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
trump s fate is in the hands of the sorry, those 12 men and women are now deliberating and could render a verdict in the criminal hush money trial at any moment, we re following developments as they happen. and israel now says its war against hamas could last seven more months. a bleak scenario is the white house insists a strike that killed dozens of palestinians in rafah, including women and children did not cross the president s so-called red line. plus president biden heading to the battleground, state of pennsylvania, were in just minutes. he set to launch a new effort to win over black voters. a new strategy unveiled as polls show eroding support. we re following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here. piano a news central the jury now has the case. i m briana keeler alongside boris sanchez here in washington. and right now the 12 jurors in former president trump s historic criminal while hush money trial seven men and five women ar
tonight on the reidout right now at 11:28 eastern, i m asking you to step out to begin deliberations. the jury has been dismissed to begin deliberations. the jurors are now leaving the courtroom to deliberate. and we are told they are expeditiously to begin deliberations. for the first time in american history, a jury is deciding whether a former president of the united states committed felonies. and as the deliberations began, the jury made several requests to the judge. meanwhile, trump and his defenders are bracing for the verdict by attacking the judge, lying about the jury instructions, and increasingly portraying trump as a martyr. reporting on justice sam alito s insurrectionist flags. he s now throwing his wife even further under the bus. and refusing to recuse from trump cases, earning a pat on the head from trump himself. after 22 days in cord, following 22 witnesses, giving more than 80 hours of testimony, plus more than seven hours of closin
it s tuesday, may 28, right now on burned alive by an israeli attack. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, calling the killings a quote, tragic error and deadly storms spawning tornadoes, at least 23 people killed in five states during a dangerous and destructive holiday weekend and north korea s attempt to launch another spy satellite into orbit, ending shortly after lift off in a fire three explosion was a trump oprah ticket. if you turn back the clock, apparently, it wasn t that far-fetched you have a vice presidential candidate in mind. you i love over oprah would always be my first choice all right 6:00 a.m. here in washington there s a live look at new york city on this pretty historic de, in that town, honestly, good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us 12 jurors soon to decide whether a former us president is a criminal closing arguments are set to begin this morning. donald trump s hush money trial. the jury could get the case by
insurrectionist. senate democrats now want a meeting with chief justice john roberts and dozens of house members are demanding a leader recuse himself from cases related to donald trump in january 6, one of those, congresswoman jasmine crockett, joins midlife unset. joyce vance tells us what to look for is the first criminal trial of a former president heads to the jury next week and why special counsel jack smith is taking bold new action in terms classify documents case. and, reality check. do you all really believe trumps rally in the bronx was about reaching out to black and latino voters? i don t. i am jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. for decades, democrats have tried and failed to make the court a voting issue for its base. well, maybe this election cycle, they will succeed because this week in washington, we are seeing two very different visions for the american justice system. president biden reached a major milestone in his mission to diversify the feder