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>> raising new questions about what the president knew when he urged then fbi director jim comey to drop the investigation. something by the way the president says never happened. >> lets bring in julian zeli r zelizer. lets begin with the presidents legal strategy. and im going to say legal strategy with i dont know legal strategy? what is it here? because its confusing. >> well, the legal strategy seems to be to make a nixonian claim that the president has total control of the executive branch...

Mere and jim bash, thank you. the party of roy moore, the president delivered a full throated endorsement of moore. now the gop jumps back into the alabama race. and next up, a legal break down on the claim of one of the presidents lawyers that the president cannot obstruct justice because hes the president. that and more. were just getting started on a monday night. we dont know. dozens. all right! lets teach these freaks some manners! good luck out there, captain! thanks! but i dont need luc...

And it tells us why the president is going back in. why the rnc is going back in. and while even though roy moore may come to washington and may not be accepted in polite circles, he may even have some power, and you are seeing a shift in the rhetoric among republicans on capitol hill like john cornyn, others who only weeks ago were saying unequivocally that roy moore needed to step aside. now saying this is the will of the alabama people. there may be some ethics investigation, but were a long ...

He wouldnt detail the specifics but said the president did not give him ironclad commitment to extending the stopgap spending bill. about today, the president will be hosting lunch at the white house with senate republicans. thats followed up by a session with some business owners, business leaders about this topic of tax cuts specifically. it comes as the house republicans have taken this an important step toward reconciling their bill with the senates version. it was really nearly derailed by ...

Name of john dowd, arguing a president cannot obstruct justice because in his words hes the countrys chief law enforcement officer under the constitutions article 2 and that he has every right to express his view of any case. but then overnight we heard from the white house, ty cobb again, distancing himself from that argument telling nbc news the following. i expect a fact based exoneration that does not require that level of legal analysis. there is no strategy of which im aware to rely boldly...

It would have been in this particular case in that message when they say look at hillary, look at hery, they say she lied to the fbi. former director comey said in testimony she did not actually lie in that case to the fbi. >> so joe, i will jump to this story first since were on it and my microwave told me to give you a little kellyanne this morning. >> okay. >> this morning, there seems to be a rift between donald trump another personal lawyer and white house lawyer hand himming the russia inq...

John dowd tells nbc news, hes the one behind the presidents tweets, its ignorant to say he admitted obstruction, going further, the president cannot obstruct justice at all. he is allowed to express himself about any case a. president could be in trouble. ask richard nixon or bill clinton who faced impeachment by congress for obstruction. >> the president may not be able to be prosecuted while in office, but its absolutely relevant whether or not he committed obstruction of justice. >> reporter:...

Screw up of historic proportions that has caused enormous consternation in the white house. and here is what john dowd told nbc news when asked about the president potentially obstructing justice. quote: the president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under the constitution article ii and has every right to express his view of any case. by the way, a number of experts disagree with that and say our system rests on the belief that no one is above the law. ...

Cannot break the law because i am the president. >> the two most powerful things in the constitution, one that question of war and two impea impeachment of the president. impeachment of the president means you are indicted and tried by the senate. clearly a standard in the constitution mentions its almost kind of cuts both ways, it says you can be convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors, which means politics, which means anything. mr. dowd, i hope there were no civics teachers, or kids learnin...

The fever did break, expect he won. >> yes, and heidi, when you look at roy moore, he could win. right? all fair? >> absolutely. >> at this point, maybe this isnt the end of the republican party. maybe this is the direction its going in. >> mika, i wanted to point out here some important statistics that i think have been overlooked in explaining why this fever isnt breaking and why the donors are going to continue to come when theyre getting their tax cuts. this poll was from about a week or two...