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The statement. now, the aide who maggie was alluding to was rob porter, the now departed staff secretary, who basically made it clear to mcgahn when he first came to him on this issue that the president -- he was afraid the president or he thought the president might get rid of him if he didn't issue the statement. so now you have the president basically trying to get his own white house counsel to take back something that not only maggie and mike reported in "the new york times," but what was also -- what also reported was that mueller had been told about this incident. so the president was e...

Tomorrow morning these jurors are going to start over again at 9:00. they could decide that, you know, an acquittal, or conviction, but it's not likely. i think from the beginning, the jurors were torn when they started asking the judge to read back testimony. they wanted to hear the testimony from constand, they wanted the deposition of bill cosby read back to them. that all signaled to me that they had really serious doubts about the credibility of the witnesses. people think that trials are about defendants proving their innocence, and it's not. a trial -- a criminal trial is about the stat...

Unanimous decision on any of the three charges. i want to discuss this now with cnn legal contributor reva martin, and wendy murphy, a former prosecutor. good evening to both of you. it's been fascinating to watch what's inside and outside of the courtroom. areva, the jury has deliberated about 40 hours. you say this is clearly not a slam dunk case. there's obviously something that's keeping them from a verdict. explain. >> absolutely, don. anything could happen. tomorrow morning these jurors are going to start over again at 9:00. they could decide that, you know, an acquittal, or conviction, ...

All right. we are at the moment of truth in a pennsylvania trial. the jury deliberating the aggravated assault case against bill cosby. the defense team calling one witness before both sides traded fiery closing arguments. jean covered this case from the beginning. she's outside the courthouse. jean? >> reporter: good morning. you know, the stakes are so high because this is all about bill cosby's liberty and to the prosecution it is all about justice and the truth. the jury is going to reconvene here at 9:00 this morning and they have already requested to be read back testimony. not from this...

Reread. it could be something as simple as one juror saying i didn't hear a certain portion. the other jurors saying let's have them read it back. a lot of times that's what it comes down to. some maybe heard something. other juries say we didn't hear it. so the best way to resolve that issue is to have read back testimony. >> buzz, breaking news on "hardball." come monday you join the ranks of talk radio hosts. we can't wait. >> well, i'm excited and looking forward to it. you can tell i have a big mouth which will serve me well. i tell you one thing. i mean what i say. when i think about thi...