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>> i shall call counsel, cmon, thats beyond absurd and i wonder if the hosts of the show believed her. no, they didnt, thats right. i wonder if anybody in the audience believed her, if they did believe her, weve all, we all got a bridge wed like to sell new brooklyn. >> it seems we know presidents staff and the president lives in this bubble. but that bubble is getting smaller, theyre giving less and less oxygen to it. they just cant get out of their own way. this is the stories that they come w...

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.

Stan worked for me running the nato mission, and we would often talk about mike flynn and his brilliance and his ability to go after the completely different answer than the rest of the herd. that was a wonderful quality. its been put to ill-use under president trump, and mike is reaping the consequences of that. >> admiral, thank you for being on the show this morning. thanks. >> up next, getting closer to home. a new report this morning claims special counsel robert mueller asked deutsche ba...

President but we do have a guy who is president who tweeted this weekend in a way that pretty much set up an obstruction of justice charge. when you are not attacking hillary clinton, you are arguing the president of the united states is above the law. this is what people predicted about you. no, they wouldnt, theyd never? they predicted donald trump would be an autocrat. i know these people. they would never blindly follow donald trump. all theyve done is talk about the constitution. hey, i lik...

Supporters at a rally. when the moment comes for him to pass on the presidents well wishes, theres a chuckle that prompts knowing laughter from the attendees. its almost as if in that brief ears to hear that he recognizes the absurdity of his situation, that he knows just what sort of man he is working for. while things look bad now, theres a grand purpose here, a plan that will manifest itself in due time. let not your hearts be troubled, he seems to be saying, ive got this. then all at once, p...

But on obstruction of justice, today may end up going down as a landmark day in this scandal. because today is the day of the presidents lawyers effectively stopped arguing against the allegation that the president obstructed justice and instead they pivoted today and started making a public case that its okay if the president obstructed justice because hes the president and he can do that. as president hes immune from any accountability for that particular crime. the presidents lawyer john dowd...

Members of the trump transition team about dealings with russia. we dont yet know if trump himself was part of those conversations, though. you wouldnt be faulted for wondering. but there is now ample evidence to suggest that at the very least, the president knew flynn had lied to the fbi and subsequently pressured the fbi director to drop the investigation anyway. which brings us back to trump lawyer john dowd, who today foreshadowed the nixon defense of his client. dowd suggesting it doesnt ma...

Have been a confession to obstruction of justice to the president and whether we believe it was him and not the president saying that. but on obstruction of justice, today may end up going down as a landmark day in this scandal because today is the day that the presidents lawyers effectively stopped arguing against the allegation that the president obstructed justice and instead, they pivoted today and started making a public case that its okay if the president obstructed justice because hes t...

Publicly that he did it with the russia investigation on his brain. if there can be some corroborating evidence to this tweet that shows that the president knew a felon -- felony was committed and that flynn had lied to the fbi and with that knowledge he fired jim comey, that that i think ratchets up the pressure on the president. >> kimberly atkins, jonathan la mere and jim bash, thank you. the party of roy moore, the president delivered a full throated endorsement of moore. now the gop jumps...

>> to talk about this today. shh. with us on set. >> i just started. >> we have strategist and political competenttator susan dell persio and professor at the university of michigan owe glow hes a professor, my friends. >> harold ford jr. and in walk, white house reporter for "usa today" heidi pryzbilla and willie, joe and me. continue. its like a movie, a movie from 1950. >> can i tell you about one of the -- >> a comedy in mime. >> one of the most unintentional things that happens. did you see...