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The scheme, that in their closing arguments. tom winter joins us from outside the courthouse in manhattan. tom, a major clash over the mention of donald trump's name. what was the jury saying? >> reporter: that's right, andrea. those deliberations starting an hour ago, firs duty they have is to elect a foreperson and the clash has been going on for several days leading to a mistrial request by the defense from the trump payroll corporation attorney michael vandervein saying the prosecution brought up this idea of donald trump. we were told this trial wasn't about him. we select adjure based on...

Steinglass's comments saying, quote, it's a bias that he put on a jury that can't be undone and it's not insignificant that he did it. the judge in the case rebuffed that mistrial request. the key witness, as you can imagine in this trial, has been longtime trump organization cfo allen weisselberg, who has been charged with scheming to defraud, tax fraud, and falsifying records he's also been hit with a larceny charge. they claim he used his position to get in of paying taxes on his income. as of now weisselberg is the only person to be charged. he pled guilty to 15 felony charges back in augu...

The 'Aquaman' star's lawyers previously made a filing in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County claiming the actress is entitled to a mistrial 'based on newly discovered facts and information.'

Jesse jackson, jamal briance, martin luther king iii and attorneys ben crump and lee merit joined the arbery family in a prayer vigil led by al sharpton, joining a march after wards to honor arbery. william goff attorney for william "roddie" bryan, keeping jesse jackson out of the courtroom. the judge once again denied the motion and goff called for a mistrial after objecting to this question from the state. >> do you believe that someone stealing is deserving of death penalty? >> relevance, your honor. >> the mistrial request was denied, but the judge admonished the prosecutor and instructed ...

Stealing is deserving of death penalty? >> relevance, your honor. >> the mistrial request was denied, but the judge admonished the prosecutor and instructed the jury to disregard the question. by the end of the day, the defense rested their case. >> with that understanding, we rest. >> nothing in rebuttal. >> ahmaud arbery's mother sounded hopeful after court ended for the day. i want to remind you that there were 74 days that we went without an arrest. things happen and now we're here and i am very confident that we will get a guilty verdict. very confident. >> martin, what's next in the case...