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
christmas shopping season. also breaking tonight senate republicans with the help of democrats vote to block president biden s federal vaccine mandate for private employers and a live report where things stand right now and what happens next. jurors and the jussie smollett trail will reconvene and hours after deliberation set to resume a second day. the legal panel standing by the live to weigh in and we began with the americans crime crisis and rising tide of criticism of progressive policymakers refusing to acknowledge or address the problems of some of their cities. cheap breaking news correspondent trace gallagher is on the case tonight good evening, trace. three weeks to go in 2021 more homicide records could still fall but for at least a dozen major u.s. cities, this has been a year to forget. philadelphia leads the list with 521 murders breaking a record set back in 1990. five other cds toledo, baton rouge, columbus, indianapolis and louisville broke mike broke on the side rec