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>> ellison barber, thank you. lets pretend criminal offense attorney tracey. help me out here. some people are calling this a bombshell report. others like the president say theres nothing to it. which is it? >> to say that the presidents lawyer, really the white house lawyer talking to a special investigator whos investigating crime regarding the president to say that his unusual would really be an understatement. the president here gave unfettered access for the special counsel to talk to the ...

All of these exhibits to the individual counts and the judge refused. so what kind of impact do you think that that will have as the jury tries to sift through all of this evidence? its overwhelming for people who follow it closely. >> its so hard and in trying cases you try to simplify it as much as possible, but one of the most difficult ways of learning is to sit on a jury. you cant ask question. you cant read things, you cant request particular things maybe youre fused about. theres no dialo...

>> he seemed to dismantle one of rudy giulianis favorite myths that he tells the trump base, that somehow there was any -- former justice department officials have told me that the way to call trumps bluff early on would have been to say, sure, shine a light on the fisaly kalgs. release the whole darn thing. this is one of the most incorruptible parts of the system. >> having worked for director mueller irk tell you how much work and time and attention -- >> its a pain in the neck. >> is that an...

Saying. reality tv here, discussing this earlier. mike, you always have your ear to the ground certainly. an understatement. what do you think her editorial calendar is like? how much longer might it go? a week, mentioned earlier or months? >> october surprise, even? >> shes taking all of trumps bag of trips. doing the tease, doing the media. intimidati intimidation. playing the different -- off each other. yesterday with a.p. taping the abc podcast. of course she is. >> right. >> lets move on n...

The situation room. the recording is a violation of protocol and criticized by the administration. sarah sanders said the very idea a staff member would sneak a recording device into the white house situation room shows disregard for national security and to brag about it on national television further proves the lack of character and integrity of this disgruntled former white house employee. by any measure, there is great concern here at the white house, julie, that a former high-level white ho...

Two asylum seekers fighting deportation were put on a plane and sent back to el sam dorr while their case was in the middle of being heard. a federal judge erupted, ordering that plane be returned back to the united states. judge emmitt sullivan threatened to hold u.s. attorney general jeff sessions in contempt. the mother and her daughter go by the name of carmen, thats the mothers name, came to the u.s. from el salvador with her daughter after what she says were two decades of horrific sexual ...

They assured me they would not stand in the way of our re-engagement with the bureau. he texted back i will pass along to my colleagues, thanks. on november 18th, after the election trump won, now muellers witch hunt was now underway. christopher steele writing "i am presuming youve heard nothing back from your special counsel colleagues on the issues you kindly put to them from me"? and then he goes on to say "to say this is disappointing would be an understatement. certain people have been wil...

Railroad all that hot on donald trump. the president has been -- >> that is the understatement of the morning! women -- >> a lot of republican women. >> literally. >> i guess thats a better way to put it nap really is, noah, as you look at the map last night, and you look at these races as we continue, this is sort of the home stretch before we go into the final push after labor day. that seems to be the overarching headline of all of these results that women have not just been offended by donal...

And that is taking care of people who need help and are unable to take care of themselves. todd: you had an interesting story about when you asked your son philip as to why he wanted to go into the army. what did he say? >> yes. he explained to me that it was very important to him that he was able to help people who could not help themselves. it was a touching moment and meant volumes to me when he was killed. todd: when you see what is going on in our country and you see what your son died figh...

Self-inflictself-inflic self-inflicted wound. we dont know the back story, but our understanding is this was not a tragic legal tweet. this was not a messaging tweet. this was the president waking up and doing what we reported him doing in our story, privately brooding and then publicly fuming and roaring. he sent this tweet out to refute a part of our story, but in doing so, actually pushed his own narrative into a place thats not particularly helpful for him or his namesake son. >> that might ...