thank you john and sandra, good afternoon, and for martha maccallum, this is the story . we are live out of the trump trial in downtown manhattan where the jury is still awaiting right now behind closed doors, the former president charged with falsifying business records to cover up a payment to born stars stormy daniels before the 2016 election he s facing up to five years in prison on each count and he says you did nothing illegal. mr. trump: mother teresa could not meet those charges, this whole thing is rigged. where the judges so conflicted he cannot breathe, he has to do his job. it s a disgrace and i mean that. mother teresa cannot be those charges but we will see. the five cohosted judges with me here at the courthouse, what has struck you, in the final argument, the jury instructions now we wait. judge jeanine: so much that strikes me, on the one hand up and saying continuously that michael cohen it is the linchpin of this case, the judge gave an instruction
later, we get a second request. we re going to hear the instructions potentially all over again. a lot to process the leader, jake tapper starts right now cnn breaking news and welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we do have some breaking news for you and just over four hours to deliberate creation. the jury has now requested to here read back of four parts of testimony, and just now, they send a second node another node, a second one. he s, 12 people will decide the fate of former president trump in his criminal hush money cover-up problem. we re going to bring you all the updates a moment. the verdict comes down, which could be in seconds or days if you ask down trump s allies this is they believed that every minute the jury continues to deliberate as a good sign for trump. the truth is, we have no idea. this morning, judge juan were shown instructed the jury on how they should reach their verdict. this included a directive to check any personal trump views at the do
are in charge of history, a decision you will make will be taught in schools, written down in history books, and then that decision awaits you today. imagine how heavy it would feel to get out of bed this morning. it s a lot. and yet that is what 12 men and women are doing right now, deciding if they believe the former president of the united states, donald trump, committed a crime, potentially multiple felonies for as the manhattan district attorney s office argues corruptly trying to interfere with an election. engaging in a so-called scheme that prosecutors say could have been what got him elected. the prosecution has told the jury they think this is a simple case, that in the weeks before the 2016 election during the fallout from the access hollywood tape, donald trump caused michael cohen to buy and bury the story of an affair with an adult film star, to hide it from you, the voters. they call that election interference, and say this case has so much evidence, it is over
wiped clean from this led don t want to go and take that gun and wrap you with it what we talked enough that american drawing to a close, the jury now deliberating as the defendant is waiting, americans will soon see if a former and possibly future president could become a convicted felon. plus new cnn reporting on how a cyber attack on a hospital is putting patients lives in danger nurses at several hospitals are now speaking out about a threat and a decision by major league baseball gives several league players stars the recognition that they we re denied for decades to watershed moment for america s pastime and american history we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in, right? get here to cnn news central waiting on a verdict, i m boris sanchez alongside briana keeler and the nation s capital and right now the 12 person jury and former president trump s hush money trial continues let s to deliberate going on more than 3.5 hours now, three h
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