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We might not know. Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia, the final day of voting is 59 days away. That used to mean wed be that many days in a couple of hours away from figuring out who would be the next president but maybe not this year for at least two reasons. First, by all accounts, the race is razor thin. New Cnn Polling of six Battleground State shows a dead heat while harris has the edge in michigan and Wisconsin Trump has the advantage in arizona, theres no clear leader in pennsylvania, georgia, and nevada overall too close to call and its not just cnn, a variety of other respected pollsters have similar results. The real clear politics average for pennsylvania as of yesterday, trump 47. 2 who harris, 47 point to the washington post, just by illustrat ....
ifi if i can have the attorneys approach for a moment. they just cut the sound feed theyjust cut the sound feed there in the courtroom as some discussions are taking place, if you re just joining us, we are awaiting moments away the verdict in the depp heard defamation case democrat child that s been going on for six weeks, thejury has that s been going on for six weeks, the jury has reached a decision and we are waiting to hear that in this courtroom in virginia in the us any moment now. all right, ladies enjoyment of the jury, what i need is to give the forms back to you. when you fine for a defamatory statement, one or more, you need to fill out the comments of tory damages, it has to be at least $1 and up to whatever you feel the damages should be. for punitive damages, you can put zero orfill that out there as well, but i need those filled out. if i can have you retire back to the deliberation room and do that for me. so we will be in recess until we hear back fro ....
whatsoever. okay. thank you. it sound like they re bringing in the jury right now. the jury is coming in and getting situated and then we are waiting. joey, are we going to hear guilty or not guilty? are we going to hear that? this is a civil trial. it s assessed in terms of liability or not liable. liable or not liable. if you re liable you get to the issue of damages which are monetary. if not liable, there s nothing further to discuss. whether amber heard is liable or not liable. first johnny, are you defaming johnny depp and is johnny depp liable to amber heard. the standard of proof is not reasonable doubt. it s a preponderance of the evidence meaning is more likely or not. let s go back into the courtroom. can i have the attorneys roach for a moment. they re discussing something, and we done know what it is, and that s why they do it at side bar. i just want to mention there are seven members on this jury. it s not like a criminal trial. we know that t ....
approximately 13 hours. depp is suing heard for $50 million in damages over a 2018 op-ed published in the washington post in which heard claims she was a public figure representing domestic abuse. it s important to know that never mentions johnny depp by name. depp s attorney say that piece indirectly referred to claims heard made against depp during their divorce. depp claims it cost him movie roles. she is counter suing and sought to prove he did physically abuse her. she claims she was only ever violent with depp in self-defense or defense of her younger sisters. jurors have heard 100 hours of testimony. you see everyone seated as they prepare to hear the verdict. some of the big names who testified include kate moss, depp s former girlfriend. now a source close to johnny depp says he ll not be in the courtroom. he had previously scheduled work commitment. joining me now to discuss this and to track this coverage live, nbc s ron allen and we re going to go to t ....