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He said he was pretty cheerful. he said he wasnt depressed in any way. lacked sanitary items like razors and clean underwear. but that was being sorted out. hes applied for bail, as well. but he also warned that the russian legal system can be very slow and said it could be six months before this espionage case gets to trial. so he could be in for a long wait. >> matthew, stay with us. i want to bring in steve hall, a retired cia chief of russia operations. steve, what do you make of this, about...

Actual condition of paul whelan in this prison in a suburb of moscow. he said he was pretty cheerful. he said he wasnt depressed in any way. lacked a few -- some sanitary, sort of items like razors and clean underwear and things like that but that was being sorted out. painted a generally very positive picture of paul whelans incarceration. and hes applied for bail, as well. but he also warned that the russian legal system can be very slow, and he said it could be, what, six months before this e...

We are talking about the black box with the claims or charges or suspicions against him and the espionage case apparently built against him. it sis a serious one. >> thank you, nathan hodge. china has become the first nation on earth to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. state television announcing that the lunar mission landed a rover near the south pole. we have matt rivers live for us with more from beijing. good to see you. >> reporter: good to see you, dave. this is a big deal...

>> thanks very much. in the past few minutes, we managed to make contact with the lawyer, the russian lawyer representing paul whelan in the espionage case against him. he confirm said paul whelan has now indeed been formally charged with espionage under the russian criminal code. and hes being held in prison, which is a big former kgb prison, actually, in a suburb of the russian capital. according to the conversation we had with the lawyer, he said that mr. whelan is in good condition. also his...

Security division in the justice department where she was the deputy chief in the espionage office for the department of justice. they brought someone into the mariia butina case. there was a moment where we have the transcript, her lawyer is arguing his client should not be in jail. his client you can see from the sketches, shes sitting there in an orange jail jumpsuit. her lawyer is arguing to the judge about the injustice of that and how unnecessary that is that she is being held in jail. the...

Recognizance. this is not an espionage case, not a spying case, her lawyer says. actually, dont look behind you but veteran counter espionage prosecutor from the national security of the division of the justice department has actually been brought in to try this case. you may not want this to be an espionage case but theres a counter counter espionage prosecutor and your client is being charged with a secret russian agent, rhymes with pie but starts with an "s." in this hearing today and filings...

For political affairs under president obama and former council of the state department under president clinton. breaking news from washington, a russian woman has been arrested and charged with conspiracy to act as a russian agent in the united states. nbc justice correspondent pete williams joins us now from washington with more. pete. >> a couple of things about this, ari. first of all, this is not an espionage case, this is a case of someone accused of violating a u.s. law that says if your...

To be so busy? >> i wouldnt call it a significant delay. i dont think it was caused because i was too busy. the answer to your question, in the fall of 2016, i was a deputy assistant director of the counter intelligence division. >> you explained that you were -- >> i was trying to explain what i was doing. i was busy overseeing thousands of cases. every espionage case in the fbi, every economic espionage case in the fbi. >> were you involved -- >> you asked a question. may i answer it? >> im go...

Was too busy. the answer to your question in the fall of 2016, i was the deputy director of the counter intelligence -- >> what were you doing? >> i was busy overseeing thousands of cases. every espionage case in the fbi, every -- >> were you involved -- >> and you ask a question oh. >> im going to reclaim my time. were you involved in the russia investigation? >> that was one of the many -- >> so you were involved. >> so the clinton investigation was assigned to the russia investigation. people...

Significant delay, i dont think it was caused because i was too busy. the answer to the question in fall of 2016, i was deputy assistant director of counter intelligence division. >> you explained -- what were you busy doing. >> i was trying to explain. i was busy overseeing thousands of cases, every espionage case in the fbi, every economic espionage case in the fbi. every case -- sir, you asked the question. >> i am going to reclaim my time. were you involved in the russian investigation at th...