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Districts. evan, welcome to the company. >> come back soon. >> thank you so much. lets head to mississippi. also a gubernatorial race. dianne gallagher joins us this morning. where does that race stand? >> yeah, so its a little surprising that were coming to me in mississippi right now. that this is such a contested race for governor. you have the current lieutenant governor, the republican, tate reeves going against the only statewide elected democrat. the attorney general jim hood. and much ...

I was very surprised that i would feature repeatedly in a presidential phone call, but secondly, the president would speak about me or any ambassador in that way to a foreign counterpart. president trump says, well, shes going to go through some things, what did you understand that to mean? i didnt know what it meant. i was very concerned, i still am. and then the question, did you feel threatened and her one word response, yes. evan, let me start with you, youve been going through these transcr...

Is also president trumps personal attorney. its not clear why prosecutors are interested in steven fruman or what particularly agents sought from the safe. police are also investigating giulianis business dealings apart of the broader investigation. evan perez, drn krn, washington. >> thank you, evan. its been a tough couple of weeks for rudy giuliani. now nbc is reporting he accidently called one of their correspondents without realizing it and left voicemails in which he talked about large s...

Right. >> susan, no official reaction from the justice department yet or from the trump administration for that administration, but i suspect they will appeal this and this could go up to the supreme court. >> it is, i think, extraordinarily likely to be appealed. there was a recent decision in the d.c. circuit that might sort of argue in the justice departments favor. if they do appeal, it is likely that it will go up to the supreme court. and then again, the question really is this question of...

Is what his attorney said. im no lawyer. i dont play one on television, but its absurd. its absolutely absurd. >> its also fiction. >> right. >> theres absolutely nothing -- nowhere is the written that the president cannot be investigated. >> cant be indicted. >> the justice department guidelines is they cant be indicted but investigated is different. >> those are justice department interpretations. those are guidelines. there is no law. by the way, its never been tested in court. someone should...

Performance just a short time ago. he said he didnt actually get to see it first hand and someone told him mulvaney did a good job and the president saying that he has confidence in his acting chief of staff. the president is set to take the stage at any moment and well keep you updated with what he says if he does mention his acting chief of staff. >> it will be very interesting to see if he does. it is mulvaneys desperate attempt to say he didnt say what he said is at the behest of a very spec...

Supposed to function because shes worked for several administrations. we know she was quite angered by the administration that ride giuliani was running. it sounded like she was advocating for ambassador yavonovitch behind the scenes. sondland, i think, is behind the kabol, if you will. i think they were trying to have something. we know she cant get away from lying because we know those other two guys are being deposed by attorneys in the fbi. >> evan, there is some feeling that the dam was bre...

And i think that were going to find out more and more. and well find more and more about this story, but i think were probably going to find out more and more about whats been going on that probably isnt going to be very good. >> okay. and evan, just back to you quickly, if people are just joining us on this breaking news, what is the big take away as we wait for a response from the white house? >> well, look, i think these guys were very big, important figures in the current investigation, the ...

So that was the pitch. tillerson said we cant do that. this is something thats already in a criminal proceeding and not to mention the, the precedent set. right? the idea putting americans in danger, the fact they could be held hostage in order to do prisoner swaps. tillerson refused. the president said, could jeff sessions do this? the same answer. so in the end what the president said was for the two men to essentially try to work it outs in the end that prisoner swap did not happen. >> got yo...

They had that donation made to them, but they said after that complaint was filed, america first action placed that donation into a segregated bank account, it has not been used for any purposes and it will remain in that account until these matters are sadler, spokesperson for america first, which is the pro trump super pac that has several white house officials working for it, namely the former small business administrator, linda mcmahon. they are respond to go this now and one more connection...