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In public statements since the indictment became public, donald trump has said repeatedly there was no document. thats his sentence, there was no document, which seems to mean, in trump speak, that it was not holding up a document for people to see. that seems to be what he has said publicly. in the audio recording you are about to hear, you can hear what sounds like paper moving, sounds consistent with donald trump holding up a document that he describes as being, quote, pages long. those are h...

To reporters who have been at the forefront of all of this from the beginning. caitlin, folks at home can probably go and put some headphones on and listen really closely to what you are hearing there. because the shuffling of the papers is almost like a silent character in this audiotape. what does it mean for the former president to hear what actually transpired in this room? >> its remarkable, because paul and i and our other colleague and really our whole team we have been reporting on this ...

Be a critical piece of evidence if the government ends up going to trial. in other words, if he doesnt ever end up pleaing first and this really does go to a trial. the transcript of it we had in the indictment. so, we knew that this incident occurred already because the text of it was in the documents. but one of the things that stood out to me now in hearing the audio was that individual who says, wow, because when that person says, wow, when it sounds like he is showing the individual a class...

Damning. the special counsel is alleging trump improperly held on to classified information, here allegedly was this description of audio evidence of trump appearing to admit he was in possession of secret material. that it is not declassified. it is classified material and he is nevertheless showing it to people who are absolutely not cleared to see it at this meeting at his golf course. thanks to the indictment weve all read the transcript of that supposed recording. but now tonight we can all...

With an author and members of donald trumps staff. the indictment says the conversation, quote, was recorded with trumps knowledge and consent. that transcript of the recording in the indictment makes it clear that donald trump is discussing a classified document. when it quotes donald trump saying, see, as president, i could have declassified it. now, i cant, you know, but this is still a secret. in the indictment, the transcript refers to a senior military official and country a. and in the au...

Evidence will be admissible. and as i suggested, he wont be rebutting them. so those two things, at a minimum and that is a lot already. >> lets play that bret baier more meant, because that is how donald trump tried to explain whether there was, what that document was that he was showing off. lets listen to that. >> there was no document, that was a massive amount of papers and everything else. talking about iran and other things. and it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a docu...

To be kept on all of this. >> apparently thats been violated by somebody. i dont know. why do i assume that a leak to a liberal outlet likely didnt come from some conservative, but maybe somebody close to that special counsel? im just a guess. i dont know. what do you think? >> yeah, you know, so on that is a key point. i sit here and i see these things, these details of a case in a court of law by a special counsel come in and theyre aired on cnn. we a transcript of the tape. we get a audio rec...

Other thing we have heard a lot about is whether ministers and civil servants, their eyes were taken off the ball because of brexit. there was a lot of no—deal brexit planning going on in 2018 and 2019. the criticism and suggestion has been that it did happen, because frankly it was the bigger risks, say civil servants, facing the country at a time. ., ~ ,, , . servants, facing the country at a time. . ~ ,, , . �*, time. thank you very much. lets cross over _ time. thank you very much. lets ...

Now. ♪ all right. good morning, everyone. were so glad youre with us. really significant developments overnight, perhaps after you went to bed. happy to have phil by my side. good morning. >> good morning. >> how are you doing? >> you know those moments when you see a transcript of something, i really like to listen to the actual tape. >> then cnn obtains the tape. >> and the tape is just as bad, if not worse, than the transcript was. and you think, oh, wow. this is huge news. >> then a form...

This on tape. but all we could see the indictment was prosecutors allegation that this tape existed and that on the state trump said those things. trump said those thing s. and, you know, as an allegation, it is damning. the special counsel is alleging that trump improperly held on to classified information. he allegedly, his description of audio evidence of trump appearing to admit that it was in position of secret material, that it is not declassified. its classified material. and hes neverthe...