late. see you at the end of tomorrow. and welcome to the beat. i m ari melber and today, for the first time ever, defendant donald trump s fate in this criminal trial is now in the hands of a jury of his peers. presiding judge giving the standard and detailed instructions to the 12 jurors in a case that is anything but standard. we know that. and tonight, we can report several brand new developments from the jury s first day of the deliberations which lasted over four hours. we have now gleaned new clues about what they are discussing. what they are considering. what exact evidence and testimony they are focused on today and presumably leading into tomorrow when they hear more of it. we can even tell you the kind of instructions that they want to make sure they are reviewing and so our breakdown on that new information is top story and broadcast tonight. and here is how today s process played out. the nation rivetted. and on a collective verdict watch. the historic crimin
trial of a former president began with the judge reading 55 ages of instructions on what to consider as the jurors way, 34 felony charges. now, the day ended with the buzzer, which signals the jury wants to communicate going off once then again, the first time to say they wanted four pieces of testimony read back to them. the second to ask the judge to reread them his instructions unclear so far whether that means the whole thing or selected portions of it. the testimony they want us from david pecker, the former national enquirer publisher and former trump lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. some of it dealing with the arrangement for pecker to act as the campaigns, eyes and ears for potentially damaging stories they ll hear that tomorrow morning. the judge dismissing them, then staying with attorneys for both sides to try to hammer out exactly what will be said. as for the defendant here some of what he said coming and going mother teresa could not be discharges. these charges
in donald trump s criminal trial. what the jury asked for today and what it can mean. plus, white house advisor. what donald trump could offer elon musk if he wins. and biden s next move. officer harry dunn is here to talk about his new role in the campaign as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we are 160 days away from the election and today 12 new yorkers spent 4 1/2 hours deliberating over the 34 felony counts in donald trump s criminal trial. they have not reached a verdict yet and will resume tomorrow morning. they did have requests for the court, including a re-rating of potentially crucial testimony. here is my colleague laura jarrett with the details. reporter: tonight, jury deliberations wrapping up for the day and former president trump s hush money case, the first trial of an american president. the seven men and five women deliberating for 4 1/2 hours after sitting through more than an hour of
now that s you re going to see the impact that has over the next five months historic verdict is in donald j. trump, the 45th president of the united states. has been found guilty by a jury of his peers on all 34 new york state felony counts of falsifying business records, tides of the alleged stormy daniels hush money cover-up, i guess we can remove the word alleged from that. the is now a convicted felon, even as he is running to return turn to the white house. mr. trump left the courthouse a short while ago. he will be sentenced on july 11, literally just days before the republican national convention convenience of course, donald trump and his lawyers will appeal this conviction but as of now and they cannot appeal until after sentencing july 11, and as of now, 12 jurors for a manhattan 12 12 of the president s peers have made a monumental decision finding the former president of the united states, donald trump, guilty on all counts. we are standing by for a news conferen
i mean, can you fathom that? where in the he like i said, he injected too much of that bleach. i think it affected his brain. president biden drawing yet another contrast on the campaign trail, this time in philadelphia. he and the vice president made a pitch to black voters. we re going to have much more from their campaign stop in just a moment. meanwhile, the former president was rage posting from the courthouse holding room while a jury deliberated his fate in the criminal hush money case against him. we ll bring you expert legal analysis ahead of the jury reconvening later this morning. plus, we ll go through a possible major shift in policy on the war in ukraine as the biden administration now appears open to allowing u.s.-made weapons to be used in strikes in russian territory. willie, i m just looking at this now. i mean, after all of this, they dropped the charges. breaking news. can you believe that? there was so much stuff. you d think after all thi