This is CNN breaking news.

And welcome to the lead. I'm Dick Tapper.

We do have some breaking news for you.

In just over four hours of deliberation, the jury has now requested to hear

read back of four parts of testimony and

just now they send a second note another note a second one. These 12 people

will decide the fate of the foreign president Trump and his criminal

hushman and cover-up trial.

We're going to bring you all the updates the moment the verdict comes down, which could be in

seconds or days.

If you ask Donald Trump's allies, they believe that every minute the jury continues to

deliberate is a good sign for

Trump. The truth is we have no idea.

This morning, Judge Juan Rishon instructed the jury on how they should reach their verdict.

This included a directive to check any personal Trump views at the door saying,

quote, you must set aside any personal opinions or bias you might have in favor or

against the defendant, and you must not allow any such opinions to influence your verdict.

But I guess those instructions weren't as clear

as Judge Mershahn thought they were,

because this second note from the jury,

they rang the buzzer again, and they're saying,

we'd like to hear those instructions again.

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