court. he been told he has to be there. he is awaiting the decision earlier. judge juan merchan read specific sections of his instructions to the jury also at their request, the jury also asked for headphones, a specific type of headphone to use with their laptop that contains the physical evidence or evidence of it. this morning? yeah. and that jury, who asked to those headphones is also right now rehearing the testimony that came from david pecker. he has of course, the tabloid king but they left yesterday. they asked to rehear four key pieces of that testimony, and that is what is happening inside that courtroom, right now. that includes michael cohen and david pecker s a counts of a 2015 trump tower meeting. pecker is 2016 phone call with trump about the former playboy playmate karen mcdougal. and also pecker s testimony about not finalizing the payment with trump is going to pay pecker s company bag after they had purchased karatay goals life rights about her alleged a
well, bell, it s great to see you. thank you so much. i knew our have seen a new central starts now good, morning, everyone. i m standing outside the manhattan criminal court. this is cnn special live coverage of the criminal case against donald trump. it s day is the day the jury gets the case. a case that began 44 days ago with jury selection. today, the jury deliberations begin in just about one. our court will open here. the judge will instruct the jury, then they will go behind closed doors and how long it takes. we just do not no, 34 counts against the former president charged with falsifying documents all to coverup payments to stormy daniels to influence the 2016 election. prosecutors say this is a case about election fraud. i do understand we re seeing pictures from outside trump tower, donald trump will leave his home their head down here. he has been speaking before he heads into the core or i do have to say today, if he speaks before going in, it could be part
arguments set to begin very shortly in the criminal case against donald trump thank you all for being with us. cnn special live coverage. those arguments begins right now here in new york city to historic criminal trial donald j. trump entering the final critical phase. this our closing arguments about to begin the former president on his way to the courthouse it was trial has been building for weeks toward this dramatic moment in the prosecution of events. lay it all on the line. i m anderson cooper here in new york, and i ve jake tapper in washington. you re watching special seen in live coverage of donald trump s hush money cover-up. proud to closing arguments that plan in the hours ahead will be the last word from lawyers on both sides before jurors decide if mr. trump becomes the first ever former president convicted of a crime prosecutor, joshua steinglass will today tried to weave together weeks of testimony and evidence, two make the case that mr. trump was involv