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is the president above the law? then the new extreme of the republican party on full display. as one member questions what president bidens victory late son wasnt investigated. and dark points from the web how conspiracy theories have crept into the mainstream. and the very real dangers they pose. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday nights. good evening once again. im stephanie ruhle. we begin with stunning new revelations about a month long battle between federal prosecut...

pose. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday nights. good evening once again. im stephanie ruhle. we begin with stunning new revelations about a month long battle between federal prosecutors and fbi agents over the search of donald trumps florida club for classified documents. the washington post reports the showdown started when the doj lawyers were ready to search mar-a-lago back last spring. some fbi officials resisted and some field agents even push to end the investigati...

I would point to you again the white house has said theyre not cooperating and adam schiff knows that. >> and well raised you were. an investigative reporter, get to their site if you want to read this article about eight pages long if you print it. involving a white house review that did turn up emails, a document trail showing an effort of the presidents decision to block the ukraine military aid reading directly that title. carol, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> i want to bring in repor...

Where is that attitude that may become untenable. >> joyce, so glad youre here with us as we look at the timing here as carols reporting was. she said this happened after that complaint was made by somebody who worked at the cia, right? and then became -- then started the process of trying to find a justification for stopping the aid. it says mulvaney asked for an update on the legal rationale for withholding the aid and how much longer it could be delayed. this happened after the red flag was p...

Based on this process happening within the white house was there information that should have been revealed in the process happening across the way in the house or not? was there information if youre a critic of what the white house has done there information that should have been revealed? >> an excellent question. all we have to go on is we know the white houses position, pat cipollone lead to the house intelligence chairman. were not cooperating with your impeachment probe. it will be interes...

Congress. these documents are likely to put more meat on that and illustrate just how much effort there was behind the scenes to try to come up with some type of justification that would be substantial enough that would meet the questions about why this was withheld. >> niles, again, looking through the eight pages in front of me here, but we also heard from carol herself, omb is involved in this. mick mulvaney is involved in this and that was one of the questions what were the levers that were ...

Heard what carol told us were some of the highlights in her excellent reporting as always, whats your take away in terms of how big of a deal this is? >> our big take system away -- and we want to comment nbc news has not independently confirmed this reporting, is suggestions that there may have been -- at least what democrats will look at, of a cover-up. not only there were problematic interactions why the aid was held up to ukraine but in the immediate aftermath as the aid was being withheld t...

Or looking at what the records show and what i found interesting is they had a particular focus on records between the white house and federal agencies like the budget office or the state department or the department of defense because those kinds of emails and communications are subject to public records law. white house records can you hold on to them. you never have to share them with anyone unless under court order. records between the white house and the federal agency can ultimately be rev...

Senior gave a speech or he sat at the same table with russian president vladimir putin. and flynn junior basically served as his fathers chief of staff and basically his right-hand man. so investigators want to know everything he knows and what everything he was doing was basically what they said he was doing. whether he was acting as a foreign agent without registering, theres a lot of questions. >> jarmmy, tonight i need the jarmmy bash whos a harvard educated lawyer. and answer me this, whats...

Whether he was acting as a foreign agent without registering, theres a lot of questions. >> jarmmy, tonight i need the jarmmy bash whos a harvard educated lawyer. and answer me this, whats the legal exposure to flynn june, or is that barking up the wrong tree is this squeeze play? >> well, carols reporting used the word subject. as well as a mere witness, someone who witnessed a crime. and i dont think we know yet exactly what category mike flynn, jr. is in. however, i think its fair to say pote...