and the presidency. joining us now, just outside the courthouse here in manhattan, msnbc national correspondent yasmin vossoughian. what is the reaction from the courtroom? what are we expecting for the remainder of the day? a lot for the remainder of the day. we re expecting a decision here from the jury. i ll start with that. timing-wise, it looks like the judge wants a jury to go into deliberations during lunch, which will likely happen after alina habba delivers her closing remarks. e. jean carroll s attorneys have rested, completed their closing remarks. let me paint a picture, as we await this ten-minute break before alina habba starts her closing remarks and the expectations there. so, at one point e. jean carroll paints a picture for the jury. imagine yourself opening up your computer, she says, and seeing tweets from the president of the united states, then president donald trump, imagine him saying these things about you, and imagine him saying, you re unattractiv
and then crashed. the driver dead on the scene. that driver was darya dugina, a commentator and supporter of russia s invasion of ukraine who was sanctioned by the united states and by the uk. she was also the daughter of prominent right-wing ideolog alexander dugin. an explosive device detonated saturday night setting the vehicle on fire. russia has opened a criminal investigation the investigative committee says they believe dugina was murdered. taking into account the data obtained the investigation believes the crime was preplanned and of an ordered nature, a statement said. while forensic work continued the foreign ministry implied ukraine may be behind the attack. if the ukrainian trace is confirmed, foreign ministry spokeswoman wrote on telegram. the ukrainians deny any involvement. translator: i emphasize ukraine definitely has nothing to do with this because we are not a criminal state which the russian federation is and even more so we are not a terrorist state.
Three other people were hurt in that crash. All of them are in stable condition. Well keep you updated on this breaking news as we get new information. Tonight a story we first brought you as breaking news last night. A violent weekend in philadelphia including a scene where nine people were shot in an area spanning two blaukz. Right now the search is still on for at least one gunman who fired dozens of shots at people who were just hanging outside on a saturday night. Nbc andrea thomas. He and many of those others were taken here to Temple University hospital. Reporter shattered glass and bullet holes are remnants of a night of violence that are e rezdants on 23rd street say started innocently. Just a positive energy, positive vibe. Reporter a group was hang out dancing and listening to music by multiple accounts. Thats when victims told police two men approached and started shooting. At least 20 shell cases were found at the scene. By the time i got in my house, the gunfire start. An
Rather, the quicker we are going to solve this case. Reporter there are people cooperating with the investigation who saw the shooting happen . We know there must have been people who saw something. Were still trying to track those people down. Reporter Prince Georges County police are releasing very few details about this as this is an investigation that is just beginning. I can tell you homicide detectives are on the scene. The chief of police was also here for a short time talking with detectives about what they found here. Were waiting for more details. As soon as they become available, we will share them. Reporting live in oxon hill, im tracee wilkins. Turning to politics now and the announcement just over half an hour ago from attorney general Jeff Sessions that he will recuse himself from any investigations involving the Trump Campaign and russia. That move after some democrats in Congress Called for him to go a step further and resign. Our Chris Lawrence is in the newsroom with
Burn, a man investigators say is responsible is in jail, held on arson charges. We have Live Team Coverage and begin with Alisa Harrington with the latest on the fight against the flames. The fire jumped around and it looked like a war zone. And to my right, this swing set was left untouched. Where do i start . Star skidmore and her daughter crying on what used to be their home. The family owned eight properties. All ever gone. The only thing left standing is their auto business. This is our home. Weve been here so long. Star is looking for her three cats down the street, there was minor damage at this machine shop. Were heart broken. Were going to help anybody out. You know . Reporter cal fire says it could be weeks before it will be safe enough to allow people back in. Theyre considering having people escort residents to check on their properties. Its not as if we can just open the door. There are a lot of organization thats have a voice on when it will be safe. More than 175 structu