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Welcomed, obviously, for those who did not know him and only knew him for his service. colonel bill smullen, congressman jane harman, thank you. donald trump is giving a deposition today in a lawsuit over an incident that happened during a protest outside of trump tower in new york city. joining me is nbc's tom winter and former manhattan assistant d.a. rebecca roy fee. tom, take us inside this civil case. talk us through what it's really back, what it stems from and what the implications are here. >> you remember the president's statements about immigration, about people from mexico coming ...

Sign. >> i said, "well, he probably burned the house himself to cover evidence." >> now the investigation into shannon's disappearance had a deadly clock ticking till his release. >> the case is still open at that point in time. and we realize that no new leads are coming in, and we decide at that point in time that this is a time when butch is going to get out of jail. he's going to get out of jail at the end of december 2003. >> during hinton's time behind bars, the fbi kept working on the case, building up more and more circumstantial evidence against him. >> it seemed like it was just esca...

Attorney phillip holloway former assistant d.a. and police officer and phillip. they called off the search at the carlton reserve on monday and started it again on tuesday. you appear to be skeptical that brian laundrie is -- that they will find him alive. >> well, you know, most people, trace, good morning. most people are incapable of functioning in the world for very long without leaving some evidence of their very existence. the very fact that they are searching in a swamp in florida as you mentioned filled with alligators and snakes and other creatures is not a place that's hospitable to ...

And i'll push in handcuffs. in a court deputy walks up behind the prosecutor, not the defendant. >> he was interrupting, he was becoming unhinged. >> after the dramatics with the prosecutor, the judge did finishes thought. he throughout the entire case against charlie. a judicial ruling that meant the case could not be re-prosecuted, or retried. >> it was a big win for charlie. he was ecstatic. >> outside the courtroom, the media was waiting for charlie, the former defendant who had not yet spoke to reporters. >> now you'll talk, to us? right >> back, up back up please. >> and before we get a ...

Break. some of that feeling around? >> the community feel very strongly. the sworn representative of the people in the murder case found herself in an odd spot. >> the biggest problem one -- he did appear to be, you know, an upstanding showman. >> monroe county district attorney, sandra gore lee. >> from the very beginning people were disappointed that an indictment was filed against charlie tan, and that they were taking this to court, but you know, we have to prosecute people who violate the laws of our state. >> assistant da bill gardner violated the case in court. he told the jury that yes...