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Is it just bluster? michael reagan joins me to offer some insight. [vo] what made secretariat the greatest racehorse who ever lived? of course he was strong... ...intelligent. ...explosive. but the true secret to his perfection... was a heart, twice the size of an average horse.

Leads ahead, congress, i think, has gotten a little bit tired of this act. even if theyre not going to break with president trump, the idea that hes stringing them along on something as basic as whether or not theres a conversation on tape somewhere is what pushes them to come out and say, we want those tapes in two weeks. >> and also comey pushed the records into the public sphere, right, because he leaked them to a reporter. now theyre going to say the public should be able to see a lot of thi...

And that is the defense that weve seen from donald trump in his capacity as a litigant in defamation cases when he has been sued for definite taamatio. he has repeatedly said the other side lied. in fact this two of the cases against him, sexual harassment contexts, his defense has been, well, nobody could really take my statements seriously enough for them to be defamation because i just bluster. the he used that defense this both. so in this case, if you wanted to try the same approach here wi...

Youve seen him, his behavior and litigation before. what do we know about his litigation history that can tell us how he is handling this? and how much experience does he have in criminal litigation with him as the subject of a criminal investigation? >> well, you know, you heard the speaker today suggest that trump doesnt understand whats going on here. trump beat four federal grand jury investigations in his youth. four. and during the campaign, what did he continually harangue hillary clinton...

Ken starr, where the trump forces, all they want to do is discredit the special counsel, attack his credibility, attacked him while at the same time -- >> special counselor is to mueller. i know. i mean, attacking the messenger in the form of comey. my guess is that muellers day will come. meanwhile, we hear donald trump -- he would love to be deposed under oath. you know, thats what bill clinton impeached. its mind-boggling you have to think that poor, you know, don mcgann must be mainlining bl...

Ken starr, where the trump forces, all they want to do is discredit the special counsel, attack his credibility, attacked him while at the same time -- >> special counselor is to mueller. i know. i mean, attacking the messenger in the form of comey. my guess is that muellers day will come. meanwhile, we hear donald trump -- he would love to be deposed under oath. you know, thats what bill clinton impeached. its mind-boggling you have to think that poor, you know, don mcgann must be mainlining bl...

The base when you go to the base and its he said/he said, comey or donald trump, that is the interesting question. >> and if you were in the courtroom, which we are not, but if you were in the courtroom is that you would consider it a tie today because we have a set of words that are essentially neutral until you interpret them. and if its pressure by the president of the united states to shut down an investigation, that is incredible. if on the other hand even like senator marco rubios testimon...

The prevailing theme throughout this briefing. >> he didnt provide a sound bite but hes answering questions to print journalists all the time. >> he didnt answer any of those questions to print reporters, podcasters, tv reporters what youre seeing is sean spicer as the incredible shrinkings man. when he first came out he was full of bluster and energy. he looked like a depressed little kid standing up there. ordinarily hes like a dead man walking in d.c. it looks like hes going to be a zombie ch...

>> trump has been so erratic and unpredictable that im not sure i would entirely agree. there are a lot of areas where theres been much more bluster than actual policies. many areas obama policies are being continued. immigration is stuck in the courts. deportation -- >> he can do it unilaterally and what does it cost him? >> thats true. one have still hoped that the fact that his secretary of state who was the former ceo of exxon was in favor of the paris accord. the fact that the national econ...

Obama policy. on syria, hes following the obama policy. on afghanistan, hes following the obama policy. on immigration stuff, obama was deport a lot. there hasnt been that much changed. >> called him the deporter in chief. >> the travel ban is held up in courts. whatever the extreme vetting the obama people were doing is what hes doing. on trade policy, the things he talked about after the chinese visit are pretty standard issue, so youre right, there have been a lot of head fakes but i dont now...