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Conservatives have been worrying about how the future democratic presidents respond to donald trumps use of a national emergency. what is your worst case scenario about what could come out from this emergency declaration? >> the worst case scenario is now. im glad were all having a whole lot of laughs about this sort of thing but it is incredibly dire. this president has invoked the military effect domestic policy. hes using the statute, which is designed to be invoked when congress cannot be co...

Declaration is in trouble. were going to have a very close call. its going to be 5-4 and chief justice roberts is going to break that tie one way or another. >> give us your three things to watch for this week? >> will the president pardon paul manafort? no. manafort cant hurt him anymore. he cant cooperate and the president will be hurt politically by doing that. the stone link between wikileaks and the campaign, whats in the texts. if it has to do with the hacked e-mails, its a direct connecti...

Nanny off the books has been problematic for a whole bunch of people. in this administration where you have a president who hires countless people off the books, i believe wilbur ross had somebody with a problem immigration status, first lady herself worked in the united states we believe with kind of dubious -- im not sure exactly if it was a problem with her immigration status but she didnt have the correct visa until she got the einstein visa. so the idea this would derail this particular per...

Allegations that the trump campaign sought his help getting stolen russian material, were going to report on what he says. what does this gag order mean about us hearing perhaps less from him? >> well, its a two-part gag order. part one is it puts a gag on the attorneys for both sides. of course, mueller is not going to say anything. and it also puts a gag order on the attorneys for witnesses. part two is it puts a partial gag order on roger stone. i suppose its 1,000 feet rule. he cant run his ...

Trump will have on the republican side? is it only going to be a handful or will it grow? a lot of republicans skprefd displeasure with the presidents move. mitch mcconnell is a very good shepherd of his conference. i suspect that there wont be much breakage, but thats extremely frustrating. just about everybody, including the president, wants this to end up in courts. i dont think they want to go through the motions of exproposeiating property along the board, having to defend the efficacy of a...

Washington post and new york times had in releasing these stolen pentagon papers. and the supreme court ruled in favor of the publication and protection. >> this week, we had a judge order a gag order on roger stone and his attorneys. his lawyers cant talk about this case at all. but stone can. as long as hes not around or inside the courthouse. so the gag order isnt all inclusive for him. why would the judge do that? >> because stone has a big mouth and he talks a lot. and theyre afraid that st...

>> the discussion of the 25th amendment was simply rod raised the issue and discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how many other cabinet officials might support such an effort. charles: all right, acting fbi director andrew mccabe says there was talk of using the 25th amendment to remove president trump from office. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein says that mccabe is factually inaccurate. and the author of "contempt", the clinton investigation, ken starr joins us. we need ...

Tom tillis, i think lamar albsander. how much slippage will we have on the republican side? >> there were a lot of republicans that ebs pressed it displeasure with the presidents move. but thats extremely frustrating. i think just about everybody including the president wants this to end up in courts. i. dont think they want to have to defend the efficacy of a physical barrier. i thin everybody wants to out osource to the jooudishiary and its an extraordinarily damming set of conditions. no long...

Contempt, detain him, or put a full fledged gag order on him. and it will probably take a week. >> look, contempt means jail, right? >> yes. >> so the question then is instead of debating the core issues o of the case, do they want to spend their time arguing over what brjss a jury? and it is interesting the one person in america that bob mueller alleged was victimizes -- victimized by roger stone, and we have this beat. he says "im a first amendment purrist, and even though i have been and will...

Statements that substantially prejudice the jury pool. so its not a full-fledged gag order against roger stone, but let me tell you whats going to happen. roger stone cannot help running his mouth. and hes going to get on tv. hes going to anger amy jackson, the judge. and shes either going to hold him in contempt, detain him, or impose a full-fledged gag order on him. its probably going to take a week for that to happen. dw youre saying a week. we can do the over/understa on anyone who wants to ...