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Woodward spoke to the most. look for possibility of the white house going after them more publicly, even the president himself possibly attacking their credibility. >> i know you have new reporting on the successor to white house counsel don mcgahn. what are your sources telling you as to who is likely to replace don. >> this is probably the biggest personnel pick trump has to make with the mueller investigation and possible democratic probes if they win the house. the leading candidate is a cur...

The idea of sending the message to the mummer team theyre going to play hardball, theyll have to subpoena the of president to sit down. giuliani and the team said repeatedly thats a fight they welcome, if it goes to the supreme court. kavanagh talked about this yesterday. >> let me ask you something. is having giuliani as the presidents lauryn competence by design or is it just incompetence? youve got in mr. giuliani a guy who is constantly changing the story, and is that because he just doesnt ...

Blocking criminal charges against two republican congressmen. what do you make of that suggestion? >> well, i think its outrageous. its one of the most outrageous things that the president has suggested. i was very vocal about it as the day progressed. the justice department has not intended to be you know the personal attack dog of the president of the united states. we have neutral laws. neutral and nonpartisan enforcement of those laws. it doesnt matter if youre a democratic of republican. so...

Presidents lauryn competence by design or is it just inco incompetence? youve got in mr. giuliani a guy who is constantly changing the story, and is that because he just doesnt know what hes talking about, or does that serve the interests deliberately serve the interests of the president to have this kind of fog machine out there, kind of throwing out smoke? >> i think there are moments where giuliani is more concerned about the public debate rather than perhaps being inside the private negotiat...

Before. the president of the united states not just criticizing the press, but branding it the enemy of the people calling the media fake news, telling americans they have to pick sides, its me or the lying press, donald trump tells them. and in a lot of ways, we are in brand new territory here. it has never been in this blunt, this persistent and this central to the identity and political strategy of an american president but in another way its been a long time coming. the rise of television ga...

For the clintons, who sort of an attack dog at times for the clintons. its really -- and of course to plead guilty for something that is actually not a crime, the campaign finance violations that he pled guilty of, not a crime. really what he decided is to play to the left. if hes going to become a poster child for the left and that will get him a lighter sentence somehow from mueller for the prosecutors up here. it doesnt seem to be working. >> president trump did warn people against using mich...

Mccain. ryan shot of hawaii saying we lost a hero at the time the country needs one. and bob menendez from new jersey talking about how he learned from john mccain the importance in the senate of putting patriotism above partisanship and from joe biden, a statement and ill read some of it where he said his impact on america hasnt ended. not even close. those two -- it was interesting covering the fall in the 2008 campaign, joe biden was the vice presidential running mate. he was the attack dog. ...

There. they said this. president trump has already addressed that matter. vice president pence is focused on advancing the presidents agenda for a growing economy, a safer america, and re-electing republican joermajorities in th house and senate. i spoke to sources close to the vice president that said this is a strategy that worked for them, keeping their head down. one person thats close to vp told me this is, quote, mike being mike. so they found that over the last 20 months or so in the whit...

Attack dog for the president, to now suddenly say he believes the presidents a danger to the country. thats more than a 180. i dont even know what that is. >> well, there are people in life that have transformative experiences and theyre sincere and there are people that continue to lie and are opportunists, and you have to judge which is which when you use your instincts when you get to know someone. i took awhile in making the judgment that he was ready to talk about mr. trump and his knowledg...

During the campaign -- >> take the bullet. >> yeah. saying things which were, you know, false but he would -- he was an attack dog for the president to now suddenly say he believes the presidents a danger to the kun sflicountry? thats a 180. >> there are people in life that have transformtive experiences and theyre sincere and there are people that continue to lie and are opportunityists. you have to judge which is which when you use instincts. i took a while in making the judgement that he was ...