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Trump. that kind of thing is going to be held up against what they have on tape if they have it, what they have from human sources. and as is usually the case when rudy opens his mouth, he may have defended himself a fara charge but certainly threw trump under the bus saying i was working at the direction of president of the united states. thats a problem. >> of course, frank, it also means we can get ready for more charges of spying, no doubt. hey, phil, i want to play for you what trump said p...

Mike schmidt in response to mikes article as barbara said that i wasnt working for the ukrainians, i was working for trump. that kind of thing is going to be held up against what they have on tape if they have it, what they have from human sources. and as is usually the case when rudy opens his mouth, he may have defended himself a fara charge but certainly threw trump under the bus saying i was working at the direction of president of the united states. thats a problem. >> of course frank, it a...

Advancing the story. and then we see the congress then taking sometimes what weve discovered in newspaper reports, advancing that. have you seen this kind of rhythm before unfold in these kinds of stories? >> yes. theyre echos of watergate and the clinton impeachment. and first, i want to say, lawrence, those of houston worked in washington in previous times know there are certain days when you can feel the grindsing of the gears of history. and those gears have now caught the coat tail of donal...

Then taking sometimes what weve discovered in newspaper reports, advancing that. have you seen this kind of rhythm before unfold in these kinds of stories? >> yes. theyre echos of watergate and the clinton impeachment. and first, i want to say, lawrence, those of houston worked in washington in previous times know there are certain days when you can feel the grinding of the gears of history. and those gears have now caught the coat tail of donald trump. that doesnt mean he cant survive. hes an e...

Attorney general barr is doing, investigating the origins of the mueller investigation -- i mean, theyre heading into 2020 and the president is still consumed with what happened in an election when ultimately, he won, but hes still consumed by the fact that it was investigated, that the results are questioned in any way. the fact that that is directing the actions of the justice department at this point as hes heading into a re-elect tells you all you need to know about -- >> paranoia. all the e...

Mission. i have no idea if hes unhappy with me or not. i frankly dont care. >> not exactly what you say about a teammate when youre on message. giuliani also worked with trumps legal team in that mueller probe, and one of his most prominent teammates was jay sekulow who argued the presidents decision on whats appropriate to get from other countries, including maybe election help? well, that would be the final word which is drawing echos of an infamous nixon gaffe. >> was it appropriate? >> look,...

2018 midterms, if they see mitt romney saying the same thing as nancy pelosi theyre a whole lot more likely to believe it. >> well, you mentioned the echos of watergate earlier. remember the watergate impeachment proceedings. it was bipartisan. and the chairman of the house judiciary. >> it wasnt for a very long time. >> but he made it very, very clear that he was going to reach out to those blue dog democrats and ultimately at the end of that story was republicans, was republicans who really en...

This stuff, various visits, various meetings with ukraine was out there to see. it was reported when various people went various places if not here it was reported in ukraine. and i think that it took this event to sort of tie it all together and give an explanation for why people were doing things and what these conversations and meetings consisted of. >> charlie, as i said, the echos of watergate are all over all of the extraordinary reporting about the cover-up. let me put up the four headlin...

Single you out for praise for intrepid journalism for bring us that audio. it had some echos of what might become for this president when you hear him in his own voice talking about things like that. truly transformational. thank you for spending some time with us. after the break the whistle-blower draws a picture of the sprawling cover-up. we will bring you the details of all the presidents men named in his complaint. also ahead, claires favorite story. today watt acting director of nation...

Under the same roof with such -- >> well, let me ask you a follow-up. >> yeah. >> i dont know how to predict anything and i try to avoid predictions in our reporting, but if you look at just the past few days, a lot has suddenly changed. look at this number that i think is still sinking in around the country. 79 new impeachment backers in cardiolo congress. whatever they thought before wasnt enough. something this week changed. that number you see on your screen right now, 216, that is a white h...