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Lets talk about where that legal cross roads is tonight. this is the moment we were waiting for or the first big moment we were waiting for in mueller versus the president, would the president agree to be interviewed and now nbc news is reporting there is not going to be an interview. >> it seems like the last straw was this search warrant at michael cohens office and as you say, maybe he never intended to go through with it at all, and this is the fig leaf he needs to say thats the end of it. r...

>> saying he believed it might be obstruction of justice. >> he believed it was obstruction of justice. he saw something that made him think it crossed that line. jim comey draws a lot of lines in this book. its good that james comey calls himself a witness and doesnt draw any conclusions, because he is a witness. but the other witnesses include the sitting white house council, don mcgahn, they include steve bannon, they include just about everyone who was either on the campaign or has went into...

Negotiating with. the reason thats interesting is, as you guys know, the raid was searching for communications he had with donald trump, but communications he had with people who were getting paid off essentially to not report certain stories or not deliver certain stories. the "national enquirer" in particular. their communications with michael cohen are also under scrutiny. >> wow. so many questions. catty, go. >> so carol, spell it out for us in terms of these recordings and the raid and actu...

So, that is very significant news, broken tonight by nbc news. carol lee, the lead reporter on that story. now, obviously, if this reporting is correct, the next questions that come up immediately are, when is this report coming? are these the four findings or will there be more? also, does learning that this is his level of risk change the presidents decision about whether or not he is going to talk to mueller? and lastly, is it, in fact, a settled matter that if these obstruction findings are ...

Hear your side of the story, i gave you your chance and i have plenty of evidence to reach any own conclusions about obstruction of justice. i wanted to hear your side of the story and hear whether there was anything other than corrupt intent, but i have the evidence and im going to go forward. my guess is he may choose to go forward with his report and forego trumps side of the story since hes refusing to give it voluntarily. >> when a politician is under investigation, you can figure out what ...

Interference in the election, the immediate response from this incoming administration wasnt what do we need to look out for next, how can we protect this country going forward, it was how can we spin this politically, "if" being that they dont believe it affected the election. when youre thinking about that, eli, how does that play with the way weve seen this administration respond so far to russia and the threat of election meddling going forward? >> thats a good question, katy. thats a damnin...

Weve had this discussion since the start of the investigation. there is legitimate legal ambiguity to whether a sitting president can be indicted. if they have arrived in conclusions on at least these four grounds, how will it be edecided? who will decide whether these findsings from mueller will be brought forward in the form of charges verses congress to potential impeachment proceedings? would muellers team make their own determination on that? have they? if nbc news is right and robert muell...

Obstruction of justice. >> he saw something that made him something he crossed a line. its good for jamess comey that he doesnt draw any conclusions about obstruction because he is a witness. but the other witnesses include sitting white house counsel, just about everybody who eitherer was on the campaign or went -- so bob mueller knows the answers to all the questions that jim comey posed in that excerpt you just deskrubed. >> what do you think about the fact that the national republican part a...

Regime, correct? >> senator, thats correct. >> and theres no imminent threat of attack on the united states from the syria regime? >> im just trying to be very careful. yes, i think thats correct. >> im at the end of my time but i might want to follow up on this. i dont think were to the bottom of this question yet. >> senator, im trying to -- youre asking me today to conduct complex legal analysis with legal conclusions, and so i know its important, so im trying to do my vest. at the same time,...

An ami publication is vetted twice internally before they go ahead with the story. youd have to imagine if they paid the guy $30,000 or whatever money was paid to anybody bringing the story to them, there must be some validity, once they pass through that process. >> "the new yorker" quotes a source saying "the national enquirer" who worked there, "we didnt pay thousands for nonstories let alone ten of thousands." this was $30,000, would they have paid that for a story they really did think was ...