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vlad and so many of the people that we have met here on this visit and of course that we've talked to over the past 16 months, they all have that incredible, powerful reservoir of strength. thanks so much for joining us. it's time now for "ac 360." good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news. we have obtained what is expected to be a central piece of the government's case against donald trump, the actual audio recording of the former president talking as if he's showing a highly classified document on u.s. war plans against iran, with people not clear to know it exists, let a...

House chief of staff mark meadows. and it is interesting when you hear this recording that even the special counsel has labelled as staffer egging him on, laughing, again, like you said, being sycophantic. it sort of encouraged him throughout, this feedback he was getting from the room. and in hindsight, you have to ask whether his staffers were really serving his best interest, given their responses throughout this exchange. even at one point one of the staffers acknowledged, now we have a problem. but they're still sort of laughing, even nervously. >> kaitlan collins, paula reid, appreciate ...

Point one way or the other. >> that's right. and what we have seen in this allegation is that there were a number of people that would have been witness to this conversation, according to what people are saying michael cohen knew. so it is entirely possible that someone else in that conversation is already talking and trying to throw the scent off of them. this is one of the things that's frustrating i'm sure for the congressman and others as to why the house investigation was shut down before they were able to call the entire range of witnesses that they wanted to see. so you could get those ...

Circumstantial evidentiary pieces that might be able to point one way or the other. >> that's right. and what we have seen in this allegation is that there were a number of people that would have been witness to this conversation, according to what people are saying michael cohen knew. so it is entirely possible that someone else in that conversation is already talking and trying to throw the scent off of them. this is one of the things that's frustrating i'm sure for the congressman and others as to why the house investigation was shut down before they were able to call the entire range of wi...

We saw de li rionda talking about there. this sounds like a defense case. the defense i've been accustom to questioning credibility to stir doubts because they only have to create doubts, they don't have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. what did you think of it? >> a road to conviction in this case by necessity goes to george zimmerman's narrative. he's told his story several times. the jury has heard all sorts of different versions of george zimmerman on audiotape, videotape. at the end of the day, to use a tired cliche, the jury is left with those narratives. where was the affirmative nar...