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This discovery how he spends his time and whos around when hes having such consequential conversations. the tv watching i dont think bothers tv as much as the idea hes freelancing with foreign leaders, adversary thats we worry about, that he tends to think are really respectable, strong men and consequential decisions being made as a result. >> alexi, this is a consequential piece of reporting. all of you here today have written these pieces. im thinking of phil ruckers pressure cooker analogy, ...

Aides i spoke to that his presence at the white house was symbolically important as he was there ready to work. its the same thing that staffers will tell you when he goes golfing and they tell you hes taking meetings and calls. meetings and calls is sort of reporter shorthand for the president playing golf or watching television or doing something that is not meetings and calls. so because of that, the white house has really lost credibility where in another situation, if they retained some of ...

That. the president and governing style which sarah sanders suggested a more creative approach to governing, is something that can influence not just foreign policy but the way hes handling immigration, the way he doesnt to mitch mcconnell when hes talking about not shutting government down. that couples with his use of a personal cell phone, which i think that story is not over yet, is something i will be looking for in the next two weeks. >> alexi, phil and eli, we are nothing without your rep...

We begin with that deadly blast of arctic weather. there have been eight possible weather related deaths across the midwest since saturday. among the latest yesterday the y university of iowa says 18-year-old student gerald belts was found unresponsive outside a campus building early wednesday morning where the temperature was 20 degreesth below and the w wind chill around 50 below. investigation there in iowa city isow ongoing. meanwhile schools are closed in chicago again today. u.s. postal se...

Are kind of caution about wanting to name people unless theyre actually the targets. they dont want their names necessarily put forth into the public. sometimes it can be quite a puzzle, as we all know, to figure out who they are. here i dont think it is a mystery. here it is randy and certainly the case there in terms of the threats, the tampering against him is very much open and shut. i think the biggest problem as eli was saying is this indicates the intent and the interest of the campaign i...

Additional pieces being placed in the puzzle. >> before we dig into this 24-page indictment, lets take one look at the big board. roger stone indicted of lying about his outreach to wick k ky leeks. so far charges against 34 individuals. eli, let me start with you i want to get your take-away in terms of what happened with this indictment obstruction of an official proceeding, one count of witness tampering. how does this change the narrative? >> lying to congress is bad. >> all right. >> obstru...

Interpreter? >> well, i think thats not -- thats a very complicated answer, and there are some legitimate executive privilege concerns stemming from the idea that presidents need to be able to have some private conversations with foreign leaders and thats not necessarily a precedent that we should want to set as a democracy and as a government. but you do have to look at the pattern of behavior here which is this is a president who knows that these questions are being raised about his behavior w...

Our senators need to dig into that and say is this how you view the obstruction investigation. do you stand by your own words? they cannot accept dodgy coached up lawyered up answers. >> let me talk to you about bar here more in just a second. as you put it nicely all in one package, it does show that obstruction is a big piece potentially of muellers investigation. garrett, youre sort of our mueller expert. on the washington post reporting, do you think trumps concealment of the records pertain...

Chimpanzees. look at that. look at that catch. i think he was taking a shot at manning. i think that was kind of like a dig right there. hes got to throw better than eli. so, he throws the ball around with these wild animals, and you know who gets man? now the team for putting themselves at risk, peter. peter gets mad. they released a statement saying it is dehumanizing to animals, go figure. can you believe it? i think we are all better for it, emily. >> emily: today is a law enforcement apprec...

Mitch mcconnell and his aides have telegraphed this is not something we want to deal with. they wont touch it until they know the president supports it. but what this does is allows democrats in their new majority in the house to come in and say were here, were ready to g govern. what are the republicans willing to do? it puts that pressure on mcconnell and his republican majority in the senate and on the president to figure out exactly what it is they want. remember, this has been a big complai...