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The motive several times, and the chief said that it was a pistol used. he was not aware of any other weapons. again, they do not know exactly how long the shooter was active in the store. they do not have the information on whether there were a lot of customers in the store, but again, we were told it was just before closing time. jim? >> long enough to kill six people. todd, thanks so much. a statement from the white house on the shooting in virginia, president biden saying hes directed federa...

They were already there, and had responded. the san francisco police chief bill scott spoke with nbc news a short time ago. >> we saw him being struck, right in front of my officers. definitely, the da is in lockstep with us, we have been sharing information along the way. so she will take the appropriate action. he needs to be held accountable. i am confident she will take the appropriate action. >> david depape has been booked on a variety of charges including attempted murder, assault with a ...

>> but jessica, why wouldnt they get their hands on it? doesnt the committee share -- there was an issue early on about sharing information, but the committee could just give it to the department of justice, couldnt they? >> absolutely. they very well might do that. but there has been that sticking point to how much evidence the committee has actually been handing over to prosecutors both at the doj and elsewhere. you would assume that they would hand over these emails as well, and these documen...

Important that these documents should not have been in donald trumps possession. and then more documents may still be in his possession. >> classified documents are not just some bureaucratic stamp. it means that an intelligence agency compiled certain information that was so sensitive that it had to be handled in a certain way. the definition of classified documents is at the top secret level it is information that discloses exceptional damage to the national security of the united states. it m...

Privileges, in this case, to keep aides from sharing information to yoern turn the 2020 election, what do you make of that? >> i think the trump legal team has a much more difficult battle here with the grand jury for a couple of reasons, boris. first, the president that does exist speaks about the grand jury would trump -- no pun intended -- any of if executive issues. also important to remember t january 6th committee did not fight hard. one of the reasons is an executive privilege held by the...

Federal prosecutor and host of the podcast that said with michael zeld nl. good to see you. >> hello. >> is this a viable route, trumps secret court bat toll keep aides from sharing information about efforts to overturn the 2020 election? >> it is. what this is, is about essentially watergate, nixon tapes part 2. in the nixon watergate tapes case the independent counsel wanted the watergate tapes that nixon said he was not going to give because they were executive privilege, the supreme court sa...

Hes going to be able to talk about the treatment he received, plus probably some other things that he saw in a prisoner of war camp. >> thank you both very much. and, next, new details about trumps secret court battle to keep his former aides from sharing information about january 6th with the federal grand jury. plus, an emotional moment. two americans captured in ukraine arrived back on american soil this afternoon. and one of the biggest mysteries in the world, u.s. government officials i...

Entire fire wall that donald trump has tried to erect around his presidency and specifically what people were telling him on january 6th leading up to that day. what advice he was getting and what decisions he was making. what he was saying to them. for the justice department if they are able to get past this privilege argument, then that could be pivotal for their investigation, what they can learn. of course history in the past legal precedent has not on former presidents sides with this. >> t...

So theres an interesting relationship here in terms of what the committee has unearthed, and how this d.c.-based grand jury investigation is unfolding. >> yeah, not surprisingly. one of the things that has mystified me, and i havent heard reasonable explanation for it, why there has been so little sharing information between the committee and the doj? but for whatever reasons, that may be a political one. the doj now is sort of circumventing that, and as we pointed out, and as the reporting poin...

Mar-a-lago? >> sure. as jessica indicates, additional details. one is when it comes to the espionage act, section 793, they cite the subsection, 793e and theres language about sharing information with foreign adversaries. thats a critical element. in january, they mentioned that news outlets at the time that the original 15 boxes were removed and brought to d.c., that there were two moving trucks seen at mar-a-lago at the time. why were they there? we also have seen the exchanges of information,...