publisher of the tabloid the national enquirer. he testified early on in the trial about a catch and kill scheme to buy and bury stories that might harm mr trump s political campaign. before deliberations began, juan merchan, thejudge presiding over the trial, told jurors they should set aside whatever bias they might have about mr trump, and only consider the evidence presented in court. during the six week trial, the jurors heard from 22 witnesses, including miss daniels who described in detail the 2006 sexual encounter she says she had with the former president and from michael cohen, donald trump s former attorney and fixer, who paid ms daniels $130,000 to allegedly buy her silence shortly before the 2016 presidential election. the defence argued the case was built on lies told by mr cohen a point mr trump echoed while speaking earlier. mother teresa could not be these mother teresa could not be these charges. mother teresa could not be these charges. these -
from day one of jury deliberations. how do you feel about the jury? norah: the cbs evening news starts now. donald trump just leaving the courthouse after spending five hours waiting for the jury to decide his fate. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. day one of deliberations is done, and there is still no verdict, but the jury did send two notes to the judge. the first was a request to rehear key testimony from two central players in this case, former national enquirer publisher david pecker and trump s former fixer michael cohen. they specifically want to hear what both men said about a trump tower meeting where pecker says they came to an agreement with trump himself about a scheme to kill negative stories about him, among other pieces of testimony. they also, the jury, wants to rehear those instructions from the judge. those are the only clues that we have about what is happening inside the deliberation room as the jury weighs
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
is a minimum. we may never know the answer to that and they may never be charged. but i think that we re all thinking more expansively based on these new findings while these details we learned, they are just terrific, but we certainly appreciate you, casey jordan and your insights into this. thank you so much always great to be here. thanks for joining us. the news continues next property now president biden marks 80 years since the d-day invasion by warning that democracy is more at risk now than at any time since world war ii defense secretary lloyd austin is with the president and france and joins us to discuss urgent global hotspots and threats right here at o also tonight, donald trump just returned to the campaign trail for the first time as a convicted felon he s appealing to voters a pivotal battleground state, and playing up the 34 guilty verdicts against him. and former trump adviser steve bannon is lashing out after a judge ordered him to report to prison by jul