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because the court of appeals heard a major concession, see what i did there, from the lawyer from a former president who has refused to concede that he lost the election, and he did lose that election. before today trumps lawyers were absolutely, whats the word, adamant, totally convinced that the president has absolute immunity from trumps conduct while of course he was in office. they wouldnt even budge on this point. well, first they wouldnt budge. right out of the gate with questio...

Immunity i think. >> i like your example in terms of law enforcement, you are right to point out when most of the conversations have been a ban immunity for someone who is a law enforcement official, or a member of the executive branch, which is what long for smith falls. you talk about qualified immunity, there we recognize times official action never be prosecuted. then there are times with someone who has gone broke, and trying to decipher when it is official when it is not at the crux of thi...

Other investigations that are ongoing, so is the mueller report going to be the end all be all of this legal saga? or do you see muellers final report as just the end of the beginning? >> absolutely i think it is the end of the beginning. this is the end of the investigation that was launched around president trump and his campaign behavior. what weve seen since is this spiraling sense of information around the inauguration, the transition, the behavior in the white house, the back business work...

By russia and other foreign nations to interfere. china is cited as well. so not a small problem. >> yeah. >> certainly did not dims appear in 2016. >> jim sciutto, thanks very much. mark, thanks to you. i want to give credit to your colleagues bylines and for your strong reporting in "the new york times." more on breaking news right now. democratic congressman ted lew is joining us. thank you for joining us, congressman. >> thank you, wolf. >> what is your reaction to the new report from "the...

Court documents that do establish from the day robert mueller started, this is essentially when james comey ended when he was fired to looking into possible crime or crimes involving collusion. >> right, and at a minimum, we know there is actually a robust investigation into collusion. i think people were wondering if this would just be an injustice investigation and whether they would find anything on collusion. and like you said, it hasnt been proven president trump knew of any of these intera...

Within the democratic party. thats no great secret. >> of course we knew. but if we knew the extent of that russian operation, wouldnt we all consider doing things differently? look, i do get it. a lot of politicians, they dont like hypothetical questions because it seems like just another attempt at a gotcha moment. but this is important. right now, were living through an attack on our democracy. what we learn in hindsight can help with our foresight. no one is accusing senator sanders of being...

Bring in contributor to the atlantic. a former adviser for romney. a director of the congressional black caucus and host of america trends with dr. geena. donald trump is tweeting with the protests tonight. just had open and successful presidential election. now professional protesters incited by the media are protesting. very unfair. there are a number of things he could have said about the protests. is this the way to go do you think? >> yeah, again i think this is reverting back to some of th...

Unveiled in wisconsin. >> gold standard. >> gold standard, right? >> yes. >> theres a few reasons why this is a big moment. one of the reasons is because that state has not been polled that routinely, not a ton of polls coming out of there. theres a lot of indications by campaign behavior that the senate race has narrowed between russ feingold and ron johnson. you had trump there yesterday and the trump folks have been making a lot of noise that theyre now competitive in traditionally blue state...

Theres a lot of indications by campaign behavior that the senate race has narrowed between russ feingold and ron johnson. you had trump there yesterday and the trump folks have been making a lot of noise that theyre now competitive in traditionally blue states like michigan and wisconsin. hillary clinton up by 6. what do you make of this push by trump folks into states like michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, et cetera? >> well, they have to -- i mean, they dont have a choice. they have to go int...

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