if he ignored the ruling not to mention certain witnesses in his closing argument. now, if adam disobeys the judge today, the attorney could be held in contempt. nbc s john yang joins us from chicago. this trial has never been boring, john, but here we go again. that s right, chris, here we go again. they just started talking in the courtroom and the judge, judge zagal appears to be trying to defuse this moment with sam adam jr., the defense lawyer. the judge just told sam adam jr. according to nbc producer to put you at ease, jail was never in the picture. so, if you were wondering who to give your watch to, don t worry about it. what this was was a clash late yesterday over a ruling that the judge actually made on friday. sam adam jr. wanted to refer to prosecution, people who were on the prosecution witness list, but who were not called,