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The judge did not rule today. bottom line, paul manafort faces serious charges both here in washington, d.c. and in alexandria, virginia and has a trial date in washington less than two months from now in july, craig. his case is moving forward and he faces up to life in prison if convicted in these cases. >> meanwhile, while all of this is going on, kristen, a meeting that's set to take place tomorrow between the doj and gop congressional leaders. what more do we know about the status of that meeting and who's going to be in the room and who's not going to be in the room? >> reporter: rbs wi ...

Charge. take a listen. >> any meeting between the justice department and capitol hill about such information should only be attended by members of the gang of eight. if the meeting goes forward as planned right now, only partisan, only the worst actors on the house side in the room, no one should trust anything they say coming out of that meeting. it will be a sham. it will be a sham. >> reporter: sarah sanders asked about this yesterday, craig. why no democrats, as you said, look, democrats didn't ask to be a part of the briefing. chuck schumer called that outrageous. so today he and nancy pe...

Usually in an unfair manner. i also have experience with that. so i am definitely against piling on no matter what definition you use. >> reporter: so this is really interesting with rosenstein. in recent weeks he's really been more unfettered and you recall our colleague julia ainsley had a report last month he said privately, look, i may get fired at any time. here i stand. taking it as it comes and stand up for what i believe is right in the justice department. interesting to see how that transpires going forward, craig. >> rosenstein seems to have jokes quite often. funny to listen sometim...

>> reporter: in a statement to nbc news, amazon writes in part, various agencies used recognition to find abductive people. amusement wo menment parks use d children. some people could choose to abuse the technology. >> derek thompson. senior editor business tech writer at "the atlantic" joins me and host of the podcast crazy genius. love to plug your podcast. >> thank you for that. >> is this, as was indicated there in the piece, is this, like, surveillance on sayre royd steroids? >> it is, but whether or not it's a good technology good or a good technology used for bad ends. it's the story o...

And affordable housing. john chiang. the proven, progressive leader we need for california's future. privacy advocates, sounding an alarm on a powerful new tool amazon is marketing to police and other government entities. program known at recognition helps law enforcement agencies recognize anyone, anywhere, and in realtime. nbc's kerry sanders explains how it works. >> reporter: it's getting larder to be just a face in the crowd. amazon now marketing an advanced facial recognition technology to law enforcement agencies across the country saying it can identify faces, gender, even emotions w...