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Putin being a smart guy about this issue. you have it back as far as that. and mueller is essentially as you talk about, rewarding the cooperation as a perfect foil to the presidents perhaps dangling of a pardon, should essentially suggest yet again what mueller said, that he is rewarding those who came forward to encourage others to follow in investigation and be cooperative. >> director clapper, your thoughts. >> we are scrambling here to squeeze insight out of the filing, the purpose of which...

I think hes got nothing to lose. theres no reason why he should have regrets. i think he regretted not having run in 2016. i think, you know, to me he is the anti-trump. he is all empathy, human emotion, hes got such compassion, hes got such a basis of policy knowledge, foreign policy knowledge, hes jovial, hes a unifier. hes got family favalues. it would be a foil and a contrast to trump. the question is can he get through a primary? look, well have all of those proverbial age questions, is he ...

Trump and pelosi that they would want. they would want this woman in the room negotiating with donald trump. >> thats right. as bob just said there will be a balancing act on the democrats side trying to make that decision how much to work with the president versus how much to stop him. from the white house perspective, my colleagues and i wrote in recent days, the president himself has sort of looked at nancy pelosi as also perhaps the person he wants in that job. its remarkable how he almost o...

That the president never heard about that idea. laura, a little secret. you alluded to the helicopter. that is the auxiliary power unit which the white house could ask the military to turn off but it also serves as a convenient foil for the president who says i cant hear the question. there is a noisy helicopter behind me. >> laura: i remember when president reagan, we were on the lawn watching him leave. he would wave. always the wave. >> that was usually when sam donaldson asked a question whe...

About that idea. laura, a little secret. you alluded to the helicopter. that is the auxiliary power unit which the white house could ask the military to turn off but it also serves as a convenient foil for the president who says i cant hear the question. there is a noisy helicopter behind me. >> laura: i remember when president reagan, we were on the lawn watching him leave. he would wave. always the wave. >> that was usually when sam donaldson asked a question when reagan would go "what?" >> la...

Senate including the leadership are blocking that vote. so it is an intriguing political dynamic because they have allies who are on his side. >> i was going to say, i feel like politically the president is protected. >> of course he is. he has a 53 member wall in the senate. >> doesnt need to be 53. >> not at all. >> you dont need it to control the senate. >> exactly. but in the house hes got a foil in the a sscendence of nancy pelosi. he is play political ping pong. mueller is caught in the po...

People were receptive to that. >> pierre: absolutely, yeah, yeah. ♪ oh, wow. >> anthony: tonight were having yassa made with the local fish called thiof. cooked simply, on the bone, wrapped in foil, and steamed over the fire, served with a mignonette-type sauce of onions. grilled mussels. sea urchin. >> anthony: mm, grilled mussels, cool. >> pierre: yeah. >> anthony: oh, that was good. mm, starving. i mean, im really hungry. so, what distinguishes senegalese cuisine from the neighbors? >> pier...

Do you have any reporting that suggests those conversations and getting the prlt to warm up to that possibility is ongoing? >> the presidents political circ cell talking about using the house democrats as a foil as they go into the 2020 presidential campaign. theyre making that argument to the president and the white house feels they are in a better position having lawyer emet flood in there trying to protect executive privilege as house democrats prepare to take over. they know impeachments cou...

Protected from whatever is coming down the road. >> you raise the point about the white house not being prepared for this. but isnt it true to a certain extent thats okay with the president as well because from his perspective, yeah hell say if they investigate me i wont work with them. but he loves the idea of the foil. he loves the idea of this opposition thats now going to emerge with democrats. as he looks down the road to 2020 done he see an opportunity to use them against themselves, to ma...

This president, the need that he has to have a foil, somebody to fight against. and i guess there are many at this point, but adam schiff is certainly one of them. there is that misspelling of adam schiffs last name. im sure it was an accident, as well. weve heard adam talk about matt whitaker. help us understand that polarity between the president and his foes and how you think thats going to play out. >> well, i dont think its only that he has a need for it. he enjoys it. he operates most of t...