News, analysis and interviews with politicians and observers. Back in the jury room. So how this all unfolded, just after 11 00 a. M. , the jury did send a note to the court asking the judge, judge, what do we do if we cant come to a unanimous decision on one of the 18 counts. That implies that perhaps they have reached a decision unanimously on the other 17 counts, but they havent said that definitively. What the judge had to do was he had to come up with instructions to give the jury as it pertained to them going back and deliberating yet again. That just happened. In just the past few minutes, the judge instructed the jury, go back into the jury room and continue to work on that one final count. Try to continue to work, to come to some unanimous verdict on that one remaining count. Outside of the presence of the jury, the judge indicated that he might be prepared to accept a partial verdict if they werent able to come to a conclusion on that one remaining count that they seem to hav
trump-friendly state. cnn s sunlen serfaty is on capitol hill. what have we learned? reporter: certainly a big meeting today, john. brett kavanaugh just emerged after an over two-hour meeting with senator susan collins. as you said, a key swing vote here leading up to those confirmation hearings on september 4th. coming out of that meeting, senator susan collins just addressed press. she said essentially that she had not made up her mind, not settled, or not revealing what her vote will be for kavanaugh. certainly she had positive things to say about him coming out of the meeting. she said it was an excellent session, very productive, informative, and she questioned him about his judicial philosophies, of course, but most specifically, importantly, as you noted, she talked to him about precedent and abortion cases, specifically she said she pressed him on whether he considered roe to be settled law or not. so certainly an important meeting lasting over two hours here today. he moves