south guilt.com today good evening, everyone. welcome to a special edition of newsnight. i m abby phillip alongside kaitlan collins here in new york. donald trump s fate will soon be decided that the hands of a jury of his peers and the prosecution wrapped up late tonight, just about two hours ago, following the defense earlier this morning now, both sides tried to condense five weeks of testimony into their closing arguments today, it was their last and final chance to make their case to the jury before those 12 new yorkers decide whether to let donald trump walk or making the first president with a criminal conviction. the jury is expected to begin deliberating tomorrow after hearing the judges instructions to them you can see trump earlier. walk can to trump tower. he did not speak as he typically does when he leaves court today. but inside that room, durer s first heard from trump s defense attorney todd blanche, who laid out what he said were the top ten reasons to dou
hi, everyone. here we go. it is 4:00 in new york. oh, to be a fly on the wall behind these closed doors. in the courthouse that has seen no shortage of famous influential or wealthy criminal defendants. 12 new yorkers and seven men and five women are right now debating the fate of a former president of the united states and they have questions. the jury in the historic trump criminal election interference hush money trial is at this moment deliberating on the 34 felony counts trump is charged with by the manhattan district attorney. just in, in the last few minutes, a second note has been sent from the jury, they re asking to re-hear judge merchan s instructions to them and earlier they are requested testimony from david pecker and michael cohen. our journalists are standing watch and they are updating us and we ll update you as soon as we know anything. as of 4:00 p.m., the juries that deliberated for four hours after yesterday s marathon day of closing arguments, more than
the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight s closing arguments in donald trump s new york criminal trial. the defense targets michael cohen as the prosecution point to a mountain of evidence against the former president. then the biden campaign brings star power outside the courthouse. robert de niro s blunt message about trump. plus, how aggressive will president biden get on the campaign trail once the trial is over? as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. we are now 161 days away from the election and we are likely 13 hours away from the first case against a former president going to the jury. closing arguments in the case began this morning, lasted all day long, and wrapped up a few hours ago. both sides made their final pleas to the jury of 12 ordinary new yorkers who are taking on an extraordinary task. here is my colleague laura jarrett with more. reporter: tonight the first trial of an americ
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but first, a moment in court the judge called outrageous and simply not allowed. good day. i m chris jansing alongside andrea mitchell and katy tur and they are back in the courtroom. the judge is now planning to issue a new instruction to the jury after trump s defense attorney made a remark that the jury, quote, cannot send someone to prison based on the words of michael cohen. the judge did not like that at all and blasted todd blanche for even raising the idea of trump going to prison. it s not in the jury s purview. and of course, you can t unring the bell and now we are all watching to just see how the prosecution tries to rebut the defense s portrayal of michael cohen as someone with an ax to grind and quote, the greatest liar of all time, that he called the gloat. vaughn hillyard is with us, danny, catherine christian. both are msnbc legal analysts. okay, they are already back, as we said. we have a little bit of color from inside the room. all the attorneys are