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coverage of a historic federal indictment of a former president of united states begins at this hour with the dramatic full statement made by special prosecutor jack smith this afternoon when he, in effect, introduced himself to the american people, speaking publicly for the very first time in his six and a half months of investigating donald trump. >> good afternoon. today an indictment was unsealed. charging donald j trump with felony violations of our national security laws as well ...

Subpoenas. but the opportunities for litigants in criminal cases, and this is true on both sides of the bar, the prosecutors and the defense, to engage in what we call these interlocutory appears appeals, these piecemeal repeated appeals of each ruling. that is significantly reduced in the context of criminal litigation. but i will tell, you if i can follow up on what harry was saying about judge cannon, lawrence, i have considerable concern about judge alien can. and one of the first things i d...

>> reporter: both sides are digging in and it is creating a lot of attention in the house republican party. in one corner, so far five house republicans have vowed to oppose him. if those numbers hold, that would be enough to deny mccarthy the speaker ship. he can only afford to lose four votes. and so far this group is not macking down. im told that they have been trying to recruit an alternative candidate. they asked steve scalise and as well as jim jordan if they would be interested. and all ...

The same president with the same failed policies. whatever you replace it with is going to reflect what the president wants to do. >> lets not pretend in every party throughout time there have been policy disagreements, right? its about do the democrats have something for november, a clear consistent message or are they creating their own distractions? >> i actually think democrats do have a clear and consistent message. it doesnt have to do completely with donald trump. its all about a positive...

Looks, he hurt his shoulder and thats why he doesnt have a coat on today. we pish him the best. >> and the supreme court could end up smacking down. u.s. sure we could travel, take it easy... but weve never been the type to just sit back... not when weve got so much more to give when you have the right financial advisor, life can be brilliant. ameriprise imy moderate to severeng crohns disease. i didnt think there was anything else to talk about. but then i realized there was. so, i finally brok...

Activate? the smacking down, i enjoyed it. >> at the same time, look, the american/russian relationship is really important. i wants good to smack him down. i agree on the snowden issue. but the relationship with putin is key. the president needs to rebuild the personal relationship with putin. right now theres bad chemistry. issues relating to iran sanctions, north korea, issues relating to u.n. veto in the security council by russia, egypt. you know, davids a foreign policy expert. the whole i...

Activate? the smacking down, i enjoyed it. >> at the same time, look, the american/russian relationship is really important. i wants good to smack him down. i agree on the snowden issue. but the relationship with putin is key. the president needs to rebuild the personal relationship with putin. right now theres bad chemistry. issues relating to iran sanctions, north korea, issues relating to u.n. veto in the security council by russia, egypt. you know, davids a foreign policy expert. the whole i...

Governors races who probably helped talk him into getting into the governors race. they eventually added some other national consultants and reading between the lines of this, the governor was also smacking down and scolding the people who were talking. they had been doing a lot less talking and he went on here to strongly defend the texas team, the people who had helped keep him in the governors office. >> mark halperin just to verify this story from politico, youre hearing it. were all hearing...

Who were with him through his governors races who probably helped talk him into getting into the governors race. they eventually added some other national consultants and reading between the lines of this, the governor was also smacking down and scolding the people who were talking. they had been doing a lot less talking and he went on here to strongly defend the texas team, the people who had helped keep him in the governors office. >> mark halperin just to verify this story from politico, your...