Focus On Whether News Today

richard haass. and nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. also with us, the founder of the conservative website, charlie. liz cheney, one of two republicans serving on the committee, went on fox news yesterday to defend the committees work. heres how she responded to a question about why capitol police werent better prepared for the attack. >> its an entire focus of the investigation. you will see in our report. youll likely see in upcoming hearings, so it is certainly something wer...

Is the republican party has a collective action problem. everybody seems to be looking at everybody else, like, youre going to do something about this, right? youre not going to let this happen again, right? you dont want to be the one who is going to throw yourself on the political hand grenade like liz cheney did. i mean, theres a lot of focus on whether, you know, ron desantis will run and whether hed be able to take him on. theres some polls suggesting he might be competitive. but he is comp...

Linda tripp. i think thats part of it. some of it could also be foreshadowing what republicans are going to do in the senate when they -- if they were to control a lot more in a senate trial. right now i dont think -- i think this is really a sham and sort of a diversion. actually, we may end up seeing some of these people called when this gets to the senate. >> thats an interesting thought. i hadnt gone there yet, that far ahead. but molly, we have this response from adam schiff now. he does co...

For so long was aadvocating against the president. to what extent do you think it is a john dowd memo that hes making here? >> i think thats a big part of it as careful said, this is a case that theyve been laying out in public for some time. i do think the focus on whether -- what trump did meets the precise definition for example of obstruction of justice or whether he could technically be charged or shut down the investigation into him, its a little bit diversionary because the real question ...

Whether his attorneys, in the end, are going to let him sit down with the special counsel, because this comes as theyre negotiating his potential testimony. >> it adds an open question, will he even sits down with him. these topics, jeffrey, what does it say to you about the presidents potential vulnerability? >> well, it says a lot of bad news and a little good news for donald trump. its bad news, because these questions all focus on whether donald trump himself obstructed justice. i mean, that...

Manager, corey lewandowski, grilled by congressional investigators. >> were you able to answer all the questions? >> i answered every relevant question you could imagine. i just spent 12 hours of my life ill never get back. there was no collusion, no cooperation, no coordination. fact. >> reporter: his testimony comes amid new questions about whether the president has been asking witnesses interviewed by robert mueller, what was asked. tonight, there is new scrutiny on a conversation between the...

Secretary, betsy devos. erik prince was in the seychelles two weeks before the inauguration. also there, a russian banker. prince has said their meeting was unplanned, a chance encounter in the seychelles while he was on a business trip. "met him down in the bar after dinner," prince said of his encounter with the russian banker. "we talked for 30 minutes over a beer, and that was it." and he says, the president-elect didnt know. >> was anyone on the trump team aware that you were at this meetin...

End theyre trying to tie this in. but i think she was kind of gearing down months ago, but she stayed on because she wanted to help the president. your thoughts quickly? >> she has been with the president since the first day of the campaign. she has been with us for a long time. it is not an easy job for the campaign or the white house. she was very respected and i think she did a good job for president trump. >> laura: all right, thank you both. no matter what comes of the pfizer investigation,...

End theyre trying to tie this in. but i think she was kind of gearing down months ago, but she stayed on because she wanted to help the president. your thoughts quickly? >> she has been with the president since the first day of the campaign. she has been with us for a long time. it is not an easy job for the campaign or the white house. she was very respected and i think she did a good job for president trump. >> laura: all right, thank you both. no matter what comes of the pfizer investigation,...

Each day unearthing a new revelation or giving us a glimpse into exactly what special counsel robert mueller is looking into. the headlines came fast and furious from learning that attorney general jeff sessions spent hours being questioned by muellers team last week to perhaps the biggest development so far. the "new york times" first reporting that president trump ordered mueller fired last year but was talked out of it. all of it putting an increasing focus on whether president trump obstruct...