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Somebody a state department veteran who was detailed to the vice president's office for the first time.ve i mean, everybody has their equities here but ultimately everyone's going to have to answer to their conscience too. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> thank you, rachel. appreciate it. we have breaking news with i the headline trump wanted barr to hold a news conference sayini the president broke no laws in call with ukrainian leader. attorney general william barr decided not to hold that press conference. also tonight, today was the first day of roger stone's trial where prosecutors from robert da...

We are still working on trying to re-establish that connection to senator amy klobuchar in new hampshire. we will do it one way or the other, either in that satellite truck or by telephone. but first, today was the criminal trial of president trump's longtime confidant and 2016 campaign adviser roger stone. that trial officially got under way. stone's trial is the last case filed by special counsel robert mueller in his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. one of mueller's prosecutors in his opening statement today directly tied president trump to the ch...

Prosecutors say hundreds of text messages, calls and emails show roger stone repeatedly tried to contact the founder of wikileaks and that he discussed those efforts with senior members of the trump campaign. joining us now is nbc news intelligence and national security reporter ken dilanian who was one of the lucky ones in the courtroom today. ken, it was really -- rachel, read much of the transcript including just the very beginning of the prosecutor's opening statement, and it seemed like a very dramatic presentation in that courtroom today. >> it was, lawrence. in some ways i felt i was li...

Hampshire, yes. but i was thinking of those words. i kind of hit the nail on the head there with that question. >> so you anticipated where we are tonight, and "the washington post" reporting, their headline that trump wanted barr to hold a news conference saying that the president broke no laws in the call with the president of ukraine. and at least apparently william barr has found a favor that he will not do for donald trump. >> that's correct. it doesn't surprise me given how outrageous this is, given how the evidence is mounting. but remember, there's a reason that the president thought t...