closing arguments today in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse case. the defense rested yesterday without calling sandusky to the stand, but there s a fascinating backstory about why not. nbc s ron allen is live in pennsylvania. talk about what s happening today. could the jury get the case today? reporter: yes, very soon, chris, probably some time after the lunch break, early this afternoon. we are in closing arguments now. the defense is about to begin making their case. we think they could go on for an hour or more, really not sure. remember, everything about this trial has preceded at lightning pace. the defense is going to say that the investigators coaxed these accusers to their stories, in it
of the program. and it is the question that makes or breaks presidents who are running for re-election. are you better off now than you were four years ago? we ve got surprising new poll numbers that are sure to make the white house smile if you believe them. plus, mitt romney now says marco rubio is being vetted to be his running mate. but was romney forced to say that after being caught flat-footed on the campaign trail? and the jerry sandusky trial. defense rests without calling sandusky himself to the witness stand. finally, mitt romney s dancing horse is the inspiration for some horse play by stephen colbert. more of that in the sideshow. we begin with president obama invoking executive privilege against house republicans. pete williams, of course, is nbc s justice correspondent. executive privilege puts the president squarely in the middle of fast and furious or was he already there?
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2.4 range. bernanke saying i don t accept the proposition that the fed has no more ammunition. he points out they can do more. we turn now to egypt. the final results of the weekend s presidential election were expected to be announced today, but egyptian officials now say they need more time to verify the results. the election commission has received more than 400 complaints and reports of irregularities as both candidates are claiming victory. with no new timeline in place for the results to be announced, tens of thousands of muslim brotherhood supporters have gathered in tahrir square, saying they will rally every day until the military seeds power to their candidate. the child sexual abuse trial of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky will go to the jury today as defense rested its case without calling sandusky to the witness stand. sandusky s lawyer previously had said his client would testify. today the jeff will consider closing arguments, including th
that at all. but the idea that this has something to do with the obama administration wanting to undermine second amendment rights is just madness of the highest order. don t miss rachel mad doe s take on politics and all the day s top stories, that s at 9:00 eastern here on msnbc. after seven days of testimony, closing arguments are set for today in the child sex abuse trial of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. despite suggestions from his lawyer that he might receive, the defense rested wednesday without calling sandusky to the stand to dispute 51 criminal charges of the alleged abuse of ten boys over a 15-year period. if convicted, the 68-year-old former defensive coordinator could be sent to state prison for the rest of his life. and now here s your first look at some of the other news going on in america.