our own laura jones with the story on trial of senator bob menendez, laura. >> bribery case against ben en de-- men menendez is winding do, closing arguments today of week 10 of trial, the jury become to a verdict beef the end by the end of the week. they said government did not need burden of proof, maintaining that menendez is a friend not a felon, and. prosecution argues that case is simple, menendez used his power and authority to benefit a friend. and. government said that failed attempt, does not make it lawfl, what thelawful, what they did ws criminal. they were friends there were times that friendship became corrupt. >> in for chasing news. >>> thank you. >> check in with meteorologist dan zarrow. are we looking at snow? >> yes, first flakes of season. for part of area, 24 hours away tuesday night. before you dig out snow shovels. just bursts of white micked with rain. we have two rounds of cold air moving our way, first one arriving right now, cold front today, that is open door to cooler dryer air, the temperatures tonight are going to drop, look for overnight lows in lower to

i'm laura jones, with chasing news. >> let's bring our legagal panel to break it down. i'm joined by bob, and bill caruso. welcome. so just for a minute, you're the prosecutor in this case you have a juror not only going on vacation but yapping to the press. is this something the judge could come come down and hold in contempt? >> i've never seen anything like this. if the judge who gives an instruction saying there not to disrupt the case and discuss the case she did it then she is in contempt of court. >> it's shocking that this tour with speak publicly about an ongoing case that's in deliberation. >> so now you flip the sides come as a defense to attorney is this good news? >> how many times we sit there twiddling our thumbs waiting. but now i have a temperature. as a defense lawyer lawyer am elated. if just one juror says not guilty it's a hung jury. >> what is a say about politics? people think politics is corrupt. you have all these gifts in exchange for political favors. >> from the beginning of this case i was asking myself the same question. how many political

laura jones has the full details from the courthouse. >> the judge in the bribery case against senatorob menendez explained how they should consider all of the evidence that they have heard over the past two months. there are 18 counts of criminal misconduct. the judge said that this is one of the largest charges that he has written and he has been on the bench for 30 years. >> what is key and the jury instruction is what defines a bribe, which goes to a 2016 supreme court case tightening the definition. the judge said an official act must be performed to establish a quid pro quo, meaning this for that. >> today there were three members of the clergy to show their support for senator menendez. we are seeing some high-profile witnesses including senator lindsey graham and orie booker. also in attendance is the senator's son and daughter. senator menendez never took the stand and they are very concerned on how this is going to play out what the jury if he is found guilty, an appeal will be filed and that is why so many observers are saying that the defense will have the case be thrown ou

. >> that's where laura jones went to school. >> yeah, yeah. i have a lot of respect for him.gave me a couple of cds. this is going to save your life and it changed my life completely. people don't know. the real pioneers of the music and started to like eat it in a way and digest it and it became a part of me. >> yeah. it must be surreal as a child to be listening to saravon and you win that competition. >> yeah. >> how did you process that? >> it was -- it was a lot going on so i didn't really have much time to process it. i just -- i was hoping that i was making my ancestors proud and i think of saravon as an ancestor. i didn't have time to think about it. i was just honored that i won. >> you go on and win the monk competition. >> yeah. >> when you're on stage performing in these competitive environments and you look out and you've got judges -- who are you judges. >> patty austin. dee dee bridgewater. there was so many of them. >> and herbie of course very much involved in that for years. when you're on stage and you're a youngster -- >> freaking out. i was absolutely fre

but it would be much worse to elect a democrat -- hillary clinton in that case, and doug jones in this case. laura: interesting. now, just tell us about the state of the race in alabama. it is all over the place. anthony: pick your own adventure showing these pulls. some showed doug jones, the democrat, up, and some show roy moore back up. it will be all about turnout. we don't know who will show up december 12 to the poll. we don't know if there will be a big democrat uprising, if republicans are going to stay home, if the republicans will look at this the way donald trump is, that, well, we cannot have a democrat in there with the senate narrowly divided. laura: anthony zurcher, thank you for the analysis as always. you are watching "bbc world news america. to come on tonight's program, a bright future for drumsticks, the turkey given a presidential pardon as the white house just in time for thanksgiving. navy says it will take advantage of improved weather conditions and step up its search for a summary and then vanished in the atlantic ocean last wednesday. strong winds and highways have hampe

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. >> with no signs of dropping out, moore to face doug jones, that's scheduled for december 12th. lauraa lot of information. thank you for breaking it down. >> honor millions of veterans who have so bravely served our country. this morning vice president mike pence layed a wreath at arlington cemetery paying tribute to those who made sacrifice for the freedoms that we own today. that's where we find garrett. >> vietnam veterans memorial. he along with his wife and ryan zinke joined a few volunteers to help clean the wall in below freezing temperatures, after 45 minutes said it was a great way to start veterans day. after that he head today arlington memorial cemetery where he praised the 20 million veterans who are living today as well as freedom, he then gave them this promise. >> i say to each and every one of you veterans gathered here and all of those that might be looking on, we are grateful for your service. we are grateful for your sacrifice and i will make you a promise, just as you fought for us, we will always fight for you >> and across the country this weekend communities ar

jones. >> that is a good point, jonathan. over to you laura, there is question marks up in the air for those in alabama as well as folks like ourselves that are discussing the very issue itful. laura, if you look at the birmingham news, local reporting and i was reading them this morning and they had 11 roy moore election scenarios. 11 different scenarios and that gives you an indication that what jonathan is saying, we don't know where it is going to go. the poll numbers themselves as mias awaying, we don't know if they are real. >> a lot of people said that donald trump's campaign was dead after that video came out of him admitting to groping women. i reported that that must be the nail in the coffin for donald trump and it wasn't. so i think it is impossible to tell until the very end. i think the conservative movement is having a crisis and they tied the political views to christian values and feeling morally superior to democrats on issues like abortion and gay marriage and it is impossible to do that while refusing to take a stand agains

laura, good afternoon to all of you. >> good afternoon. >> robert, let's start with you and looking at the fox news poll that shows doug jones up 8 points in alabama. also shows president obama up 52 over trump 49. what does this tell you? >> two things, also should take a look at the graphic that says 9% unsure. so technically you could make the argument this is a neck to neck poll. but second little i think what it shows, there it is again, unsure 9%, so within the margin of error when you take a look at that. however, this is big news. if twapt ray moore and some other republican at the top of the ticket, i'm sure it would be 80 to 20 in that favor. what it tells me is a lot of republicans out there in alabama are, a, going to vote for ray moore or not going to vote as well. that's the side of the story has to be told. probably not going to vote for democrat. i've not from alabama but been down there they will not vote for a democrat. but they will stay home. you have to remember ray moore has been removed twice now. very known quantity being the chief justice. also won for governor and lost in the primary. so it's in the like they d

laura: today the alabama g.o.p. announced it's sticking by roy moore in the state senate race. but a new fox news poll out this evening has some troubling news for moore's campaign. democrat left winger doug jones over roy moore. joining us now with reaction roger simon the pj media and byron york chief political correspondent for "the washington examiner." byron, let's start with you. polls are kind of all over the place on this. some are really close and tight. a poll by fox news 10 yesterday or fox news 11, roy moore is actually up by several percentage points. where is this race? >> you have got to remember there is more than three weeks left until election day. so, a lot could change just as a whole lot has changed in the last week. i'm not sure of the polls are actually really worth a lot right now. although i think it is pretty clear that roy moore has taken a hit after these -- after these rests. and even in a solidly, solidly red state like alabama, his support is not what it should be right now. >> laura: roger, this has been such a wild week, got roy moore allegations post of them are 30-plus years old. now sylvester stallone has been accused of basically, you know, sexual assault on