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Likelihood, the percentage that donald trump does sit for the interview. >> i dont think hell sit for a voluntary interview, i think theres no chance of that. >> no chance, randall? >> i think its really unlikely at this point. >> which is fascinating because you guys have been close to the action, given how much volume on the idea that the interview would be happening. thanks to each of you. later in the hour, ill be joined by another legal eagle. the former acting solicitor general, he wrote t...

Youre bound by the doj policies. >> im curious if you knew when you wrote it that it would become such a big issue in the country, but it says a special counsel shall comply with the rules, procedures, policies of the department of justice and that memo that eric holder and you have cited says the indictment of a criminal prosecution of a sitting president, quote, would be unconstitutional. which seems like good news for any president including this one. to ask you the very narrow legal point, i...

Nefarious conspiracy by political opponents of donald trump to hurt donald trump. and the other view is, well, how dare you question the integrity and the judgment of the federal bureau of investigation. but theres a third view. and its the one which to me is the obvious one, which is that the fbi really did screw up 2016 by tipping the election to donald trump. what we now know is that from the summer before the election through election day, there were two investigations. one of each of the ca...

But theres a third view. and its the one which to me is the obvious one, which is that the fbi really did screw up 2016 by tipping the election to donald trump. what we now know is that from the summer before the election through election day, there were two investigations. one of each of the candidates. there was an investigation of lk, which james comey repeatedly discussed publicly, including a stunning press conference in which he announced that while he announced that she would not be charg...

They wanted the gag order lifted to talk to congress about the uranium deal and what do you think? >> you also heard him say he didnt know it was against doj rules and it should be looked into. any time theres huge amounts of money exchanged in a close proximity to giant decisions made by somebody and somebodys family that should be -- it should be looked into. in order to get at that information, you have to do what the president said. >> bill, this is obviously an area where theres probably so...

Anti-trump. >> thank you for spending time with us on this very busy day. matt miller. former chief spokesman and now an nbc analyst. what is jeff sessions to do? now that he has been publicly undermined by the president. if he survives it seems like he is a super virus. like hes almost immune from further attacks. >> there is an opportunity for jeff sessions here. whether you agree with his policies or not, and i disagree with most of them -- one thing he preached as a member of the senate ju...

He is a good choice and now he is saying he needs to be fired. i dont think we can take anything newt gingrich says at face value here. >> his wife has been designated as next u.s. ambassador to the vatican. >> yes. newt has a book out about trump, about trumps political rise. i think that newt gingrich knows what he said is not necessarily accurate. what it is true though, is it is challenging to bring an obstruction case against a president. that becomes a political decision that might end up ...

And other words. so what are they going to be watching for at doj and how is he regarded going into tomorrow at doj? >> he has tremendous respect at the fbi. among most people there was concern about what he did last year. the hillary clinton press conference and the letter he sent was a big departure from doj rules. a lot of prosecutors didnt like that. but theres no one thats worked with jim comey that doesnt think hes a man integrity. and when you see him detail the conversations with the pre...

And other words. so what are they going to be watching for at doj and how is he regarded going into tomorrow at doj? >> he has tremendous respect at the fbi. among most people there was concern about what he did last year. the hillary clinton press conference and the letter he sent was a big departure from doj rules. but theres no one thats worked with jim comey that doesnt think hes a man integrity. and when you see him detail the conversations with the president tomorrow, conversations the pre...

So what are they going to be watching for at doj and how is he regarded going into tomorrow at doj? >> he has tremendous respect at the fbi. among most people there was concern about what he did last year. the hillary clinton press conference and the letter he sent was a big departure from doj rules. but theres no one thats worked with jim comey that doesnt think hes a man integrity. and when you see him detail the conversations with the president tomorrow, conversations the president has said o...