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coverage of a historic federal indictment of a former president of united states begins at this hour with the dramatic full statement made by special prosecutor jack smith this afternoon when he, in effect, introduced himself to the american people, speaking publicly for the very first time in his six and a half months of investigating donald trump. >> good afternoon. today an indictment was unsealed. charging donald j trump with felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. this indictment was voted by a grand jury of c...

Subpoenas. but the opportunities for litigants in criminal cases, and this is true on both sides of the bar, the prosecutors and the defense, to engage in what we call these interlocutory appears appeals, these piecemeal repeated appeals of each ruling. that is significantly reduced in the context of criminal litigation. but i will tell, you if i can follow up on what harry was saying about judge cannon, lawrence, i have considerable concern about judge alien can. and one of the first things i did was pulled the two 11th circuit court opinions that we all read previously, when they were smacki...

>> reporter: both sides are digging in and it is creating a lot of attention in the house republican party. in one corner, so far five house republicans have vowed to oppose him. if those numbers hold, that would be enough to deny mccarthy the speaker ship. he can only afford to lose four votes. and so far this group is not macking down. i'm told that they have been trying to recruit an alternative candidate. they asked steve scalise and as well as jim jordan if they would be interested. and all three said that they are supporting mccarthy, but if mccame are any ca-- mccarthy cat get to 281, a...

The same president with the same failed policies. whatever you replace it with is going to reflect what the president wants to do. >> let's not pretend in every party throughout time there have been policy disagreements, right? it's about do the democrats have something for november, a clear consistent message or are they creating their own distractions? >> i actually think democrats do have a clear and consistent message. it doesn't have to do completely with donald trump. it's all about a positive message about what they would do and what they would bring if they were to be put into power, n...

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