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tonight, a rare look inside the mueller grand jury room as goldstone tells cynthia mcfadden, what it was like for him to testify. >> it was terrifying even if you believe you've done nothing wrong. >> no lawyer. >> no lawyer. >> i was picked up by two fbi agents and driven to an under ground entrance. >> how big is the room? >> the room is like a lecture room in a college. >> the 23 grand jurors. >> most of them range probably from late 20s, early 30s to their 50s. black, white, latino. >> mueller's team wanted to make sure the grand jurors heard about president trump's relationship to a powerful russian family. >> they were introduced by trumps of russia. >> the billionaire pop store became goldstone's client. he brokered a deal to bring the miss universe pageant to moscow in 2013 where he says he saw mr. trump charm a room full of powerful russians. >> one guest asked him what his views were on the very well publicized greek bailout. mr. trump stood up and said before i answer that, have any of you heard of "the apprentice"? he talked for about seven minutes how amazing it was, how

cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york. >>> still ahead as we continue tonight, the shocking video. kids as young as1 hind the wheel of a school bus, the driver egging them on. >>> also, shrinking airline seats, the new battle that erupted over your space in the sky. your digestive system has billions of bacteria but life can throw them off balance. re-align yourself with align probiotic. and try new align gummies with prebiotics and probiotics to help support digestive health. (tiffany) with counseling nicotine patch and gum, i quit for good. i my t get help to find the best way for you to quit smoking. (announcer) you can quit. for free help, call 1-800-quit-now. >>> we're back with parents outraged aft a video showing a school bus driver g letting childret behind the wheel and driving the bus. the youngest just 11 years thd. at driver has been fired and we get detailfrom miguel almaguer. >> it's all good. i'm lettinher stop at michael's stop. >> reporter: this is the video taken by students that police and parents could not believe. that's a child behind the wheel of an indiana s

we get mor cynthia mcfadden. >> reporter: the presidentweets this morning about dr. ford raised the question if the assault really happened, why di't he call the police. twitter exploded with tens of thousands of answers from sexual assault survivors using the #whyididntreport. i was 14. i wasn't where i was supposed to be and scared of getting in trouble. because i didn't want to admit what happened, even to myself. or this one, because of the hope if i didn't talk about it, it would go away. it didn't. thetatistics are daunting. according tone victim advocate group, an american is sexual assaulted every 98 seconds. statistics suggest issexual assault ne of the most under reported crimes and when it comes to kids, the numbers are truly shocking. 88% of the time no report is made to authorities. . n the early 1980s when drd said she was assaulted by judge kavanaugh which he denies, this was the sex crimes prosecutor in new york city. you read president trump's tweets today. hewhat do you thin doesn't understand? it's obvious the president doesn't understand the natur

here is nbc's cynthia mcfadden. >> reporter: the president's tweets about dr.d raised the question if the assault really happened whyn't she call police. twitter exploded with tens of thousands ofnswers from sexual assault survivors usin using #wididn'treport. like this one. i was 14. i wasn't where i was supposed to be and scare of getting in trouble. i got away in the end and didn't think attempted rape cound. because i didn't want to admit what happened to myself. or this one. because of the hop that if i didn't talk about it, it would go away. didn't. the statistics are daunting. according to one victim advocacy group, a victim is assaulted every90 seconds. it is one of the most under reported crimes. when it comes to kids, numbers are shocking. 88% of the time n report is made to authorities. in the early 1980s when dr. ford claimed she was sexually assaulte by judge kavanaugh, which he strongly denies, lindat fearsteen w prosecutor. >> what does he not understand? >> he doesn't understand the nature of sexual assault or the. impa especially on teenage gir

goldstone sat down with our cynthia mcfadden for a wide-ranging interview, and among the topics, how he sees that offer now. >> so do you agree with national security officials, both prior and current, who believe that this meeting was a probe set up by the russian government of the trump campaign to see whether they'd be willing to do business with them? >> i've always looked at it in a slightly different way. i've always looked at it as a bait-and-switch. >> and possibly a crime? >> and possibly a crime. >> but it was a dirty offer? >> yes. >> it was a dirty offer that they accepted? >> yes, that is true. that didn't materialize, but yes, it's the willingness to accept it. >> and you can watch more of cynthia mcfadden's exclusive interview with rob goldstone monday morning on "today". >>> still ahead, family feud, except this episode may not play out so well for an arizona congressman seeking to be reelected. you've got to see the shocking message his brothers and his sisters have all come together to do for voters in his district. -computer, order pizza. -of course, daniel. -fridg

we asked our senior investigative correspondent, cynthia mcfadden to go to illinois, to confirm the voters -- russians got to their voter registration system to see what they're doing to protect your vote. >> reporter: if springfield, illinois, the home of abraham lincoln, seems an unlikely place to be considered the front line of russian cyber attacks, this strip mall seems less so. how worried are you about the security of the midterm election here in illinois? >> i'm concerned. >> reporter: steve sandboss, the executive director of the illinois state board of elections was at the helm when his team discovered russia had hacked into their voter registration database in 2016. >> we determined approximately 76,000 voter records were actually accessed. these are active voters. >> reporter: what information would that consist of? address? >> address, date of birth, party affilin.>>n some cases the last digits of the social security number were included. >> reporter: the fear that the russian's ability to access such information could cause chaos at the polls or elsewhere. nbc news reported i

here is cynthia mcfadden. >> reporter: the nation's top national security officials went to the whitese last month offering assurances they are doing everything they can to make sure neither the russians nor anyone else interferes in the elections. >> we acknowledge the threat. it is real. it is continuing and we're doing everything we can to have a legitimate election that the american people can have trust in. >> reporter: congress hasn't helped much appropriating only $380 million to help the states upgrade their election infrastructure and securities. compare that to the $4 billion allocated to the wake of the 2000 election mess. steve is the executive director of the illinois state board of elections. would more money help? >> yes, the short answer is yes, it would. >> reporter: illinois' share of the federal money is $13 million. enough to help strengthen cybersecurity defenses he says, but not their aging infrastructure. what percent would you say of illinois voting machines need to be replaced? >> it depends which counties you ask but i would say 80%, maybe 90%. >> reporter: 8

cynthia mcfadden with more on how today will go down in history. >> reporter: we're not strangers to rooms like this where the unblinking eye of the television camera allowed the people of this country to serve as the grandest of juries for over 60 years. from senator joseph mccarthy's search for communists thwarted by a rhetorical question. >> have you no sense of decency, sir? >> reporter: to the exposing of richard nixon's corruption in the watergate hearings. >> if there was a cancer growing on the presidency. >> reporter: the nation witnessed the same event making judgments about where the truth lay. today's hearing was held in a room with 47 chairs in the gallery but an audience of millions who will decide for themselves who to believe. judge kavanaugh steadfast in his denial. >> i've never sexually assaulted anyone. >> reporter: dr. ford certain it was him. >> 100%. >> reporter: the quiver in her voice, the harrowing details, the tears that nearly fell. >> i am here today not because i want to be. i am terrified. >> telling the world is the most difficult experience of my life

here is nbc's cynthia mcfadden. >> reporter: the president's tweets about dr.uestion if the assault really happened why didn't she call police. twitter exploded with tens of thousands of answers from sexual assault survivors usin using #whyididn'treport. like this one. i was 14. i wasn't where i was supposed to be and scared of getting in trouble. i got away in the end and didn't think attempted rape counted. because i didn't want to admit what happened to myself. or this one. because of the hope that if i didn't talk about it, it would go away. it didn't. the statistics are daunting. according to one victim advocacy group, a victim is assaulted every 90 seconds. it is one of the most under reported crimes. when it comes to kids, numbers are shocking. 88% of the time no report is made to authorities. in the early 1980s when dr. ford claimed she was sexually assaulted by judge kavanaugh, which he strongly denies, linda fearsteen was the prosecutor. >> what does he not understand? >> he doesn't understand the nature of sexual assault or the impact. especially on

here is nbc's cynthia mcfadden with a look at reynolds' life and career. >> reporter: burt reynolds is as much a part of american culture as hamburger t fourth of july. he starred in an astounding 90 movies and 300 television shows. he had a knack for comedy in films like "smoky and the bandit". >> you got a great profile. >> i do, don't i? especially from the side. >> reporter: and more serious affairs. his thriller "deliverance". get connected up with the body and the law, this thing is going to be hanging over us the rest of our lives. >> reporter: left no heoubt he once said and out ofublic's mind of s own that he could act. >> to me, the best acting, the very best acting is the kind of acting that looks easy. >> reporter: burt milo ynolds junior was a knee injury made a football career possible, reynolds turned to acting. the rest, as they say, is history. >> we've come too far together to stop n. >> reporter: for fivar s from 1978 to 1982 reynolds was the world's highest grossing star. "boogie nights" got him a golden globe and oscar nomination, though he said he had mixed feelin

here's nbc's cynthia mcfadden. >> repngter: on thursday mor at a florida hospital actor burt reynolds died of a heart attack. this is how we remember bum. reynolds is as much a part of american culture as hthburger on the of july. he starred in an astounding 90 movies and 300 television shows. he had a knack for films like "smokey and the bandit." >> you've got a great profile. >> yeah, i do, don't i? especially from the side. >> reporter: and for more serious fare. >> where's the >> reporter: his louis medlock in the thriller "deliverance." >> we getnected up with that body and the law, this thing's going to be hanging over us the rest of our lives. >> reporter: left no doubt he once said in either the public's mind or his own that he could act. >> to me the best acting, the very best dacting, is the k of acting that looks easy. >> reporter: burton reynolds jr. was born 82 years ago. when a knee injury made a football career impossible, reynolds turned to acting. the rest, as they y, is history. >> we've come too far together to stop now. >> reporter: for five years between 19 and 19

. >> cynthia mcfadden talked to the man who was the go-between between the trump campaign and russiangarchs. this is the meeting that has tecome so infamous. >> reporter: is. good morning. rob goldstone claims it is not his e-mail that caused the trump tower meeting to happen but ari of phone calls that it provoked between donald trump jr. and the pop star that was his client. you've been talked about overth year. useful idiot, dunce, bonkers, puppet of the kremli >> i was called a lot more. i was a t publicisthat wrote an e-mail on behalf of my client. >> reporter: his client was a illiant russian pop star, son of one of the wealthiest develop developers. >> people kne them as the umps of russia. >> reporter: the e-mail rob goldstone wrote on their behalf to donald trump jr. is perhaps the mostr analyzed e-mail eve written. in it, goldstone asked don jr. to meet with an official from the russian government, willing to provide dirt onry hil clinton. don jr.'s reply -- if itt w you say, i love it. do you recredit saying this? >> i recredit not listening to my t little voice in any head

when he sat down with nbc news correspondent cynthia mcfadden, he described what that process is like. >> it's terrifying, even if you believe you've done absolutely nothing wrong. >> no lawyer. >> no lawyer. i was picked up by two fbi agents and driven to an underground entrance. >> how big is the room? >> the room is like a lecture room at a college. >> the 23 grand jurors? >> i would say they range probably from late 20s to early 30s to their 50s. black, white, latino. >> goldstone said the powerful russians he represented were excited about mr. trump back then five years ago because trump had good things to say about vladimir putin and about them at a time when nobody had anything good to say about either vladimir putin or russia. >>> that is our broadcast for this monday night as we begin a new week. thank you so very much for being here with us. good night from nbc headquarters here in new york. ♪ >>> this morning, uncertainty about rod rosenstein's future. he's still deputy attorney general, but that could possibly change after a meeting with president trump later this week. >>

nbc's cynthia mcfadden spoke exclusively with the guy who set up that infamous trump tower. it was between campaign aides and russians. rob goldstone is his name, and i want to share a bit of that interview. >> i've always looked at it as a bait-and-switch. >> and possibly a crime. >> possibly a crime. >> but it was a dirty offer. >> yes. >> it was a dirty offer that they accepted. >> yes, that is true. >>. >> what's your take here? >> yeah, so whether or not anything came out of that trump tower meeting, we've heard the defense of we the trump people never really got any dirt out of this, it doesn't really matter legally speaking because you still have a crime of conspiracy. when that offer comes in by e-mail -- >> what if it was a bait-and-switch. they can say i didn't know what it was about, i thought it was about the orphans. >> still a conspiracy. we have this offer on the table from the russians, and it looks like they did from the e-mails, trump junior's famous i love it if it is what you say it is, as long as they internally agree with each other, it's still a conspi

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