge gave an instruction