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Something like that, craig. >> fitting in nicely there on the hill. well get you back to the white house soon enough. questions swirling today over whether michael cohen may have damaged his chances at cutting a deal with prosecutors by releasing that audiotape of the secretly recorded conversation with his boss president trump. "the washington post" reports today that current and former law enforcement officials question why cohen as someone whos angling for a plea deal, can make it harder to c...

President has done, whether it was stuff with comey or sessions or with his own white house counsel, and you put them into a larger narrative, does it tell a story of a broader obstruction? does the president take several different actions as a way of trying to impede this investigation? and could mueller take all of that stuff and give it to congress? and with what would a democratic congress do with that information? >> jill, lastly to you, picking up where michael left off there, lets say hyp...

>> no. i think any sitting president -- any politician is open to scrutiny. i dont think hes been unfairly or more scrutinized than anyone else. i think he continually, as he does, i think, hes always does, makes everything about himself. and has to fight back on everything. and its not serving him well now. there are things that are going on in the country that are positive, but nobody hears about them very much, and its donald trumps fault because he keeps changing the subject to stuff that do...

Mueller? >> i think it would be a total upheaval in the senate. >> i think the president ought to cool it a little bit. i think it doesnt help him. i like the president. he is a person of strong emotions and he sometimes speaks out when he shouldnt. in the case of bob mueller, i like bob mueller. he is honest. as he very good prosecutor. he is straightforward. and i think it wont indict the president. and i think the president should treat that it way. it would be the stupidest thing the preside...

The president launched all of these attacks against bob mueller over the weekend. i wonder if you feel -- if youre okay with that? >> uh, no. i -- i -- i dont like that and i noticed subsequently that they sent out a release from the white house saying they have no discussions and no intentions of terminating him. but, no, i think he needs to leave mueller alone. >> reporter: do you think that there needs to be an effort in congress to protect him legislatively? a bill to protect -- >> you know,...

Might it be? and thats why a night like tonight is why were paying attention. >> and its also a question of how much the president can ask any republican to do. if he wants a republican to agree with him on something that may push them a little bit in an uncomfortable zone. if he had done that on guns, for example, or if he does it on something else. theyre going to say, you know what, me first. im sorry, youre not helping me out here. >> and bringing the president in doesnt help him. >> and bri...

Exits. >> this doesnt help him right now. >> i know. i dont see it. >> the daily tennesseean has a negative 2008. when it comes to who people want to control congress. veteran republicans -- it doesnt take a veteran strategic to know a 48% lead is a problem for republicans. e we shall be right back.

Right and put out in full and proper way in first instance. if it turns out there was no follow-up as donald trump jr. i believe said, i didnt do anything, thought it was useless. then turns out to be traffic follow-up, doesnt help him. >> donald trump jr. said he could not discuss conversations he had with his father, claiming attorney/client privilege because there were attorneys in the room. have you heard of privilege extended because attorneys were in the room? >> it depends on the circumst...

Took place, but theoretically, that could be something that mueller would have access to, as well. >> i think so. it points up to the issue of making sure, in any kind of investigation, if you are potentially a target, to get the story right and to get the story put out in its full and proper way in the first instance. if it now turns out after donald trump jr. said there was no followup, i didnt do anything with the followup after that meeting because i thought it was useless, and then it turns...

Bottom. were no longer itemizing. people cant deduct their charitable giving, what do you think thats going to do to organizations like the united way? people who give checks every year and know theyre going to write it off. sure, does wall street like it? yes, it works for wall street. wall street hates regulation. everyone does. who wants big brother watching? but regulation, smart regulation exists to protect us. >> again, we understand that. if youre republicans and youre going home and sayi...