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i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. attack and defend. while donald trump and his allies blast away at special counsel jack smith, one of trump's former attorneys tries to explain away those classified documents. so, if they weren't originals, just copies, does that mean there's no crime? plus, the air in this city today isn't just nasty, it's historically bad. forcing the closure of everything from broadway to the bronx zoo. the thickening blanket of smoke now settling over philly, wilmington and beyond as well. so when is it going to go away? and a ...

We know that this just continues to be something that robert her, the special counsel appointed in that case has been reviewing through the course of his investigation and when the time comes, we understand that the president and his aides would commit to that interview. again, we don't know exactly what form that would take, but that is one biden aide put to us, there's no real weight around it. that is something that as the former president's case could perhaps be coming top an end here and we saw the former vice president's case did wrap up in that context, that one didn't a special counsel...

Over the border aren't american enough. >> these aren't our kids. show them compassion, but it is not like he is doing this to the people of idaho or texas. >> reporter: no surprise the president is now abandoning efforts to pass immigration reform tweeting republicans should stop wasting their time on echl grace until after the november elections, this is after he tweeted earlier this week change the laws, get it done. >> we're also wanting to go through congress. we will be going through congress. we're working on a much more comprehend sive bill. >> reporter: still the question remains whet...

Clinton's she had an aide put out a statement saying that former secretary clinton endorses the president's decision to have congress weigh in on this behind his support for a forceful and aggressive action against syria's use of horrible chemical weapons, which seems like a very parsed statement and a way to keep herself at a distance. do you think this is a move to -- >> first of all, she in the end can't be at a distance. sometimes over the next week she's -- i predict she is going to come out and say she supports it. i mean, she was his secretary. she was actually a fairly hawkish secretar...