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friend. >> i wanted to come hang out with you, on friday night. >> you need to take a train to do that, but we welcome you on amtrak, and we're here for you. i'm always here for. you have a wonderful weekend. >> thank you. you too, alex. have a great. so >> thank you, and thank you to you at home for joining me this hour. today fulton county district attorney fani willis asked a judge to set the trial date for former president trump and his 14 remaining codefendants in the georgia election interference case. that date, august 5th, 2024. now that date would be stunning on its own or. ...

interference case. that date, august 5th, 2024. now that date would be stunning on its own or. it's just three months before election day. but d. a. willis asking for an august 4th trial date today is even more of a big deal when you consider that she just said this on tuesday. >> i believe in that case there will be a trial. i believe the trial will take many months. i don't expect that we will conclude until the winter or the very early part of 2025. >> trump's legal team promptly filed its own motion opposing that august 5th trial date. we have no idea how the judge will rule here...

This is 25th amendment kind of stuff. this is -- >> i mean any -- >> anybody in the west wing say that to you? >> all the time. >> they would bring up the 25th amendment? >> yes. actually, they would say, we're not in the -- sort of in the mid-period. we're not at a 25th amendment level yet. >> so, as you know, a lot of people think if the president is going to be removed prematurely from the office, it will be impeachment or only if democrats take control in 2018. let me ask you about the specific purpose and the real limitations of the 25th amendment. >> well, it's crazy advise and consent, ...

Down in hurricaan interview wit todd, invoking a constitutional provision seen as a last resort. >> did anyone say it in the west wing to you? >> all the time. >> they'd bring up the 25th amend? >> yes. they would say, we're not -- sort of in the mid-period, we're not at a 25th amendment level yet. or they would -- >> it's alarming. >> this is alarming in every way. then this went on, okay, this is a little 25th amendment. so 25th amendment is a concept that is alive every day in the white house. >> the 25th amendment, of course, allows the vice president and majority of the cabinet to declare...

The mental fitness of the president. here's what the author told chuck todd today on "meet the press." watch this. >> did anybody say that in the west wing? >> all the time. 25th amendment. they would bring up the 25th amendment. we' sort of in the mid-period, we're not at a 25th amendment level yet. >> that's alarming. >> this is alarming in every way. this went on. this is a little 25th amendment. so 25th amendment is a concept that is a i live every day in the white house. >> so the idea that people in the white house are openly talking about this, does that change the discourse about menta...