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There are some risks if they try to issue these subpoenas, they get tide up in court, they can lose a power a bigger way. >> according to a different committee i have been speaking with. they coordinate each other and along with the oversight, the general counsel, the house of representatives of everything they do. what we are seeing in terms of the subpoena process, part of getting into that point involves of what we are seeing today and initial requests for cooperations. if we dont see that th...

Kind of give and take. what is it -- heres the other point i would make. bill barr would go through the process, and i have every confidence, he would get the expert advice, and i have a feeling he would follow that advice. thats yet to play out. but i see this as a concerned citizen that sees the problem, and this is where jeffrey and i profoundly disagree, a prosecutorial carrying out a view of a statute that is extravagant and unfounded and peril to the executive branches, and leave donald tr...

Real add vetivan tagous informa today. one thing that nobody has even mentioned is that the deal requires an dacanadas participation. the united states cannot make a separate deal with mexico and leave canada out, which has not been mentioned. >> michael, i think most surprising was what the president said where he said if this thing doesnt straightening itself out, referring to the russia probe, he will have to get involved with the justice department. thats more than he said. hes made that com...

And, you know, she got handed a real ativan tagous information today. one thing that nobody has even mentioned is that the deal requires canadas participation. the united states cannot make a separate deal with mexico and leave canada out, which has not been mentioned. >> michael, i think most surprising was what the president said where he said if this thing doesnt straightening itself out, referring to the russia probe, he will have to get involved with the justice department. thats more than ...

You didnt even read the letter and when you were questioned about denuclearization, you said, oh, they want it. i dont know when or how. so what are you talking about? why did you cancel the meeting in the first place and why was bolton and them talking about libya in the first place? its a flimflam game on a global level on something very serious that we ought not to be playing with. >> we all agree its a serious thing, we shouldnt be playing around but lets take the notion that the summit is n...

So what are you talking about? then why did you cancel the meeting in the first place, and why was bolton and them talking about libya in the first place? its a flim-flam game on a global level on something very serious that we ought to not be playing with. >> bill crystal, i think we all agree with this, its a serious thing we shouldnt be playing around. but lets take as read, the summit is now going to happen. for the sake of argument, its going to happen, right? what if you were asked to come...

Every answer is the solution at this point because we havent tried any of them. we need a multi-faceted approach to this extremely complex program. because if we dont have that, this will never come to an end. >> the president tweeted very sad that the fbi missed all the many signals sent out by the tpl school shooter. this is not acceptable. they are spending too much time trying to prove russian collusion with the trump campaign. there is no collusion. get back to the basics. >> i think it is ...

Mueller, i think it failed miserably. but who knows? maybe donald trump will still fire rod rosenstein. it was smart of him not to have. >> tim, i wonder if you agree with this. i think, when you look at this, for instance you have the fbi director, the one who came in with the presidents, you know, seal of approval after he fired james comey standing up to the president here. do you see evidence here that the institutions, in effect, are holding, right? that its not, you know, a sort of redux o...

Branches of government have coordinated an attack on the independence of the fbi. in our history, weve had executive branches that have tried to undermine the fbi, generally secretly, not publicly the way that president trump has. and there have been times when congress has gone after the fbi and investigated it. but this is the first time that both branches have gone at it at the same time. so what were watching now is a real test of the strength of that fine institution. i would also -- id lik...

Crime, you can still obstruct justice if you get involved in an investigation. its not the case the president has unfettered absolute power to fire, because even if he does so lawfully, he may violate another law in doing so. >> thats the purpose of having different executive branches in this country for checks and balances, so thats not able to happen where the president can do whatever he wants. bradford, final question, how far did you get on "the apprentice"? >> not very far, i got fired. >>...