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Watch. In late july after being denied bail he was found injured in his manhattan jail cell. The 66yearold was semiunconscious at that time and had marks around his neck. Sources say he was placed on suicide watch after that. But then, after a mental evaluation, he was then sent back to his own cell in the special housing unit that has bedding and wore prison attire. Epstein, a convicted sex offender, was indicted last month on federal charges of trafficking teenage girls as young as 14 to have sex. He pled not guilty to those charges. If convicted, he could have faced up to 45 years in jail. Now, meanwhile, the president is weighing in on this entire case by promoting a Conspiracy Theory linking epsteins death to bill clinton. Without any evidence, though. Joining us now, Nbc National Security intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, we also have nbc News White House correspondent Kelly Odonnell whos in berkeley heights, new jersey, near bedminster where the president is spending the weekend. Ken, well start with you on this. What is the latest in terms of what we know about the case . We know were waiting for a potential autopsy result report. Thats right, richard, the report by the new york medical examiner should be able to answer some key questions, principally, the cause of death and the manner of death. If its anything other than suicide, that will be a huge bombshell revelation, obviously sh ev , even if its undetermined because Law Enforcement sources are telling us as you reported that epstein appears to have hung himself in his cell. The big question, of course, how could that possibly have happened to one of the most highprofile inmates in this federal facility . And there are sort of two levels of questions. One, he was in a special housing unit where the rules say the guards were supposed to be visiting him at least once every 30 minutes. Theyre investigating if that actually happened. How long was he alone in the cell such he was able to hang himself if, in fact, thats what occurred . The real question, kendis, richard, sorry, how did he get moved off of suicide watch . The rules say he would have had to have a facetoface Mental Health evaluation with the facility psychologist for that to have happened. Now that the fbi and Justice Department Inspector General are investigating the circumstances of all this, thats going to be one of their key questions, what was the evaluation that he was not a threat to himself, such that he was moved off suicide wat watch, just so people understand, suicide watch he would have been monitored every second, he would have been in a very spartan cell with no bed clothes essentially. Instead, he was moved to a place where he was on his own, there there were bed sheets, there there was a windowsill, an opportunity for him to hang himself, richard. Over to Kelly Odonnell, kelly, and then theres the president of the United States weighing in on what has happened in the last 24 hours and what are we hearing from him . Reporter well, its really an indirect weighing in. He has retweeted the comments made by a supporter of his who was peddling a Conspiracy Theory about epsteins death linking it, making an unfounded spurious allegation that somehow the clintons are connected to epsteins death. Again, something completely unfounded. We really shouldnt even show it on screen. Its the kind of thing that is trafficked in the internet world, and the president of the United States using his considerable influence and his enormous twitter followership to peddle that out. This is something weve seen the president do in other ways, where he would retweet things that are critical of political rivals and some of his political opponents. And doing that without any further comment. So the president in his own voice, in his own words, has not spoken about the epstein death or any of the specifics that have been discussed in the last 24 hours about the investigation or what should happen next. He simply retweeted, but that, in and of itself, is very powerful when youre talking about the president of the United States using the force of his own megaphone. And so this is the kind of thing where now the clinton spokesperson for president clinton has said, of course, this is ridiculous, it is not true and donald trump knows its not true. And its the kind of thing that in sort of the dark conspiracy world of people who traffic in this kind of accusation, and theres a lot of this on the internet for various topics, that its picked up some speed there and its one of the things thats being talked about and Democratic Candidates in the 2020 race for the nomination have called out the president today to say its dangerous. Its inappropriate. And he should not have done this. Ive repeatedly asked the white house today for any kind of comment about it, and they have simply not responded. Richard . Building on what you just reported there, kelly, lets get over to the other k here, ken, whats the as you talk to your sources, sometimes you can get an understanding if theres a there, there, right, or theyre saying be careful, this is strictly exactly what we know right now, or there could be more. Whats that sort of sense on the ground, if you will, here, ken, in terms of is there more than this than what has been reported so far . Richard, my colleague, jonathan deinst, who covers new york Law Enforcement very closely, has been told by senior officials that there just isnt any evidence of foul play. Theres no hint of it. But, of course, the circumstances of this are such that even reasonable people are asking questions. It just doesnt make sense. How could this possibly have happened to such a highprofile inmate in a federal facility . Its a huge black eye for the bureau of prisons and the department of justice and thats why the attorney general, william barr, said he was appalled this had happened and immediately ordered an investigation. They have to get to the bottom of it. If it was incompetence, they have to explore that, they have to name names because until they do that, there will be these lingering questions about how this could have possibly happened, how there wasnt foul play. Again, our oreporting if officials tell us theres no hint of foul play. They believe this is a suicide. Were going to watch out what ken was reported on, looking at the autopsy results expected to come out this afternoon. Ken dilanian, nbc news National Security and intelligence correspondent. We also have White House Correspondent Kelly Odonnell with us with the very latest on this story. Thank you, both. Lets get over to josh gerstein, politico writer. Jill wine banks, former assistant watergate prosecutor. Both msnbc contributors. Josh, what happens when and if we do get these results and how important are they to understanding what happened to Jeffrey Epstein and what will happen next in these criminal cases and these civil cases . Well, i think this first results are going to be of limited skrvalue. The medical examiner doesnt really have the ability to do a thorough criminal investigation or sort of a civil investigation in terms of the issues that ken was raising about whether the bureau of prisons policies were followed here. I do think one issue about why he may have been taken off of suicide watch is there is some pressure on prisons, on jailers, not to have people sort of languish on suicide watch indefinitely. Its not pleasant. It can involve being woken up a lot of times over the course of the night. That said, a week or so is not very long to spend on suicide watch. I covered the Chelsea Manning case. She was on and off suicide watch for about nine months. Which then became the topic of, you know, extended dispute during her courtmartial. That could be one of the impulses, but still, why they would sort of give into that impulse in such a highprofile case after just a matter of a few days is really mysterious. When we look at what happens to the cases next here, jill, there are the criminal cases, right, then there are the civil cases. Potentially more added to what is already out there. In the criminal side, what do we expect to happen now . Well, in terms of the actual criminal case against Jeffrey Epstein, its over. With his death, that case goes away. But the indictment of him included a conspiracy so his coconspirators will continue to be investigated. And that can lead to some very interesting revelations and there is a civil case that can continue to pend. The actual apparent suicide followed the release of some very damaging information in the civil lawsuit. Just as his first apparent attempted suicide followed the release of some information and a decision by the court not to release him to home confinement. So there seems to be a timing pattern to these attempted suicides. Uhhuh. And it i think josh is right, we arent going to know from whatever the results of the medical examiner are as to whether or not it was. I think the more interesting question is why the department of justice and the bureau of prisons, which it controls, did not take more precautions given his history of an attempted suicide and given the potential that he had for talking about some significant other players in his crimes. So its up to investigators to actually find that out now. So the victims and survivors here, then, josh, as they go forward, and we could see more civil cases, will these potential cases coming from survivors, victims here, will they go against the government, potentially, and what has happened to Jeffrey Epstein . I think theyre more likely i mean, these are civil cases looking for money and epstein was still a very wealthy man despite his time in prison or county jail and all the legals bills hed incurred. I think youll probably see more suits filed against his estate. In terms of the publics interest, as jill points out, there were about 2,000 pages of documents that were released about 24 hours before epstein apparently killed himself. And there are many, many more pages of documents to come. The court files are still sealed in large part. And were waiting on a judge to unseal the remainder of those documents. So theres a lot more to be learned not only about epstein, but associates who might have fueled his crimes. As we look at those 2,000 pages of documents here, jill, we dont necessarily know exactly whats inside of it. For a moment here, jill, what may have been in those documents that may be associated with this apparent suicide, if at all here . Well, i think just the fact that he realized that the jig was up, so to speak, and he was really being revealed for what he was may have led to some action on his part. But, remember, we have to hold off any judgment about whether this was a suicide, whether it was something more nefarious, or something in between which is an assisted suicide in the sense of the bureau of prisons let him alone. They left him in a cell by himself, whereas he had been told that we had been told that he would be in a cell with a cell mate once he was taken off suicide watch, that he would be monitored every 30 minutes, and, yes, you probably could commit suicide even if you were monitored every 30 minutes, but you might have been saved if they had actually followed that rule. And i think its important for us to find out why those things were changed. Who made that determination to take him off suicide watch and to not monitor him every 30 minutes. Those are the important questions to determine whether or not he acted on his own. Quickly, josh, if i could ask investigations, what would that one question be . I think the real question would be who authorized him being taken off of suicide watch after just six days and like jill said, what precautions were supposed to be in place thereafter, and whether they were actually followed. Thats what the Justice Department is going to have to get to the bottom of. You both agree on that question. Josh gerstein, thank you so much, sir, jill, stay with us, well have you back later. Youre looking at live pictu pictures, by the way, at the iowa state fair. There are tons of democratic president ial candidates this weekend. Gun control is the issue there for many voters after a difficult week in america. groans hmph. food grunting menacingly when the food you love doesnt love you back, stay smooth and fight heartburn fast with tums smoothies. Tum tumtum tum tums with tums smoothies. 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The president has been actively talking to republicans and democrats on the matter of background checks and just being able to have meaningful, measurable, reforms. We got a bill to President Trumps desk last year, which truly duds oes go after the rea problems we saw where people were falling through the cracks. Seven of the president ial candidates making the sunday show rounds. Expressing skepticism about whether republicans are acting in good faith. I believe very little that this president says where he tweets, he tweets a lot of things. He says, makes a lot of bold statements that dont just come through. He doesnt follow through. He doesnt do the things that keep our nation safe and strong. We passed the background checks that are waiting for Mitch Mcconnell to put on the floor this summer. Mcconnell can vote however he wants, but why doesnt he just put it on the floor so that every senator can be held accountable for their vote . All right. Lets go now to our nbc news road warrior, vaughn hillyard, you can probably tell, as usual, with one of the candidates and, vaughn, Bernie Sanders there with you. Watch it. Reporter senator sanders, youre live on msnbc. What is your message to iowa fairgoers here on guns here amid this conversation . Well, if guns and everything else, message on guns, is we have to take on the nra. The question on the economy is that we have to take on wall street. Were going to have to take on the insurance companies, were going to have to take on the health care industry. Were going to have to take on the fossil fuel industry. What we have got to fight for right now, what this is all isnt, is having the courage to take on special interests who today dominate the economics and politics of america and create a government that works for all of us and not just the 1 . So the nra is an absolute part of the problem. They are dictating gun policy. We got to we have a pharmaceutical industry that is charging us the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Were going to have to take them on and we have to do what every other major country on earth is doing, guaranteeing health care to all as a human rights through medicare for all. Reporter when youre talking to iowans who went for donald trump in 2016 by 10 hPercentage Points, were talking about white supremacy, what do you tell the voters who voted for donald trump in 2016 . Its a sad state of affairs, we have a president of the United States whos a racist, a sexist, a xenophobe and homophobe and religious bigot. As a nation we need a president , hopefully Bernie Sanders, who understands the goal of being president is to bring people together, not to divide us up. But this is what i also say to the trump to the people who voted for donald trump. Here in iowa and around the country. I say to those people that trump lied to you. He told you that he would provide health care to everybody. Remember that . That was a lie. He tried to throw 32 Million People off the health care that they had. He said he would not cut medicare and medicaid. His budget calls for massive cuts to medicare and medicaid and cuts to Social Security as well. He said that his tax plan would not help the wealthy, well, the truth is 83 of the benefits over a 10year period go to the top 1 . I say to the people who voted for trump that if you really want change, vote for somebody who comes from the working class. Not a billionaire. Who understands workingclass issues. Is going to stand up and fight for the working class. Reporter well let you go. Your polling numbers here in iowa have gone down a little bit. No, you havent. Youre looking at one poll which the media seems to like to talk about. Reporter so actually, actually reporter how did Bernie Sanders rise to the top of the polls here in the iowa caucus . Actually, if you look at the reports of polling since the last debate, guess which candidate has gone up the most. Thank you very much. Senator Bernie Sanders. Reporter thank you, senator. All right. Vaughn hillyard there with Bernie Sanders. Bernie sanders making his way to the soap box. Thats the actual place where each candidate stands and gives their speech. And so vaughn hillyard, our nbc news road warrior, was able to stop him on the way, if you will, before hes about to get up there and get a little warmup of what Bernie Sanders might be saying. Lets go to our panel right now to reflect on what was said by the way, vaughn, thank you for that. Politico politics reporter daniel strauss. Former florida congressman, msnbc political contributor, david jolly. Daniel, weve all been through that in some way or the other. Going down the road, stopping a candidate trying to get the most out of him as they do make their way to a to b and you heard the question that vaughn was asking, and that had to do with the polling numbers in iowa. And Bernie Sanders dropping seven Percentage Points since april. While you see Elizabeth Warren jump 12 Percentage Points. Whats happening there in iowa that explains why sanders is going down, warren popping . I mean, its really more that warren is warming to areas of the Democratic Party that i think at the beginning of this cycle a lot of political observers didnt think she would. She is expanding her base beyond just the superliberal, superprogressive wing of the party. To a lot of democrats shes emerging as a viable alternative to the front the other fro frontrunners in this primary. Thats joe biden, Kamala Harris, thats Pete Buttigieg and thats Bernie Sanders. Thats why in polls not just in iowa but around the country, were seeing a steady increase for her. Not as much for Bernie Sanders. David jolly, as weve been watching your coverage on this story here on our network about, unfortunately, what happened over the last week and a half, with gun violence as well as we see so many deaths within a short amount of time here. Elizabeth warren, lets stay on her for a moment. Given that she popped such a large number of Percentage Points, plus 12, again, she just coming out with her gun prevention plan. Part of it requiring background checks for the majority of private sales. Appointing an a. G. Who would investigate the nra for exploiting loopholes in federal laws. Fairly farreaching. Im just mentioning two of the bullet points from her prevention plan. Is her liberal stance, as some might call it, farther left, right on the spectrum, is thats whats resonating . Is that why were seeing a plus 12 here . I think Elizabeth Warren is making all the right moves at the right tilme. Shes the one candidate in the field who consistently improves her poll numbers and understan s understands the pulse of the nation. 3 31 people were gunned down in 13 hours at the hands of two people. What we saw from Michael Bennet, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, theres room in the broad field for Democratic Candidates to position themselves further on the issue of gun rights. Understand the universal background check bill that Michael Bennet was talking about simply expands the transactions that are covered to gun shows and internet sales. Doesnt expand the information. Doesnt make the background checks comprehensive. Bernie sanders has an uncertain history on gun control. Hes had to evolve on it. Coming from a very rural vermont, Bernie Sanders voted originally against the background checks but by 2016, 2018, is embracing background checks and assault weapons ban. Within the democratic field, there is an opportunity for somebody to take real leadership. The one candidate we saw do it early was eric swalwell. He basically banked his entire campaign on assault weapons ban and greater gun control. Even announcing down at parkland. Hes now out of the race. I think theres room in this field for somebody to emerge on this singular issue. Look at republican support of back grou background checks, currently the big talk in the town there in the beltway. We look at nra versus nonnra numbers here. 52 of nra members according to a poll some time ago, its the latest poll weve got here, daniel, shows that there is support for background checks as one idea behind this offsetting the amount of gun violence that we have seen. Is it about the type of solution here, or is it more about the beltway, which you know so well, about republicans and democrats and who is there and who can Work Together on this . I mean, theres always going to be some jockeying and gamesmanship here. Heres a little weird to me to see nra members supporting background checks when, for years, that was the democratic position and it was met with strong opposition. You know, one other alternative were hearing right now in d. C. And in political circles is for red flag laws. Thats something that republicans seem to be showing a lot of recent interest in. But right now, President Trump, himself, says theres a strong appetite for moving some kind of major background check legislation. And democrats have been saying that for a while. Im still skeptical that were actually going to see Something Like that any time soon, but thats the discussion topic right now. David jolly, you discussed on air several ideas behind what might happen in the future now. In terms of solutions. That might make it through congress, potentially, or might get more attention. Was el paso was dayton a turning point for this discussion in the white house as well as on the hill . Not in a meaningful way, and i say that with some regret. We will see possibly incremental changes in response to what needs a real comprehensive solution, and i think this is a game of low expectations now. Look, if republicans move on universal background checks, gun shows and internet sales, god bless femthem. Thats great. That does very little to expand, as i mentioned, what do we do about somebody to faced prosecution and wasnt convicted or Domestic Violence call where charges werent pressed or somebody who seeks Mental Health counseling for ideations of violence but doesnt trigger reporting by the Mental Health community . We may see them move on red flag laws, jurisdictional issue, watered down to a federal Grant Program to states that wish to implement red flag law slike we saw in parkland and seen some effect. They have to focus on making background checks comprehensive, the elements i just discussed and focus assault weapons ban and highcapacity magazines. The weapons of war. Because republicans will be unwilling to touch those. That should be an issue of contrast going into 2020 because i think the American People want those latter reforms. Daniel strauss, as always, thank you, friend. David jolly, stick around. Well talk to you next segment. Up next, campaign of terror. Thats how one president ial contender describes President Trumps policies and their impact on communities of color. Do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging . Prevagen is the number one pharmacistrecommended memory support brand. You can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. So, every day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. The United States Postal Service makes more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. Corey is living with metastatic Breast Cancer, which is Breast Cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. 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Well, the battle over immigration is at center stage right now after a week that left the Latino Community reeling and one president ial candidate giving the president s policies a chilling label. Take a listen. This administration has directed dhs to conduct these raids as part of what i believe is this administrations campaign of terror. The quote you saw there, campaign of terror, referring to the largest ever i. C. E. Raid in a single state in mississippi which came just days after a mass shooting in el paso, texas, by a suspect who said he was targeting mexicans. Trump Administration Officials tried to defend the raids that left terrified children without their parents, and seemingly, no plan to make sure if they were okay. Its not just a victimless crime thats going on here. First of all, they are here illegally, and a lot of times theres additional fraud that goes with them to get these job in these companies. They took this very seriously, had a process with 14 different case workers and phones available to call and find parents and kids and make arrangements. So this is was done with sensitivity. Lets go tower pan our panel. Anchor and executive producer for nprs latino usa. Back with us, david jolly, former florida congressman. Maria, as we look at whats happened in el paso, you were just there, and the thematics that have overlapped upon each other, now you see the Democratic Candidates saying this is not good and theyve labeled President Trump in very unsavory terms. You see Kamala Harris there saying this is a campaign of terror, youve heard the word, racist, as well. Are they right . Are they going too far . If you are latino or latina right now in the United States, and by the way, there are many who do support donald trump. I have not been in touch with them yet. But if you are a latino or latina right now, you are feeling youre kind of to torn your heart is open. So people who have citizenship, you know, within, in my own family, are scared in a city like chicago, undocumented people who i know are calling me frantic afraid to leave the home. In el paso, there is the trauma, you know, it started kind of with a, of course, the shock and the sadness. When i left on wednesday on thursday, it was already turning into anger. The trauma of realizing that if the United States, you know, and ive said this before on the air, right, it would have been appropriate for the New York Times and all of our newspapers to have block letters, bold letters, saying, latinos in the United States attacked. Latinos in the largest hate crime, you know, are assaulted while theyre shopping. While theyre shopping. So, when i heard kamala say that, i have to say, my i just stood up and i said, oh, my god, it is, it sounds horrible, but if youre a member of this community, this is how you feel, and and, again, we dont want to have to say this, but this president actively saying now that he wants more raids, what are we supposed to think, that he cares . He started his campaign on an antimexican platform. So, yes, hes a racist. Im sorry. I hate to say it, but his policies, his words, his actions, his deeds, everything. David jolly, react to what maria said. And she agrees with those who have been very critical with this president. What he has done so far. Yeah, this is one more Inflection Point where the nation gets to evaluate the character. The moral character of both donald trump, the man, as well as the administration that he oversees. What we know is that if there were 600 employees rounded up and arrested, the first arrest should have been the employer that was engaging in this behavior that apparently broke the law. Secondly, what we know is in 2019, the American Government should not separate parents from their children. Period. Doesnt matter if its a family coming across the southwest border, if its a family thats here undocumented where the parents are trying to earn a living to provide for their family. I think this is the opportunity. This is the story line for democrats and, frankly, those republicans who support a pathway to legal residency or citizenship, to make the case. That young girl crying on camera saying my dads not a criminal, i need my father, this is the reason people make the argument for a pathway to residency. Were not going to be a nation that deports 1 1 million to 13 Million People because theyre here without legal status. Donald trump wants to do it 600 people at a time. This is a moment to push back politically but on behalf of the character of the nation, we should not be separating parents from their children. Thats what we saw in mississippi at the hands of donald trump. These are american citizens, you know, i think part of what this administration has wanted to do is to make latinos and latinas, mexicans, central americans, anybody who does not look white, to somehow look different and be, like, not part of the United States. No. Many of those children, by the way, i dont even know if we have permission to be showing their faces, right, because their parents were detained, those children are american citizens more than likely. So the question is, how are we feeling . These are not the way the administration wants to paint these families. Like, criminals. Kellyanne conway should be ashamed of herself as a mother speaking in a way that these people are criminals. Theyre workers. They were working. In the most you know, like, cleaning chickens. I dont know if anybodys been there, its kind of horrible. It is not a good situation in many of those coops as youre talking about and the places where they do clean these chickens. I did want to add to what the two of you have already commented upon. First off, as the president is addressing immigration, its clearly reaching who his voters have been and who and the issues they care about, immigration, you see here, at the top of the list. Gun control at the bottom. And then if we go to number seven, which is the arrests by numbers, by company, you can see the breakdown here of the number of arrests and the companies that david jolly was alluding to go after the employers, not the employees. Again, thats the i. C. E. Arrest numbers by company. And so as we look at those pieces of information here, david jolly yeah. Does the policy evolve to go after then those who own these companies and, two, if the president s remarks are being seen as maria is describing it, many might ask why wouldnt the president double down on his comments in his prepared speech before and reemphasize that this is not what he wants to be, this is not about supporting this idea of being racist. Richard, immigration is the numberone issue because the president has set a narrative or xenophobia. Its different than immigration policy. He has run his campaign, launched his campaign, suggesting that immigration is rooted in xenophobia, in fear, in danger, and he has made people of color to be reasons of concern for his base constituency. A largely white populist constituency. When he does this, he knows an enforcement action that is publicly done that is based under the law, that is true, why we need Immigration Reform law. He can say he is simply enforcing the law. Right. Hes overlooking the part of the law that does hold the employer accountable. Richard, this goes back about ten years. There has never been enforcement of the employers because chamber of commerce republicans dont want it to happen and they fund the party. All right. David jolly, maria hinojosa, thank you both for your time today. Thank you. Still ahead, red, white, and you. What voters think about current gun control legislation now one week after Mass Shootings in two u. S. Cities. And tonight on msnbc, katy tur, Jacob Soboroff continue their series, american swamp. They dig deep into the murky area of voting rights. 9 00 p. M. Eastern on msnbc. Every day, visionaries are creating the future. So, every day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. The United States Postal Service makes more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. Ecommerce deliveries to homes you wouldnt accept from any one else. Why accept it from your allergy pills . 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Im here today because i want to send trump a message that we need to have sensible gun control in this country and that not only includes background checks for all gun sales but also to get the assault weapons out of the hands of civilians. Many democrats focusing their attention, therefore, on one man, and its not the president. Now its Mitch Mcconnell. The selfprescribed grim reaper, rather, selfdescribed, has been a consistent blockade against gun control legislation. A reputation not lost on voters in his home state of kentucky. Background checks are very reasonable because you, you know, dont know what someone has done in the past. I think it just kind of depends on the person, i mean, if someones crazy, then no matter what they have, theyre going to do harm to people. I think guns in America Needs to be regulated. I dont think we need any type of mass destruction guns, any type of automatic weapons. If you want to have a gun, thats fine. Keep them at home. 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President richard nixon, 45 years ago this week, announcing his resignation as you saw there amid the historic watergate scandal, a time where nixon was facing impeachment and removal from the white house. Now, House Judiciary Committee chairman jerry nadler says impeachment proceedings against President Trump, they are currently under way. This is formal impeachment proceedings. We are investigating all the evidence, were gathering the evidence and we will at the conclusion of this hopefully by the end of the year vote to vote articles of impeachment to the house floor or we dont. Thats a decision that well have to make. But thats exactly the process were in right now. Last week, the Judiciary Committee filed a lawsuit calling for former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn to testify. It called him, a crucial witness in their process for determining whether to recommend articles of impeachment. Nbc news reports at least 119 House Democrats have called for an impeachment inquiry or to vote to impeach. Thats a majority now of the majority. Joining us now, msnbc contributor, former Watergate Special prosecutor, jill winebanks. Jill, reflect on what you did at that moment when we played that tape 45 years ago this week. What was your reaction as you were watching that happen . I was watching that with my colleagues, and we were all in a way relieved that this was happening. It was the right outcome. You had the facts were clear of his guilt. There was no question of it. And he ultimately did believe in the rule of law and resigned rather than put the congress to the vote, but thats because he was told by his own colleagues, by republicans, that he had lost. That he did not even have the support of republicans and the impeachment had gone very well in terms of gathering conservative democrats and republicans to support the articles of impeachment. And it was clear that he was going to be out of office, but i remember being chilled i mean, even listening to it now, it brings me sadness that we arent at a point where we have agreed upon packets, if there had been a fox news back then, i dont know what the outcome would have been. Back then, we had an agreement that the facts were the facts. And thats what we need again. Thats why mcgahns testimony is important. Not just mcgahn, but hope hicks, lewandows lewandowski, all of them need to testify so the public can assess for themselves whos telling the truth. August 2019 is much different than august as we look at 45 years ago with president nixon at the time. Now that we have chairman nadler saying we are, as you saw in the interview, undertaking impeachment proceedings. Whats been the change . Has it has it begun well before his very statement, but its a matter of the way hes labeling it. I think the label matters in terms of the court documents. So a court is much more likely to expedite the case. It almost has to expedite it in this circumstance. And it also prepares for the judicial proceeding that will allow, for example, in addition to the mcgahn testimony, the underlying grand jury transcripts are available to a judicial proceeding or preliminary to a judicial proceeding, and by labeling this impeachment, we now have a judicial proceeding for the courts to release the grand jury testimony and to order mcgahn and all other witnesses to testify. I mean, im surprised that mcgahn didnt have the courage to do it. Hes not under the jurisdiction of the president anymore, and he owes it to america to tell the truth and to be honest and to say what he told to the grand jury uhhuh. Im hoping to hear him soon. Jill, how important is that shift in the words chosen by chairman nadler, number two, what might have encouraged him to change the words hes using . Might it be he has now 119 of House Democrats behind the idea of impeachment proceedings, again, going back to the hastert rule, majority of the majority, now supporting this move forward . Might that all be part of this shift in words . I think that both in terms of the number of democrats who are now for impeachment and i think the number will grow during this august recess when democrats hear from their constituents and when their constituents realize the danger of doing nothing. I think thats one of the biggest problems is that we are allowing the president to be unaccountable. He cannot be indicted under the department of justice opinion, which, by the way, i believe to be legally and constitutionally incorrect. Uhhuh. So we need to go forward with impeachment as a way to bring the facts to the public. You have watched history, if you had to write a headline, very quickly, here, jill, what would be the headline of what we are going through today 20 years from now . 45 years from now. Facts matter. And the constitution demands that congress exercise its responsibility to go ahead and have oversight and to have an impeachment inquiry. Okay. Frontrow seat. Jill winebanks over the course thank you. Of history. Jill, thank you so much. Have a very good sunday. Thank you. All righty. Up next on politicsnation, reverend al sharpton speaks live with the mother of michael brown, Leslie Mcspadden and civil rights attorney benjamin crump. Yes, its been five years since the events in ferguson that caused nationwide outrage and jumpstarted the black lives matter movement. E, so you only pay for what you need. Wow. Thanks, zoltar. How can i ever repay you . Maybe you could free zoltar . Thanks, lady. Taxi only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. 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