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world? i kind of drove around the neighborhood looking for nuclear power plant. i just wanted to make sure. just wanted to make sure. there wasnt one within walking distance anyway. >> i mean, the thing about nuclear power is that its got some stuff going for it in terms of carbon emissions in greenhouse gas emissions in everything, its great. but you know? what when used as directed, nuclear power plants produce nuclear waste and were not always great at working with. and a time of wa...

>> and tennis legend serena williams taking the court tonight in what could be the final singles match of her storied career. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. im pamela brown, and youre in "the situation room." >> lets get right to our top story. mar-a-lago material seized by the fbi and whether they could be impacted by attorney/client privilege. the justice department says its working through the documents and found a limite...

forthcoming with investigators, or both. sources telling the "times," investigators still are seeking more surveillance footage from mar-a-lago, a sign officials are looking into how the classified material was handle while improperly stored at the former presidents estate. according to the "times," the fbi declined to comment. president trumps spokesman did not immediately respond. joining us now, justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and former u.s. attorney and senio...

One thing he did not do was release his tax returns. His running mate, however, did just that. Cnns Sunlen Serfaty joins me. In terms of the rally, what was he talking about tonight, anything in particular . Reporter its really interesting. Donald trump has the teleprompter tonight, he has prepared remarks but its really a spot where hes deviated from those prepared remarks. It certainly caught our ear tonight. Hes talking about Hillary Clinton, setting up the private email server, all the contr...

Corruption in the past versus whether it was trying to affect the forthcoming election. this is very relevant, and hunter biden did get a lot of money -- howard: yes, those are the facts. >> and that relationship was used to affect u.s. policy, and these are important things. howard: beverly, the press is already saying adam schiff will say no to this, and the gop will accuse the democrats of running a one-sided hearing. >> yeah. its all a strategy by the republicans. i think its a smart strateg...

Problematic for the administration. brian: until the transcript comes out you are not allowed to talk about it. ed: we are getting selective leaks of pieces of information. the point is the facts have not all been on the administration side and i think we have to acknowledge that. steve: they have not. there have been selective leaks to make the administration look bad. ed: lets see their side of it. steve: for the democrats to say we are going to make this public very shortly. we dont know that...

Defense? >> if he was in russia, if he was in china, if he was in some other countries that i dont think we want to look like, he may be right. it is a crime. it was one of the articles that richard nixon faced and i dont think any of us want to look at our children and say i wept to work today and decided that abuse of power is not a crime. >> final question, what is the time line here? there is some transparency argument that at some point this cant be behind closed doors, the american people,...

The president. a little hard to tell. take a listen. >> im a former prosecutor, and what i know is this is a perfect time for a preliminarily hearing where you would say show us your evidence. what evidence of a crime do you have? the constitution, sort of abuse of power is not a crime. >> abuse of power is not a crime. what do you think of that defense? >> if he was in russia, if he was in china, if he was in some other countries that i dont think we want to look like, he may be right, it was a...

Deputy, right? rod rosenstein, from the fbi, he says, all of this supersedes republicans, democrats, even democrats want to know the answers. david? >> exactly. the best way to get this investigation wrapped up is for there to be full transparency and questions answered. but you know, seeing the president have that conversation right there, it goes to all of this complaint that he is not doing enough media conferences and having people into the east room to have a big presidential press conferen...

Already priming for tearing down the democratic side of things. >> right. the transparency argument runs a little thin. i wonder here. you have the president. he tens going after the fbi head on and the justice department. he is also being contradicted by his own party. republicans, trey gowdy saying it is about a lot more than the dossier. he know his base will stick with him no matter what. as he picks fights with law enforcement, d.o.j., does president went those battles? >> he needs to suppo...