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wonderful. like you im dax in the hallways and he was one of the people that we met him i would say to him that he was in network news and he would hire me. a wonderful wonderful man and i miss him terribly. >> and he would love that made it on air so thank you for that if hes at the justice department is going to indict him. or distract from the scene tonight. witness testimonies containing damning evidence of donald trumps conduct. as soon as the january six committee. could be relea...

at msnbc, he was a great friend. and like you said, he was one of those people, when you met him, you knew that he was destined for great things. i used to joke with him, to his face, i would say to him, dax, you are gonna be a network news president, and you are going to hire me, a wonderful, wonderful man and i miss him terribly. >> and he would love that made it on air so thank you for that if hes at the justice department is going to indict him. -- so what is donald trump thinking ...

Case. What her plea means for her and the 18 codefendants. And were following the latest developments in the israelhamas war. Israel intensifying air strikes in gaza. Wounded palestinians being rushed to some of the few remaining hospitals. Also happening, President Biden back in the u. S. With a primetime address to the nation tonight after his brief but historic trip to israel where he announced limited humanitarian aid will be getting into gaza from egypt. The big question is when will that a...

Speculation that mark meadows might be cooperating with the justice department. who do you think cooperating witnesses and why. do you think that speculation about mark meadows is right. is that what your gut is telling you? >> its hard to know, and certainly that is something that the justice department would want to keep under wraps. they wouldnt want anything to happen to him because to be a intimidated, are causing anyone to temper with him. its a possibility and hed be such an important wit...

Cohen as a rat. as a former u.s. attorney yourself, a member of the senate judiciary, what do you think about that? >> well, i think it seems a lot like a signal to other potential cooperators that he will turn on them and that there will be a price. so to the extent that hes been engaged in obstruction of justice in plain view for months and months and months now, this is just yet another episode of obstruction in plain view. >> there is also some news tonight about michael flynn. i dont know t...

Built upon. >> joining me now, democratic senator sheldon whitehouse, rhode island, hes a member of the senate judiciary committee. first i want to get your reaction, senator, to something james comey responded to, which is the president of the united states referring to michael cohen as a rat. as a former u.s. attorney yourself, a member of the senate judiciary, what do you think about that? >> well, i think it seems a lot like a signal to other potential cooperators that he will turn on them a...

The executive branch should not be calling people who work with the government who work with prosecutors rats potentially in tainting future prosecutions by communicating to other potential cooperators that the head of the executive branch doesnt look kindly on this sort of thing and might get a better deal if they were to decline to work with prosecutors is dangerous and certainly unprofessional and unbecoming of the executive branch. second, andy is talking about the southern district of new y...

Should know that it should be the incoming national security adviser. i dont see any benefit to this for flynn. the judge has shown interest, and that could mean the judge is thinking about throwing the case out. i dont think thats likely. it could mean the judge on the opposite side is ticked off and think flynn truly has not accepted responsibility now and that could result in a higher sentence. >> flynn was questioned by the fbi agents and the fbi agents did not tell him lying to the fbi was ...