Welcome to the beat. I'm Ari Melburn. We're covering today's climactic closing

arguments here in Donald Trump's criminal trial. As Nicole just

mentioned, the trial is still ongoing right now, the prosecutor continuing the

closing arguments, so we will continue in our live coverage

to bring you that, as well as what I'm going to do with you right now,

which is try to summarize what is the most important day

and likely the last day or two before this jury

deliberates. The day began with Trump's lawyers doing their closing arguments for

the defendant and they finished. I could tell you the scene outside court was

more raucous than usual.

There were Trump family members, there was Robert DeNiro, and I was back downtown with our team of reporters and lawyers at the court today.

So we were out there, I made some videos, we kept an eye on it, we're all working together.

The closing arguments give jurors the pivotal final last material.

It's a culmination of a trial that's featured 22 witnesses across 21 days responding to hundreds of exhibits, thousands of a A critical day at former President Trump's criminal trial.

Both sides, to deliver their final pitch to jurors.

We're in the final stretch in the first criminal trial of a former president.

After four weeks of testimony, lawyers are about to give closing arguments in the trial of former President Trump.

One way or another history is about to be made.

The verdict could exonerate the former president or make him the first commander-in-chief convicted of a crime.

Big, big day today, uh, guys, at the least.

This is it.

It's a make or break moment, a chance for both sides to tell the jury a story they'll

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