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An official transcript of roger stones testimony in the house intelligence committee, suggesting the special counsel is near the end of his investigation of the long-time trump ally and adviser. we are joined by our senior legal analyst, former u.s. attorney. thanks for joining us. do you think it is a sign potentially we could see roger stone indicted by the special counsel? >> yeah, i think it is the latest sign. i mean roger stone himself along with one or two other people have said publicly,...

This collateral matter of the dossier and how it was prepared, and did the fbi have any role in paying for it, and all of this is a side show, for the fact that i think that theyre going to find that the dossier is more valid than invalid when they look at the heart of the matter. he may be in this be careful what you wish for situation when he gets access to what did the fbi do to validate the dossier findings, who did steele speak to in the fbi to, you know, confirm to them that this was legit...

>> okay. >> but theyre going to treat it a different way. itll require a much more imaginative communications plan, frankly. >> well, michael, let me ask you, if you are on muellers team or you are robert mueller, and you are aware of that, theres the legal case you want to make and then theres also obviously this politicized environment, how much do you -- how much does that seep into things? how much does that -- do you take that into account? >> i dont think mueller will take much of the poli...

Take much of the politics of this into account. bob is a serious guy who faces facts as he sees them and makes decisions about those facts. i think if hes indicted, somebody on a collateral matter, hypothetically, its a manafort for his personal business dealings with ukraine, and thats what hes indicting him on now, well, that sends a message to flynn, because flynn is also alleged to have had financial dealings with turkey. that sends messages to others that maybe flynn and manafort will talk ...

Played for the jury. number one, his equivocation right now the best evidence is his own words that he spoke to the reporter. it shows his inflection, it shows his hesitation instead of just having t-- >> is there another legal basis for playing that recording? >> the best evidence of the recording that happened back then. even if he testifies to it now, hes testifying, quite honestly, in a very different attitude and inquiry. >> thats not a legal basis. >> i understand the courts concern. >> so...

>> ill just read this. okay, let me ask it this way. when do you recall sitting down with geo, a reporter for cbs miami channel 4 and talking to him about who you thought may or may not have been on the tape? answer, yes. question, do you remember the event? answer, yes, i remember it. question, that was the event i talked about earlier where your first answer to him, his question was, who did you hear crying for help? do you remember that question? answer, i dont remember the question. then you...

I think it was my brother but im not correctly positive. answer, uh-huh, question you have to answer out loud. answer yes. >> this would be impeachment of a collateral matter as to whether the question was asked but his than r answer is the same. >> i ask that the court reporter, my concern was the he equivocated when i asked him just at at end of the examination before he took a break. we can have the last three or four questions see its in context. gregg: now the defense attorney wants the cou...

Answer uh-huh. >> question you have to answer out loud. answer yes. >> this was the impeachment of a collateral matter as to whether or not the question was asked but his answer is the same. >> i would ask that the court reporter, my concern was that he equiv cated when i asked him just at the end of the examination before he took a break, so maybe we can have the last three or four questions just so -- >> okay. >> in context.

They are close. we see the bill tomorrow, vote set for sunday. they wouldnt be doing this unless they a reasonably likelihood of getting to 216. if they are at 212 now they are close. >> greta: how important is the stupak 12? those are unrelated to the cbo. collateral matter may be interested in the price tag but they are interested in the abortion issue and the language has been changing. how important are they? >> if stupak has a firm 12 they are critical. you need to flip that many on the oth...

They are close. we see the bill tomorrow, vote set for sunday. they wouldnt be doing this unless they a reasonably likelihood of getting to 216. if they are at 212 now they are close. >> greta: how important is the stupak 12? those are unrelated to the cbo. collateral matter may be interested in the price tag but they are interested in the abortion issue and the language has been changing. how important are they? >> if stupak has a firm 12 they are critical. you need to flip that many on the oth...