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Were just learning the identity of that i.t. director, two people close to the investigation tell cnn his name is taveras, trump employee number four in that indictment. trump is also facing an additional charge for willfully retaining a top secret document about military attack plans for iran. cnns paula reid joins me now. two categories in effect in these new charges in the classified documents indictment. tell us about the obstruction one, about deleting potential evidence here. >> thats righ...

Clean. but now these two additional pieces that weve learned sequentially from jack smiths fairly determined and methodical investigation as andrew said, obstruction one, oh, actually, lets just make sure that we dont return some of these and telling aides who know that he asked them do that. and obstruction two, lets delete the serve. and if the government can prove these things and my interpretation is that they are trying to flip mr. nauta and mr. de oliveira as key witnesses who are in a lot...

Game where you get sponsors. theres a lot of stress. hes dealing with a lot of stress. >> dan, thanks so much for your time tonight on that. time now for cnn prime time with abby philip. good evening, everyone. im abby philip and this is a special edition of "cnn tonight." no need to worry. the bathroom doors lock. that is actually one of the defenses donald trumps allies are using to assure all of us that national security was not at risk at his resort home, but tonight were going to show y...

They admit that that is what they did. as to the second article of impeachment, the obstruction one, its also uncontested. all sides agree upon the facts that president trump, unlike any president in u.s. history, has flat-out and completely refused to acknowledge the constitutional authority of the house to conduct an impeachment. and hes refused flat out to cooperate with it or allow any witness testimony like even other impeached presidents have. they are impeaching him on those two articles ...

Meeting as additional leverage, additional pressure behind that demand. thats all uncontested. they admit that is what they did. as for the second article of impeachment, the obstruction one, its also uncontested. all sides agree that president trump has flat out and completely refused to acknowledge the constitutional authority of the house to conduct an impeachment. and hes refused flat out to cooperate with it or allow any witness testimony like even other impeached presidents have. they are ...

Done. >> >> the best way to understand muellers investigation, to look at it as bucket. a russia bucket, obstruction bucket and finance bucket. the bucket we know the most about is the obstruction one, questions about what the president has done since he came into office. why did he fire james comey? why did he ask for comey to end the flynn investigation? why has he demanded so much loyalty of the folks running the investigation. >> with indictments handed up and guilty pas from multiple trump ...

Theres a russia bucket, an obstruction bucket and a finance bucket. the bucket we know the most about is the obstruction one. these are questions about what the president has done since he came into office. why did he fire james comey? why did he ask for comey to end the flynn investigation? why has he demanded so much loyalty of the folks running the investigation? >> headliners, an in-depth look at robert mueller will air sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. thats our broadcast for ton...

>> he will take this wherever it leads. i just wish that we could let him do his job. >> there could be a domino effect that leads to the end of this presidency and robert muellers findings could be that first piece to fall. >> the way to best understand muellers investigations is to look at it as buckets. theres a russia bucket, an obstruction bucket and a finance bucket. the bucket we know the most about is the obstruction one. these are questions about what the president has done since he cam...

Much about him, do you? at least the man behind the investigation. sunday night, our own nicolle wallace will host an in-depth look at robert mueller right here on msnbc and here is a preview. >> he will take this wherever it leads. i just wish that we could let him do his job. >> there could be a domino effect that leads to the end of this presidency and robert muellers findings could be that first piece to fall. >> the way to best understand muellers investigations is to look at it as buckets....

But you dont really know that much about him, do you, at least the man behind the investigation. sunday night our own nicolle wallace will host an in depth look at robert mueller right here on msnbc. here is a preview. >> i just wish we would let him do his job. >> there could be a domino effect that leads to the end of this presidency and robert muellers findings could be that first piece to fall. >> the way to best understand the investigation is look at it as buckets, theres a russia bucket, ...