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They get up, put on their boots and go out to do their job. they try to ignore those sorts of things, they try to stay above the politics and just go about their business. and this is now for the lawyer in you, what do you make of this attorney/client privilege. is there something were not understanding about this? >> attorney/client privilege is a very fact-specific inquiry always. you need to know the facts. its not entirely clear to me whether this is a justified privilege claim or not. one o...

The other statements made by donald trump jr. that there was no follow-up, that these meetings were really only supposed to be about russian adoption. clearly they were designed to get dirt on hillary clinton. and the other profoundly important question is why donald trump, the father, the president, also indicated in statements that were reported that his son should say it was only about russian adoption, when in fact there were additional follow-up indications. >> i want to play for you congre...

Protects a discussion between father and son. >> youre a lawyer yourself. do you agree with your colleague, adam schiff? >> i agree totally. this claim of attorney/client privilege is absolutely bogus and disingenuous. the attorney/client privilege is a serious one. it can be invoked and its designed to protect people seeking legal advice from their attorney. it is not designed to protect a son seeking advice from his father about how to mislead the american people. you and i are having a discus...

Facing. >> how did it feel to wake up this weekend and see the president attacking the federal bureau of investigation? >> weve seen that before, its not much of a surprise, hes been doing that since shortly before he fired jim comey. i think chris wray and his troops are ready for that. its disheartening. director wray had to send a strong message to his people to buck them up when theyre under attack from their own president. thats unprecedented. look, theyre professionals, they get up, put on...

To serve. >> senator franken said to make an announcement about his future in the senate today. >> sexual harassment is nonpartisan. if it applies for al franken, the same standard for republicans. >> jerusalem is us rails capital. >> this is just a reality check. palestinians and israelis need to live in the situation they settled together. >> no future role in peacemaking. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day". don trump...

Theismann trophy. maybe advice toning down the brash nature. >> i asked him what is it about hostile atmospheres that bring out that -- just that attitude that he has out there on the field. he said, you know what? he just kind of thrives in those situations. >> he does. >> i know what youre talking about planting the flag. >> grabbing a certain portion of his anatomy. >> its something he regrets and apologizes. >> hes an awesome player, a pleasure to watch on the field. but off the field, tone ...

Refused to tell house members thats raising eyebrows this morning. the main focus of wednesdays session, a june 2016 meeting at trump tower between don june yorks, jared kushner, paul manafort and a russian lawyer designed to get dirt on hillary clinton. house investigators press the trump jr. about his fathers knowledge of that meeting. but he refused to tell them what he and his dad discussed, citing attorney/client privilege. >> president trump did participate in the crafting of his sons init...

Can use that sort of privilege at this point. our own jeffrey toobin. >> the basic rule of attorney/client privilege is itly covers conversation between a client ant attorney. if any third party is present, there is to privilege attached to the conversation. so, what donald trump jr. is counting on, a compliant republican dominated committee, that wont hold him in contempt, but his legal position is absurd. >> lets put the legal question aside because im not an attorney. le i dont think you are....

Focus of the close the door session, a june 2016 meeting at trump tower between don jr., jared kushner, paul manafort and a russian lawyer designed to get dirt on hillary clinton. >> how investigators press the trump jr. with his fathers knowledge of that meeting but refused to tell what he and his dad discuss the sighting attorney/client privilege. president trump did participate. that statement turned out to be misleading suggests it was about russian adoptions while failing to mention the p...

Those e-mails became public. he acknowledged discussing it with his father, refused to answer on that discussion on the basis of a claim of attorney/client privilege. in my view, there is no attorney/client privilege that protects a discussion between father and son. >> heidi, i will let you break this one down, where do we begin? >> well, were not lawyers, neither is hope hicks or don jr. or donald trump, those are the people among whom this discussion took place, the congressman has a great po...