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along with joe, willie and me, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post," eugene robinson. and president emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass, back with us this morning. >> he somehow becomes even more distinguished. >> he does. >> amazing. >> erudite is the word that come comes to mind. >> yes. willie, we'll get to the whistleblower that comer couldn't find, and then must be humiliated, as they found him in the southern district of new york. >> oh boy. oh no. >> a spy or something like that. we'll get to the details...

>> let's bring in the "hardball" roundtable. yamiche alcindor, eugene scott from the "washington post," and sam stein, politics editor for "the daily beast." let me start at this end. trump was pushing it the nra line today talking about emotional problems, that's the soft that doesn't deal with guns. also the idea to arm teachers. he says you should be packing to use the term. in other words, on you, the teacher when teaching arithmetic orifice sicks they have a gun on them. every student. imagine schools where that would be a fighting issue. every student as a tough kid feels challenged by a...

Him. that may be the case but perception he had to shoot him that is enough. the reason he didn't pound that point home is because the prosecution knows that as the losing argument for them. the law is in favor of mr. zimmerman and matter of his perception the way he found himself getting injured. >> gregg: did he reasonably believe, i'm reading from the jury instructions to do what he did. what is interesting in florida once you invoke self-defense, it shifts the burden from the defense to the prosecution to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt self-defensive. >> that is where they are weak. th...

>> these are conversations that are audio conversations? or are they written? >> they are text messages. >> okay. >> that were obtained from his phone. >> the crux of the matters that relate to the fighting issue, that is the crux of this proffer. it's mr. martin's text messages about being in a fight. about the effects of that fight on him. that he got into a fight, that he lost the first round, won the second and third round. bloodied the guy's nose. wasn't done with him yet. a facebook post from mr. martin's half brother, dimitrius martin asking trayvon martin, when are you going to teach m...