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>> sandra: we are awaiting a verdict in the jussie smollett trial. jurors are considering charges the actor orchestrating a hate crime attack against himself and lied to police about it. >> mike: matt, any signs of movement? >> no, the jury has been back in the deliberation room for 6 hours. 4 hours today and 2 hours yesterday. we have not heard of any questions or difficulties. rather quiet in the courthouse. yesterday before the jury left they wanted a copy of the prosecutions calendar that had x-marks on days the prosecution said things happened. jussie smollett will come to the courthouse ...

Bad. there could be severe consequences. >> sandra: more with joe top of the next hour. >> ♪ ♪ >> mike: we are awaiting a verdict in the jussie smollett trial. jurors deliberating that the actor lied to police about a fake hate crime attack on himself. >> the jury deliberated 2 hours yesterday and 3 today. they asked for the prosecution's exhibit of a calendar which indicate what happened on what days. the jury is mostly white middle aged people. there is one black man and one black woman an alternate. the prosecution told the jury that smollett lied to the list and lied under oath on the ...

>> shaquille brewster in minneapolis, thank you very much. closing arguments are now underway in the trial of actor jussie smollett. smollett took the stand in his own defense this week to deny allegations that he staged the 2019 hate crime attack in chicago. the actor charged with six counts of plan disorderly conduct and prosecutors say that he made a false report about the alleged attack. with more on this, i'm joined by nbc news correspondent, rahema ellis. good morning, rahema. what can we expect to hear? >> reporter: well, pretty much what you have said, and that is to the point of jus...

George floyd trial there. >> also this morning, we are expecting closing argument in jesse smollett's trial in kraig. he is accused of making a false police report when he said he was the victim of a hate crime attack. two brothers testified that they were paid to stage the incident. he faces six counts of felony charge. it was obviously not the george floyd trial, it was the trial of derek chauvin. i misspoke, my apologizes. and big tech, facing tough

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