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They wanted to do. what do you make of jurys question redefining reasonable doubt. what about that asking of the judge. >> a typical question, you get it almost in every trial. and they sit there, reasonable doubt, the basis to convict or not to convict. what does it mean? theres interpretive questions. these are lay people, theyre not professionals. they havent been exposed to these terms. completely natural that they would ask such a question. i wouldnt read too much into it. >> john, lets zoo...

Doubt, it really goes to the heart of this case and any case for prosecutors. prosecutors have to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. the defense team, they spoke after the proceedings yesterday outside the courtroom. they said that they were very pleased with these questions from the jury. that could be because they started off their closing argument stressing to the jury what high burden reasonable doubt actually is. they are probably pleased that the jury is asking this question, wond...

Muellers team doesnt want released. >> back to the jury deliberations. we know that the defense feels good right now. they came out and they told the cnn cameras, this is good news, the jury came back with these four questions. do you see it that way? is it good news for manafort? >> when i was a prosecutor, the two words that frightened me the most were reasonable doubt, because defense attorneys always say, theres reasonable doubt all over the case. when the jury comes back and says, could you...

Tariffs on turkey, threatening turkey more and more with more sanctions if they dont let brunson go. they say the aellegations are unfounded. the turkish court rejecting that appeal. the jury in manaforts case has started its second day of deliberations. the jury yesterday sent a note to the judge with four really interesting questions. perhaps the most interesting, define for us reasonable doubt. lets go outside the courthouse. jessica schneider is with me. how did the judge define reasonable...

The evidence on both the tax charges and the bank frayed charges. all they need to do is just go through those. >> and julia, they seem to have asked for more space, because it looks like they want to lay stuff out and look at more paperwork? >> they said they want to meet in their break room, not the jury room. the judge make a joe but when the courthouse was built, he made sure there was enough space for his nam bers, but not the jury. its a document-heavy case, thats good for the prosecution ...

Do. walk us through what the jurors are supposed to not do. >> leave this thing be, enjoy their weekend in theory and come back monday and get back to workman-like jury deliberations. betting on a jury is bad roulette. it could be 12-1 favor in conviction or acquittal, maybe theyve decided on some charges, and not others. the fear is, is that maybe one of these jurors has kind of gone rogue, maybe and wants to kind of become their 15 minutes in the sun afterwards and say i got to be the lone hol...

At least one is interestingly good for manafort, because somebody in that jury room, maybe only one person, is thinking about reasonable doubt. >> yeah, ari, i would actually say maybe two to three of these are favorable to the defense. ill explain why. you covered the reasonable doubt questions. youre right, thats a common question ive heard juries ask before. it doesnt necessarily mean theyre all worried about it. it could be one or two jurors that are skeptics that the majority is trying to c...

Congress. >> what is it called, reasonable doubt. give them something to buy. like a jury that wants to acquit a guy. >> they sit down and look at the calculation. and the only exposure is impeachment. and those votes are from the people and if you can push public opinion, you can control that vote. and that is their only aim. >> the prospect of the president will testify will become less likely. here is a big surprise. >> given some of the revelations of the last three or four weeks, driven fur...

>> do you think they are also kind of moving the goal post and preparing people for the revelation that maybe president trump was told before this story was about to break in 2017? >> yes, i think theyre hedging. im wearing mustard. reasonable doubt is a mustard seed. theyre trying to plant it. in case this comes out against our favor, let me plant the seeds that we were being truthful, we avoid things like perjury traps. or we could avoid things like being called liars or conspirators or everyt...

Is this woman, melissa, killed because she knew too much? >> after we think we had this solid, buttoned-up case, "we do have the whole scott rothstein ponzi scheme comes into play?" >> reporter: the fbi combed through the detectives files looking into a melissa-rothstein-ponzi link. >> they spent a week going through every inch of that case to find out if there was a connection to scott rothstein. >> reporter: with all these messy complications, tonys defense attorney, bruce fleisher, thought ab...