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>> ahead this hour, a shocking new poll, and this headline, trump and his allies plot revenge, and how they might use the military. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, tell us what reports. it is one pm here on the east coast, a pm in the middle east. we begin with breaking news as the israel-hamas war enters the second month of fighting. here is what's new this hour. secretary blinken met with palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, he claims -- hamas claimshat dozens were killed and a strike in a prime minister netanyahu again...

He was just shuffling papers. this is now not just described in the indictment, it is charged. it is now part of the criminal charge in this case, and it's very clear from the allegations that the government knows exactly which document this is and when it was returned to the national archives. so there is no question, at least in the government's minds, that they actually have the document, that it is not true, according to these allegations, that this is just bluster and that he was just showing some sort of newspaper or some rustling of some unknown paper. this is now -- the tape recording ...

Crime occurred. here, they're alleging that that document was, at some point, retained by the president, the former president, at mar-a-lago. with that piece, they were able to bring this as part of the existing case, and the tape recording that you played is now direct evidence. there's no question that judge cannon has to let the tape recording into evidence now in this case. >> david french, this is a very specific window, this new superseing indictment, into the timeline of events as the federal government is alleging, as doj is alleging. we've been saying since we came on the air this mor...

Question. so when you charge a conspiracy and you have co-conspirators, there are rules of evidence that actually help the government at trial. for instance, jennifer, if you and i were robbing banks together, we're conspirators in bank robbery. what you say or what i say, if it's a statement made in furtherance of our conspiracy, to help it along, and if it is made during our conspiracy, can come in at trial against either one of us, both of us. so conspirator statements are a very powerful tool for the government at trial. as you noted, it gives the government an evidentiary advantage. plus,...

Mcconnell's from the senate days. >> no question. the two men spoke this week after mcconnell's incident there. had a warm conversation i am told. the white house is watching this wearily. mcconnell has been a villain for democrats, but for this white house, he's become an important partner and a bulwark, if you will, holding back some of the more radical right-wing forces of republican lawmakers on capitol hill. also willing to keep mccarthy in check and, more importantly, willing to keep donald trump in check. the white house worried about what could come next. mcconnell not expecting to run...