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There were reporter followed up. "you dont think that to be the case"? again, "no." sarah huckabee sanders says the president was saying no to more questions. then she dropped a bombshell. the president will consider letting vladimir putins henchmen interviewed a former u.s. ambassador and a u.s. foreign bird age and pastor. as you can imagine, that is creating a firestorm. kristin fisher joined us with this unexpected development. >> hey, shannon. we are talking about the president of the unite...

Wouldnt. the sentence should have been i dont see any reason why i wouldnt or why it wouldnt be russia. >> president trump wants you to believe even though the problems of his comments in helsinki exceed would versus wouldnt. yesterday he repeated twice that putin was powerful in the denial of the interference and the rest of what the president said. his mention of the dnc server, a favorite subject of those that dont believe that russian military intelligence officials of the gru hacked the dnc...

Involvement. >> yeah, that is a striking concession. when you read through the letter, ive done it quickly, its not a letter designed to persuade robert mueller or any serious lawyers of anything. its designed, ultimately, for public consumption, to be released publicly, to try to make their case to their own supporters, primarily, to justify not testifying and to justify pardons and to justify a generally hostile stance, i would say, towards the investigation. so, i think, a, this is not an int...

>> i think most people think that the president is in a special position. that letter which i have read and it is a long letter, but it says in lip service at one point the president is not above the law but most of the letter suggests that he is. the interesting thing about it is usually in communications with opposing counsel defense lawyers will take extreme positions because that is their bargaining spot in connect with the back and forth process. its not crazy and not unique that these folk...

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138 put, does the president believe he is above the law? >> certainly no one is above the law. >> for more on the presidents claim, he can pardon himself, im joined by sheldon whitehouse, democrat from rhode island. well start with that first claim. can the t pard himself? >> nobody seems to think so, particularly not the department of justice. this has been one of a series of five different assertions that theyve made to take us into i guess kind of a legal bizarro world where the president can...

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Their assertions and another republican said theres only one person that can determine whether or not slvladimimir put wants donald trump to win and thats vladmir putin. house republicans increasingly isolated in their view. >> good point. thank you very much. were also gets a first look at transcripts of donald trump juniors interview and shedding new light on his meeting with a group of russians over at trump tower in new york during the 2017 presidential campaign. our chief national correspon...

Russians, including, bill broader and ambassador mike mcfaul, a former ambassador to russia. thats the part the president said was a good idea. >> this compelling idea to hand over americans including a former ambassador, to a hostile foreign power for questioning. listen. >> there is also been the suggestion from putin that he would want to come -- have interview americans. is that something that you would support? >> thats probably even lower on our list. >> i believe some of that would fall u...