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happy friday it's 4:00 in new york. he has held no press conferences, done no interviews that we know about he is elusive. the inner workings of his highly sensitive assignment a bit of a mystery outside of what some journalists worked to uncover. when it comes to the special counsel jack smith and his federal investigations, plural, into donald j. trump it takes an ear to the ground adept and trained to know when progress is being made this afternoon trusted voices suggest it is time to buckle up. here's why in dates since the federal appeals court in washington rejected the ex-pres...

And he has to win not one time, but four times and so as a colleague of mine used to say, that's like deciding to play russian roulette with four bullets, not one. that is a very tough road to hoe. >> this is a different story but not separate from decisions about accountability and fair criticism from the general public, the taxpayers about the lack of accountability the individual who was charged with taking and leaking classified documents is being celebrated by the trump wing of the republican party how do national security questions weigh on this justice department >> so, this is -- that ...

Move by the justice department so attorney general abbot filed a lawsuit to have the law implemented and that is still pending. shep? >> shepard: mike emanuel on capitol hill tonight. a judge in wisconsin just strok struck down that voter i.d. law as unconstitutional three weeks before the presidential primary there a judge in a different case blocked the law from taking effect before the primary there are a four of four lawsuits challenging the requirement. the state attorney general says he will appeal today's ruling. >> legal battle in one state where it's a felony to record anyone's conver...

2010 but never spoke of even after a.t.f. whistle blowers want public and were blasted for lying. today, he said he made thement take. >> i regret that in april of 2010 i did not drew the connection between wide receiver and "fast and furious," and i regret that even in early this year i did not drew -- draw that connection. >> some find this not plausible because high learned about wide receiver at the same time as "fast and furious," run by the same agents and the same office. in that case 2,000 guns were sold and a border agent was killed. >> he was asking questions about wide receiver at t...

Senator reid, i know you have to go. i have one last question for you. it is about nevada. and it's about what you see as the impact of the john ensign scandal, frankly. the special counsel report on senator ensign was serious and, frankly, riveting and lurid. i know that he is no longer in the senate. the matter still continues to spin out potentially with the fec and the department of justice and some unanswered questions about senator coburn of oklahoma and his role in that scandal. do you have an overall reaction to that report and what it means for nevada? >> one of the things my staff to...