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News tonight. and he probably is going to get more letters and questions and perhaps be requested to come back to congress and clarify things that he said. so he has some legal exposure there. he also has issues with respect to maintaining the independence of the justice department. we are really seeing an effort by this white house and by this president to basically lay on justice. and influence an investigation, shut down the special counsel investigation if they can. and so he really has a ch...

Separation of powers, brian, and the executive versus legislative and judicial. this is one of the times when bob mueller, the special counsel and the full might of the justice department really are the toughest kids on the block. and you make a great point. this situation doesnt involve vinny on a car phone from ft. lee. this is the attorney general of the united states, someone who is the highest ranking law enforcement officer, period. and to suggest as we are today, that they may be dusting ...

Confirmation from donald trump jr. and paul manafort whether they will come willingly next wednesday but the chairman, senator grassley, ranking member, senator feinstein, have said publicly theyre willing to subpoena them if they dont come willingly. its my expectation well be seeing them next friday. excuse me, next wednesday. >> do you agree with that approach, the idea of subpoenaing them if they dont come willingly? >> well, i think its a way that the congress has of ensuring that folks who...

Well beseeing them next wednesday. >> do you recall with that approach, the idea of subpoenaing them if they dont come willingly? >> well i think its a way that the congress has of ensuring that folks who we view as very important, very high level witnesses come and testify. obviously its better if they keep public commitments and come willingly. >> had the committee requested in he documents like e-mails from either donald trump jr. or paul manafort? >> my understanding is that yes, theres been...

>> trish: x trish regan. yes, its a bad week for him, but now youve got anthony scaramucci coming in and as you point out, formally at at fbn, but hes not someone whos had a tremendous amount in the communications strategy stage. does that matter at this point or are his relationships and his commitments to the president enough? >> i think it matters a lot. there are two aspects the job. one is having a trust and confidence of the president, thats enormously important, especially with this presi...

Republicans eventually. >> sandra: we have heard a lot, you probably hear a lot of this, senator, they want politicians to do their jobs, elected officials are there to do this for us, the people, there is a lot of frustration out there. the presence at at the lunch yesterday, what was his message to you and your colleagues? >> i think the president was very clear and unequivocal thats this is the right thing to do for the american people, we have to resolve this, and it is a commitments that he...

The conversation. what now is that secretary of state tillerson, and national security adviser general mcmaster, they dont have a record of that meeting, what commitments might have been made so its hard for them to follow up on whatever discussions took place during that hour-long discussion. >> one of the reasons this conversation became known is that a well known political scientist said that folks in the room were alarmed, concerned and disturbed by what they saw there, has the white house r...

Diplomats to contradict what he might bring up in the meeting. i dont want to get ahead of my skis. i dont know what he said. but thats precisely the way it works. when i was in the government, when obama would go into a five minute pull aside, we were always nervous about what commitments might be made. these guys spent an hour together, one on one. >> and isnt it in putins interest, people have been saying putin wanted to get trump one on one. >> yes. well, he always does, by the way. consiste...

Saying, i voted for you in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016 to repeal obamacare. you finally got the power to do it and you couldnt get it done. im not voting for you anymore. >> i dont think thats going to happen, quite frankly. i think the house delivered on the commitments it made. i cant be held accountable for the senate in that regard but i also point to whats in the house, a brilliant, you know, record of legislative achievement. i give the senate the credit for nailing down the supreme court fo...

Stephanie ruhle. and the white house is pushing back this morning, saying a just-revealed second meeting between president trump and russian president vladimir putin was just a small, casual chitchat. the meeting took place at the g20 and only a kremlin translator was present for it. one reporter said the meeting lasted for an hour. im joined now by senator ben cardin, a democrat from maryland and a ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee. senator, trump administration saying th...