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a to be suing account sitting congressman for this. i mean, its really amazing what were seeing happen. it is. its very uncommon. and of course, i mean, donald trump is the first former president to ever be indicted. and so thats also unprecedented, so were seeing measures. between local courts, and prosecutors and congress play out on a field that weve never really seen before, and this is a huge escalation in this back and forth. i mean for weeks now weve seen the tensions between ji...

colleagues it would be eccentric to change governments when were delivering so much. i regret not to have been successful in those arguments. >> and theres big breaking news from moscow. appearing at her trial today wnba star center brittney griner has pleaded guilty to drug charges but said it was accidental, just one day after president biden spoke with her wife cherelle by phone. her plea to perhaps accelerate the end of the trial, perhaps lead to negotiations to her release. well h...

>> also, we have to talk about paul whelan. weve talked to his family, and they are concerned they dont have the celebrity. they dont have the resources that griner has had. theyve been trying -- hes been there for four years, and theyve tried four times letters to the white house asking for any kind of contact with the president. they talked to the national security adviser the last time on may 4th. but they say theyve gotten nothing back and not really any details. theres a lot of frustration ...

You want to start to get a dialogue. there are different ways, and police have a lot of techniques in the hostage negotiation program where they can find out if he has a cellphone. they know there was a family dispute, and im sure they have a cellphone number. theyll start communications with him. another thing thats important, you have to have an inner perimeter. you said earlier they were moving the crowds back. thats important, because the only people that will be allowed inside the inner per...

To be facing? she was so kind to him, calling him baby, youre going to be okay, we all have our problems. hes got some problems. >> reporter: right. michael hill has a lot of problems he does face. he has some serious charges hes been hit with, and on top of that we already know he has a history of mental issues. the public defenders kaufs in dekalb county says he has been assigned public defenders that specialize with mental health issues. his first court appearance september 5th, ashleigh. >> ...