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Asserting his 5th amendment right to avoid testifying because he believes his answers would incriminate him in a criminal case. it would be very hard for congress to ignore that. so, in many ways, mueller wins simply by issuing the subpoena and forcing the president to assert the 5th amendment whether he goes through litigation over the ultimate question here, which remains unanswered, can you require a sitting president to testify pursuant to subpoena. >> barbara, given the extant facts and the...

Americans believe that separating kids from their mom and dad is a terrible strategy and for results of that it may be time to rethink what were doing. >> one of the things that might happen when the so-called compromise bill doesnt pass or get voted on is some kind of skinny agreement where congress would pass a measure and there have been several proposed that would subvert or sir comvet the flores decision and allow parents to be held alongside their children. i believe you said if congress h...

President lincolns tragic assassination. this is like the early days of reconstruction, where andrew johnson, a democrat from the south had been put on the ticket with linken in 1864 to broaden the wartime appeal. where he issued what the historian eric phoner once called the most racist state paper in american history. he talked about how the african race was congenitally incapable of self-government. of civil society. what johnson was doing was becoming an important architect of white supremac...

Literally unprecedented. not that many people in americau life have the power to give a pardon. we are so far out of normal, ethical behavior, its just worth preserving our sense of outrage about it.bu but it really is appalling. >> laura: is jeffrey that outraged, surveilling reporters, checking sheryls computer. nevertheless, the throwing outhe the pardon thing, i wouldnt have done that if i were rudy. it champions the water for no reason. >> as a defense lawyer, i wouldnt want manafort pardon...

Purges themselves subsequent to the pardon. he can do another later. if they are called in and testify without being able to invoke the 5th amendment, thats another problem. >> and then it is pardons on pardons and pardons. >> that gets beyond the ability of them to rationalize. >> thank you to eep of you. coming up the special event i mentioned. rob reiner and anthony together live and what the michael cohen threats might say about how trump does business. and trump prosecutors busted hiding ta...

Question a subpoena was enforceable against a president for testimony, that there was no issue there in which a president could resist a subpoena short of claiming the 5th amendment. and so in that case they did negotiate an encounter that was for four hours. there was some limits on the prosecutors, but not the kind of limits president trumps lawyers are talking about now. well see whether robert mueller is willing to go with further limits. he has a different position because hes a special cou...

Places like you crane and other places coming into play. if he were to try to confine this conversation to before he was the president of the united states there goes your claim of executive privilege why you you want to fairailor what you can . every president wants to have the tub to talk to their advisers, and say we want to have this discussions. as he says i want to limit before a time i was in the executive branch of the government. you can apply the executive privilege to that period of t...

In fact, once pardoned, he has no 5th amendment concern and therefore no 5th amendment privilege. and so im very concerned that this may result in a flurry of pardons. i still believe the grand jury will obtain the evidence. >> all right. hope springs eternal. chuck rosenberg, thank you so much for being with us. when we come back, you may be seeing a lot more of these guys on your television screens sometime soon. (vo) why are subaru outback owners always smiling?

Campaign violations, and say weve still got your back. >> nicolle, this is the play you make when you learn the fbi has been recording conversations of your client and you figure, we might as well get it out there anyway. i dont think there is any forthcoming rewards that they should be reaping here. its time to just come clean, sit down with bob muellers team. and, nicolle, its so bar czar to me the continued obsession with the clinton family. that bill clinton only had to interview for 2 to 3 ...

Same side of the table and against, cant do his job without hearing from the president. so, i think a subpoena is likely. >> what if the president goes in there and says, i plead the 5th? regardless of what he said in the media about pleading the 5th is guilty. what does he do about that? >> well, don the president is facing a dilemma. if he goes in and tell the truth he runs an enormous risk of incriminating himself with obstruction, possible collusion or whatever. if he doesnt testify, he runs...