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Justice department cannot obstruct in an ongoing investigation; right? i think thats really fascinating. obviously i dont know the answer to that. we all dont know the answer to that, but we can presume should a subpoena be issued, that it will come to the supreme court and it will be a major, major constitutional question. mike: some democrats behind you there on capitol hill are reacting saying this letter suggests the president is arguing he is above the laws of this country and he could not ...

One person inside the white house put it to me. others contested that characterization. one person did say he seems to be isolated because he misses new york. he misses his friends. he misses the celebrity and the business life and governing right now in this environment has been very difficult for him. he is trying to make it through but its been a very difficult moment for him personally and politically. >> so, harold, at this point moving forward, do you see a functioning presidency or just c...

>> is this presidency in question? >> you cant fire an fbi director without a thorough and complete investigation. thats clear. the nature is such -- >> is this abuse of power? >> right now it is not just confliction explanationtion, its absolutely inadequate. maybe the president will explain it with lester holt in a way that will start to -- >> mark halperin, its worse than that. its not just a complete explanation. their explanation on day one was a lie. they lied about why they fired the fbi ...

Focused, moving forward, weve got a job to do. as mark said, dont expect just because jim comey is gone, that somehow all these agents assigned to the russia case are going to sit on their hands. >> all right. as we wrap up this block, joe, whats your gut at this point? >> my gut is that donald trump has just made a lot more enemies inside the fbi. there were a lot of conservatives inside the fbi and the cia that supported donald trump for their own reasons. i talked to a good number of them. i ...

This week is just one more indication that donald trump and clearly the people around him do not understand the presidency itself and the value of the presidency to this country. this morning -- >> well, mike, and beyond that, mike, let me ask you then -- go to the front page if you want. the constitutional question right now is if donald trump commits a crime, if the firing of an fbi director to kill an investigation could, in fact, be made a crime, if the evidence supported the bringing of cri...

Sessions and donald trump. i just want to say really quickly, mika, on burr and warner, i support an eindependet prosecutor. right now maybe they deserve the benefit of the doubt as long as they keep pushing this thing forward the way they are. if they continue to do it, well see how it goes. >> look, at this point weve got the chaos presidency that is at a fever pitch. were supposed to be talking about income inequality, health care, infrastructure, how can any of that happen? this presidency i...

Even add more casualties to this situation. who is the person who is going to help this president get this ship back on track? i personally think its over. i dont think theres anything that can be done to stop this at this point. this cacophony, this gushing of lies, chaos that will stop its presidency in its tracks because they wont be able to get anything else done. tomorrow there will be something new. and tomorrow will thereby something new. there was always more chaos on the horizon. >> ove...

If you look at the totality of what the reporting -- exceptional reporting by basically -- weve been on an incredible tear with ""the wall street journal," "the washington post" and when you look at what theyve brought up the last 36 hours, with nbc news and others, theres a picture thats very clear. there is a cover-up going on. >> there is a cover-up going on. say it again. >> that has to be the premise of all our reporting going forward. >> yes. >> at this moment we dont know what is being co...

The blue room? repeatedly asking the question as if he was in awe with himself. >> hes asking everyone that because when the business leaders are there, he asked mary barra, have you ever been here? no, sir. theyve come in. theyve never seen it. some of them cry. hes very conscious of the power of the office literally of that space. >> hes in awe of himself. >> what was the highlight of your meal? >> highlight of the meal? >> a lot of reporting. >> chocolate cream pie where everyone gets a scoop...

Because of the implications for the presidents credibility and for the fact that he now, as you said before, hes picked fights now with the phish, now picked a fight with capitol hill and picked a fight on an issue that has nothing to do with his core agenda. >> so there are again ill mention "the washington post" survey, harold, of how many untruths, lies the president has told on an average of five a day. these lies end up on his desk ultimately. do you feel this story at this point and these ...