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Possibly, but i mean, its only friday. >> its only friday. gene, on the roger stone part, walk viewers through, are we going to be hearing less from him? i hear from viewers on "the beat" sometimes, why do we play this sound, why do we hear from this person? when things happen with people under indictment, including in rogers case, allegations that the trump campaign sought his help getting stolen russian material, were going to report on what he says. what does this gag order mean about us hear...

Presidents declaration. meet the beat with ari melber starting right now. >> i have a rhetorical question for you that you can answer or not. if you can schedule it, delay it and say you just wanted to do it because this was faster, is it an emergency? i guess thats the question were all going to face. >> you know, my answer to that is always quoting getty lee, if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. >> well, and thats true in life and governing. >> there you go. >> i think th...

Gag order against roger stone, banning him or his attorneys from speaking to had media from the courthouse. the judge stating the court is concerned about tainting this potential jury pool. theyre also closing in on paul manafo manafort. a judge is asked to sentence him to prison asap. mueller has expanded his list of witnesses broader than we previously new. news tonight that sarah sander was interviewed at least last summer or early fall. im joined by u.s. senator richard blumenthal from the j...

Property where there is due process and protections, and were not going to turn it into some kind of reality show set. obviously, you dont want to see a government building turned into the senate reality show. that wouldnt happen in america. >> never, never. >> never. never say never. >> never. >> heres what im going to do. im going to fit in a break. my special thanks to john and gene. melissa stays. thanks to each of you. >> coming up, donald trump himself has just now unloaded and given his c...

Could prejudice jurors. >> to storm my house with a greater force than what used to take down bin laden or el chapo or pablo escobar. >> they sent fewer men to go after bin laden than after me. >> i saw a dozen other fbi agents in the background, all wearing night goggles, full s.w.a.t. gear. to make me look guilty in public, to poison the jury pool and make me look like el chapo or some kind of drug kingpin. >> el chapo and escobar. an old saying, escobar season has begun. well tonight, escobar...

We have this here on the beat. randy cred aco says, quote, tonight, im a first amendment purest, and even though i have been and will be the victim of roger stones attacks, i have reservations about the gag order. john carlin, what do you think of that? >> look, i think this judge has shown shes quite serious about not turning her court into a circus. and not allowing jurors to be influenced unfairly, and not allowing witnesses to be tampered with. if you recall, she issued a similar gag order i...

The first amendment. and i think her order is well within the first amendment bounds, and particularly in the case where one of the things hes charged with is witness tampering. so theres good reason to believe that the statements are designed to impede or obstruct justice. >> you put that in a pretty straightforward way. i as a first amendment person myself have reported on the pres dn dnss and anything thats overbroad, we should be concerned about. youre pointing out if its limited to basicall...

Investigation right now. muellers one aspect of it, but theres also the southern district of new york. its the trump organization, the trump foundation, the trump campaign, the trump associates, who are going into the grand jury. this kind of progress says to me hes done with manafort. he wants him sentenced. in prison. he is talking to people who are closest to the president, his communications person, who is sitting in on many of these meetings, and i know from my experience that the people wh...

>> i know, and i hate to be facetio facetious, ill be serious. john hit the nail on the head. i had a witness in the manafort trial, and let me tell you this. we went through five prep sessions. they have every e-mail. they have every text. they have talked to multiple witnesses, and for sarah huckabee sanders to be interviewed by mueller is a bad day at the white house. period. and there are a couple reasons why. one, executive privilege goes out the window because shes out there being a spokes...

Prosecutors. this is coming out now. it occurred in the fall, a period when prosecutors spoke to other white house heavyweights including john kelly. reports are muellers team may be interested in what sanders knew about the trump tower cover-up story and if what she told the public may differ from what she says when she is effectively under oath. i am joined by someone who is really perfect to discuss all of this with, john carlin was chief of staff to bob mueller. im also joined by former fede...