what they believe the american public is demanding. >> justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. ken, thanks so much. jonathan lemire, what more are you hearing out of the white house? we heard from the president of the united states that he guaranteed the whelan family they'll continue to work on this case. obviously they're so disappointed this morning. what are you hearing from the white house? >> administration officials telling me, sort of echoing what ken said there. this was the only deal on the table. this was the only deal they could make. the russians had put whelan in a different category, making these claims of espionage that the u.s. government and kwhee lan himself categorically deny. he simply wasn't going to be available in this deal. the u.s. would have had to expand it dramatically. the russians also asked for a spy the u.s. say they don't have. they also asked for someone in german custody, and obviously americans have no ability to free that person. so really this could only be a one for one. if they didn't take this deal, brittney griner was going to remain

here with us now, ryan nobles, and ken dilanian. ng to dig through the january 6 transcripts as we are sitting here. so far, we have cassidy hutchinson speaking about her conversation with the director of national intelligence about trump's election loss and the transcripts read, he said, well, you know, i'm a little worried about what's going on here. i've had a few conversations with the president where he acknowledged he lost. he hasn't acknowledged he wants to concede. he acknowledges he lost the election. then he will immediately back-pedal or call the next day and say he didn't lose the election and i should call mark. mark has more information, being mark meadows. this is similar to other conversations that we are seeing in the transcripts. >> this is hugely important evidence for the department of justice. in order to charge donald trump with some of the statutes regarding defrauding congress or trying to obstruct congress, they have to show he knew he lost and he was acting in the opposite direction anyway. that's what this

ken dilanian, let's talk about the d.o.j. side of this. first reported, nbc news has confirmed, that jack smith the special counsel sent a letter to the committee asking for a whole lot of evidence. what did he want? and what does it indicate about their investigation? the d.o.j. investigation. >> he wants it all, katy, and there's been an ongoing frustration at the justice department that they haven't been able to get those transcripts of all of those interviews that the january 6th committee has done. they've been asking for it for some time and now they're finally getting it. and you know, obviously, the justice department has their investigation into these matters, it has been ongoing for some time, and in many ways, it was accelerated by some of the evidence that the january 6th committee unearthed and put on television. it's very clear that cassidy hutchison's testimony for fire under the justice lit a department and accelerated some of their investigative efforts. but they are pretty far down the road now. but they're very intereste

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let's bring in nbc news capitol correspondent ali vitali and nbc news justice correspondent ken dilanian. ali, the january 6th committee finalizes criminal referral plan for trump. what is it, ali? >> reporter: yesterday, my colleagues and i spent the day outside the hearing room where the january 6th committee was rehearsing for this final meeting today. we were able to overhear them going through some of the criminal referral trials that they are likely to make public against former president donald trump today. you know and mentioned at the top of the show, we can put them on the screen for viewers, they include conspiracy to defraud the government, obstructing a meeting of the congress, and inciting or assisting an insurrection. that last one was a real topic of conversation for members and staff on the committee, whether or not they would be able to include it and if they thought they had sufficient evidence. it does appear they have the evidence to move forward with that charge. we also heard them talk about why, saying things like they believe these charges from congress are warra

. >>> justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian has more and back with us is harry litman.pments broke on the same day. help us understand what they say about the tempo of these dual investigations. >> the subpoenas, it was a significant moment. it's the first action at least that we've seen publicly by the new special counsel jack smith, or at least under his direction. and what this shows is that the justice department is seeking all sorts of communications records with a -- with donald trump and the trump campaign and a number of people working for trump, including rudy giuliani, mitchell, other lawyers involved in trying to overturn the 2020 election in these various local election officials in contested states who were under pressure to try to change the results. and the doj already has the communications records of a lot of these trump figures. now they want the other end of the conversation, they're looking for government records, to perhaps compare notes and make sure that they have everything and create a full picture. it suggests that this investigation, this janu

joining us now with more is justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. is paul butler, professor at georgetown school of law. he's an msnbc legal analyst. so ken, good morning. what does it mean donald trump? >> this appeals court ruling was a total repudiation of donald trump's legal arguments about the mar-a-lago search and an embarrassing reversal for the judge of florida. it's worth noting that two of the three judges who endorsed this opinion were appointed by donald trump. and they absolutely took apart the judge's reasoning for imposing a special master in this case to review the documents the fbi had seized from trump's compound saying that it undermined decades of legal precedent. these judges from the 11th circuit found there was nothing imp proper about the search of mar-a-lago and the courts had no right to prevent the justice department from using all the documents in its criminal investigation. they concluded by saying we cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the execution of

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i want to bring in ken dilanian, who has been following this. joyce vance is a law professor at the university of alabama. and bass else is a democratic strategic and executive director of the democratic party. good to have you all here. so ken, what does this mean for the investigation? >> first, this is are resounding rebuke of the arguments put forth by donald trump's lawyers on this case and of the reasoning by the judge imposing the special master for practical terms that this ruling is supposed to take effect next thursday. and unless donald trump appeals to the supreme court and somehow wins a dramatic last-minute reprieve, the special master will go away and judge cannon will have to dismiss this lawsuit. then the justice department will get act is etc. to the 22,000 pages of documents. all of them, not just the classified ones they already have, but all the documents seized. and we don't want to overstate this. the investigation has been chugging along. but all the other stuff they seized in trurp's office, some of that is relative to t

joining me is justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. walk us through these threats and who this man is. >> reporter: this is an awful case on a lot of levels, katy, because it is pretty clear from the criminal complaint that the authorities believe this man is badly mentally ill. and they continue to visit him and try to understand why he was making these horrific threats that are so graphic and vulgar, i can't really repeat him here, except that he threatened to murder many members of congress. but he also didn't make sense when the police would go to talk to him. and law enforcement officers don't want to arrest mentally ill people, but this man really left them with no choice, after the threats, they started back in early 2021, and the most recent one is ten days ago. so the fbi finally decided, in this climate, they really had to take action, and file very serious charges. it is pretty clear that the person who attacked paul pelosi was mentally disturbed as well and they can't take the risk again in this climate of this thing spilli

let me bring in senior hill correspondent garrett haake and ken dilanian.and we know the committee is meeting to figure out the criminal referrals, to set expectations here, for this monday hearing. >> well, hallie, i think that the monday business meeting is going to be kind of the main feature. >> sorry, meeting, not hearing. thank you for the correction. i need to get used to that before monday. >> i say that for only who have gotten used to high production value story telling in the hearings over the summer, this isn't that. this is going to be a little bit more business-like. a little more focused on the report that they are trying to get out and the referrals they intend to make. still, i think the monday meeting is the main feature. the wednesday report is the director's cut. for most people who follow this, most of their questions are going to get answered monday and most of what we will learn about who and how many referrals the committee will be handled monday. and wednesday, the guts of the report. and potentially additional transcripts. appendic

joining me is ken dilanian, "washington post" congressional investigation and enterprise reporter with us as well. ken, we'll start with you. this is closed to the press. nbc news is part of a coalition of outlets looking for access to that. that aside, talk to us today what is being said in the courtroom with several of mr. trump's attorneys in attendance as we understand. >> the reason it is closed because it deals with grand jury material which is secret by law. and the judge overseeing the mar-a-lago grand jury, to impose a contempt citation on the office of the former president, formally declaring that it has disregarded and did not comply with that grand jury subpoena that the justice department issued back in may, demanding that the office of the former president turn over all documents in its possession marked classified. it is a little puzzling about this, what is a little puzzling about this is subsequent to the grand jury subpoena, the government developed enough evidence to go to a judge and have probable cause for a search warrant and the fbi swooped in to mar-a-lago and i

ken dilanian is joining us now. federal government handed out nearly $900 billion in special unemployment benefits designed to help people who lost their jobs during the pandemic. as we have previously reported, a shocking amount of that was stolen. at least 160 billion according to the government and as much as 400 billion by some private estimates and as much of have of the looted funds went to foreign criminals who use fake identities to prey on a system that was not designed to detect fraud. one foreign criminal gang is a well-known chinese hacking group believed to be linked to chinese intelligence. the secret service said they got at least $20 million, but it may be much more. this may be the tip of the iceberg. our sources don't believe the chinese government ordered this hack. it's more likely the group was freelancing to make money. it's a disturbing new twist because if hackers with intelligence agency-level skills start hacking for money on a large scale, they could really reek havoc. the secret service s

speaking of d.o.j., ken dilanian, i haven't seen a public statement from anybody at d.o.j. about, the executive summary, the final meeting of the january 6th committee, but what are your sources saying? >> you won't see a public statement, katy. they are saying they will not comment on this. they really want to preserve the idea, which is more than an idea, it is a fact, that they are independent in this investigation, when jack smith was appointed special counsel, back in november, that's what he said in his statement, that he would investigate this, these two matters independently, and that's why this, these criminal referrals, as powerfully as they were presented today, really have no legal consequence and are largely symbolic. and this that is doubly true, because sometimes criminal referrals is important, because the d.o.j. is learning about some conduct or potential illegalities, in this case, there is already a massive grj investigation into all of these matters that we saw today on january 6th and we have evidence of grand jury subpoenas going out and witnesses goin

. >>> let's bring in nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian. you're here also to talk about the grand jury subpoena to brad raffensperger which we'll get to in a moment. this is incredible. hunter's reporting and saying this is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what's to come with more information. if you could put into confection -- context, if you could, what these text messages tell us about what the january 6th committee could do or what could surface through the doj in terms of what you glean from these messages. >> mika, good morning, this is clearly something that the justice department is looking at as part of its january 6th investigation. and, you know, remember that the january 6th committee aired a lot of this in the hearing where they had the top former doj officials discussing all of the pressure that was brought to bear on them by donald trump and the people around them to investigate. remember, he said, just say the election was corrupt and we'll do the rest. they refused to do that. at the end, that may have been the clos

joining us now, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. ken, good morning.t's the significance of this beyond allen weisselberg? exposure for the rest of the organization and potentially for donald trump himself? >> reporter: good morning, willie. i don't think legally in this particular case. trump was not a defendant. the trump organization could be disbanded. the trump organization really has a group of 500 companies. these particular companies could be done away with and he could still continue. on the other hand, it forever brands a company associated with trump's name as felonious, and it's part of a picture in which the trump brand is already in decline. reminded of that every time i walk into the justice department. the old post office building once the trump hotel in the center of power in washington and now a wall of astoria. trump made along of money but brand in decline in business. around the world, embolden the district attorney alvin bragg recently reinvigorated a criminal investigation conducting of the trump organization and around taxes whe

. >> joining me now, nbc justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and molly hunter. ken, first to you. what do we expect from the suspect's first court appearance? it's not an arraignment. there won't be a plea. we get to learn how they got him. some of the families claim he was released from a libyan jail or captured from a libyan jail after so many years. was there any cooperation with the libyan officials? >> as you know, justice department officials have been very tight lipped on that question and i am told we will not gain significant insight into that at this hearing, which seconds ago, we were told by a senior justice official that hearing has been pushed to 3:00 p.m. and i'm also told the indictment in this case will be unsealed at the conclusion so we may learn more on the indictment, but as for this hearing, it's going to be a typical first appearance where a magistrate judge will read him his rights and make sure he understands the charges against him. we're told he will be there in person at the washington, d.c. federal courthouse. and then the issue of ba

for more, i want to bring in ken dilanian and msnbc legal analyst. ean for the investigation going forward? >> it means the justice department will gain access to nearly all of the 22,000 pages of documents the fbi seized at mar-a-lago for its criminal investigation and based on the resounding language in this opinion by very conservative judges, it seems unlikely the high court will have anything to say here. the trump investigations are being led by special counsel jack smith and the doj has said in court papers in this case that getting access to all of these documents would really help speed things along. as a technical matter, the ruling is set to take effect next thursday, if the supreme court does intervene, the special master goes away and the judge would be forced to dismiss trump's lawsuit and the doj would get full access to these documents. it's worth pointing out that this appeals court ruling was a total repudiation of trump's legal arguments about the mar-a-lago search and an embarrassing reversal for judge canon who's reasoning was cal

nbc news justice correspondent ken dilanian is outside the justice department for us. mes reported >> reporter: morgan, the fbi's been warning local jurisdictions for years that it was implementing this new method, this more detailed method of collecting crime statistics, as opposed to the old uniformed crimes report method but a number of local jurisdictions just didn't comply this year. and this was the year the fbi said, we're only taking this data the new way, not the only way. of so, you had cities like new york and l.a. that weren't ready to comply. major parts of states like california and florida so, as a result, we don't have a full picture of the level of hate crimes in what most experts say was probably a record year for hate crimes in 2021. we just don't have the data because even though the justice department has spent millions of dollars trying to get states and counties and cities ready for this, apparently it's just a more detailed situation. and they're not required to comply so, many of them have not. >> and ken, can you just sort of walk us through so

joining me now, ken dilanian and vice president of the anti-defamation league's west coast operation. curious about this, robert. we'll get to you in a moment. ken, is there a reason why 2021's report is so incomplete? did we learn something from this one that it's been released? is it a complete picture at all? >> it's incomplete because the fbi transitioned to a more comprehensive national crime data reporting system. many, many law enforcement agencies were not ready this year and didn't submit any data at all. but even so, the fbi counted more than 7200 hate crime incidents in 2021 which is the third highest tally in a decade. that's with 65% of law enforcement agencies reporting. because of these inadequacies, they couldn't give us an accurate picture of the year-to-year increase while private researchers have found big increases in hate crimes across the board. the fbi is promising that things will be better next year. they've actually spent millions of dollars, the justice department has, providing grants to law enforcement agencies to transition them to this new data reporting

prosecutor in the mueller special counsel's office, and nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanianyour reporting. what's the latest in terms of what one should be looking for, key things, key elements, when the transcripts are released? >> good morning, mika. so many things. i'm particularly interested in the transcript of the interview with former secret service official and former white house official tony ornato, because you remember that one of the key moments in these hearings was when former trump aide cassidy hutchinson testified that ornato conveyed to her that famous anecdote donald trump went ballistic inside the presidential limo and tried to grab the steering wheel because so intent going to the capitol that day, as the riot was unfolding. that's a key moment, if you consider any possible prosecution of trump, because it speaks to his state of mind and that anecdote has been questioned and the executive summary doesn't really 100% corroborate either way whether trump grabbed the steering wheel, didn't grab the steering wheel. what it does corroborate, trump was very ang

i'm joined by ali vitali, justice correspondent ken dilanian, politico bureau chief jonathan lemire, senior fbi official chuck roseberg, former general counsel and senior member of the mueller probe andrew wiesman, and former supervisor rob demico. what a wealth of talent. ali vitali, let's start with setting the scene for us. what is the mood like on capitol hill anticipating this report with all the other events that they are working on. the any bus, the tax returns, pretty shocking. what slt talk about that report that the committee you have been covering constantly for so many months? >> nobody is bored here on capitol hill. no surprise given the list of things you just laud out between trump's taxes and the joint meeting tonight with volodymyr zelenskyy coming here to the united states to address congress. but this january 6th committee report we have known it's coming. we're going to see hundreds and hundreds of pages of material. the ought chapters of the written report, yes, but also looking at what's attached to that, specifically the transcripts and the underlying evidence

let's get the latest from ken dilanian. how will the prosecution's strategy be different?rhodes and the defendant of personally committing serious act of violence at capitol. they based their case on the evidence that the group wanted to fight a civil war and that they had stashed weapons in hotel rooms in virginia. the case against the proud boys the different. prosecutors plan to present details of how the five played a key role in leading the mob and fighting with capitol police. prosecutors say he directed the conspiracy and the others were the first to enter the capitol. one can be seen on video using a police riot shield to break a window and leave the crowd inside the capitol. and prosecutors say tario was sent a memo that included plans to occupy congressional office buildings, to protest the count of the electoral college votes. the jury is expected to hear from several proud boys and jurors will see and hear the defendants own words as well as recorded, planning meetings and videos from the riot. so this trial expected to last several weeks. an attempt by the def

i want to bring in nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian at the department of ice and paul butler here with us, an msnbc legal analyst. ken, talk about the expectations for the first court appearance getting started i believe as we speak. >> i believe this is like any other appearance by a defendant, the first person accused in this crime brought to the united states. abu agila mohamed masud is his name. at this particular hearing, we're not expected to hear much about the situation, but he will be read the charges, red his rights and offer to appoint a lawyer assuming he can't afford one, a public defender and then a discussion about bail, and the justice department will ask that he be detained without bail, it is assumed. we are not expected to hear anything about the mysterious circumstances under which the fbi got him here. all we know is he arrived on a plane yesterday, the justice department officials have been very tight-lipped about how they captured this man, how they got him. >> is there anything we can see in the court documents that would help us und

white house correspondent monica alba, and justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. so kerry, what did griner's reception look like this morning? >> reporter: it was extremely brief and quick. i was surprised she got off the plane herself without a whole on the raj around her. behind me is the medical center where she was brought to. she's here to get treated and not only to have the medical treatment, but also to have a little pith of psychological evaluation and assistance. because remember, ten months in detention, the last month in a rather harsh penal colony in russia. take a look at the video of her arriving. it's a brief shot, but you can see she walks off the plane with purpose. she seems to be upright, strong, making her way to the hangar. once there, she made her way with the state department folks who were with her in a van. the reason she's at the army medical center here is because they have a lot of experience dealing with americans who have been held captive, detained in foreign countries. trevor reed, sergeant bergdahl, they have a system in place to

ken dilanian is reporting on this story for us.so what can you tell us about this company and this case? >> the bank pleaded guilty to one count of spoors to commit bank fraud and the company has agreed to pay a fine of $2 billion. although this case hasn't been in the news much here, it's been described as one of the biggest money laundering scandals in history. the justice department saying the bank defrauded u.s. banks by allowing high-risk customers access to the u.s. financial system through its branch in astonia. the bank lied and deceived american banks to pump billions of dollars of suspicious and criminal funds through the u.s. financial system. the deputy attorney general said this prosecution was an effort to guard the intelligent tu of the u.s. financial sfrm tainted money. now back in 2019 a probe by a law firm found $200 billion of outside money had flowed through the bank's astonia branch from 2007 to 2015, and a significant part of that was found to be suspicious. a whistleblower notified management about this probl

nbc news ken dilanian is here and i'm joined by former federal and state prosecutor and an msnbc legalo we know if there's any link between this new development from the doj related to contempt and then the discovery of those additional classified documents in florida? >> it's part of the mosaic, lindsey. and the doj is, in fact, asking this judge to hold the office of the former president in contempt for failing to comply with the grand jury subpoena issued in may. they've already gotten a search warrant after the failure to come play with the grand jury subpoena. they convinced the judge that there was probable cause that a crime had been committed. this additional step of asking that the office be held in contempt and this is all happening in secret in d.c. because it involves grand jury proceedings, is a little bit hard to fathom. but it shows that the justice department is still negotiating with the trump team and trying to make sure that they have all the classified documents. as you said, we confirmed that the trump team actually conducted volunteerary searches of trump properti

ken dilanian has been following the story for us and brings us more. >> the judge really threw the bookaying he emboldened the and failed to show remorse. the sentence was just short of what prosecutor hs asked for. the iowa construction worker was one of first rioters to enter the capitol during the attack. he led what prosecutors called a menacing chase inside of the officer goodman who is seen in that famous video heroically diverting the riot rs away from senators. the jury found jensen assaulted goodman and prosecutors noted he was so intent on getting inside he scaled a 20-foot wall to be one of very first to break into the building and dus rucht the proceedings in congress. there's some evidence he thought he was storming the white house. the judge said it was a miracle his conduct didn't lead to greater injuries or deaths. a jury found jensen guilty on seven counts, including felony charges of civil disorder and assaulting police officers. capitol police officers said jensen's actions endangered the senate. during the trial, his attorney described his client as a man who had fal

joining me now to explain is nbc news justice and intelligence reporter ken dilanian and correspondent jacob soboroff. i don't understand. if they're filing to the fbi, was this not required or why did it change in 2021? >> you put your finger on it, it is not required, it is voluntary and that may be part of the problem here. the fbi changed the way it collects the data and is requiring a much more detailed reporting system which they say ultimately will be good, because we'll learn more about crimes. but the jurisdictions, the local agencies say it's more labor-intensive. and so even though the fbi announced this change years ago, and has provided millions of dollars in grants to various agencies to help them comply with this, very many key jurisdictions have not complied this year, and this is the year the fbi said we're only going to take the numbers this way or nothing. and so as you said, cities like new york and l.a. didn't report, also huge chunks of major states like florida and california, and so we're left in a year that we know, from private studies and experts, that hate c

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joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, so you've written a lot about this, this effort to get him behind bars, why did the u.s. want him so badly? >> well, back in 2008, they wanted him, katy, because he was one of the world's most prolific arms dealers, and in a really amoral way, there was one point where he was dealing arms to both the dictator and the rebels fighting against the angolan dictator and making money on both ends and it was illegal to sell arms under u.n. sanctions. throughout africa, a point in time where he was suspected of dealing arms to the taliban. he once acknowledged meeting mullah omar. by the time the d.e.a. concocted this sting in 2008, there was some evidence he was retired from the arms trade and sanctioned and harder to operate but they lured him out of retirement in moscow to teeland where he thought he was doing a deal to sell arms to the columbian rebels and it was actually the d.e.a. and they got him on tape and it was an air tight case and extradited him to the united states and got this 25-year sentence. the ju

nbc news justice correspondent ken dilanian has a preview. >> reporter: following the lead of many europeanntries, california will become the first state to ban the sale and production of most products made from animal fur. >> let's call it what it is, a barbaric kill for no purpose other than vanity. >> reporter: the law bars residents from selling or making fur clothing, shoes or handbags, though it doesn't apply to leather, used items or those used for religious or tribal purposes. california is also repealing a law this year against jaywalking. under the freedom to walk act, pedestrians may cross the street outside of an intersection without being ticketed, as long as it is safe to do so. before, jaywalkers in california could receive a fine of up to $198. in kentucky, the so-called get back to work law will significantly restrict eligibility for unemployment benefits. supporters say it is needed to help employers fill vacant job openings. critics say it will hurt struggling residents. alaska is changing what it means to consent to sex in that state. the previous law required a use of f

nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian joins us now.so the nfl. what did the committee discover? >> reporter: that's right. savannah, in this blistering report the committee lays out its findings that team owner dan snyder ignored a culture of sexual harassment for more than two decades and team leadership ignored conduct by senior male employees and dan snyder interfered with two investigations one by the nfl and one by this committee and criticizes the nfl for misleading the public for how it handled the investigations into the sexual harassment investigations and the nfl continues to minimize workplace misconduct. take a listen to the chairwoman carolyn maloney. >> we also learned that instead of being transparent about it and taking steps to be accountable, the nfl did absolutely nothing. if anything, they became complicit with the commandrs in covering up what is happening. >> reporter: now the nfl did fine the commanders $10 million, but there is another nfl investigation by a former u.s. attorney into separate allegations of sexu

. >>> i want to bring in ken dilanian, who covers justice and intelligence for nbc news. and evelyn farther cuss is executive director of the mccain institute. mixed emotions. brittney griner is free, that's amazing. paul whelan is not. a senior official told nbc news that the russians took whelan off the table telling the u.s. the choice was either one or none. can you give us unsights into how the negotiations go and how tough these kinds of decisions are? >> yeah, it sounds like from the outside certainly in the beginning, there was a conversation about a two for one that brittney griner and paul whelan would potentially be exchanged for viktor bout. because vladimir putin. ed him really badly. so atten one point, the russians probably did contemplate it. it was offered as an option. that's what we were pushing for. but it sounds like the russians decided we are putting paul whelan in a different category. they are alleging that he is a spy. the u.s. government has denied that. now there are other opportunities perhaps down the road. the germans are holding two russian

international correspondent keir simmons and national security intelligence and justice correspondent ken dilanian. let's start with what we know about the prisoner exchange as we speak. so brittney griner herself is right now in transit to texas, to san antonio, where she's going to get debriefed, likely, she will get the medical treatment, and all as part of this swap, imp ficed by officials from the -- improvised by officials from the uae, landing in the city of abu dhabi, got on a plane. and not on the plane is paul whelan. the russia administration was not willing to make a deal for both americans imprisoned in russia. we know this seemed to come together to the degree we've seen in the last 48 hours. walk us through the details that you and your team are learning from behind the scenes from your sources about how this went down and where we go next. >> sure, these are negotiations that have been going on for many months. there was a proposal the u.s. put forward to russia in july, after that, u.s. officials said that russia did not respond to any sort of serious counter-proposal, and things

joining me now, ken dilanian, garrett haake and ashley parker. ashley is also an msnbc political analyst. garrett, can i start with you a little bit of breaking news though. from chairwoman maloney and the national archives. >> she is asking the national archives to do its own search according to the "washington post." of some of these trump related properties where we learned just in the last week or so that additional classified material had been found. remember that was turned up in a search ordered by donald trump's own attorneys trying to make sure they were in compliance. here you've got maloney and perhaps one of her last acts at the top of the oversight committee before it hands over to republican control in january asking for this additional search for national archives and that's not the only breaking news we're getting at this moment. the chairman of the january 6th committee is telling reporters that big hearing we were looking for, the business meeting on the 21st in which they were going to unveil their report on all things january

joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian and the "washington postsecurity reporter who broke the story devlin barrett. since you broke the story, please, give us the d.o.j. argument for this. >> the justice department argument is that trump's lawyers just have not been trustworthy on the question of whether they have looked everywhere for classified documents. and this has been building for months. and culminated, that has culminated, as we reported earlier this week, two items marked classified found in a storage unit in florida, and the justice department is plainly fed up. >> they're fed up. and they're asking a judge to hold them in contempt. can you explain a little bit more about the process of the trump team, and trying to unearth these documents, and whether the justice department, and special counsel now, has been able to go to one single person to get a straight answer. >> right, so this goes back to may, when the justice department served trump's side with the subpoena saying you must return all documents, all things marked classified. an

let's bring in nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian with new exclusive reportingutbreak. ken, what can you tell us? >> good morning, mika. this report i obtained is the product of the two-year deep dive by democrats on the house intelligence committee, and what they learned, first of all, they confirmed, as you just played there that donald trump was misleading the public about what he was being told about the seriousness of the covid pandemic early on because what this report says is the intelligence community warned fairly early that this thing was going to be very serious, was getting out of control. as soon as december 31st, that was the first -- december 31st, 2019, right when it was emerging from china, that was the first intelligence report that mentioned a possible pandemic this new report finds, but there's a bit of a nuance here. then the report goes on to criticize the performance of the intelligence community because what it says is the spies didn't pivot and start spying on chinese officials and glean the kind of insights that would have really helped

nbc's ken dilanian breaks it down for us. >> good morning.the meaningful to the mundane. here is a sampling in one of the most consequential criminal justice policy changes in years, illinois is poised to become the first state to completely eliminate cash bail the law is under court challenge, but if it takes effect new year's day as planned advocates say it will make the justice system fairer to those with low income while giving judges discretion to detain people who pose a danger. >> i believe that violent criminals, people who are a danger to the community, will be detained and those who are not a danger will be released on bond. >> reporter: following the lead of many european countries, california will become the first state to ban the sale and production of most products made from animal fur. >> it's a barbaric kill for no purpose other than vanity. >> reporter: the law bars residents from selling or making fur clothing, shoes or handbags, though it doesn't apply to leather, used items or those used for religious for tribal purposes c