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Bill crystal, eli and kim are still with us. we only tell the truth now in fantasy land, is that where we are, bill crystal? >> yes. are you aware, nicolle, weve had a president 15 months that doesnt tell the truth much. >> that was his lawyer. >> thats the key thing. he is not really his lawyer. >> what is he really? >> hes his attack dog. trump will have lawyers -- >> how does that go? >> if it comes to impeachment in the house or if it came to a trial, trump will have lawyers to handle his le...

Case? >> yeah. i think he wants an attack dog out there advocating for him. obviously, president trump has become more and more frustrating with the direction of the special counsel probe. hes voiced concerns about michael cohen possibly turning on him and theyre trying to avoid that happening. so sending giuliani out there to, in his words, get ahead of what the southern district of new york would eventually discover was his way of, you know, benefiting himself and im not really sure that that ...

Changes his mind about people very frequently. and rudy seems to be, at least earlier this week, was in the presidents good graces. do you think thats already changing or do you think hes got a little more latitude here than weve seen with others perhaps? >> i think you are seeing both. i think he does have a little more latitude, but today you saw maybe the first tiny signs of change, which was the president, unprompted, stopping to talk to the press and saying, we love giuliani, he is a great ...

Doing, albeit a little ineptly. so i think the president wants to see a higher performance from giuliani. but in terms of going out and taking it to the media and taking it to muellers investigators, thats what the president likes, thats why the president brought him on. i think giuliani has some room for error before he is ultimately dismissed. >> that is striking to watch giuliani in these appearances. the tone, the way he talks about comey, the way he talks about this investigation. it does s...

Potentially moves into another phase, you bring in somebody else. having rudy is having someone who can be an attack dog and has a little bit of position to go after mueller on television or question his motivations. im not sure if his legal expertise is productive behind the scenes. he came in with the claim that he knows mueller well and make the investigation go away. that is a bit questionable on its face. you know, it does feel like part of this on the one hand is bringing in serious folks ...

Do pr and go on tv and be an attack dog. he does have legal experience and is a former prosecutor. at the same time, he is one of the talking heads that trump loves to watch on television. we understand to be something he does often. watch his deputies to go out and serve that function. that is partly what we are seeing. again, to the conversation we were just having, it is unclear if there is a coherent strategy. >> this is interesting watching the twitter account of the president. the politics...

Hes said the president has turned over 1.2 million documents. the question is what is left in the purview of what theyre supposed to look at. >> rudy guliani is the perfect place for this job. hes an attack dog. he was an incredible prosecutor. he understands exactly how this works. he knows what theyre looking for. to our knowledge, hes somebody the president listens to. i do think that he could talk to bob mueller on the left that mueller would understand. like i understand heres the gating fa...

Question. >> thank you. >> youre welcome. part of our reporting and part of our understanding is that the president has been incredibly frustrated, seeing all these reports in the news about how his team has tried to hire sort of top notch white collar criminal defense attorneys, people to join his team and theyve all said no. so the president grew frustrated. he became involved in the hiring process himself. he often likes people who look the part, sort of celebrities. giuliani fills all of tho...

Question. >> thank you. >> youre welcome. part of our reporting and part of our understanding is that the president has been incredibly frustrated, seeing all these reports in the news about how his team has tried to hire sort of top notch white collar criminal defense attorneys, people to join his team and theyve all said no. so the president grew frustrated. he became involved in the hiring process himself. he often likes people who look the part, sort of celebrities. giuliani fills all of tho...

To protect somebody that they care about? and i dare about mr. trump. one thing mr. trump is, hes a compassionate man. >> hes a man of great intellect, great abilities. mr. trumps memory is fantastic and ive never come across a situation where mr. trump has said something thats not accurate. mr. trump truly cares about america. he loves this country. hes an amazing negotiator. maybe the best ever in the history of this world. >> okay, so thats a lot of praise, but "the new york times is reportin...