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Quote, loved and can sleep well tonight. you have people in high places, right, or friends in high places. how do you interpret this? >> i think its very hard to know what to make of this, at least based on what ive read. i think this calls out for more investigation. i mean it seems pretty ambiguous and maybe ambiguous on purpose so that you wouldnt be having this discussion about whether there was actually a pardon dangled or not. perhaps there was a pardon dangled but it was fairly indirectly...

President always seeming to influence or involve himself in the investigation, an investigation that concerns him? again, if it is true. >> well, if its true, don, it comes back to three simple little words -- obstruction of justice. i mean this is pretty clear-cut. there is no way in heck that the president should be discussing an ongoing case, especially one in which he is involved with the acting attorney general. and, remember, the conniptions that republicans had earlier on when bill clinto...

Mr. whitaker did not deny that the president called him to discuss the michael cohen case and personnel decisions in the southern district. >> now, that may have been a bit more bobbing and weaving by whitaker, who seems to be an expert. he did not deny, did not say no when he was pressed about whether the president called him to discuss cohens case. but heres what he said publicly in the hearing room. here it is. >> did you communicate to donald trump or any senior white house advisers about in...

Impeach impeached. this certainly looks like obstruction of justice if in fact this report is accurate. >> that would make sense in like a world that deals with reality right now, but i mean, max -- >> yeah, nothing seems to matter anymore. unfortunately nancy pelosi reading the political tea leaves is basically saying theres little chance theyre actually going to impeach him. so how is he going to be held to account if in fact he did obstruct justice? >> doug collins says theres no evidence tha...

Ruh-roh. im about to tell you. >> i know you are. you love the drama. >> come on. >> i hate the dynamic. i hate it. it makes me uncomfortable. >> i know. >> it makes my hair move. >> its news, though. >> it is. >> i got to get to 2. >> ill be watching. >> you get after it. ill get to it. see you tomorrow. this is "cnn tonight." im don lemon. its not what matt whitaker said today. its what he didnt say that is making news. the former acting attorney general meeting behind closed doors with top me...

Seems like court, and here as well, might be the only places where facts still matter. but that didnt stop manaforts attorney from repeating the same old no-collusion lie, though he was nearly drowned out by shouts of traitor and liar. >> judge jackson conceded that there was absolutely no evidence of any russian collusion in this ca case. >> traitor! liar! thats not what she said! >> hmm. why would he go the no-collusion route? again, when the judge herself shot down that claim? simple. audienc...

That i think is so important is that we have not heard from michael cohen in a really long time in a real way, right, as we were waiting for months for him to be sentenced and as these various investigations were going on, he really was not speaking to the press. he was very careful to not make extended public statements so this idea that he is going to be testifying before congress in a public way and putting on this sort of prolonged performance, if you want to be cynical about it, that is goi...

The implication of it was that his testimony was socialized within the white house before he testified. that i think if i were a prosecutor or i was a congressman, id want to drill down on. because if theres evidence that the president here did something with respect to testimony akin to what he did during the june 9th trump tower meeting, which is falsify that statement, that is very problematic legally and also a very much more easily proven ca case, and its perjury. thats what got bill clinto...

He was telling them. hes going to be before congress, hes going to be under oath, this is -- there will be consequence ifs he lies. what are the biggest unanswered questions that you will be looking to have answered? >> i think that most important in this moment is whether michael cohen appears to be credible because he has been attacked every which way that he is a liar, they called him a rat, a snitch, whatever and so the question is, like john dean as someone said testifying in the watergate ...

Previously and i think this is somebody who is, you know, supposed to go to jail in march and wants to set the record straight publicly against donald trump. as shimon was saying and i agree with him 100%, this is something the white house is going to be watching very, very carefully because its going to turn into a he said/he said. dont forget that these two men have a very long relationship. i mean this is shakespearian, that somebody who worshipped donald trump, basically, was his most loyal ...