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>> as it came out of my mouth i was wondering are we going to a problem next time trying to book -- imagine there were 50-50 odds youd just been chosen as one of the people to decide whether or not to criminally indict donald trump. that may very well be the case for the grand juries who are just seated in fulton county, georgia. today over 100 georgians showed up at the superior court of fulton county in atlanta. and for the sake of their privacy were not going to show you any of th...

So it goes federal crimes, state crimes -- >> the pecking order. >> exactly. and then civil charges in order of importance. but remember georgia is a two-step process and so the investigative grand jury that gathered the information that she needs in order to present indictments to the grand jury that has convened today has already done its work. so joyce is absolutely right that she has a head start there. jack smith is also running this other case in mar-a-lago that has some timing challenges ...

Absolute freefall. neil: you know, general, you mentioned the sanctions that are already going on or whip sawing on the country that are -- countries that are imposing then. and russia came back and challenged poland and bulgaria, saying youre going to quit9 my oil, but im quitting you first and suspending all such oil, natural gas shipments to them. ive raised this with defense department spokesman john kirby. i want you the react to this. >> this is right out of the russian playbook. you weapo...

Was, oh, now, we can keep going and keep on the heat. >> well, here to go overhead lions with us, nbc white house correspondent kelly odonnell with the president in florida. sarah westwood. and john harwood as well. and cliff lavelle from the national coalition for trump. were going to start here with kelly odonnell, west palm beach. kelly, another good day on this sunday. the democrats are issuing a new call to the democrats concerning their partys memo. whats the latest on that? >> reporter: w...

The standpoint of not knowing whats in the memo. and also not being an expert in national security and not knowing what would jeopardize sources and methods. but the nunes memo has turned out in reality to be so weak that there may be an argument, especially if the fbi objects to the democratic memo coming outside for democrats to respect that opinion, and not insist in putting their rebuttal out there. but were going to have to see, you know, how the public is processing this. and how democrats...

Fbi phones but its not illegal for government officials to have personal opinions. >> bill, how do you see it? same way or something different? >> no, i think i see it a little differently. while i agree to some extent, i really believe that missteps are something thats going to be determined further down the road than this is right now. i think so what was done, if in fact the bureau in trying to seek the affidavit now for the fisa warrant, if in fact, they recused or took out some information ...

This document, this investigation to look like nothing more than opposition research. and i think its important for voters, i think its important for constituents and americans to note. what is really taking place. and what is taking place right now is embarrassing. its unfortunate. but there are good folks in congress who are working hard on behalf of the american people to make sure that those in the department of justice and the fbi and law enforcement community are doing the job that they sw...

Given this very dramatic way in which the special counsels investigation is progressing? >> no, again, i think this is an attempt to trivialize and minimize the investigation. its to thwart the directors efforts. hes an accomplished investigator. i have great respect for him. and i think these kinds of attempts are really to preserve the mythology of president trump trying to make america great again. but in fact, they criticize the obama administration for using these agencies to weaponize info...

Clinical assessments. theyre not meant to be judgments. theyre just how doctors speak. when you bring it to the political realm, its felt to be purely subjective, just an attack. but if there were a process by which, as we see candidates get older and older, there were an objective evaluation by neurologists, psychologists, and the information was shared in a transparent manner, and voters, the american public, the cabinet can make of it what they will, but they have the information, itd inform ...

The summer, for example. would he be willing to testify. he said, 100%. that was specifically in response to some of the claims that were made by former fbi director james comey. again, we need to circle back with him. but you bring up an important point. what does the president think about all of this? we dont know. frankly, we dont know if he has read in on these conversations that are taking place. at this point, as far as we understand, based on the sources weve been speaking to, these conve...