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>> he has a block number, many people have a block number, and that is one issue there, and the other issue is that democrats on the committee will want to subpoena phone records to see who it was. he had the ability to get such phone records. and perhaps he has them already. it is possible they have gone down this road already. we also know to our knowledge michael cohen has not been interviewed by the special council. he is not interested in talking to or has found enough to reach his own conc...

Presidency. it had ticked up. the framing around that was negative despite the fact there was good news for trump in ther there. in the last week or two, the democratic lead advantage in the generic ballot has ticked actually in favor of republicans by about a point. but i also agree with mark. the problem in 2016 was not the polls. it was the pundits. he wouldve thought that if we, the journalists -- >> laura: dont look at me. >> had learned anything from 2016, it would be not to over interpret...

Was good news for trump in there. in the last week or two, the democratic lead advantage in the generic ballot has ticked actually in favor of republicans by about a point. but i also agree with mark. the problem in 2016 was not the polls. it was the pundits. you wouldve thought that if we, the journalists -- >> laura: dont look at me. >> had learned anything from 2016, it would be not to over interpret, not to jump to conclusions. there is still three months left before the election. the other ...

Where experts come to different conclusions and the jury has to avail themselves of a lot of argument about context and what makes sense. is it fair to argue in this case that someone equally qualified to you, mr. primeau, could hear it and say eh, could be, do not pay with cash. >> its fair to say that, chris. and if you consider the fact that theres two people talking, theyre different proximities away from the recorder. when i listened to this key part of conversation, i can hear the words co...

I got -- check. >> you hear the president saying ill pay cash. and cohen says no, no, no. and then the word check. what the other side says. this is what primeau says. you see it on your screen right now. this is how he believes he recognizes the sound. rudy giuliani, i told him what your findings were, and he had a response. and i want to put that up for the audience, please. we had it written up in the interest of fairness. "dueling experts can come to different conclusions. in context, using ...

>> what financing? >> well, ill have to pay him something. >> pay with cash -- >> no, no, no. i got -- check. >> you hear the president saying ill pay cash. and cohen says no, no, no. and then the word check. what the other side says. this is what primeau says. you see it on your screen right now. this is how he believes he recognizes the sound. rudy giuliani, i told him what your findings were, and he had a response. and i want to put that up for the audience, please. we had it written up in th...

It tells you it is not exculpatory but its not so damming as everyone is talking about. in reality, it doesnt move the needle so far ahead. that it makes you say in this case, may be criminality. in the stormy daniels case, could be a different story. it does lay the foundation this is an exchange that happens often times. one that may be shocking to the president and a problem for future cases. >> now that the expert says trump says ill pay in cash. his attorney, rudy giuliani, has a statement....

2016 election, and how should that be dealt with in the future, the notion that we would send members of the muller team to russia. on both of these key questions, i saw the president of the united states side not with the conclusions of the fbi, the cia, not side with the justice and state department on common sense, on these key issues, we saw the president of the united states side with the russian president not with his own president. >> and not only did he put russia first, as you lay out s...

And when. so ed primeau, thank you for spending the time. i appreciate your efforts. it is helpful to us. >> its my pleasure, chris. >> a few things for you to take away from this. im a lawyer. i talk like a lawyer. hes been in trials. this is not a verdict. there is no case closed here. even at trial i cannot tell you how often something that may sound very clear to you doesnt to the ears of different jurors and it gets complicated. you heard the opinion of an expert as our guest. we always wan...

Need needle so far ahead. in the stormy daniels case, could be a different story. it does lay the foundation this is an exchange that happens often times. >> now that the expert says trump says ill pay in cash. his attorney, rudy giuliani, has a statement. he says duelling experts can come to different conclusions. using cash would make no sense because the transaction is between two corporations. whats your response to that? >> i think were being very myopic in the way were looking at this tape...