Interviews with political figures and news updates. Interviews with political figures and news updates. The jury that there is a third option, there is guilt, there is not guilty, and there is a hung jury. The judge declined to do that and said that if the jury were to come back again and say they remain deadlocked, the judge will ask them how many counts theyve reached a verdict on. Hell then consult with the lawyers and decide whether or not to take whats called a partial verdict which means to have the jury announce those counts to which theyve reached unanimous agreement. Now, correct me if im wrong, the trials that ive covered in the past, dan, and youre the lawyer and former prosecutor, a judge will only repeat that allen charge so many times, or else risk, you know, being overturned on appeal if it ends up being a conviction, that east putting too much pressure on a deadlocked jury. Youre exactly right, andrea. Even the judge mentioned that his objective was not to be coercive t
breaking news. we ll be on watch for anything coming on the michael cohen front as well. meanwhile, another big breaking story today. new evidence that the same russian military operation, the intelligence operation that hacked the 2016 campaign is at it again. this time going after anti-trump conservative groups that have called for russia to be sanctioned. microsoft says it has executed a court order to shut down six websites created in recent weeks by the same russian military intelligence unit named in special counsel robert mueller s indictment for alleged interference in the 2016 election. the fake sites were intended to trick people into thinking they were clicking through links managed by conservative institutions that were secretly redirected to web pages created by the hackers to steal passwords and other credentials. joining me now in it his first interview since this news broke, brad smith, microsoft s chief legal officer. thank you for bringing us this information. obvio
mind of the individual. bill: sadly, you are correct. thank you. jumping on the phone there at the last minute, walid phares, r terrorism analyst taking us through the story and stockholm, sweden. we ll get back there in a moment and gather more information and bring it to you the viewer at home. shannon: more on our other big breaking story today, the u.s. strikes on syrian targets. what impact is all of this going to have on u.s. relations with russia? ambassador john bolton will weigh in on that. and we are awaiting a vote on supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch. will the fight over his nomination have a lasting impact on the senate? to senators, both sides of the aisle, will join us live.
let s turn now, of course, to another national lead. another big breaking story today. for the first time ever the u.s. supreme court handing down legal jumts about what we post online. the high court ruling in favor of a pennsylvania man who posted several violent messages on facebook. anthony elanous claiming he was posting rap lyrics and his words not meant to be taken as threats. not what his ex-wife thought. covering the supreme court for cnn, ariane why was this case so important? reporter: the court to date made it harder for the governor to prosecute alleged threats made on social media. as you said a man named anthony alanis who posted violent messages on facebook after his wife left him and he said he was doing it out of some sort of therapy, and sometimes the words were rap music. in fact really violent. there s one way to love you, but 1,000 ways to kill you is one.
jenna: very much so. thank you very much. thank you, jenna, major developments to tell you about in the health care battle. what the roman catholic church and notre dame university are doing to challenge the obama administration s so-called contraception mandate. breaking details in a live report next. jenna: big breaking story today. sentencing day, for this man on your screen, this is the rut ger s webcam spying trial. continues today. will former student dharun ravi spend the next 10 years behind bars. what are consequences of guilty verdict. latest from the courtroom just ahead does your phone share what you are seeing and hearing right now