right now we re on verdict watch here in new york city, with e. jean carroll s sexual assault case against former president donald trump now in the hands of a manhattan jury. as the former president s legal troubles mount, there is a major new development in the hush money case, in criminal court. trump was just blocked from posting evidence to social media about it. nbc s ron allen is on the ground in new york city. i m also joined by glen kirschner, legal analyst and columnist. good to have both of you. how long have jurors been deliberating and what are we hearing, readbacks, what s going on? we re hearing nothing. it is an hour and 35 minutes and, yes, we re all wondering what is happening. to some extent this is a simple case. either you believe e. jean
texas congressman is joining us now. congressman, thank you very much for being here. staggering good morning to yule. to you call. good morning to you. this is yet another staggering number with very significant human implications and you re hearing nothing? what is the administration doing, if anything? well, look, it s true. i haven t talked to the white house about this, but i have been talking to the homeland secretary, to the homeland security officials, to make sure that there s something in place, and there s a couple things coming up. as you know, they reached an agreement with panama, colombia, to make sure that we stop folks coming in from the gap down there in the southern part of central america. number two, there are asylum officers, they re being tested right now so they can expedite and either, you know, they make a determination that somebody stays or goes back, so that will be a lot faster than the immigration judges. and finally, the third thing is
the frustration by democrats and republicans on the senate intelligence committee? chairman warner and his republican counterpart demanding to know more from the justice department about the material that was recovered and more from the intelligence community, which they have oversight of. reporter: they expect to get satisfaction on this in the not too distance future. they made it clear to the doj and to their intelligence community organizations, which they oversee, that hearing nothing is not an acceptable objection. they anticipate getting briefed if not on the specific content of the documents at least on the level of classification and the broad strokes of what s at stake here. i can tell you this morning i have been talking to house republicans about this latest search at the vacation home. i m hearing a cautious response from house republicans.
this is where we get yesterday with that search warrant at mar-a-lago. this is not the first time an administration has been criticized for the handling of classified information, even in recent years, as secretary of state hillary clinton was investigated by the fbi for her handling of classified emails using her personal email account to send those emails, the fbi never charged her, she was not a former president, circumstances are different, she s not part of the presidential records act. however, it is notable to mention. what else is notable to mention is we are hearing nothing from attorney general merrick garland, fin director christopher ray, anything from the department of justice or fbi. typically with an open investigation they don t comment, however the circumstances are unique and with increasing pressure it s possible we will hear something but as of now, nothing from inside this building where i sit and speak to you. sandra: ok, david spunt at the justice department. k
spoke about it on the show, i called the state department in, and was very concerned. but then there was a lot of silence and many of us were hoping that silence said that there were some negotiations going on. but then when cherelle griner, the wife of britney griner came on my radio show and talked about hearing nothing, she couldn t even get the phone call she was promised with brittani, and they were concerned, that is why i went in, raising wet we could in our voice asking to be able to go to russia. and seeing all the ought to be dealt with. i m glad to see president biden and vice president harris call cherelle. i m glad they are saying that they can do all they can. i am in conversations with the white house and the state department and reaching out and