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White house counsels office advised him it was okay. not sure who advised him. but in your view, is this simply political performance? >> again, to be clear here, im not a lawyer. my degree is in international relations, but i have read the constitution. the constitution is pretty clear. this seems to me to go way beyond what an executive order would do. if it is challenged, any sort of unilateral action wont stand up. i think this is all about signals. this is about trying to send a message. an...

>> we know that. we have reported that. >> so the issue of immigration and the idea of enforcement is not something thats illegitima illegitimate. >> he also knows the state that hes running in, right? and he knows the voters there. to you, a lot of the proposals, especially the birthright citizenship one, sort of out of nowhere for the president, he was asked about this and said, yep, i could get rid of it. did either get surprise reaction from leaders in his own party or outright denouncement?...

>> its the okey-doke. dont fall for the okey-doke. but ive said as much as i have to say about this whole situation with him and kanye west its interesting because you said im in the thick of it. people dont -- you know when they chop up soundbites, they take the most incendiary thing, they dont say the part where you say "i really feel sorry for kanye, hes dealing with issues, he should get off the stage, if anybody loves him they should take care of it." nobody plays that. >> they dont want to...

Making the fliest cars. lets bring in don lemon. youre in the thick of this. this is exactly what the president hoped it would be. tons of attention for him and lots of negativity for the groups he deals with least to have to deal with among one another. this is a home run for him in the business of division. >> its the okey-doke. dont fall for the okey-doke. but ive said as much as i have to say about this whole situation with him and kanye west its interesting because you said im in the thick ...

Okay. so the truth here is pretty simple. this is about more than just rap. its about race. >> when kanye came out very strongly a number of months ago, something happened. my polls went up like 25%. nobodys ever seen it like -- hes got a big following in the african-american community. >> so when the president parades kanye in front of the cameras, that is just a cynical attempt to manipulate black voters with less than a month to go until the mid-terms. dont fall for the okey-doke. theres a lo...

In common. they both have been criticized by barack obama. okay, so the truth here is pretty simple. this is about more than just rap. its about race. >> when kanye came in very strongly a number of months ago, something happened. my polls went up like 25%. nobody has ever seen it like -- hes got a big following in the african-american community. >> so, when the president parades kanye in front of the cameras, that is just a cynical attempt to man ipulate black voters with less than a month to g...

Over to the house and grant clemency to one person. thats not criminal justice reform simply because you use celebrity and you have access and you can get one person some semblance of justice. the problem we have with kanye west and the reason we have to keep talking about him is because he bastardizes his platform. there is no harry belafonte in kanye west. there is no individual who you look at who upholds their platform and uses it in a quest for justice in kanye west. kanye west is a disturb...

But other than that, kanye west is just somebody who is being taken advantage of. he reminds me of man tana sleep and eat from spike lees bamboozle. that is what this is. >> wow, bakari. but its true. the truth hurts. >> show me the lie, don. >> you know what that same movie says. dont fall for the hokie doek, right? >> correct. >> were going to talk about taylor swift. just won a big award. remember, im going to let you finish, taylor? >> mm-hmm. higher! parents arent perfect, but then they mak...

Interesting because sean hannity, and we know the president listens to sean hannity, sean hannity on his program friday night basically said to the president dont fall for this, this is a plot to get you to fire rod rosenstein and you shouldnt do it. so going to be interesting to see if the president follows the advice. we know sean hannity is official/unofficial adviser. he goes on fox news and pretty much gives the president, you know, advice, political advice. so it remains to be seen. we kno...

Here is the breaking news on the russia investigation today. moments ago on board air force one, president trump told some reporters that he is willing to sit down with investigators, but he said he would only do it under certain circumstances. the president says he is worried an interview wirobert muellers team would be a perjury trap. >> i dont want to be set up with ajury trap, number one. number two, there was no obstruction and there was no collusion. >> with me now, legal analyst shan wu a...