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Start to think about leaving the ship and disclosing more information. including the full content of that 30-minute phone call. theres one other point that has not been made enough. this isnt just about biden and ukraine. its about doing putins bidding, to weak en the ukrainin president enough that russia could get away with the invasion of crimea. this is a deeper, dark, horrible situation that trump has gotten us into. its going to start to unravel even more rapidly now. >> gene, to that point...

Out where we had this claim in patent infringement that we have this defense question involving the president. and since then weve been r hard at work trying to figure out who those 3 people might be. we have lots of democrats from lots of people we know are potential withins that no, no, no, im not part of that agreement. the presidents lawyer ruchbl says paul manafort with was part of that agreement. that means that the lawyers have been speaking together in recent months. how that might affec...

Looks as if were going to have to take action. and by the way, if north korea fires multiple missiles into or near guam, i would suggest were going to treat that as an act of war. so i think the rhetoric has moved the defense question into the critical zone now. >> and were going to get back to miguel in guam to talk about what preparation, if any, theyre making there. to this strategic point there has been some discussion about a u.s. strategy that involves flying b one bombers and the submarin...

Business. weeks was one of the governments eye witnesses. last month he came face to face with his one-time crime partner. >> he wasnt the same guy i knew. i mean, he was a lot older but his -- he had no life in his eyes. he was subdued. he had changed. he had just kind of lost his spark. >> reporter: weeks turned against his former boss after learning bulger, who ran a murderous criminal enterprise for 20 years, had spent much of that time as a government informant, the kind of man bulger alway...

As bulgers mob enforcer, kevin weeks said he buried the bodies and moved the cash. weeks was one of the governments star eyewitnesss. last month he came face to face with his one-time crime partner. >> he wasnt the same guy i knew. i mean, hes a lot older, but he had no life in his eyes. he was subdued. he had changed. he just kind of lost the spark. >> reporter: weeks turned against his former boss after learning bulger, who ran a murderous criminal enterprise for 20 years, had spent much of th...

So those experiences added up to something, hes out of a life of crime, but listen to what he told me. as bulgers mob enforce, kevin weeks said he buried the bodies and moved the cash. weeks was one of the governments star eyewitnesss. last month he came face to face with his one-time crime partner. >> he wasnt the same guy i knew. i mean, hes a lot older, but he had no life in his eyes. he was subdued. he had changed. he just kind of lost the spark. >> reporter: weeks turned against his former ...

Inconsistencies and with her manner, that if this is the governments best witness, that they didnt make their case with rachel jeantel. he thinks this may be a hung jury, wolf, and if its a hung jury, he thinks rachel jeantel may be the key to that hung jury. >> all right, well, thats pretty significant testimony yesterday and today. >> absolutely. >> well see what happens in the next couple weeks. thank you very much. >> sure. >> the george zimmerman case has been racially charged from the star...

Considered almost solid blue. hes going to be in centerville. >> i want to open this up to the panel. we will get back to mike in a second. in terms of the defense question, governor, governor bob mcdonald said virginia is the home of americas military. the president put our defense budget on course for radical cuts that even his own secretary of defense says will be devastating to u.s. national security, of course referring to a deal made with republicans. >> mike has the answer to that. the re...

Blagojevich is about to get his say in the corruption trial, at least we hope. we want to see him on the stand. the prosecution has rested in this case. >> the key defense question, we will see. >> the defense seems to be blagojevich got bad legal advice and the defense witness list reads like a whos who of illinois politics with big names like rahm emanuel, valerie jarrett and senate majority leader harry reid. that is washington politics. >> nbcs john yang has a front row seat, covering this t...