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Attorney general is now seeking the financial records of two banks that have done business with donald trump and his family. presidential pardons apply only in federal cases, not in state cases. we'll hear more about that later in this hour. and at the end of this hour tonight, we will consider the future of republican senate leader mitch mcconnell and why that future looks very bleak tonight. everyone knows that the presidential campaign is already underway, but so are senators' reelection campaigns. those senate re-election campaigns are operating on a much quieter track. so we don't know ...

Investigations. but if news about mueller being close to wrapping up is to be believed, this filing may be one of the final glimpses into the case mueller has built. also new today, nbc has confirmed that prosecutors in new york plan to bring state charges against manafort, which would ensure that manafort is held accountable for his crimes, even if the president pardons hix. "the new york times" explains, quote, the president has broad power to issue pardons for federal crimes but no such authority in state cases. while there's been no clear indication trump intends to pardon manafort, the pr...

Refuses to go, it goes immediately to the grand jury. >> dana: so, let me ask you, do you think that it's smart for smollett not to go and talk to the police? even if he doesn't, he could still be in trouble because this could go to the grand jury anyway. >> it's very smart to not talk to police. when people talk to police, they dig a hole that's deeper for themselves. so it's very important for him to be very careful about what he says at this point forward. all of us are familiar with federal cases and state cases where one of the charges is lying to an officer or lying to a federal official...

And all these other cases that are breaking out all over the political sphere. federal cases, state cases. the president is clearly under a lot of legal pressure right now. and you can see from giuliani's comments on television over the weekend. >> you can. an investigation of one sort or another touching nearly every aspect of trump world. abby, thank you very much. let's jump to capitol hill. the former fbi director james comey is there for day two of his testimony. a few weeks ago, he was in there for hours and hours. today, he's back in frontf the republicans in two committees to answer mo...

And then, fred, there is that factor that some of these may be fake claims too and it didn't really happen. so either way, i think there will be more state cases filed. i think there are going to be more people opting in to the federal class action. i think the judge will approve this proposed settlement. >> i agree. >> and how is usc going to do it? they have huge loyal alumni. they raise a lot of alumni bucks every year. they run in the black every year with donations. they are a very wealthy school. and people are dedicated to that institution. they are going to raise a lot of money. and yo...