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>> as i read the affidavit i see a conspiracy, this is a big case. >> whats the next domino to fall. plus, pack on the trail. >> the maga republic dont just threaten our personal -- theyre a threat to our very democracy. >> president biden ramps up his rhetoric ahead of the midterms as republican campaign woes persist, are democrats gaining momentum? and promise kept. >> the president promised some forgiveness. >> he follows through on a campaign pledge to forgive student loans, is...

as trumps legal pearl grows. >> as i read the affidavit, i see a conspiracy. this is a big case. >> whats the next domino to fall? plus, back on the trail. >> maga republicans are a threat to our very democracy. >> president biden ramps up his rhetoric ahead of the midterms. as campaign woes persist, are democrats gaining momentum, and promise kept. >> the president promised some forgiveness. >> the president follows through on a campaign pledge to erase student loans. but is it a life...

from as msnbc world headquarters, welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news as we await a news conference from police in mississippi where a pilot is now in custody after threatening to crash his plane into a walmart. he circled the skies for hours and instead landed in a field in north mississippi. the faa says only the pilot was on board, no word yet confirming his identity. it started early today after the pilot took off from to pull a regional airport. the police go...

The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. Ricochetting across the political universe tonight which are the ones that involve appear to involve the president of the United States. That he was directed to make payments in coordination with the candidate and with the campaign of President Donald Trump to two women. One was in one involved a payment to a woman 150,000, believed to be Karen Mcdougal. The second to a payment believed to be Storm...

Investigation. And the fact that barr has been really the only voice speaking out on this has fed that perception. So with mueller now finally adding his voice, that will hurt the president s ability to continue this line of total exoneration, jim. Especially when its not true. Doesnt match the facts. Sarah westwood, thanks very much. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Top of the hour here. I am jim sciutto in new york. Our breaking news, a bombshell in the making. Robert mueller, the Special ...

There was substantial evidence of criminal intent by the president , in his view. Were going to see bob mueller walk out and were going to be watching for is he alone, is mr. Barr behind him or in the room, what are the first words that bob mueller wants to publicly utter . A man who is reticent, sometimes to a fault his supporters say. He clearly has something to say. Does he in any way elude to or cite what we know to be major disagreements with mr. Barr about what mueller found in his investi...

Sound complicated. how complicated is this case, do you think? >> thats a great question. you have to get back to the jury sooner or later. and you need clear evidence, and a clear story for the jury. i think this case is somewhat complicated. i think if youre not steeped in this stuff, even the word document can sound misleading. if im telling you, we have a list of secret spy names, right? that sounds bad. documents doesnt. if we are watching what will come, when they go to trial, they have to...

Charges. it also is a separate crime to disseminate versus just possess. andit differentiates biden an pence. so from a political perspective it is huge because there is no evidence this happened with respect to president biden or former vice president pence. the information is not just classified information, it is one of the most sensitive types of classified information which is war plans involving potential attack on iran. so from every single aspect of this, if this reporting is accurate an...

Far. >> and melissa, the government has already showed us some of what they are building on the obstruction side. it is in sort of these extraordinary releases of documents because of the extraordinary nature of going to a judge to seek approval for a search of mar-a-lago. so we know that they had evidence. and part of the reason they went before a judge to search mar-a-lago is they had probable cause to belief there was more evidence of obstruction. how do you assess the strength of the governm...

Merrick garland spent a lot of time thinking about whether they should even execute a warrant. the fact that they did suggests a level side -- the deputy attorney office is quite alarmed by the volume of classified material. i think if there is an indictment, its less likely to be about the boarding -- hoarding of documents, and more on the obstruction side. the justice department has made that clear in recent filings. trumps lawyers or whoever it was to ultimately not give all of the materials ...