decisions that he's already made. and so a look at the end of this, the judge says that he is going to go back and look to see whether earlier statements he made, whether he was inconsistent but he's trying to shut down at least some of this discussion because he believes he's already made some rulings that address these questions. >> should we expect that this is strategic to some degree, right? i think there may be merit to this particular issue, but they're trying they're going to keep bringing as many things up as they can to slow things down, muddy the waters competent it's possible. right. i mean, look, how many the other thing that they're trying to do is we know there's another hearing right now. they're trying to buy a little bit of time because just in case they do get there for their motion to move this trial to another venue perhaps slowing things down could buy them in time in case they get their way. we don't anticipate that but that's the way it's going to go. but certainly if you're the defense, you have to take every shot. you have but we're watching right now inside the courthouse is people are filing out the courtroom after today's activities