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The talk shows, abc, george steph indianapolis, he used to attack critics of president clinton who called him out for some of his lies. he used to be his attack dog. and she was criticizing this president for lying. find somebody at cnn or msnbc, i dont think you are going to find them. they called president trump a liar on air. you dont have that diversity of opinion elsewhere. i dont mean to toot our horn, but you have a diversity of ideas you dont get elsewhere. >> do you think this is going ...

Overt. >> you have great reporting about how the president feels about rudys performance. >> he was glad rudy giuliani is out there as his attack dog. he felt like that was missing on his legal team. hes less happy with how its gone. he has been telling people hes frustrated with how rudy giuliani has muddied the waters with the cohen payment, suggested there are other women who might come forward. hes even frustrated with sean hannity when rudy giuliani sat down with him and hannity suggested -...

What are trumps feelings about rudy, do we think? >> at this moment, he does appreciate -- >> at 11:07 eastern -- >> ask me again at 11:09. at this moment he does appreciate that the president -- that the former mayor is sort of an attack dog in the media, that he is out there. hes grabbing headlines. hes defending him. >> that he is. >> hes defending him, and hes taking a much more aggressive tact than some of his other lawyers have done. that said, as our reporting indicates, hes also growing ...

Just going to leave. it just -- you dont see -- its really unique. i mean i went through a similar thing, and i had a role people would call me an attack dog during the clinton thing. but i was not one of the lawyers. its really unprecedented when you see one of the presidents lawyers, which is an entirely different status than a presidents political supporter, going on television. after one of his experiences, avenatti, the lawyer for stormy daniels who has done really well, said he thought it ...

District of michigan. all are msnbc analysts. jonathan, since we dropped your name, we know rudys feelings about trump. what are trumps feelings about rudy, do we think? >> at this moment, he does appreciate -- >> at 11:07 eastern -- >> ask me again at 11:09. at this moment he does appreciate that the president -- that the former mayor is sort of an attack dog in the media, that he is out there. hes grabbing headlines. hes defending him. >> that he is. >> hes defending him, and hes taking a much...

Other than the residence portion of that building. >> to be clear, the only portion that really matters is the residence portion. >> thank you for the reminder. >> so, stipulated. but among the presidents aides and some people that could have advisers and friends he calls late at night, the constituency is not particularly high. there was skepticism when he went in, but they were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he might be a good attack dog on tv. he can perform that role an...

Situation end in your view? when people ask you that, how do you answer? how does this end? >> well, i think one day hes just going to leave. it just -- you dont see -- its really unique. i mean i went through a similar thing, and i had a role people would call me an attack dog during the clinton thing. but i was not one of the lawyers. its really unprecedented when you see one of the presidents lawyers, which is an entirely different status than a presidents political supporter, going on televi...

Regarding how big or small his constituency is in that building other than the residence portion of that building? >> well, first to be clear, the only portion that really matters is the residence portion. >> thank you for the reminder. >> so stipulated. but among the presidents aides and some people, the friends and advisers he calls late at night, the constituency is not particularly high. they were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he might be a good attack dog on tv. he ca...

17th. >> nothing like an artificial deadline to focus the mind. im with candidate trump on this one. why take the fifth if youre innocent? its a constitutionally protected right, but rudys job is right now to attack as attack dog and a lightning rod. and hes absorbing a lot of heat that might otherwise be directed at president trump. as along as theyre in cahoots, that could work out well. theres always the question that i learned from him in city hall, does this cause more problems than it solv...

Envision he sees his job? does he see his job to go on tv and be the attack dog or is he involved in crafting the legal strategy for the? >> according to giuliani, who i spoke to at length yesterday after he met with the president at his virginia golf club, you have giuliani trying to be the tv lawyer for the president but its more complicated than just being a messenger on television because at this moment hes also the chief negotiator with bob mueller for the president of the united states thi...