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One has been inside except those parties. it's all sealed, meaning the transcripts for these bench conferences won't be released until after the verdict. so the question is, what was happening? well, we don't know. but what we do know is that the jury continues to deliberate. they're on day three. we haven't heard anything from the jury yet this morning. the question is, could they soon reach a verdict, or will there be more notes with potentially more questions? this jury really has a lot to go through. 18 counts. they're sifting through 388 documents. the testimony of 27 witnesses. a lot of ...

Jury deliberations set to resume tomorrow morning in the trial of ex-trump campaign manager paul manafort. so joining me now are white collar criminal defense attorney glen ivy and "wall street journal" reporter aruna. thanks for being here. not surprising, friday, the jury asked for more time. they have a lot of evidence to go over. is a fact that a verdict hasn't been reached yet a good sign for paul manafort? >> well, i would have been surprised if they had come back that quickly. i think as you mentioned, 388 exhibits, 18 counts, fairly complicated legal matters to sort through. so i would...

To deliberate, has not been able to reach a verdict yet and he takes it as a good sign. how about you? what do you think? >> it's your typical defense attorney spin, alex. they had 388 xibexhibits, 27 witnesses including rick gates and hours of jury instructions. it's not an easy job to be a juror. i'm confine wlhat i can say abot judges and lawyers but there's a lot of highly unusual circumstances going around this paul manafort trial. based upon all that i'm not surprised it's taking this long, however i expect a verdict early on next week and we have to keep fingered crossed the jurors will...

>> reporter: president trump's former campaign chairman spent today in a courthouse holding cell -- waiting. his fate now in the jury's hands. before starting their deliberations, those 12 jurors asking for a bigger room, a space large enough to hold carts upon carts of evidence, 388 exhibits in total. judge ellis cautioning jurors, "the case must be decided solely by what you heard in court," adding, "you're expected to use your common sense." the phrase common sense invoked by prosecutors, too, in their closing arguments. they accused manafort of hiding millions of dollars from the irs and d...

Jurors on high profile trials. i guess racial demographics might make sense: that's not an issue in this case. with jury duty being tough enough already i don't know that there is any need to get their names out there. >> dana: judge was surprised at the public scrutiny on this case or the attention of it. he needs to be watching more news so can he know this is a big one. let me just run through a couple things. 14th day of the trial even though it feels longer. 18 charges against manafort. 27 people have testified. there is 388 pieces of evidence. the jurors have gone in to deliberations. th...