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Right against iowa voting. i want to ask you about the greenlight the president seemed to be giving to mike pompeo to run for the kansas senate seat. we know from our reporting that hes been very unhappy with mike pompeo. his closest cabinet adviser, closest national security foreign policy adviser with all of the departures that have taken place. >> yeah. >> now unhappy with all of the state department witnesses. is this an exit ramp? >> it is. look, donald trump doesnt demand loyalty, he deman...

Business that he would ask somebody hey, go out there and defend me and yet, the white house is pushing back on the reporting. what can you tell us? >> well, to your first point, chris, i think its a really important one, we know that about this president, that he does demand loyalty. we know how much he was pleased by the way in which the attorney general handled the release of the mueller report. the fact he came out and held that news conference before the american public had a chance to see ...

Republicans we had 16 candidates and i remember sitting in a room with people far more important than me saying were going find out who we are now. were going to find out who the republican party is going to be. great debate cycle. all the super stars in it. and we found out what the base wanted and what they wanted. throw everybody in washington out. drain the swamp. illegal immigration. and donald trump won. he does demand loyalty. no question about that. so at the end of the day, were definin...

Is supposed to be a wall between the justice department and the white house. and you have to respect that wall. its clear that its not just that he doesnt understand that need for the justice departments independence, but that hes hostile to it. you mentioned of course jeff sessions and jim comey, the famous incidents. we see it infect his relationships with all kinds of senior leaders at the justice department. he asked andrew mccabe the interim director who he voted for. when preet bharara was...

Guide. its like a program for a local musical. the biggest loser here is cnn. for predicting, according to sources, comey was going to testify he never said trump was under investigation. >> jesse: i think we had it right there. >> greg: they werent just wrong ones. they are wrong three times because he testified three time times. >> kimberly: three strikes, you are out. >> greg: i think it was kathy griffin. she was there just hanging around. the problem with trump being trump is part of it is ...

Very combative statement. to say that one, to declare victory. in a legal sense, the president is off the hook according to kasowitz. comey didnt go that far. and also to flatly deny a number of things. he didnt demand loyalty, he didnt demand that the flynn investigation go. but there are questions out there. i think the one -- the biggest question is why if the president was just having an innocent conversation, why did he demand that all of hes top officials leave the oval office before he me...

The biggest loser here is cnn. for predicting, according to sources, comey was going to testify he never said trump was under investigation. >> jesse: i think we had it right there. >> greg: they werent just wrong ones. they are wrong three times because he testified three times. that raises the question -- who is cnns source? >> kimberly: three strikes, you are out. >> greg: i think it was kathy griffin. she was there just hanging around. the problem with trump being trump is part of it is his ...

The precedents to diminish the civil liberties of all americans. >> the fact he had the lawful right to remove the fbi director under law. why he did it doesnt matter? >> we dont put peoples motives on trial. there has to be an illegal act. there are some cases that say that if the whole scheme was corrupt, you could look at it as a totality. >> how about the acknowledgement he pressed the fbi director by his own admission for a loyalty oath on this matter and insisting he was not being investig...

Dealing with a president who demand loyalty, all this flattery may just pay off. after frances macron went out of his way to woo him, president trump is already patting macron on the back, saying publicly the two men have a good friendship. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> little later on tonight. 360 special report on donald trump jr. who became the first in two reveal what he his father, trump administration campaign denying more than a year. contact with russians by members of the campaign, and,...