, the better it is for the defense and so, donald trump and todd blanche were nearly giddy that the jury was going to go home for a second day. without reaching a verdict. donald trump that he was going home without a verdict today. he just had about 15 minutes to kill, and what we saw was a donald trump at that defense table we ve never seen before. he was joking, laughing, smiling with todd blanche. they were chatting and laughing almost incessantly. todd blanche laughing so hard at one point doubling over so that his four head almost touch the table in front of him. they thought they were going home today without a verdict. it was almost a jubilant, giddy donald trump but that changed very quickly when the judge merchan came back to inform the parties that the jury had reached verdict. the jury had a verdict after only nine hours of deliberation, which is not a long deliberation for a 34 count indictment and so donald trump watched his jury under the courtroom for what
them start to separate a little bit in that moment. trumps body language was pitched straight ahead. there was no more leaning on todd blanche, joking with todd blanche. it was like the parting of the red sea in that moment. i want to explain to our audience at the outset why our sitting arrangement looks a little bit different tonight. i have been in boston since the summations, since wednesday morning, involved in some college reunion activities, and andrew weissmann is very grandly occupying what would usually be my chair and not studio, and doing so in a way that makes me feel like it s time for me to get out of the way and let him keep that chair. andrew, this verdict you ve seen so many verdicts coming in. you know the tension of that moment and as a prosecutor when