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The chamber. >> is it common that a judge is, a jury is unclear as to how they get the technical parts of the verdict done in this case? have you heard this type of a question before? >> all too common. >> we're not professional jurors. >> nobody is. so often you get jury notes what does this mean? does it mean -- this is the most -- perfect example i've seen of a completely ambiguous note. could be read as, fantastically pro-prosecution, if they have a verd on 17 of 18 counts. good for the prosecution. but if it's none of them, that's potentially disastrous for the prosecution. >> all right. ...

Flags, aruna, what will you be looking out for when the trial resumes? >> we're definitely going to be watching for any more jury notes that come in and, like we just heard, it's 18 counts. it is a lot of documents for them to go through. i think it's a little bit hard to read too much into the fact they're still out, but any sign they give us in terms of the questions they ask will be meaningful, i think. >> this is just the first step, right? paul manafort's second trial is expected to begin next month in federal court. do you think the verdict of this trial will have any effect on that? >> ...

>> and laying the groundwork for other pardons that he has brought in. jury deliberating for 12 hours. does this mean anything to you. >> some jurors who are not inclined to get into the weeds and go through all the documents. and then other jurors and this one appears to be like this type of jury that is going to do their job seriously. and not only surprising about, i wouldn't say surprising that it is taking this long, but surprising to me that there are few jury notes and in particular, they have not asked for the testimony of any

Brought in. jury deliberating for 12 hours. doin does this mean nianything to yo >> some jurors who are not inclined to get into the weeds and go through all the documents. and then other jurors and this one appears to be like this type of jury that is going to do their job seriously. and not only surprising about, i wouldn't say surprising that it is taking this long, but surprising to me that there are few jury notes and in particular, they have not asked for the testimony of any witnesses which is very common in trials when juries like, you know, when they are debating with each other about...

>> it's a beyond a reasonable doubt standard and that's difficult which is why she won't be convicted of a first degree. on the other happened, she admitted she was involved in it. one machete, i don't think -- >> lis has been minimizing this machete thing. jenna: so the jury only deliberated for like an hour yesterday. so now this is the first full day. here is what they did in the hour. they asked a judge for a diagram of the apartment and then they asked the judge as well for the meaning of acting in concert. what do you think that means they're going through? >> any trial lawyer will tell ...