This is On Trial, a special series from Dateline True Crime Weekly, bringing you daily coverage from the Sean Combs racketeering trial. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. I'm Blaine Alexander, and it's Monday, June 30th. Just a heads up here in this episode, we're going to be talking about some graphic details and harrowing subject matter.

Today, after more than six weeks of testimony, the jury of eight men and four women from Manhattan, the Bronx, and Westchester, got the case.

Before they did, Judge Arun Subramanian gave them instructions.

It's called charging the jury.

NBC News legal analyst Danny Savalos is going to join us to tell us

why those instructions might actually be the entire ballgame in this case.

But first, of course, we're joined by NBC News correspondent Chloe Malas.

She's outside of the courthouse, as she has been for almost two months to tell us what's

going on inside. Hi, Chloe. Hey, Blaine. It is unbelievable that we are actually here, I've got to say.

Over a year, I've been waiting for this. Yes, yes, absolutely. So I really just want to first talk

about the mood around the courthouse. You got there pretty early today. You had a hit with Today's show.

So we're talking about well before 7 a.m. What was the atmosphere like this morning?

I mean, there were already people congregating to get inside the doors of the courthouse, members of the press from all over the world.

You can feel sort of the anticipation, the anxiety a bit in the air. Does it feel different today than it has, say, over the past few weeks? I would say there's a sense of relief that things

have moved on track, that it does look like this might wrap up before the 4th of July.

So the judge said that this is when he wanted the jury to get the

case. And well, he was right. He's done it. Absolutely. They've done it. So the jury is brought in

and the judge is charging the jury. What did it feel like inside the courtroom? I mean,

it's incredibly exciting, right, to be at this pivotal moment in this nearly two-month trial.

And the judge, though, going through all of these directions, essentially, what sorts of evidence and testimony they can pay attention to and other things that they should exclude and not have, you know, be a part of

their decision-making process. It's eight men, four women, and perhaps they're not going to see

eye to eye on everything. Oh, sorry. That's what New York City's like. When you're out on the

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