deliberations. the jury finally has the case. the former president now awaiting his fate in a criminal trial. tonight, the testimony the jury wants to hear from david pecker and michael cohen and why getting to this point is a positive sign for the rule of law. it will be talked about in the history books but i m not allowed to talk about it. samuel alito warms up the bus. when i saw the upside down american flag, i asked my wife to take it down but she refused. chief justice roberts must step in and make sure that he does not have any role in deciding these cases. when all in starts now. good evening, i m chris hayes, the criminal trial of donald trump was turned over to the jury today. 12 of trump s fellow new yorkers, i say that somewhat tongue in cheek, deliberated four-and-a-half hours today before being dismissed for the day. shortly after 4:00. this afternoon, the jury sent two notes to the judge requesting to rehear four sections of witness testimony
and the jurors have been sent to begin deliberations. the jury finally has the case. a former president now awaiting his fate in a criminal trial. tonight, the testimony the jury wants to hear from david pecker and michael cohen. why even getting to this point is a positive sign for the rule of law. it will be talked about in the history books. then, justice samuel alito warms up the bus. as soon as i saw the upside down american flag i asked my wife to take it down, but for several days she refused. congressman daniel goldman on the response to calls for recusal. chief justice roberts must step in and make sure that he does not have any role in deciding these cases. when all in starts now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. the criminal trial of donald trump was turned over to the jury today. 12 of trumps fellow new yorkers, i say that somewhat tongue-in-cheek, deliberated for four hours today before being dismissed for the day shortly befo
pulling away from him, where does that stand do you believe? reporter: you know, there are some on the house side that have a lot of concerns about the tax rates and that the speaker may cave. but you re starting to see some real stiffening of republican evolve, at least that s what they are talking about, that the speaker is starting to get everybody in line, and that they are lining up behind him, and that this is forming up to possibly, stand strong in whatever deal he comes to. now that comes to a point where if he s going to raise rates i think you might lose some members of the house republicans and the votes. how do you get those votes? that is the bottom line. bill: and how many democrats you can pull over if you go that way and whether or not they stand united. the drama is out there. brett, we ll see you later tonight okay 6:00 on special report. reporter: all right, bill.