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Difficult calculation for him with everything else he knows because he doesnt know how trumps going to react, who the new person would be. but surely you know, people who have been in this position in the past have thought there are lines that cant be crossed. we havent seen those lines yet. there may not be any because he may be has his eye exclusively on the ball of safeguarding mueller who we expect to be coming out with the first part of his report within weeks. and that will change the whol...

Trump campaign was col including to commit that saab taj. lets bring in msnbc analyst mimi rocah, daniel gold man, also former federal prosecutor in the district of new york, aso threading the needle there and trying to keep his job if the white house demands something like this that seems to me something you cant brook

Like, were going to go through them. >> thats right. so but its an incredibly difficult calculation for him with everything else he knows because he doesnt know how trumps going to react, who the new person would be. but surely, you know, people who have been in this position in the past have thought there are lines that cant be crossed. we havent seen those lines yet. there may not be any because he maybe has his eye exclusively on the ball of safeguarding mueller who we expect to be coming out...

Prosecutors everything he knows about the man who now occupies the presidency. for more on the legal implications, daniel gold man and former u.s. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general harry litman. friedman himself texting a "new york daily news" court reporter i pled guilty to a felony, i am humbled and shamed. this is me taking responsibility has nothing do with mc, michael cohen. >> there are two things to make of it. hes trying to indicate hes not cooperating. the other is a sort o...

Clintons campaign in favor of donald trump. its a lot to talk about. we have the people for it. lets bring in our leadoff panel for a friday night. matt apu zoe, "new york times" reporter, and a man who was just awarded his second pulitzer prize. vivian salama, nbc news national political reporter covering the white house, and daniel goldman, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. and since there are home team advantages around here, counselor, you get to go first....

But the president really didnt treat him all that great, you know, would berate him or threaten to fire him. so i think the question now is for a president who has always really put a premium on loyalty, how much loyalty has he engendered in michael cohen? is michael cohen going to really be loyal to the president if a threat of indictment or a threat of serious charges comes down, or even just the threat of a long and protracted court fight that has the potential to bankrupt just about anyone? ...

When he has the possibility of a criminal case going on. so those two kind of go together. i mean, look, mueller is still -- mueller is still the special counsel. >> c-o-u-n-c-e-l. >> yeah. we still dont know what he has up his sleeve. he has the authority to, you know, pull evidence from all corners of the federal government and the intelligence agencies. that is where the majority of my attention is still focused. hopefully we get some resolution and, you know, were all sort of wiser for it. i...

Threat because this is a guy who has always said, ill take a bullet for the president. i guess its sort of easy to say that in the abstract, but when, you know, the justice department is the one pointing the gun, do you really want to take the bullet? my colleagues have a really interesting story out tonight about how over the years, cohen did -- you know, did try to serve as this fixer and body man for the president. but the president really didnt treat him all that great, you know, would berat...

That is where the majority of my attention is still focused. hopefully we get some resolution and, you know, were all sort of wiser for it. its been a long year for us. >> speaking of wiser for it, that, ladies and gentlemen, is a two-time pulitzer recipient, matt apuzzo. vivian salama, daniel gold man, thank you for starting off our broadcast. coming up, the breaking news in north korea. what it could mean for trumps upcoming meeting with kim jong-un and, later, its always been important to d...

In his testimony last year before congress both in march and in june after he was fired does he allege that the president asked him to do anything inappropriate. when you look at james comey, he has a real credibility problem. >> and the democratic national committee has launched a surprise legal attack on the president, fieling a multi-million dollar lawsuit in federal lawsuit saying the dnc was a conspiracy by the trump campaign, russian officials and wikileaks to disrupt hillary clintons camp...