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two. i'm john roberts in washington as we sit and watch and wait. >> sandra: every day is a new day. i'm sandra smith, and this is "america reports." the judge told the jurors they must be unanimous to find the former president guilty on any of the 34 counts that he currently faces. they also cannot hold trump's decision not to testify in this case against him. and when it comes to the prosecution's star witness, michael cohen, the judge told the jury that they cannot convict solely on his testimony. >> john: let's bring in our panel, trey gowdy, host -- andy gaudi, and lydia hu, cor...

arguments, the trial of the people of the state of new york versus donald j. trump is in the hands of seven men and five women, 12 jurors who will decide the first criminal case of a former president of the united states who weighed in just moments ago. >> mother teresa could not beat these charges. these charges are rigged. the whole thing is rigged. i mean that, mother teresa could not beat those charges. we will see. we will see how we do. today, white house saying a deadly israeli attack that killed at least 21 people in a tent encampment inside rafah does not cross the preside...

get back on the road again. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, this memorial day weekend is already a recordbreaker when it comes to travel. the tsa reporting its highest number of travelers screen on a single day friday with a nearly 3 million passengers. but all of this is extreme weather is causing havoc in states across the middle of the country. dozens of tornadoes were reported across five states, causing widespread destruction in oklahoma, kansas, and texas. at least 11 people now have died from the storms and eve...

Were trying to overturn the state election. they're going to have to prove there's a pattern of racketeering. it can't be unrelated crimes. it can't be a tax evasion and like -- >> the goal has to be the same. >> -- and smuggling or something. it has to be a pattern that's for a common goal. since they've charged a conspiracy, it makes it easier for the state to prove it, because all you have to show is that these people were agreed to this crime and they knew that somebody would commit two or more. they themselves do not have to commit two predicate crimes, but somebody in the conspiracy did....

Amendment. you might face to civil suit for defamation, but it's not criminal. those are the over acts. the predicate crimes are actual court crimes. here's my question. i think i know the answer but does everyone in the 19 people have to have committed a predicate crime to be included in the conspiracy? or can be the casey only took part in over acts as part of the enterprise and are still trying convicted under the record statute? >> it depends on how it's played. the unique thing about this particular indictment is that everyone in this indictment is charged with also committing a predicate...