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Here. pretty complicated legal case. the law here is complicated. it's not that easy. it's not uncommon for jurors to ask these kinds of questions. really what's 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. it's 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 can't come to a conclusion, a decision on this one count? perhaps the judge will then discuss with the attorneys and they may all agree, let's take a partial verd...

Court is that there's a five-minute recess. the judge is coming up with a way to explain to the jury he wants them to go back into the jury room and try yet again to come up with a unanimous decision on this one count that seems to be the one remaining count that they are having trouble with. so the judge needs both sides, the defense and prosecution, to agree on this language that he will instruct the jury with before sending them back into the room. the judge has also said that he is prepared to accept a partial verdict in this case, but he does want to have the jury go back for another try ...

>> we are all waiting with baited breath here as we wait to see what happens. shimon, thank you. also want to bring in cnn legal analyst paul callen. shimon is saying unless the defense will take a partial verdict, what to you think the chances are of that? >> i don't really -- i don't know that it will be entirely up to them because if this jury comes back and says, we just can't reach a verdict on one count, traditionally the court would declare a hung jury on that count and then take the verdict on the other counts. so the defense may try to delay that and say, judge, let them go back out a...

We are following breaking news outside -- live outside the courthouse where we are waiting on a verdict from the jury, day four of deliberations. they have sent a note to the judge. the fourth question they have asked. jessica schneider is live outside the courthouse with the latest on the question and what more we can glean from it. jessica? >> reporter: about an hour and a half into the jury deliberations today, that's right, the jury sent a note. they asked the judge, what do we do if we can't come to a unanimous decision on one of those 18 counts, how would that inability to determine that...

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. what's 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, he didn't provide any specific instruction. he said, just rely on your recollections, your best m...