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Officials involved in the investigation they think its time to move forward and do more. >> is it possible to surmise that the identity of this senior white house official will become plain to all of us then in time, and perhaps on an accelerated basis? >> you know, im not in the prediction business. i am in the news business. i think thats what we are all working toward im hopeful and expectant we will get there. >> one of the by lines for our viewers and woft readers to watch as always, certai...

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Witnessed something going on that they believed to be wrong. and something else to think about. while its impossible to track air force ones location, and for security reasons, that is a good thing, the expert we called on tonight puts their present approximate location near zurich, switzerland. the traveling white house will land on a saturday morning in saudi arabia with the bulk of the press corps already there on the ground. and with an ongoing story from back home that will now follow them ...

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Are connected or not connected. i am told that the movement that has started and we are going see more of is not actually related to the appointment of a special counsel. thats actually essentially a separate issue. and im also told that the interest in the senior white house official has existed for some time. but in the minds of some officials involved in the investigation they think its time to move forward and do more. >> is it possible to surmise that the identity of this senior white house...

Them every step of the way for this eight-day-plus trip. joining us first off tonight is the coauthor of that "washington post" piece, devlin barrett. devlin, thank you very much after a long day for being with us. quoting from your piece you describe this person as someone close to the president a senior white house adviser. can you confirm that someone is a passenger on air force one right now? >> yeah, its a good question but i dont want to get into it too much because we still have some repo...

Nick, ill come to you first. you heard richard painter, an ethics attorney in the george w. bush white house saying in his view he sees potential hatch act violations. we know a democratic leaning group that is opposed to donald trump also attempted to file an ethics complaint. he, too, has filed an ethics complaint. where in theory could this go? >> the problem here is comey has raised questions he probably cant answer before election day, which is whats so strange about this. if there are thou...

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Your company for the reason. >> ill do that back to the gate. >> whatever is convenient. >> greta: the plane returns to the gate and two more persons of interest are taken off that plane. those two people are later released. which brings us to today when shahzad is charged. joining us devlin barrett. welcome. good nab by the feds, i guess. >> they got him with minutes to spare. what the officials will tell you is that even if that plane had taken off they could have ordered return. >> greta: whi...

I dont know why you can call your company for the reason. >> ill do that back to the gate. >> whatever is convenient. >> greta: the plane returns to the gate and two more persons of interest are taken off that plane. those two people are later released. which brings us to today when shahzad is charged. joining us devlin barrett. welcome. good nab by the feds, i guess. >> they got him with minutes to spare. what the officials will tell you is that even if that plane had taken off they could have ...