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im ana cabrera reporting from new york, and this morning our first glimpse into donald trumps new game plan after he pleaded not guilty to federal charges. >> i hadnt had a chance to go through all the boxes. its a long, tedious job. i did everything right, and they indicted me. >> he projected confidence in front of a supportive new jersey audience. we have new nbc news reporting that trump knows hes in for a long legal showdown, potentially even more charges making this challenge unl...

>> think of this moment as a moment that is about great momentum. you need to get to go. need to be able to get were you need to go to do the work and get home. when we talk about the children of the community, they are the children of the community. >> the significance of the passage of time. so when you think about it, theres great significance to the passage of time. >> youre going to literally see the craters on the moon with your own eyes. with your own eyes. >> jeanine: a new rep...

the framers of the constitution who divided power and authority, who separated it out, who had broken away from george the third, and declared him to be a tyrant. there was no way that they wouldve put in the hands of one person the authority to determine who is going to be president of the united states. >> was it your present impression that the vice president had directly conveyed his position on these issues to the president, not just to the world through your colleagues letter, bu...

Calling the vice president the p-word. so pences aide saying, he said he appeared steely, rather grim up to that phone call the president. and he remained resolute though to fulfill this constitutional obligation, even as this mob descended on the capitol. and if you would expect some amount of remorse, from at least john eastman, as these riots raged on throughout the day, to a legal lie that he had created, well you are going to be disappointed. >> explaining why his legal theory about the vic...

That these people could be possibly brought to congress and held there, or possibly held in a dc jail. were a long way from that, but there are a lot of options. what is clear is theyre taking this seriously. theyre not saying this is something theyre going to have a slap on the wrist for. subpoenas from congress, especially during the trump era, they were seen as not worth the paper they were printed on. now democrats are trying to say we are going to have a real investigation, were going to ha...

The 2016 election. of course, the president has repeatedly suggested it was ukraine and not russia that hacked the dnc servers. thats a claim that has been thoroughly debunked. so here are some of those texts, really seeming to push the presidents points. this first one, july 25th, it was the same day as that now consequential phone call between the president and ukraines new president zelensky. so in this text, u.s. special envoy kurt volker, who we know abruptly resigned last week, he tested z...

Headline. but the fact that she fired her and denied her access to the white house that day. there are people that didnt work out while in the white house and you find them a job at an agency and they have a few months to look and they work in some lower profile place for a while. there are ways to ooe-- to easee out of the white house. >> there arent many soft landings in the trump white house. >> and proximity is power and i can remember going in marthas vineyard going out to dinner with repor...

Going to support background checks legislation unless the president supports it. i remain pessimistic that that is how this will play out. >> reporter: with the august recess dragging on, other democrats on capitol hill are also skeptical. one democratic aide saying, i dont feel like theyre any more serious than the last ten conversations on guns. >> there is a strong pull -- >> reporter: the presidents daughter ivanka trump has been actively involved. having several conversations with lawmakers...

>> can you think of any time this might have happened? and he said no. >> thats not true. >> he said, how do you think i should handle it. i told him what you said, well, it depends on what scenario you are talking about. he said, why dont you just go ahead and put it to bed. i dont know what -- he said it. he is embarrassed. >> there you can hear an aide saying, he said it, he is embarrassed. this morning, katrina pierson and lynn patton who last night denied this conversation happened release ...

But we will talk to you about it later. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. >> thank you, mr. president. >> thank you, everybody. >> thank you very much. >> thanks, everyone. >> that could happen, yeah. if that helps. >> thanks, everyone. >> i look forward to being there. great country. i guess i have. >> thank you. thanks, everyone. >> i would go to the border. >> thanks, guys. >> thank you all very much. >> come on, guys. thank you all. thank you all. >> say hello to the people. >> than...