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>> he pitched a fit. he was insulting, he was doing what he does. but i know that's what he does when he is insecure. i know that's what he does when he is threatened. and he should feel threatened, without a doubt. [ cheers and applause ] ♪♪ hello. thank you for joining us. i'm ryan nobles in washington in for andrea. former president donald trump is back in federal court in new york city at this hour. at any moment, he could take the stand to defend himself in the damages phase of the e. jean carroll defamation trial. her defense team played a video of mr. trump's deposition ...

Nuclear deal. damaging personal information about two key obama administration officials who were instrumental in fashioning the deal in the first place. saying trump administration officials were behind accusations against the officials published mostly in the ring wing press. one of those who works for deputy official to president obama and he joins me now. so collin, can you walk us through exactly what happened. from what i understand you were a target of this operation through some kind of a company trying to get at you through your wife? >> let's back up a bit. about a week ago i was con...

Announced that it is gearing up to prosecute coordination between candidates and outside groups, a move that senior editorial page writer collin levy says should worry republicans in particular and the super pac that support them. so collin, why is this important, this announcement and why did they do it now? >> well i think you hit it right on the head, they did it now because the election is heating up. look, paul, this is scary because illegal coordination happens when a campaign is directly organizing its message with an outside group. which is then effectively spending money on the campai...

That's the logic? >> that's part of it, yes. >> all right, john. so does this help the bill pass or not? >> i confused the situation. senator dianne feinstein, a california democrat said she's not going to vote for this now because the n.r.a. has been carved out. >> no friend of the n.r.a. >> exactly. i think the bill is going down but i think in the long run, the n.r.a. is going to hurt its standing in the conservative movement because this is done -- it's one thing, you can't consult the two million n.r.a. members on a deal like this. the board was not consulted. barely. a few members were c...