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Really need these medications. >> how badly do they depend on them? >> if somebody has been dependent on pain and taking them long term, at that pont they need them it would be hard to taper them down. that is one of the big concerns. its worth pointing out we take 80 to 90% of the worlds opioids in this country. my point is this, its not that people dont need these medications the rest of the world physician out how to take less. people have pain issues all over the world. so why do we -- >> do...

How things went today. pointing out the shortcomings in the governments case. the government has not met their burden of proof. >> i am joined by news national security and justice reporter julia ainsley who was in the courtroom. last best chance. how did it go for them? >> not quite as well for the prosecution. they were picking and choosing around the edges here. one of the things they said that might have stuck if the judge hadnt instructed the jury to ignore it is the argument that we will o...

Anybody with a security clearance themselves or has a relationship with democrats and individuals in the intelligence community or in state, et cetera. so it has to be a political figure. but is it somebody inside the white house inis it somebody outside the white house? a media figure who is especially close to the president? i cant imagine donald trump is not getting some positive reinforcement from something who is in the maka crowd. >> i cant imagine if its john boll on the which is not a po...

Learn more at cancercenter.com cancer treatment centers of america. appointments available now. the president of the united states used his executive power to retaliate against a former cia director who would dare to criticize him. the first trial in the era of robert mueller wrapping up. in summing up his case, the lead prosecutor said "mr. manafort lied to keep more money when he had it and lied when he didnt. this is a case about lies." >> mr. manafort was happy about how things went today....

Might feel the need to. this is not the first time trump has ignored his senior-most and most experienced officials. as with the putin meeting. im just making the point, its more than a messaging thing. this is a decision that has consequences in the intelligence community. >> all right, gentlemen. hang tight. abby, i want to hear from you. hit me. >> i think its worth pointing out a couple of things that sarah sanders did and did not say in this briefing. she couldnt defend the criteria that sh...

Learned she was close to getting her hands on this purported tape of donald trump using the "n" word. its hard to know precisely what the truth in all of this is. weve seen white house officials aggressively move to discredit her and counter all of the claims she makes in this book. but setting that aside, its worth pointing out that until this point, the relationship between president trump and omarosa had been mutually beneficial, if not entirely transactional. she was able to rely on him to i...

Quetara. thanks for sticking around. what is president trumps end game as you continues that attack against him own attorney general? >> so poor jeff sessions, right? scared stiff and missing in action, some of the harshest words the president has used with regards to jeff sessions. thats really saying something given the repeated attacks on jeff sessions over the last few months, over the last 18 months, just over and over again attacks on jeff sessions. we know the president is not pleased wit...

Supremacists saying they are better than evening else. there are a lot of difficult issues and they have to trade caref -- tread carefully. >> when we cover white nationalist, we can hide although i dont think we should. no matter how we describe them, we have to recognize when were interviewing these folks or pointing cameras at them, we are -- they are viewing it as a chance to recruit. thats my concern, jeff, they are viewing it as a chance to recruit followers. what is your view on what she ...

For his safety or anyone at the white house. but yes, he has to figure what hes going to do on this and what he does one way or another will, the politics will be heavy. arthel: it is a sunday afternoon in august. im not sure if he has been able to contact any of the normal folks there in d.c. but if you did let me know if you heard anything please tell me. have you spoke to anybody? any of your normal contacts? have they made any statements to you? reporter: not at this point, no. right now the...

Weve got to get him out of there. its a lot of back and forth just because a juror might have flipped on the tv at the wrong time. >> chad, you were there. we do know what it is you witnessed. what was it like witnessing it? >> we expected the prosecution to come in and rest their case today. instead we were greeted by a 20-minute huddle between the attorneys and judge ellis. like you say, there wasnt any kind of explanation for why there was a delay. i recessed till the afternoon. we got a coup...