he's accused of using the -- live outside the clarence mitchell courthouse. good afternoon, derek. >> the cross-examination of this at times very contentious as prosecutors try to prove that henson intended to trick voters with that robo call in the same home on election night. >> this call was meant to get people to vote. >> he told jurors that robo call he wrote in three minutes on election night was meant to be a form of perverse ecology. he felt by telling voters that martin o'malley already winning, voters might rush out and support henson's client. he told jurors he was instructed by the campaign manager, paul short, not to include the legally required authority line identifying it was paid for by the campaign. >> when i read the poll over the phone, he said he liked to call. i said, you need to take this call. he said, i don't want to tag. >> prosecutors say all the facts point to an illegal conspiracy. the voter turnout would help him win the election. >> the testimony expected to wrap up very shortly are you the defense says they then have one more w

the naacp in washington, was just down the way so the two of them, strom thurmond's wife and clarence mitchell, sat in the gallery as he began speaking, i believe, at 8:54 p.m. on august 28, 1957. he began by reading every state statute that covered voting in an effort to say we really don't need a federal voting rights law; we have all the voting legislation that we need. of course, the answer back would be, "but, yes, the way you have drawn those voting regulations, you have purposely disfranchised many people in your state, most of them black." that is the answer back. so he started reading the statutes and going on and on. he got a couple of acceptable breaks when somebody asked permission to put something in the record, and he could yield for that purpose. this went on until 9:12, i believe, the next night, august 29, when he walked off the floor. harry dent had gone to see the senate doctor. he was worried about him, and the doctor sent a message back and said, "you tell him if he doesn't get off the floor, i'm going to come and carry him off." dent had brought a bucket with him right in

derek valcourt has the latest from the clarence mitchell courthouse. >> reporter: julius henson told jurors he wrote the election night robo call in three minutes on a napkin having lunch with his granddaughter at mcduendes'. >> the call was gazements to get people to go vote. >> reporter: prosecutors disagree. they say the call was an illegal trick to try to get democrats voters to stay home by telling them governor o'malley already won. >> we're okay. relax. everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch it on tv tonight. >> reporter: henson told jurors he was instructed by the campaign manager, paul schurick not to include the legally required line. henson even tried the get a second opinion from ehrlich's adviser and confidant. >> when i read the call to paul schurick over the phone, he said he liked the calm. and i said you need a tag for this call. he said i don't want a tag. >> you've aware that in paul schurick's trial he essentially said that you never had that conversation and he essentially assumed you would put that lag line on there. >> the reason why that's not the