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they want to hear again, and this morning the jury will also re-hear four pieces of critical testimony in the case at their request. nbc s yasmin vossoughian is outside the courthouse. also with us, msnbc legal correspondent and host katie phang along with catherine christian, former assistant manhattan district attorney. kristy greenberg, former federal prosecutor and sdny criminal division deputy chief. and harry litman, former deputy assistant attorney general. yasmin, i want to go right to the courthouse. let s start with what we heard from the jurors in this new note today. reporter: so we needed clarification on what they wanted out of jury instructions, right? we didn t know if they wanted the entirety of the jury instructions read back to them after yesterday s note or they wanted a portion. it turns out they wanted a portion. they essentially wanted what the jury considers as evidence in the lead up to count one. that s really the entirety of all of the instruction
david pecker saying this, it s they ve agreed to have other employees give all the information that they know or talk about all they know, correct? there were a number of ami employees who were directly involved in these transactions, and were in regular receipt of pretty sensitive information about donald trump. dillon howard is another senior ami person who is party to this agreement with prosecutors. that makes a lot of sense. he knew a lot. this agreement is pretty open ended? they have to comment on anything authorities are interested in. we have knowledge of three election season payments. one directly through cohen too stormy daniels. and one through ami to karen mcdougal. and another through ami to squash this trump love child story. through a doorman at the trump organization. this agreement only pertains to the mcdougal transaction. it doesn t reference the other ami related payment, which is interesting.
dillon howard is another senior ami person who is party to this agreement with prosecutors. that makes a lot of sense. he knew a lot. this agreement is pretty open ended? they have to comment on anything authorities are interested in. we have knowledge of three election season payments. one directly through cohen too stormy daniels. and one through ami to karen mcdougal. and another through ami to squash this trump love child story. this only pertains to the mcdougal transaction. it doesn t reference the other ami related payment, which is interesting. it s open ended in terms of the information ami is being asked to give to prosecutors. it s fascinating. thank you so much. see what chris is working on