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absurd claims. since the fbi searched donald trumps private residence and members club back in august. the ex-president declassified all the documents that he could declassify them if he wanted to, quote, even by thinking about it. it is a claim that has been repeated over and over and over again by trump and his allies. the disgraced ex-president mentioned it in public and the media appearances so many times. not one single time has that claim been made in a court of law. now new repo...

. its good to be back with you in this second hour of "chris jansing reports." we have breaking news, a u.s. official and a diplomat in the region tell nbc news one american could be among the hostages released today. just moments ago, the red cross transported two former captives over the border as urgent talks continue to extend the truce in gaza, possibly by another two days. were live in tel aviv with the latest. plus, hamas now claiming that three hostages, a ten-month old bab...

>> kayleigh: several child hostages have been freed in the temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas. more expected to be released today. the youngest hostage taken by hamas has just been put in greater danger in a tragic turn of events. the terrorists handed over a 10-month-old boy kafir not to the israelis, but to a separate palestinian terror group. i cant imagine getting that kind of news. the familys relatives left reeling and calling it psychological torture. hamass child host...

Battles in front of chief judge beryl howell who oversees the grand juries at u.s. district court in washington. and all thats gone on behind closed doors with only very limited glimpses of whats happening through some court dockets. and even today, nicolle, we saw lawyers for the former president going into the courthouse and coming out of the courthouse for another one of these closed door sessions as you mentioned from our story, it appears that the former president has lost these battles so ...

House is considering tony sayig and former florida attorney general pam bondy to handle impeachment communications and there are reports the president is circling back to familiar lawyers to help navigate the inquiry. yosusan karichio joins us. the white house is staffing up for an impeachment fight. >> i think at this point the democrats have their messaging machine together on capitol hill and the president is now considering putting together his own messaging machine to counter what the democ...

Pushing the white house to come up a more key heernt defense strategy. >> reporter: tonight key republicans are pushing the white house to come up a more key heernt defense strategy. one day after members of the party barge into the impeachment inquiry deposition demanding house democrats stop holding hearings behind closed doors. >> by golly, if theyre going to do it, do it in public. dont hide it from the american people. >> lindsey graham says he has spoken to chief of staff who told him they...

Doors with a multitude of leaks coming that all point basically in the same direction which is trump is guilty, have been pouring out of these behind closed door sessions. >> bill: the argument he is making, johanna, selective leaks drive public opinion. you continue to have the interviews and have more public opinion to get more people on your side with selective leaks. republicans dont appear to be playing the same game. >> if only the democrats were the ones leaking information, that would be...

To do here. >> thats right. thats what i mean when i say in the last couple weeks. started going to closed door sessions. when he started leaking information from emails context actually to support his position when the overall package of emails actually undercuts his position then you know that the fix is n the sense that he is not going to let fairness and due process happen here. steve: right. >> thats why you have to have the formal vote. steve: well, what do you make of the white house send...

Get it, all systems are about to break down. this is clearly a time when sensible reforms are to be made. theyve won the argument, theyre going to continue to win the argument, obama will not change the dynamic at this so-called summit which really isnt a summit. i was in government when i was a summit, there were negotiations about a budget, behind closed doors. this is a televised show. its not a summit. we should stop calling it the summit, we should call it the health care last gasp pr show ...

Obviously, a lot more attention to be focused on this even as the white house tries to put this entire episode behind it. >> these are different committees, but im wondering why were having some in open session and then you have jared kushner behind closed doors. maybe because hes still on the white house staff. maybe theres classified information that could be discussed. i assume you havent gotten anything like that from his attorney? >> reporter: theres been different circumstances. we have wa...