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Welcome back to "morning joe." joining us, chief legal analyst for abc news, dan abrams, the co-author of "theodore roosevelt for the defense, the courtroom battle to save his legacy." great to see you. >> great to be back with you. >> you found this lane, where youre uncovering historys mysteries, and stories that we didnt know about it. well get to it in a second because it is fascinating. want to get to the news on the day. the white house approach here to the house judiciary committee, to co...

I need to be careful and i need to stay not just away from the line but three zip cos away from the line of current events or politics. todays marathon confirmation hearing, senator after senator pressed brett kavanaugh on the less and less the hypothetical question all the time of a president facing serious criminal investigation. could he be indicted, could he be subpoenaed, copardon himself? despite judge kavanaughs extensive public comment in public records saying he believes the president...

Dance floor that did me any good. ainsley: unless he was drunk. jillian: he is a way better dancer than i am. ainsley: he doesnt drink. steve: he throws a band into the wind. he is having a good time. brian: got my library. president twice. i had a baseball team. i will dance. jillian: i love it. ainsley: thank you, jillian. a sanctuary state show down brewing in california. will an entire county take stand against sanctuary policies? the man planning to lead that revolt joins us live in the nex...

♪ brian: all right. quick headlines right now. animal edition. a mountain sloin caught after taking a stroll through a california narngd. using a drone to track down the cat before tranquilizing it good thing open. released into the wild the wild meaning california. fishing trip these guy also never forget. >> holy -- oh my [bleep] god, bro. brian: a lot of redactions in that a massive great white shark sneaking up on that fisherman. fisherman being generic rick off the inlet in florida. no on...

Statements were made regarding contacts with the russians. don jr.s. but the other point to be made about the subpoena power is that, you can subpoena -- you can investigate an individual, but not subpoena that person. if, for example, you wanted to know if don jr., what he was saying, you subpoena banks, you subpoena phone companies, you subpoena internet service providers. all of that evidence comes from other people, not from don jr. and these internet -- these big companies like banks, like ...

Know if don jr., what he was saying, you subpoena banks, you subpoena phone companies, you subpoena internet service providers. all of that evidence comes from other people, not from don jr. and these internet -- these big companies like banks, like telephone companies, they have entire offices that do nothing but answer subpoenas. this is very familiar work to them. so, you know, assuming that mueller is working expeditiously, it will not take forever for him to collect this kind of information...

well begin with the breaking news, all of us with money in the stock market, were just catching our breath and now this, another big selloff on wall street. all three major indices way down at the closing bell. the dow losing a hefty 419 points. its the fourth biggest slide for the dow in a month of big losses. the dow has plunged 1152 points so far this august. thats a drop 9.5%. and the month isnt even over yet. lets turn to cnns richard quest. hes following whats going on. a lot of ...