the u.s. summit with north korea hangs in the balance the rhetoric heats up. now one high ranking official calls the u.s. vice president a political dummy. we are seeing the daughter of a former russian spy who survived a nerve agent attack. new rules for the nfl players are forced to stand for the national anthem on the field or pay the price. and live images of the erupting kilauea volcano. with no indication it will stop any time soon. hello, welcome to our viewers joining us here. this is cnn "newsroom."

there are new signs of trouble for the planned summit between donald trump and kim jong un. first trump administration officials say they want more high level talks with pyongyang before the meeting in singapore next month. a group of international journalists travel for the first time to north korea main nuclear test site to see it dismand ld. meantime a top north korean official has blasted u.s. vice president mike pence as a political dummy. for comparing north korea to libya. she also says if talks with the u.s. don't work out, north korea is prepared for a nuclear show down. cnn is following this forus from hong kong. joining us live. alex, the june 12 sum my was on shaky ground. north korea is warning of a nuclear show down and calling

mike pence a political dummy. cha are they hoping to achieve with the threats and the comments? >> the brazen language is certainly resounding and has people asking what the strategy is. testing the ability to negotiate with president trump before this potential sit down in singapore on june 12. is this indication of just some appeasement of hard liners within nart korea who think kim jong un is moving too quickly. we can only conjecture. this does represent a rations of rhetoric we have seen over the last week or so. it marks a shift in tone in the last few weeks or months. since the u.s. and south korea went forward with the joint military exercises with which always -- you have seen sharper rhetoric. it has become increasingly fiery. as the u.s. cast doubt on whether or not this summit will

actually happen. that said, this high level official in north korea says north korea won't beg for this sit down but north korea and the u.s. do both appear to be sending teams to singapore this weekend to work to hammer out the summit. which could be a few weeks away. >> the trump administration is saying it wants more high level talks. with north korea. before going ahead with the summit. and it wants assurances from kim jong un that he's committed to giving up the nuclear program. what does this signal? >> that would have been the starting block. it seems to implausible they agreed to the sit down. it happened rapidly. both sides marching forward. certainly you are hearing from washington sdp officials t a pol this not happen as all. or right now. those were the direct words from the president. we won't know if it will happen until sometimes next week. because there does need to be more discussion with north

korea. the secretary of state elaborated saying it's critical that the conditions and the contents of the discussions need to be agreed to by both sides. the secretary of state traveled to north korea twice to speak to kim jong un. when secretary pompeo traveled back it wasn't with specific commitments for denuclearization. the details are important. we know it could come to the eleventh hour. for all this to get worked out and both sides to agree to whether or not they would come to the table. officials this washington making it clear it isn't a done deal. it might not go off if things are not in place by the time. like the president likes to say. we have to wait and see. >> that's what we do a lot of. watching from her vantage point in hong kong. just after 3:00 p.m. >> with the u.s. north korea summit hanging in the balance. kim jong un is gaining valuable

bargaining chips. some say he's playing the united states. brian todd reports. >> the diplomatic dance reached an almost unthinkable point. where an american president is offering to protect a brutal north korean dictator. >> i will guarantee his safety. yes. we will guarantee his safety. and we talked about that from the beginning. he will be safe. he will be happy. his country will be rich. >> that's not something american presidents do. this is extraordinary. something we have never seen before. and i hope you never see again. >> reporter: president president trump has been describing kim jong un in almost statesman like terms. >> he has been open. and i think very honorable. >> reporter: not all that long ago, mr. trump was referring to kim as slightly less than honorable. >> little rocket man. a sick puppy. >> reporter: in a tweet the president implied strongly kim

was short and fat. how drastically has the dynamic changed? secretary of state after returning recently from a meeting can kim talked about how impressed he was with kim's command of the issue. >> he is very knowledgeable. in the sense he knows the files. he's capable of engaging in complex discussions. when i ask him a question about something that's off he answers it. no note cards. >> reporter: in a grand charm offensive. when had opened the door for diplomacy. his sister played a critical role in the offensive. cultivati cultivating south korea president at the olympics. experts say was a master stroke in diplomacy and image making. >> is he playing the u.s. and his allies? >> he is playing everybody. he has a strategy. he knows what he wants and what he wants is to retain nuclear

weapons while breaking the sanction regime. and inviting real investment and economic prosperity into the country. >> reporter: veteran intelligence officials and diplomats praise kim and trump for bringing a temporary peace. now human rights monitors warn of kims deception. >> what is the reality there? >> the reality of north korea hasn't changed. this regime is keen on developing nuclear weapons. ballistic missiles. while it is doing that, 30% of north korea children are malnourished. 120,000 men, women and children are held as political prisoners. >> reporter: what happens if kim jong un charm offensive doesn't work and diplomacy falls apart? look for the mistrust between the u.s. and north korea to deepen. for kim to go back to aggressive posture. and the chances of a miscalculation and military

confrontation to go up. >> president trump is escalating his attacks on the fbi as he tries to discredit the russia investigation. pushing the unsubstantiated claim the fbi spied on his campaign. and we have learned there will be two classified briefings thursday on topic. one with just republicans and another with democrats included. what's more the president son if law and adviser jared kushner had a second interview with special counsel robert mueller. here's pamela brown. >> reporter: president trump going further than ever in attacking america's law enforcement institution. accusing former president obama justice department of spying on his presidential campaign. >> i hope it's not so. because if it is there's never been anything like it in the history of the country. i hope shlgs if you look at clapper he admitted they had spies in the campaign.

yesterday. but i hope it's not true. it looks like it is. >> reporter: trump referring to comments from former director of national intelligence james clapper. what clapper actually said wasn't that trumps campaign was spied on. but that the fbi was watching ia. >> was the fbi spying on the campaign? >> no they were not. they were spying on a term i don't like. but on what the russians were doing. trying to understand where the russians infiltrating trying to gain access and leverage and influence. >> the president seize lg on the mischaracterization nonetheless. tweeting. they go after phone n collusion with russia. and end up getting caught in major spy scandal. the like of which this country may have never seen before. after ordering the doj to open classified files to review. >> they'll be in the room

tomorrow. we'll see what happens. what i want is i want total transparency. >> my hope and prayer is that the fbi or the department of justice wouldn't be forced to reveal confidential information. that would go against 75 year of prak tes. >> reporter: former fbi director blasting the president for the order. tweeting. the fbi use of confidential human sources the actual term is tightly regulated and essential to protecting the country. adding, attacks on the fbi and lying about its work with will lasting damage to the country. trumps response. >> we're not under cutting. we're cleaning everything up. this was a terrible situation. what we're doing is we're cleaning everything up. it's so important. what i'm doing is a service to the country. i did a great service to this country. by firing james comey. >> reporter: the whole episode has further soured and already

complicated relationship between trump and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. but both greeted each other warmly today in an immigration round table in new york. where trump doubled down on calling ms 13 gang members animals. >> i call them animals. the other day. and i was met with rebuke. they said they're people. they're not people. these are animals. >> reporter: this as trump attorneys try to narrow the scope of an interview between the president and special counsel mueller. mull approximately sources tell us the legal team wants any interview with mueller to focus on matters occurring before trump became president. eliminating questions referring to production of justice. >> for more on this. let's go to lez lee in london. the head of the u.s. and america program. good to have you with us.

>> thank you. >> we are watching president trump aggressively push his deep state conspiracy theory. of the spy being imbedded in his campaign. by the fbi. despite a lack of evidence to support that. let's listen to what republican senator jeff flake had to say. >> what do you think when the president uses the phrase criminal deep state? >> yeah. well, that is completely unfair. and not good to sully the institution like that. without proof. i have seen no evidence there's spying on the trump campaign. it's just simply the fbi following leads on was russia involved or not. >> how likely is it the people of are buying into trumps conspiracy theory? is his strategy to discredit the russia probe working? >> part of what we're seeing is

the -- the strategy is not new. this attack on law enforcement agencies and the claim there's a deep state that is against trump against the campaign and now against trump as president. it's something that's we have seen the entire presidency. in terms of what effect is it having on people now. one recent poll that's come out suggested that 59% of americans don't think that the mueller investigation has produced any raw evidence of wrong doing. we know factually that's inaccurate. there is a perception amongst the public that the investigation isn't throwing anything up. that gives cause for concern. and part of that certainly cops down to the counter attack that the president has very effectively launched. where he's claiming that the investigators themselves that the justice department the fbi

and mueller. aren't standing holding to the standards ha one would expect. it's a destructive counter attack. >> so his strategy is working. we're expecting two confidential department of justice briefings in a few hours. what do you expect will come out of those? >> i think there's going to be a lot of push back. because of course the democrats not been invited to participate in that. nancy pelosi is calling for them to be deferred until there is participation from across both. >> an actual fact she has been included in the second one. there's one meeting just for the republicans. and the second one the democrats will be included. in that meeting. >> okay. good. so it's very difficult. what we're going to see is this is going to be pushed forward.

that the justice department the fbi will continue to stick to their line. this is an independent investigation that it needs to be protected. there hasn't been any wrong doing. i think regardless of what comes out of that meeting. this is maybe something we have seen for the last year or more. is that there will be a sustained attack on the integrity of the investigation. and again a lot of this comes down to how does it play in the public. it is good that there's been a rethinking. that nancy pelosi has been invited into the second meeting shows there's attention to the need of havg bipartisan over sight. and involvement. this is the stuff that be welcome taken. >> all right. thank you so much. we appreciate your analysis. >> thank you. >> we'll take a short break

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welcome back, everyone. lt world is getting to see the daughter of a former russian spy. for the first time since they were poisoned in england by a nerve agent. speaking from an undisclosed location in the united kingdom. she's still trying to come to terms with what happened. phil black has more. >> reporter: she looked well. surprisingly well. the video tape shows her walking. even smiling. speaking strongly. there's no obvious sign that she's recently experienced a life threatening trama. apart from what appears to be a scar on her throat. it's likely the incision allowed her to keep breathing during the 20 days she was in acoma.

she learned she was poisoned after she woke up. she was shocked to learn it was because of a nerve agent. and believes she and her father are very lucky to have survived what she describes an attempted assassination. she's grateful for the medical treatment and help. but that treatment was invasive. painful. and depressing. >> as i try to come to terms with the devastating changes thrust upon me. physically and emotionally. i take one day at time. and want to help care for my father until his full recovery. in the longer term i hope to return home to my country. i wish to address a couple of issues directly and i have chosen to interrupt my rehab to make this short statement. i ask everyone respect the privacy of me and my father. we need time to recover and come to terms of what happened. at the moment i do not wish to i

vail myself of their services. i want to reiterate what i said earlier. that no one speaks for me or my father. but ourselves. i would like to thank again everyone involved in my continues care in this difficult period of my loif. my priority remains on my recovery and my fathers health. thank you for your attention. >> she was speaking from an undisclosed location. she was released from hospital in april. her father left hospital last week. his location is also a secret. she didn't comment or speculate on why he shaugt someone may have wanted them both dead. the british government opinion is this is a russian state operation using a weapon grade nerve agent. the russian position rejects that. president putin said if this was a weapons grade nerve agent, there's no way these two would still be alive. shortly after the video statement was reloesed the russian embassy tweeted its glad

to see him alive and well. but the video only strengthens its concerns that she's being held and made to speak. against her will. we turn now to hawaii. where there is no telling how long the kilauea volcano eruption will last. hundreds of people remain under evacuation order. due to lava flow and dangerous gases. we spoke to one resident worried about what the future might hold. >> three weeks into the natural disaster. residents are still in state of limbo. they don't know from day-to-day whether or not the homes are still standing. we joined one resident. as she went into to check on her property. >> even now when you look at this and see this black lava. what does it make you think? >> uncertain. definitely uncertain.

that we're safe. we're not safe. we're not out of danger. this is not over. it's continuing. we just don't know when it will stop. >> while each day she's go into check on hr house. she's looking for the cracks in the road that continue to get larger on her street. some so big you can fit a small car in there. and if that's not enough there's the threat of gas that's coming up from the earth. as well as the toxic volcanic gases which some cays don't bla away in the wind as much and makes it difficult to be in there. stacy has to go in every day to check on her home. >> thank you so much forhat. it began as way to call out racial injustice. then it turned into this. >> wouldn't you love to see one of the nfl owners when somebody disrespects the flag to say get that son of a -- off the feel.

he's fired. >> when we come back. nfl owners have their say on protest during the national anthem.

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down if dialogue fails. that depends on the decision and behavior of the united states. french president is heading to russia. hoping fo find common ground with vladimir putin. hoping to gain support to address irans ballistic missiles and influence with an eye towards bringing the united states back into the iran nuclear deal. u.s. is investigating a possible sonic attack on a government employee in southern china. the employee reported ab normal sensations of sound and pressure. leading to a mild brain injury. officials say it's very similar to sonic attacks on americans at the u.s. embassy in cuba. from now on professional football players in the united states must stand when the national anthem is played at the start of the game. or their teams could face fines. that's what nfl owners decided on wednesday. it's their solution to a controversy that began nearly two years ago with players

across the league protesting social and racial injustice. by kneeling during the an they will. as the players protest grew so did the backlash from fans. with perhaps the most important fan being the u.s. president. who publicly attacked the nfl and demanded players stand under the new rule the nfl commissioner points out that players that want to protest have an option. >> we think that we have come up with a balanced process here. and procedure and policy. that will allow those players who feel they can't stand for the anthem to stay in the locker room. and there's no penalty for that. we are going to encourage them to be on the field. we'd leek them to be on the field and stand at attention. >> let's talk about this. with cnn contributor. he also played in the nfl as a wide receiver. good to have you with us.

>> thanks for having me. >> so. nfl will fine any team whose players kneel on the field. but will allow players now who want to protest to stay in the locker room. drawing the national anthem. that wasn't allowed before. it was a decision made without the involvement of the players union. how are most players reacting? and what impact will this have on them? >> i don't think they're reacting too well. it seems like this is for them for the players has been a form of compulsory patriotism. it doesn't mean they don't love their country. you can love your country and still want your country to be a better place. that's what the founders of this country decided to make the first amendment. was the freedom of expression. freedom of free speech. and the right to assembly and peacefully protest. when those things are attacked you're attacking on whatever

level it is, it doesn't matter if it's football players or union workers. that are on strike. this is the founding principle of the country. and if we don't adhere to the principles and try to strengthen them we may not like when people if woer opposed to them. or the way they protest. but if it's in a peaceful manner, that's what the country is built on. >> this all started when colin kaepernick decided to kneel instead of sitting on the bempbl to protest racism and police brutality. let's bring up the images. kaepernick was convinced by u.s. veteran that kneeling was more respectful. so that's what he decided to do. why do you think so many people view kneeling as disrespectful to the flag? when it was actually a u.s. veteran who suggested it? >> great point. because that's that tends to get

lost in the whole conversation. and obviously as you noted colin kaepernick was the one who kicked off the protest. by sitting on a bench at first. and after consulting with a former green baa ray. who played football at university of texas. i went to the university of tennessee. he's a good guy. he had a conversation with kaepernick and said i love what you're doing. i respect it. but i don't agree. they met that a few days later and before the next game, and they met and he told colin kaepernick he said that i think you should probably take a knee. because that's what we do in the military. we take a knee for the fallen comrades. it's a sign of respect. towards military members. and so that's what he did. and ironically h drew the ire

from ppl who were claiming that he was disrespecting the military. >> i do want to show you a tweet from vice president mike pence. saying this is a win for the president. and showing a photograph of him standing at an nfl game. that he walked out of. after some players kneeled. mr. trump has made it all part of his cultural war. i want to play for you part of the campaign rally where he brought it up. let's listen. >> wouldn't you love to see one of the owners when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a -- off the field right now. he's fired. he's fired! >> how big a role do you think the president played in forcing the nfl to put this ban in place. and how much pressure do you think was aplied to the nfl?

>> he was instrumental in it all. the president has had a personal grievance with the nfl because they didn't allow him to purchase a team. on more than one occasion. and he has as we know the president is extremely vindictive. and he's been lashing out and attacking the nfl and everything about the nfl. obviously the players as well. personal friends of his who are owners. he's attacking their businesses. and ultimately the nfl today they kowtowed to the president. to the earlier rants. and again i have to make sure i always state that we're talking about nfl and it's a game, but at the end of the day to me the big danger is you see the president of the united states using the power of the oval office. using his seat as the head executive of the nation.

the most powerful nation in the country. to squash decent. to have players not be able to exercise their first amendment right. i don't think that's what the founding fathers had in mind when they were trying t figure out what type of country to be. >> right. we mention colin kaepernick. who is sort of started all of this. he received a top honor from amnesty international for the public protest. and i i want to remind people how he described his protest. let's listen. >> it's to bring awareness and make people realize what's really going on in the country. there are things that going on that are unjust. people aren't being held accountable. that's something that needs to change. something that this country stands for freedom, liberty, justice for all. and it's not happening for all. >> the american flag of course stands for freedom. and yet players are not free to

peacefully protest. in front of it. how does that make most players feel? and why you think this has become such a big deal? >> i think when you do that with the players it's almost a sign an obvious show of hypocrisy. because i personally have a number of friends who have served who are currently serving. my father served in the u.s. army. along with his father. and down the line. so i have spoken with a number of people, and everyone pretty much 99% of the veterans i have spoken to, friends or just people i have met at random. they all said at the end of the day whether i agree or not is not the point. the point is that we don't necessarily fight for the flag. the flag is the symbol of the country. but the country and the foundation and the principles of

this nation are embroiled in the flag. so the fact that the players have been peacefully protesting and during the national anthem. most of them have told me that at the end of the day it's their right. it's what we fight for. that's a response i have gotten. and a number of guys have gotten. there are veterans who don't see it that way. which is fine. this is what the country is about. open debate. first amendment rights. being able to protest peatfully and peatfully assemble. when you start under cutting the values what type of country are we becoming? >> i want to ask you about an incident ha shows the type of thing that colin kaepernick was protesting. sterling brown plays professional basketball. in the united states. and in january he was tazed and arrested after police said he became confrontational. over an alleged parking

violation. milwaukee police release video of that incident on wednesday. let's play a part of that. the police chief apologized saying officers acted inappropriately and have been disciplined. brown issued a statement saying this in part. situations like mine and worse happen every day in the black community. being a voice and a face of people who won't be heard and don't have the same platform as i have. is a responsibility i take seriously. i'm speaking for hamilton of milwaukee. mcdonald of chicago. ste fon clark of sacramento.

eric garn garner of new york and the list goes on. they aren't able to speak anymore because of unjust actions because of those who were supposed to serve and protect the people. if i can bring you back into the conversation. as we see from sterling brown's experience, there's a reason why he and others see a need to protest racism. and police brutality. what do those players who want an opportunity to do this, what will they do in the wake of these new rules? how do you explain this to the football and basketball fans who want to players to -- leave the protest alone and get on with the game? >> i believe that instances like this when they do occur whether if itst with professional athlete or whether if it's with a citizen of this country that is in a certain city. players have understood african american players have understood from the beginning who have

grown up in the neighborhoods, they have seen these things with their own -- they have witnessed these firsthand. firsthand knowledge and experience of mot so good not so good confrontations with police officers. racism is deeply rooted. so when you see instances like that you understand unfortunately the black skin in the country is automatically criminalized. and so it's when you have situations like that. there's never a benefit of the doubt. it's always this person is a criminal. i'm afraid of what this person might do to me. that's when you have the instances where people unarmed and people are shot and kled in the streets of america. and it just doesn't seem to come to an end. so automatically the players who have grown up with the experiences they're going to speak out. they feel like they have to represent not only their community.

but their family members as well. >> we will watch to see how players react to this. in the days and weeks going forward. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. all right. let's take a short brak break here. donald trump is calling out the ms 13 gang. is his tough talk helping the gangs recruitment? number one sleep doctor recommended remfresh-your nightly sleep companion. available in the natural sleep section at walmart. with tough food, your dentures may slip and fall. new fixodent ultra-max hold gives you the strongest hold ever to lock your dentures. so now you can eat tough food without worry. fixodent and forget it.

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for months now donald trump has been calling out the ms 13 gang. and often shines a spotlight on the crimes to bolster his case for curbing illegal immigration. but some say the u.s. president is simply imboldening the group the more he talks about them. >> reporter: u.s. president trump once again stepping up the harsh rhetoric on the street gang ms 13. >> these are manls.

they're coming into the country. we're getting them out. i refer to them as animals and guess what i always will. >> reporter: ms 13 has long been a rallying poipt for trump when speaking to the dangers of illegal immigration. >> sanctuary cities are the best friend of gangs and cartel. like ms 13. ms 13 horrible killer gang members. violent criminals. gang members. these are not good people. >> we have to stop ms 13. killers. savage. >> reporter: many of trumps talking poipts about the street gang and numbers are off base. ms 13 has been functioning in the u.s. since the mid-80s. and is composed primarily of immigrants or descendents of immigrants from el salvador. there are 10,000 said to be residing in td u.s.

only being one of 33,000 violent street gangs. motorcycle gangs and prison gangs. all of which have 1.4 million members total. and are all criminally active in the u.s. and puerto rico today. he's right the ms 313 is present in almost every state and membership is growing. fbi investigation reveal ms 13 is targeting more young recruits now than ever before. but is the president's continued mention of the gang helpful or harmful as a source of advertising? in a cnn report from last year, ms 13 members were interviewed on condition and said themselves that mr. trumps crack down is the reason for higher recruitment. >> trump himself has made everybody fear. if they go they get deported. whatever happens to them they'll stay quiet ask approximate let

it happen. >> allies say the constant mention is evidence of the support. >> what's changed over the last 18 months since his president started making ms 13 part of the ve knack lar? >> it's the enforcement has been up. we're getting the support we needed. when it goes after gang members. >> after the short break. new developments in the harvey winestein scandal. including a federal sex crimes investigation gengs against the former hollywood producer. back in a moment.

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federal prosecutors in new york have opened a sex crimes investigation into former hollywood producer harvey winestein. that's according to the wall street journal. the report says investigators are looking into whether he lured women across state lines to commit sex crimes. cnn has also learned a grand jury in manhattan is hearing testimony and other evidence in the criminal sex assault case. in all, more than 80 women have accused the oscar winning producer of sexual harassment or assault. including ashly judd.

and ang-- >> thank you so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> we understand that a manhattan grand jury is hearing testimony. and the evidence in the criminal sexual assault case against harvey winestein. he insists he's innocent. there have been so many accusers against him. so much detail. yet local prosecutors have been reluctant to charge him with a crime. so how big development is this? >> obviously he maintains that any sexual contact that he had with was consensual. there are several dualing investigations and prosecutions that are looming against him. the manhattan district attorney a state prosecution in new york. is proceeding now with a grand jury. and the federal prosecutor as well are investigating. and prosecutors here in los angeles. based on reports in beverly

hills and los angeles are looked at. >> it has taken a while to get to this point. how rare is this for the feds to get involved and what specifically are they looking at? >> for federal prosecutors to be involved in an individual involved in a sexual harassment or sexual misconduct, it's very rare. normally we see it with regard to interstate sex trafficking. people being moved across state lines for prostitution. with regard to harvey winestein the federal government would be interested if he used the means of interstate commerce. he lured people across state lines. for fraudulent purposes. or using fraud to induce them to engage in a crime. namely rape or other types of sexual misconduct. >> and how difficult will this be to prosecutor do you think? what are the feds need to prove

here? >> the federal government would have to show that he used means of interstate commerce. the internet, telephone. that's easy. that he lured people across state lines for the purpose of committing a rape or crime against them. there's a very old statute from the 19th century called the man act. it's seldom used. a crime to bring a woman across state lines for immoral purposes. they're going to have to show that he had some pretty fe n nefarious plans. which if he believe the 80 people that made allegations. they maybe able to do that. and maybe using the bill cosby model. in federal court you're allowed to bring uncharged other people -- crimes. in order to prove the crime that

you're prosecuting. >> given what we know so far, the details that we have heard from various women accusing him. how likely is it that harvey winestein could be arrested? >> it's very likely. that he'll be arrested. i would say it's imminent. the new york district attorney has said that they're in the end stages of their investigation. they have convened a grand jury. and there's an old saying that any prosecutor worth salt can indict a ham sandwich. new york police have been upset because they say we could have made an arrest a long time ago. but why haven't the prosecutors prosecuted? well, it only takes reasonable suspicion and probable cause to make an arrest. prosecutors have to be sure they dot all the i's and cross the t's. and they're ready to prove each and every element of crime beyond a reasonable doubt. before they make an arrest. >> thank you so much. we appreciate your analysis on

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