. >> she would send them to anthony weiner. the pervert. by the way, isn't that incredible? i was just saying because we were talking about it. and you know, he said, he wanted to attack iran. this was done by the military, given to me. i think we can probably, right? >> i don't know. we'll have to see. yeah. >> declassify that. as president, i could have declassified it. now i can't. this is classified. >> now we have a problem. >> isn't that interesting? >> yeah. >> it's so cool. and you probably almost didn't believe me, but now you believe me. it's incredible. bring some cokes in, please. >> joining us now, cnn anchor and correspondent kaitlan collins, also paula reid. kaitlan, first of all, what do you make -- this is the first time we're hearing this audio with cnn transcript. there's more in this audio than we had seen in the transcript. what stands out to you? >> there is more in this. this is a two-minute clip of the recording we're told is over an

should send it to anthony weiner. her partner in crime. by the way, isn't that incredible? just saying because we were talking about it. he said, he wanted to attack iran. . this was done by the military. , i think we can probably quit it. , we can declassify this. see as president i can declassify it, but now i can't. isn't that interesting? it's so cool. you probably almost did not believe me, but now you believe me it's incredible right? it brings sums the goats and please? now i want to bring in legal analyst henry and -- . it is stunning to actually hear it. we knew what he said, but to actually hear the audio, to hear the town, to hear the conversation, the laughter in there. i'm not a prosecutor, i imagine this is a prosecutor stream. >> this is a devastating tape. this is why prosecutors love tape so much. this is why tapes our goal to prosecutors. i should have cases where the first thing a good defense lawyer would ask me is, do you have tapes? if you do that changes everything, we cannot see the difference between this black and white transcripts, where the words

anthony weiner, that was a real beauty. much of it went into anthony wiener�*s computer.the last... i'm not sure, i think i would rather have it on hunter biden and's computer than anthony weinerfirst hunter biden and's computer than anthony weiner first computer. and when cut hillary deleted and acid washed 33,000 e—mails in defiance of a congressional subpoena, she already had lisa pienaar, and her aides smashed and destroyed iphones with a hammer and yet the fbi and doj protected her, they did absolutely nothing in her case. the fbi and doj largely did not issue subpoenas, they did not use a grand jury, they did not issue search warrants and comey declared there was no problem and no reasonable prosecutor would ever bring a case like that. she knocked out 33,000 e—mails. and hillary wasn't indicted, she should have been, but she wasn't invited. she was protected by the democrats. biden was not indicted and what he has done is terrible. they like to say, what trump did. i was impressed, it looked so orderly and nice. somehow somebody turned over one of the boxes i said,

some of it happened to leak into anthony weiner's computer. do you remember anthony weiner?his computer. he did not want to be on his computer. [laughter] all of it was illegal because thankfully, she was never president and she did not have the powers to declassify. [applause] mr. trump: thank you. she's not -- she did not have the power to classify. it is a big difference and neither did joe. it is pretty hot out here. thank you. happy birthday, great birthday. [applause] mr. trump: nice birthday, is not it? n't it? [crowd singing happy birthday] [applause] mr. trump: nice birthday, wonderful birthday. they were's saying happy birthday. i was with eric and laura and the kids. happy birthday, grandpa. i said i just got charged with -- they want 400 years of prosecution if you add them all up, a fake 400 years. so thank you, darling, that is so nice, a wonderful birthday. we are going to make it into the greatest birthday of all. [applause] mr. trump: when caught, hillbilly then deleted and acid washed -- hillary deleted and acid washed. it was 33,000 emails in defiance of a

anthony weiner, that was a real beauty. much of it went into anthony weiner's computer.not sure -- i think i would rather have it on hunter biden's computer then anthony weiner's computer. [laughter] and when cox, hillary clinton acid washed and deleted 30,000 emails in defiance of the congressional subpoena. and her aide smashed and destroyed iphones with a hammer. yet, the fbi and doj protected her. they did absolutely nothing in hillary's case. in the fbi and doj largely did not issue subpoenas and they did not use a grand jury or execute search warrants. coming to clear that there was no problem. he said no reasonable prosecution. she knocked out 33,000 emails, and hillary was not indicted. she should have been. but she was not indicted. she was protected by the democrats. biden was not indicted, and what he has done is terrible. they like to see what trump did -- actually, i was impressed. somehow, somebody turned over one of the boxes -- did you see that? i wonder who did that, did the fbi do that? they posted something where they put documents all over the floor a

forget that former secretary of state and senator hillary clinton had classified documents on anthony weiner's laptop who was convicted of sending sex dting a minor inappropriate pictures. this is not how classified document should be handled. there should have been an investigation done into that. don't forget joe biden's documents sitting in his garage next to his course vet where the door opens and closes. america's sees this for exactly what it is and we will not allow it to stand. i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. ♪ >> midco supports c-span as a public service, along with the other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy.

. >> she sends it to anthony weiner. pervert. by the way, isn't that incredible. i was just saying, we were talking about, it and here, he wanted to attack iran -- this was done by the military, given to me, i think we can probably -- we will have to see. trying to declassify. it as president i could have declassified, and now i can't. >> now we have a problem. >> isn't that interesting, it is so cool, and here -- you probably almost didn't believe, me but now you believe me. it is incredible. it brings some -- >> joining me now, cnn at the chief correspondent kaitlan, call it also senior -- paula reid. caitlin, first of, all what do you, make this is the first time we are hearing, this the transcript, as more in this audio we that we have seen in the transcript. what stands out to you? >> there is more in this, this is a two minute clip of a recording that is over an hour long. this is of course the part that is at the center of jack smith's investigation, and we knew about, this we have seen it first reported that this existed, jack smith brought a caution had i

they say he's speaking rhetorically and quite humorously talking about anthony weiner. and then he says, they just added this additional from trump himself. as we've been saying from the moment trump rode down the golden escalator, the president did nothing wrong. >> i'm not sure how they got interpretation from the recording. >> thank you both for help us break down that tape. joining us now is mark esper, who served as secretary of defense in the trump administration. secretary esper, thank you for joining us tonight. we wanted you to come on to talk about russia and the monumental events happening there, and we'll get to that in a moment. but given this breaking news and the stunning audio, i wonder what it's like for you to hear your former boss, former commander in chief, talking about what we are told are sensitive military documents in this matter? >> it's stunning to hear it. it sounds familiar in some ways. talk a lot about these instances in my memoir, where i categorize how every few months or so we would come back to this issue about iran and what to do. i c

he didn't know that anthony weiner wound out with classified information on his computer. he didn't nor any of that because when the democrats accuse something they don't know. >> brian: he needs to watch this show and learn something. >> i agree and happy birthday president trump because he's watching this show. [cheers and applause]. >> so i talk to him, hey, hey pal, you had dinner with melania and ivanka, we've got your back. president trump, we have your back. this is not about you. it's about us. you can take to the you takely llama and this is a bunch of bs president trump you're going to prevail and be the republican nominee and you're going to be president again. just hang in there. [cheers and applause]. >> sean: what do you make -- how is its possible the things you're explaining? you don't believe that george stephanopoulos knew, i give him more credit than that, i think he knew dam well about the 33,000 deleted e-mails. he's heard about bleach bit. he's heard about hammers destroying black berries and iphones they know all about it and yet they protect their o

not to mention the fbi investigating the pedophile anthony weiner found documents on his personal computer that came from hillary's aide, whatever her name is. there is a double standard. you are asking those who like president trump to be serious about this when it has been swept under the rug? what about hillary clinton's people taking a hammer to their cell phones and beating them? guest: thank you for calling in. there is not a double standard. if individuals have documents they have -- if the documents were returned when requested, we would not be here today. but the difference between president trump and hillary clinton was when asked to return the documents, he did not. she returned the documents. president biden returned the documents. president trump believes he is above the law. that there is a separate standard for him and that he does not have to do what every other american like you or me or other elected officials have to do. and he lied about it, got his court attorney to certify that those documents had been turned over when we have recordings from him saying that he knew t

and let's joke about, you know, hillary clinton sending emails to anthony weiner. and by the way, bring me a couple of cokes. i hear recklessness. i hear laughter. and for anyone who's ever held a security clearance, for anyone who's ever sat in a district having to read through documents, for anyone who's ever been subject to any kind of investigation or how they handled classified information, they probably feel what i feel right now, anger, and being completely insulted by how this man handled it, and how the staffers around him thought it was funny. this is not funny. these are classified documents. this is national defense information. it is not a joke. >> yes, as is transcribed in the indictment, donald trump says, he is talking about these documents, he says, isn't that amazing? and then he says, except it is like highly confidential. and then, laughter. and tonight, andrew weissmann, for the first time, heard that laughter. and as bradley moss says, it is so striking when you see, as soon as trump tells them that this is highly confidential, everyone includ

it wound up on anthony weiner's computer and not a damn thing happen to her. >> senator, she was fullygated and the investigation found no intentional holding back. donald trump was president for four years and justice department in place for tour years. >> give me a break. >> he didn't do it >> there is an audio tape of donald trump saying he knows it is secret information and he knows he's sharing with other people. how is that okay? >> i am not saying it is okay. i am not saying it is okay to take a hammer to a blackberry. i think none of this is okay when chris coons, my good friend will be in a minute, when we view classified information, we have to sign in and go into a room and turn it back over. you got vice president, secretary of states and presidents handling this stuff. you had bill clinton with tapes in his sock drawer. i would like to review the system. here is the point i would like to make. i don't think the espionage chargeses are completely wrong and i think that he paint an impression that does not exist. this is not espionage. i do believe, george, most people on my

she said that to anthony weiner. the pervert. by the way, isn't that incredible? >> yeah. >> i was just saying because we were talking about him. and you know, he said, he wanted to attack iran and, -- >> it was -- >> this was somebody military and given to me. i think we can probably use it. >> we will have to see. yeah, we will try to figure out a way. >> see, as president declassified, it no i can't. you know, but this is -- >> now we have a problem. >> isn't that interesting? it's so cool. i mean, here and -- you probably almost didn't believe me, but now you believe me. >> no i believe you. >> it's incredible, right? it brings some -- please? -- but first, i do want to dig into this now with cnn's kaitlan collins, and paula, read to reporters who have been at the forefront of all of this from the beginning. kaitlan, folks at home can probably go put some headphones, on and listen really closely to our what you are hearing, because the shuffling of the papers is almost like a silent character in this audiotape. what does it mean for the former president to act

hillary's some of it having to leak into anthony weiner's computer. remember anthony weiner?ter. you don't want to be on his computer. all of it was illegal because thankfully she was never president and didn't have the powers to declassify. thank you. she did not have the powers to declassify. it's a big difference. neither did joe. joe did not have it. it's a little bit cooler. it was pretty hot out here. thank you. happy birthday. happy birthday. >>> welcome to "hannity". we begin our coverage of donald that jay. we have full coverage and analysis and my monologue straight ahead. happy birthday to you! >> nice birthday! wonderful birthday! they were singing happy birthday. i was with eric and laura an

. >> hillary would print> she waso anthony weiner. >> yes. >> by the way, isn't that incredible? i was just saying, we are talking about, he wanted to attack iran. this was done by the military and given to me. i think we can probably -- >> life is, he will have to see. >> try to declassify. >> as president, i could have declassified this. now i can't, you know? >> now we have a problem. >> isn't that interesting? this is so cool. look, we hear it, ivan, and you probably almost didn't believe me. but now you are believing me. >> no, i believe you. >> it's incredible. brings some -- >> in just a moment, a former trump white house lawyer will join me live to respond to this. but first, i do want to dig into this now with cnn's kaitlan collins and paula reid. to reporters who have been at the forefront of all of this from the beginning. caitlin, folks at home can probably go and put some headphones on and listen really closely to what you are hearing there. because the shuffling of the papers is almost like a silent character in this audiotape. what does it mean for the former presi

anthony weiner you haven't even mentioned that.e most republicans believe we inys in a country where hillar clinton did very similar things and nothing happened to her. president trum happenep will has day in court, but espionage charges are absolutely ridiculous. >> wow. big moment. lindsey graham will be here tonigh t. wor the real favorite word of the liberal media mob and the democrat will. it's called whataboutism or what about hillary? what about joe biden? well, what about them? do we have equal application of our laws and equalhem? justicews under the law? because it's the very core, what we believe to bee a constitutional two tiered system of justice. but now we live in an america. d there's one standard for democrats, another for donald trum fornotheron conservatives. it is a blatant government abusgovernmee of power. the fbi's politicized the doj's weaponize and the media mob. they only care to support the the democrats, regardless of what the facts say or the double standard involved involv. you want to speak truth to power that disappears on all things fake newse ne, cnn

. >> or send it to anthony weiner. isn't that incredible? i was thinking. we were talking about it. he wanted to attack iran. this is done by the military and given to me. i think we can probably -- right? we'll have to declassified it. if i'm president, i could declassify it. i can't. isn't that interesting? it's so cool. you probably almost didn't believe me. >> i believed you. >> incredible, right? >> remarkable there, the casual nature of that conversation, where he's clearly claiming to be discussing some of the nation's most sensitive secrets. in a statement, the former president's spokesman says this clarifies that the former president did nothing wrong. >> you hear the president said, these are the papers. highly confidential, secret information. does special counsel jack smith need to prove they were what trump was claiming they were? >> well, special counsel and the team is probably looking at this. the audio tape is full and maybe the motivation in part. wanting to show off and the statements. now, i bet you do. it's greater than a contextual discussion, why the reasons h

. >> you are not going through -- i should send it to anthony weiner. saying, because we were talking about it, and they said that he wanted to attack iran. >> you did. >> this is done by the military and given to me. i think that we can use this. >> well, we will have to figure out. >> as a president i could deply. >> and look, you have already not believed me, but now you believe me. hey, bring some cokes in, please. >> you can hear how casually they are talking about this sensitive document, and even laughing and joking that one of the staffers is point ing out that trump did not have all of these, but they were newspaper clippings, and other picture, and when you are saying, let me show you the paper, and you can hear pictures tlim sfwurmt and in this tape as well as another person in the meeting to try to get more co. >> and we bridgecology days. >> i will be right back. right on top of that, rose. and we have renata with us now. and i have heard some people couch it in the analysis as if this is admissible, then x-y-y, and is there any reason this

. >> and send it to anthony weiner. by the way, isn't that incredible? as we were talking about it, as he said he wanted to attack iran and -- >> but he said you did. >> this was done by the military given to me. i think that we can probably -- >> we'll have to see, you know. we'll have to try to -- >> declassify it. as president i could de clclass it, but no i can't. >> yeah, we have a problem. >> isn't that interesting? so cool. and you probably almost didn't believe me, but now you believe me. >> no, i believe you. >> this is incredible. bring some cokes in, please. >> and that contradicts what the president has been saying to his supporters and the media. >> there was no document. that was a massive amount of papers and everything else talking aboutabout iran and oth things. and it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. i didn't have a document per se. these were newspaper stories, magazine stories and articles. >> did you ever show those classified documents to anyone? >> not really. i would have the right to. by the way, the

>> yeah, she would send it to anthony weiner. the pervert. by the way, isn't that incredible?ah. >> i was thinking, because we were talking about it, and he said, he wanted to tattack iran >> you did. >> this was done by the military. given to me. >> so much for the claim this was just golf shirts and love letters. this shows donald trump knew this was done by the military and given to him. one thing to keep in mind. it doesn't matter for the charges made this in case whether it was classified or declassified. the law relates to sensitive defense information. here he is saying this is a document created by the military earlier he said it relates to attack plans for iran. and so that gives you that element this is almost the definition of sensitive defense information. >> classification is a necessity, but listen to this. >> um, i think we can probably -- right? >> i don't know. we will have to see. yeah, we will have to -- >> declassify -- >> i am a president, i can declassify it. now i can't. >> this puts the lie to donald trump's campaign of public defenses. how many times h

at this.ti you attack -- - >> hillary would put that out all the time.me >> she'd send it to anthony weiner. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> by the way, isn't that incredible? i was just thinking as we were talking about it.t you know, he wanted to attack iran and what -- w >> this was done by the t s military. given to me.e. i think we can probably, right? >> we'll have to see. >> declassify it. >> yeah. >> see as president i could have declassified it. i now i can't. isn't that interesting? it's so cool. you probably almost didn't believe me but now you believe me. >> no, i believed you. >> incredible right? it brings some -- bring some bl cokes in, please. >> bring some cokes in please. it does give it the ring of authenticity doesn't it? i'll show you an example. look. all sorts of stuff. pages long. s look. this was the defense department. all sorts of stuff. pages long. look. this is secret information. look.et look at this. he wanted to attack iran. a these are the papers. trump has since tried to say in subsequent interviews there was no document. i i wasn't showing anything. it was just ne

i don't remember anybody saying it was bad for anthony weiner to have on his computer classified information equal justice under the law is lie dying in this country. i would have faith in the american people. the final verdict in this case, jesse, will not be in a courthouse in miami. this case will not go to trial to verdict before the election. i think the final verdict will be by the american people in november of 2024. >> jesse: if it does go all the way to the supreme court on appeal, what do you think happens there? >> oh, attorney-client privilege has been destroyed here. there's a concept in the law you can't use a privilege to hide a crime. but the idea of a conversation between the attorney and his client has been pretty much destroyed here. espionage is ridiculous. they are charging the president under the espionage act. he did not commit espionage. he may have mishandled classified information, similar to what hillary clinton did, but the idea of charging him with espionage, i hope, goes all the way to the supreme court. there are a lot of legal issues in this case that will pro

. >> no, she would send it to anthony weiner -- [laughter] the pervert.e way, isn't that incredible? i was just thinking because we were talking about it. and you know, he said he wanted to attack iran and what -- >> these are the papers. >> you did. >> this was done by the military and given to me. i think we can probably, right? >> i don't know. we will have to see. yes, we'll have to try to -- >> declassify it. as president, i can declassify it. now i can't, you know, but this is still a secret. >> yeah, now we have a problem. >> isn't that interesting? it's so cool. and you probably almost didn't believe me, but now you believe me. >> now i believe you. >> it's incredible, right? >> no, they never met a war -- >> bring some cokes in place. that's how that tape ended. we should note, nbc news hasn't obtained or verified this recording. we have reached out to the trump campaign and legal team for comment and have not yet heard back. we've got a lot to discuss. let's get smarter with the help of our lead off panel, two of our favorites are here, former f

[inaudible] [laughter] >> she would send it to anthony weiner. [laughter] >> the irony of trump and his allies joking about hillary clinton's server is rich considering? [crowd chanting] >> i'll tell you what, for what she has done, they should lock her up. >> she wants to stay out of jail. she doesn't want to go to jail. she should be in jail. she should be in prison. she has to go to jail. we made a special prosecutor to look into hillary clinton. special prosecutor to filler this deal out. special prosecutor, here we, cabaret? >> i don't think anyone could forget that. but that was then, and this is now. >> i was just say, we were talking about. it and you know, he said, he wanted to attack iran. [inaudible] >> so again there, appearing to acknowledge the presence of the documents. and a reference to a plan to attack iran. >> i was just saying, because we were talking about. it and he said, he wanted to attack iran. he said [inaudible] this was done by the military, and given to me. i think we can probably [inaudible] >> we will have to say, w

. >> she'd send it to anthony weiner, the pervert. >> by the way, isn't that incredible, though? >> yeah. i >> was saying, because we were talking about it, and he said, i wanted to attack iran, and what -- >> he said you did. >> these were the papers. this was done by the military, and given to me. i think we can probably, right? >> i don't know, you'll have to see. yeah, we will have to try to -- >> declassify, right? >> figure it out. >> as president, i could have declassified it, now i can't. but it's classified. >> we have a problem. >> isn't that interesting? >> yeah. >> so cool. i mean it's so -- look, her and i have -- you didn't believe me but now you believe me? >> i believe you. >> it's incredible, right? >> it brings coax and please? >> leading off our discussion tonight, after having a huge victory in the united states supreme court today is neil. we will discuss that big win later. he's a former acting u. s. general and host a podcast courtside with neal katyal. that's glenn kirschner former federal prosecutor, and host of a podcast. they are msnbc legal analysts. a

allowed classified information to anthony weiner.publicans believe we live in a country where hillary clinton did similar things and nothing happened to her. president trump will have his day in court. espionage charges are ridiculous. whether you like trump or not, he did not commit espionage. he did not disseminate leak or provide information to a foreign power or a news organization that damage this country. he's not a spy. he's overcharged? did he do things wrong? yes, he may have. your own boss committed civil perjury. he didn't get prosecuted. >> senator -- >> he was impeached but not persecuted. >> you made your point and you said something that's not true based on the indictment. you said he didn't disseminate of any of the information. there is an audio tape saying he knows it is secret and knows it is not declassified. >> okay, let's talk about that. i don't know what happened, i have not heard the audio. look at who's been charged under espionage? people who turned over classified information to news organization to hurt t

. >> she would send it to anthony weiner. >> by the way, isn't that incredible? was just saying because we were talking about, and he said that he wanted to attack iran. this was done by the military, given to me. i think that we can probably -- >> we will have to see. >> tried to declassify it. as president i could have declassified it, now i can't. isn't that interesting? it is so cool, look. you probably almost didn't believe me, but now you believe me. it's incredible. bring some cokes in, please. >> this is secret information, look at this, unquote. that is pretty damning and it seems to debunk trump's previous excuse that he magically classified all the documents he stole without telling anyone. trump says he has the document, you can hear him rifling through his beautiful mind piles of paper. he admits that he did not declassified the documents as president. you would think that is via open and shut case at this point, but today the ex president offered a 12-point reputation of the report. >> everything was fine, we did nothing wrong and everybody knows it

enough about anthony weiner, back to my classified papers. just wow. it also happens to be a smoking gun piece of evidence in the classified documents investigation now public for the very first time. it's where we begin today, "new york times" justice reporter glen thrush is back, also joining us the editor of the bulwark, charlie sykes, also here for the hour former senator, our friend claire mccaskill and former justice department prosecutor and senior member of robert mueller's special counsel investigation, andrew weissmann is back. i'll always remember where i was when your first assessment came down last night. tell us what you think the significance of this is to jack smith's case. >> sure. so first let me give you the good news, and then i'm going to -- turn to a little conundrum. if you're a prosecutor you know what you want? the defendant on tape admitting the crime. it's hard to imagine something more devastating than this, and it also flies in the face of the latest defenses that were used, you know, that he's been putting forth, which is

. >> she'd send to it anthony weiner. >> reporter: the tone throughout is casual, even jovial, when talking about national defense secrets. something that may not play well before a jury. >> isn't that amazing? this totally wins my case, you know. except it is highly confidential. >> reporter: the tape ending with trump ordering some sodas. >> now you believe me. >> now i believe you. >> it's incredible, right? bring some cokes in, please. >> reporter: the trump campaign says the audiotape provides context proving once again, president trump did nothing wrong at all. trump's close aide and now codefendant in in this criminal case, he was expected to be arraigned in a federal courthouse in miami today. but walt nauta didn't make it as a result of flight delays. his hearing has been rescheduled to next week, but wolf, he still needs to find a florida-based defense attorney. >> still hasn't found one, not yet. don't go too ar fa way. i also want to bring in our correspondents and analysts into this conversation. laura coates, how strong is this tape as a piece of evidence in this criminal case

she said that to anthony weiner. the pervert. by the way, isn't that incredible? >> yeah. >> i was just saying because we were talking about him. and you know, he said, he wanted to attack iran and, -- >> it was -- >> this was somebody military and given to me. i think we can probably use it. >> we will have to see. yeah, we will try to figure out a way. >> see, as president declassified, it no i can't. you know, but this is -- >> now we have a problem. >> isn't that interesting? it's so cool. i mean, here and -- you probably almost didn't believe me, but now you believe me. >> no i believe you. >> it's incredible, right? it brings some -- please? >> really remarkable there, the casual nature of that conversation where he is clearly claiming to be discussing some of the nation's most sensitive secrets. now in a statement tonight the former president spokesman said that this in part clarifies that the former president did nothing wrong. >> okay, laura, i want to get your take on that. you hear the former president say, quote, these are the papers, he calls them, qu

. >> she would say that to anthony weiner. they -- . >> look, the irony of trump and his allies joking about hillary clinton's silver is rich considering -- >> for what she's done, they should lock her up. she wants to stay out of jail. she doesn't want to go to jail. she should be in jail. she should be in prison. she has to go to jail. we need a special prosecutor to look into hillary clinton. special prosecutor to figure this deal out. special prosecutor, here we come. >> i don't think anyone could forget that but that was then and this is now. >> i just think, as we were talking about it, they say, if he wanted to attack iran. >> so, again, they, are appearing to acknowledge the presence of the documents and a reference to a plan to attack iran. >> i was just saying, we were talking about it. he wanted to attack iran. this was done by the military. i think we can probably -- >> will have to see. >> declassify. it as president, i could declassify it but now i can't. isn't that interesting. this is so cool. >> this as. kate

. >> she send it to anthony weiner. >> yeah. >> by the way, isn't that incredible? >> yeah. >> just saying because we were talking about it and he said he wanted to attack iran and what. this was done by the military given to me. i think we can probably -- >> we'll have to see. have to try to -- >> declassify it. >> yeah. >> as president, i can declassify it but now i can't. >> now we have a problem. >> isn't that interesting. >> so cool. and you probably almost didn't believe me but now you believe me. >> no, i believed you. >> it's incredible. bring some cokes in, please. >> so how damning is that tape and is there any wiggle room? if so, what else will the special counsel need from that room to lock their argument down in the face of whatever donald trump's defense team might argue. and might jack smith already have that evidence? after all, you've got to wonder how smith even knew about that tape in the first place. did someone in that room, someone who may have seen that document, tell him? joining me now is ryan riley and josh dossy. so that tape, ryan, tell u

hillary clinton who had 30,000 some odd emails and unauthorized server, some that was leaking into anthony weiner'sputer that he shared and that was an egregious case, and this case you can see where there is a special counsel playing hardball. flipping some people around, and he has people doing the tape searches or handing out tapes of donald trump, subpoenaed his text messages and they went all out. that's not all they did. they did it as a pace. they did it at a very proactive pace and hillary clinton's case, they dragged it through and did not just try to check away at her inner circle, they let them know way ahead of time when they were going to interview them and what they were going to interview one. they asked for documents, did not demand them, did not use the grand jury, did not use search warrants, and it caught a guy red-handed with bleach bit, and did nothing with him. after a whole of things that i think you can reasonably draw conclusion of whatever you want to call it, it is a double standard when it comes to you democrats or people to the left of the political aisle versus the rig

they said they were all personal but some of them actually were classified and it wound up on anthony weiner'sr. >> joining us now, sabrina rodriguez, national political reporter for the political post and katie tubman. i will talk a little bit about the spread screen. we have president biden announcing his first campaign rallies and speaking with community members in philadelphia on saturday and that's coming just days after trump's arraignment in miami. is that the split screen we're going to be watching for the next few months as we try to project ahead to what this general election could look like? >> 100%, alicia. that's what we are going to be seeing going forward. if democrats and especially biden in his presidential campaign is smart about it i think we're at right now what we are seeing even in the past few days and even in the past few hours today with trump speaking out after hearing from his former attorney general bill barr speak about how this is a damning indictment and how bad this is and how this is not trump being a victim. everything that barr said is what republicans are pr

at one point, it was so funny, he was comparing -- what's worse, putting stuff on anthony weiner's laptop hunter biden's laptop. i mean, he's in this terrible situation legally, still finding the jokes in there, still finding ways to hit his opponents and still finding ways to entertain the crowd. pete: yeah. and if the left thought they were going to run him off the stage, his words were clear, i will never yield. and that was the first line of the article inside "the washington post" -- excuse me, "the new york post," which had this cover this morning, them's indicting words with, donald trump blames biden for stalinist prosecution. it is a prosecution of a political opponent, no matter how you want to shake it out. rachel: no question. will: pete and i were on brian kilmeade's show last night, and is they asked us various quizzes and questions about each other, and one of them was will's not ready for the show until what, and pete's answer was until he has prepared his podcast. he got it wrong, it's usually until i've eaten a baa hanna. but -- banana. but i've been spending this mornin

. >> she said it to anthony weiner. >> yeah. >> the pervert. >> by the way, isn't that incredible?he said, he wanted to attack iran and. what -- these are the papers. this is done by the military and given to me, ah, i think we can probably, right? >> i don't know. we'll have to see. yeah we'll have to try to -- >> declassify it. >> yeah. as president i could've declassified. now i can't. but this is still a secret. >> yeah we have a problem. >> it's so cool. i mean. it's a, look her and i, you probably almost didn't believe me, but now you believe. me >> now i believe. you >> it's incredible, right? could we bring some -- in, please? >> secret information, look, look at this, unquote. so that's pretty damning, and it seems to debunk trump's previous excuse he magically these classified the documents he stole. you can hear him rifling through his beautiful mind piles of papers he admits he did not declassified documents while president. you think this would be pretty open and shut case at this point but today, the united ex president offered a 20-point reputation of the recording.

hillary would print that out all the time, you know -- [laughter] >> no, she would send it to anthony weinerr] the pervert. >> please print. >> by the way, isn't that incredible? >> i was just thinking because we were talking about it, and you know, he said, he wanted to attack iran, and -- these are the papers. this was done by the military and given to me. i think we can probably, right? >> i don't know. we will have to see. yeah, we will have to try to -- >> declassify it. >> since president, i can declassify it. now i can't -- >> yeah, now we have a problem. >> isn't that interesting? it's so cool. i mean, it's looking at her, and you probably almost didn't believe me. but now you believe me. >> no, i believe you. >> it's incredible, right? they bring can you bring in some cokes in please. >> can you bring some cokes in please? that does give it at least a ring of authenticity, doesn't it? i will show you an example, look, all sorts of stuff, pages long, look, this was the defense department. all sorts of stuff, pages long, look. this is secret information, look, look at this. he wanted

lea >> it leaked intok anthony weiner's computer. remember anthony weine r into his computer? t to be on hisan computer. and all of it was illegally because thankfully, she was pover president. >> she didn't have the powers to declassify. thanwek thank you. she didn't have the powers to declassify. it's a big difference. and neither did joe, you know,ei joe didn't have your mind. >> have a drind nok. it's a little bit cooler than it was. it's pretty hot out here. thank you. happy birthday. happy birthday. great. but and welcome to hannity. and we continue coverage of donald j. trump. he is at bedminster. we have full coverage analysis, my monologue straight ahead. nice birthday. wonderful birthday, daryl saying happy birthday. i was with our

. >> no, she'd sent it to anthony weiner. >> yeah. >> by the way, isn't that incredible? >> yeah. we were talking about it, and you know, he said, he wanted to attack iran and what -- >> you did. >> this was done by the military, given to me. i think we can probably -- >> i don't know. we'll have to see, yeah, we'll have to try to -- >> declassify it. >> yeah. >> as president, i could declassify it. now i can't. but this is classified. isn't that interesting. it is so cool. >> all of that directly contradicts trump's claim just about a week ago that he did not have the classified document. >> there was no document. that was a massive amount of papers and everything else, talking about iran and other things. and it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. i didn't have a document per se. there was nothing to declassify. these were newspapers stories, magazine stories and articles. >> still, it is just business as usual for trump today, expected to speak any minute now in new hampshire. we'll be monitoring for any new comments from the former president about wh