BLITZER: Right now, we are waiting on verdict in Paul Manafort's trial. The jury is into its third day of deliberations on 18 charges against the former Trump campaign chairman, including tax evasion and bank fraud. It's also the first big courtroom test for the Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Our Jessica Schneider is outside the courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. Jessica, there were more private conferences with the judge today. What's the latest?</s>JESSICA SCHNEIDER, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: There were, Wolf. Two mysterious bench conferences. They happened behind the closed doors of the courtroom. No one in the public was admitted. It was a meeting between the defense team, the prosecution, and the judge, all this sealed, meaning the transcripts of what happened inside those two bench conferences will not be unsealed and released until after the verdict. So we out here in the press and the public have no idea what happened in those. But they were relatively short. In the meantime, the jury now going on hour five of their third day of deliberations. We have not heard a peep out of this jury today. Last week, we only saw two notes. The first one last week asking four different questions, including what reasonable doubt meant. The next day on Friday, the only note for them was that they wanted to call it a weekend early, getting out at 5:00 p.m. So not a peep from the jury today. They had 14 hours of deliberations last week. We're into hour five now. The interesting thing is this jury has not been sequestered. They were allowed to go home over the weekend. They go home at night. Wolf, they have been instructed not to read or research anything or talk about this case. Meanwhile, we wait and see out here outside the federal courthouse -- Wolf?</s>BLITZER: All right, let us know what you hear. Jessica, thank you very much. Driving through hell. You are going to see a father and son's heart- stopping escape from a raging wildfire at a national park.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: God help us. F hope.
Awaiting Jury Verdict in 3rd Day of Manafort Trial