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>> yeah. >> with us now is attorney tim parlatore, who used to represent the former president in this case, i should note, and on several other fronts. tim, thanks for joining us tonight. you once said that you thought when people could actually listen to that tape which you yourself listened to that you believed it was more open to interpretation whether he was actually referencing a document. but after listening to it does sound like hes actually referencing a document in his hands. >> well, c...

Protected by people around him. >> the mccarthy story is fascinating. there are nobody shoes i would want to be in less than mccarthys in washington. having to field from his members who want to show theyre loyal to trump and having to tamp down all of those revolts in his own party at the moment. but i was struck like john about the -- its almost like hes thinking in real time, maybe they were building plans, that doesnt sound right, lets go with golf plans. theres a question mark after the bui...

Because they dont want the backlash from the republican electorate in a primary to turn against them. but i do think counter to what you were saying, i do think it is really important to hear him on tape. when we got the transcript people said, well, we need a bit more context. when we have context and hear his voice. it illuminates a little bit more and brings to life a little more about how much recklessness and carelessness he was using our national security documents. i think it is important...

At all. >> you dont think it makes it more damaging to absolutely hear him so kind of carelessly talk about information that he has tried to claim wasnt a document per se? >> i think at the end of the, day i think it is good and its been a season -- 2016 in one respect. because you have all of these allegations, these charges against biden, you will have all of these charges and allegations against trump. the american people are probably going to wash their hands of both of them and then vote on...

Interview that you are playing with fox news. but i think the audiotape tonight conclusively, as glenn said a moment ago, just destroys this claim. and i want to re-echo something that glenn set because glenn has been a formidable prosecutor. he understands this. and hes absolutely right. there is no substitute for hearing this if you are the jury, from donald trumps own mouth. it is one thing to read a transcript or something like that, or have someone else say, heres what trump said. its anoth...

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These are classified documents. this is national defense information. it is not a joke. >> yes, as is transcribed in the indictment, donald trump says, he is talking about these documents, he says, isnt that amazing? and then he says, except it is like highly confidential. and then, laughter. and tonight, andrew weissmann, for the first time, heard that laughter. and as bradley moss says, it is so striking when you see, as soon as trump tells them that this is highly confidential, everyone inclu...

Quote that is in this recording that is not included in the indictment is where he says, quote, these are the papers. and kaitlan, you can bet prosecutors are now going to hone in on that at any anticipating trial. >> also when he says, isnt that interesting, its so cool. you just read the transcript. but to hear the casual nature of it. and katelyn, youre in miami because all of this is going on. cnn has obtained this recording, as walt nauta is going to be arraigned tomorrow. he wasnt arraigne...

>> if youre prosecuting the case, dough a split screen of the things he said to you in the town hall and publicly and the transcript of what hes saying. i think the big question is, is there actually a document there? it sure sounds like it. i mean that both in the sense of what hes saying, you can hear papers being rustled. and you hear him say something as if secret and confidential, as if hes reading it off the paper. thats what we mean by classified markings. this is the moment prosecutors h...

>> hes not just saying, heres this document. he clearly appears to be showing it to them. only the people in the room could know that. you could hear in that why this is so critical to jack smiths case because its trump acknowledging, i have this document, it is secret, it is classified, i cannot declassify it now because hes six months out of office. and its just remarkable to hear him actually saying it. and i was talking to someone in trumps orbit about this because obviously a lot of people ...