close captioning brought to you by meso book.com our firm, only represents mesothelial hello again and welcome. it s time fault today, we re asking donald trump is a convicted felon should the former president get jail top, then joe biden s predicament give any is struggling in the polls, should biden, focus on trump s conviction and heads up the new airplane seating plan that may have you looking over your shoulder a lot the panel is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax, and let s talk about up first, the fallout from donald trump s conviction from the moment jurors found trump guilty on 34 felony counts. the former president as allies have gone on offense, looking to turn his historic legal loss into a political win this is a scam. there s a rig trial. donald trump vowing to fight back. i m willing to do whatever i have to do to save our country. his allies and potential running mate s also quick to attack the verdict. this is the weaponization of the justice sy
east coast, 8:00 in los angeles and this is america s late news, fox news at night. breaking tonight, a middle school student running for commissioner of school spirit and patriotism was apparently told his speech could not have any reference to patriotism. we will have reaction. california lawmakers think the answer to skyrocketing retail theft is to put an employee at each self check out machine. kind of defeats the purpose. and a former new jersey gym owner arrested for staying open during covid just won a huge legal battle. but we begin with donald trump s fate now being in the hands of 12 anonymous new yorkers and after deliberating five hours and sending two cryptic notes, the jury was excused back the courtroom confused. nate foy is live outside the courthouse in new york with more on this. good evening. reporter: good evening trace. you mention the jury deliberated nearly five hours today and at the end of court they sent two notes. one has to do with revisiting tes
norah: the cbs evening news starts now. tonight, a new york jury just hours from getting the historic case of the state of new york versus donald j. trump. good evening. i am norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. lawyers just wrapped up closing arguments summarizing the six-week trial after more than 20 witnesses and hundreds of pieces of evidence. prosecutors are trying to prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt. that trump falsified business records tied to payments of stormy daniels, and that those payments were made to cover up another crime conspiracy to violate state election laws. now donald trump s lawyers had their turn earlier attacking the evidence and witnesses especially former trump s fixer michael cohen telling the jury that he is the mvp of liars. cbs s robert costa was inside the courthouse for all the day s highlights. reporter: allies say donald trump arrived confident in court this morning. this is a very dangerous day for americ
dana: bye. bret: see you, dana. good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the jury has questions and wants to hear the judge s complex instructions to them again. the 12-person jury in the former president donald trump s trial deliberating for four and a half hours before being dismissed by the judge for the day. the panel sending two notes to the judge this afternoon asking to rehear potential crucial testimony about the alleged hush money scheme at the heart of this history-making case. and, asking to hear the judge s instructions to guide them on the law mooner time the presumptive presidential nominee calling the criminal case against the former president a political witch-hunt in comments just moments ago judge juan merchan gave the instructions on the law governing the case and what they can take into account in evaluating the former president s guilt or innocence. former president trump facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business r
voting them out once and for all. norah: the cbs evening news starts now. tonight, a new york, new york, just hours from getting the historic case of the state of new york versus donald trump. i am norah o donnell, thank you for being with us. lawyers are summarizing the six-week trial after more than 20 witnesses and hundreds of pieces of evidence. prosecutors trying to prove to things beyond a reasonable doubt, that triumphal supplied business records tied to payment of stormy daniels, and that those payments were made to cover up another crime, consider that conspiracy to violate state election law. they had their turn attacking the evidence and witnesses especially former trump fixer michael cohen telling the jury he is the mvp of lawyers. cbs s robert costa was inside the courthouse for all the day s highlights. reporter: allies say donald trump arrived confident at court this morning purred this is a very dangerous day for america. reporter: flanked by sev