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Did sean penn help or hurt the hunt for the fugitive? something that even came up at the golden globes. >> i want to do this monologue and then go into hiding, okay? not even sean penn will find me. good day. im andrea mitchell in washington. as our new nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist poll shows ties with a month to go before new hampshire. on the republican side, donald trump has a growing ted cruz problem. cruz is four points ahead of trump in iowa among likely kau caucus goers. trump ...

The hours top stories, the mexican government has officially notified joaquin "el chapo" guzman, that hes wanted in the united states and that begins extradition procedures against the former fugitive who was recaptured on friday. in flint michigan, theyll be handing out bottled water because theres toxic levels of lead in the citys water supply. now its back to lock-up.

One of the most feared drugn a mexican prison but inches closer to a u.s. courtroom. this is the home in mexico where authorities captured joaquin "el chapo" guzman. its not just that daring escape that smacks of hollywood. the american actor sean penn taking some heat for secretly meeting the fugitive for a rolling stone article that came out over the weekend. mexican authorities say they want to talk to penn and the mexican actress who apparently arranged the interview. while the legal and eth...

Harboring a fugitive, they place behind closed doors. you dont know anything about the trial until it has concluded when you receive the verdict. so they have wide discretion under their system to move ahead with charges against sean penn. >> thank you both so much. i could go on and on. >> thank you. up next, new details and fresh questions after an 18-year-old girl was raped by five men in a brooklyn park. police releasing video of the attackers taken shortly before the incident. a city koco...

A way to survive. no way to work. >> reporter: el chapo speaking while on the run. physic follow up questions to a face-to-face meeting he had with penn in october. >> translator: all i do is defend myself. nothing more. i do not start looking for trouble. >> reporter: this photo of the two taken three months after the drug kingpin escaped out of a maximum security prison in central mexico. mexican officials want to question the hollywood a-lister along with this famous mexican actress, kate del...

Wrong with it. >> i dont think there is anything wrong it is either. when you consider that in this occasion sean penn was not acting as a journalist, he was performing as a journalist, he did what i might have done, arrange a clandestine meeting with a very newsworthy fugitive. remember john miller the current nypd intelligence commissioner did it it with osama bin laden in 1999 a year after the bombings in africa. there is a long tradition of journalists doing stuff like this. the fact that he...

Of this, ari melber and cal perry. i want to ask you both a couple of questions about this. theres so much talk about what happens to sean penn, given what he did. ari, let me start with you. legally speaking, he was acting as a journalist is he on safe terrain? >> hes on safe terrain here in the united states. "rolling stone" is a real journalistic publication, even if some people feel hes not much of a journalist. mexican authorities may want to speak with him, but that goes to how they view i...

A fox buzz alert, "rolling stone" publishing an interview with el chapo, the mass murdering drug kingping. done by none other than sean penn. one of the questions from the actor -- are you prone to violence? do you try to avoid it? or do you use it as a last resort? >> translator: look, all i do is defend myself. do i go looking for trouble? never. >> rolling stone acknowledged penn and the magazine made an agreement to submit the article to him for approval. what do you make of sean penn meetin...

Exclusive interview to kate del castillo and sean penn. >> translator: its a reality that drug destroys. unfortunately where i group, there is no other way to survive, another way to work. >> reporter: el chapo speaking while on the run. followup questions for a face-to-face meeting he had with penn in october. >> translator: all i do is defend myself. i dont look for trouble. >> reporter: this photo taken just two months after he escaped. now mexican officials want to question the a-lister alon...

I would certainly take it in the event that mexico, with regard to the actress if shes there, they would have the upper hand in terms of speaking with her. at the end of the day, remember, does this rise to the level of hindering prosecution? does it rise to the level of hindering apprehension? is it obstruction of justice? and so the question will turn on should you be in-in violation of the law simply by having a meeting with a fuj tich as opposed to surrendering any material aid or support to...