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The president does not have lawful authority under the rules to personally remove mueller. it would take several steps and even be challenged in court. what we are watching for is people in the know, not just trump allies an not just tweets about conspiracies, people in the know as these cases proceed and as this cooperating witness stays in the mueller orbit. >> of course we have to watch and see how sarah sanders handles this at the upcoming briefing and if she goes out in confrontational way ...

Supported ukrainian officials that could have as well compromised the election. we need more einformation about that. this is a clear first step. we he have to make sure sthat white house, president trump, does not fire robert mueller. because that would be clearly something that he would be considering right now in order to shut down this investigation. which he has been trying to do from its very inception. >> in fairness, his lawyer says he plans to cooperate in ef way. do you still have conc...

Curiosity and at worse a way to work in advance the white houses narrative. >> congressman eric swal swallow, thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> and a list of charges against campaign officials in the first round of indictments in the russia investigation. former water gate prosecutor joining me next, here on "andrea mitchell reports." stay with us. at ally, we offer a credit card with unlimited cash back. but if thats not enough, we offer a 10% deposit bonus into an ally account. and if th...

>> manafort and gates, i think you mean. and i appreciate you, with the arc behind you, you are in paris and joining us on this big day today. thank you for making that special effort. >> thank you. >> and ari melber, lets make up on that point. they arent cooperating with the way they are being treated by the special prosecutor. what is the significance of papadopoulos as a witness? >> it is huge. it shows that an individual from the trump campaign is pleading guilty and cooperating about kreml...

Investigation, to shift the focus from the trump investigation to hillary clinton. i mean, this was like a bonfire of what about-ism trying to change the subject. now you have real laws, real indictments, real guilty pleas. this comes at a crucial moment. >> and, of course, that was replicating what you just referenced, was replicating the way the president when he was a candidate handled it all just a year ago this is what donald trump was saying about hillary clinton. >> the fbi after discover...

But we know, you know, who is count awning us an those are people who want to freedom to choose when we go to the polls. >> what is the committee wanting to investigate the uranium connection? >> it doesnt have to be this way and paul ryan is green-lighting this. allowing devin nunes to recuse himself. for democrats, in 2018 we will govern responsibly and do what americans care about when it comes to freedom of democracy. >> do you think the uranium issue should be investigated? >> if there is s...

This is when james comey, 12 days before the election, reopened the e-mail investigation, which according to the nbc news politics unit, mark murray, you can tell from the polling, that is when her momentum hit an absolute brick wall. carol lee, we know there were other problems in the campaign, which she has herself acknowledged. but theres no question that the comey announcement, which donald trump seized upon immediately, understandably, given the way the campaign was going, absolutely stoppe...

Or you could resist, you could even lie to me as he he alleges paul manafort and rick gates did, and if you do that we will throw the book at you. this is a typical white collar investigation, and he is conducting it the way they attack a large scale enterprise like mafia or drug cartel. constantly putting pressure at different levels of the system trying to convince anyone who you can to cooperate. >> basically can you either cooperate and maybe get off without any hard time or have people bang...

Paying more taxes because you dont have the earned income, the income tax credits, things like that. >> were working that out, but the way its looking initially is i dont think anybody is going to be paying any more. >> let me ask you about, you said something you dont hear other politicians hear very much. you said i was wrong. >> yeah. >> during a discussion on medicare. >> no, i think it was about the subsidies. >> excuse me. >> and yeah, i was wrong. i was going to take one subsidy and shift...

Look, like i said, i det it for kasich. he wanted in the conversation. >> michael, i thought -- go ahead. >> youre working the reps. >> theyre working all the time, but the other thing is you get prepped in such a way to do that. and to have that line. and youre always in your head looking for that moment to say it. and i just remember whether it was a debate when i was running for the senate. >> you have been there. >> you get it in your head and youre waiting for that moment. just say it, just...