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Set him free, you know? just the circle of life, right? ari, great seeing you. will i see you later again today on this show? >> you're excited about the theme. we have more on the benghazi story. >> we do. if you have questions for jarrett adams or ari, join them on their twitter chat today at 5:00 p.m. eastern time using #jarrettadams. "saturday night live" doesn't shy away from controversy, and this weekend was no exception, as host amy schumer took on the hot-button issue of gun control. here's nbc's natalie morales. ♪ >> reporter: in her "saturday night live" debut -- >> i'm hosting "...

Improperly fired in june for his military service and being impartial. the committee denies the allegations. our chief political correspondent, ari melburne, is here. tell us what's going on with this case. >> basically, a brand-new set of charges that came out over the weekend in an interview on cnn and then also a draft civil complaint. i've obtained a copy of it. we're not at liberty to release the whole thing, but it out lines a series of allegations, both broad about the political independence of the committee, and narrow about this particular ex-benghazi investigator's interactions and r...

Part, so those types of allegations flying both ways. they say he was actually the one trying to damage people politically in the administration. what i can tell you from the legal perspective here, since this is a draft federal complaint lawsuit, is a lot of this will turn on what kind of material and documentary evidence can come before a court. he said he said debate. for example, the complaint has some things that are attributed to staff leadership that would look bad but are basically just this one person's statement about them, and that can go back and forth contested. >> right. >> the b...

Wrongful convictions. the goal, bring together prosecutors and defense attorneys to tackle a controversial problem -- what to do when the justice system fails and sends innocent people to jail. that's an issue for our own chief legal correspondent, ari melber, reporting today. hey, ari, didn't i just see you a little while ago? >> i feel like we've been on more than one story, jose. sometimes that's the case. >> and you know what? these are important stories, especially this one. >> this one is pretty interesting, and i think uplifting to a lot of people. i just got back from chicago, where i ...

Death of hollywood star, natalie wood. >> recently, we have received information, which we felt was substantial, enough to make us take another look at this case. >> now, ari, this was a, you know, a famous tragedy back in 1981, where natalie wood was with her husband, robert wagner, the actor, and christopher walken on a boat where she ended up drowning. and i guess the boat captain now has a book out that he's peddling. some are saying this is just a way for him to gin up book sales. this is 30 years later, but this mystery is still basically unsolved. >> i wish there was a way to talk about...