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Congressional affairs. greg, ill start with you on this because we were talking to mike about what this means to terms of the congress. this is a crime lying to congress that is pretty rarely prosecuted what do you read into muellers decision to choose this as how hes going to go forward with this plea deal? is he setting the stage for other things? >> i think hes doing two things. hes signaling to other witnesses that lying to whether its kr its congress or the special counsel team is a serious...

Wab post and greg bauer who also worked for the fbis office of congressional affairs. hes been gracious enough to hang out with us for this hour and give us his sharp i sights. gr -- insights. i know this prague meeting with ken is something that interests you. why do you think this is a fulcrum of this investigation? >> it will be interesting as michael cohen now has apparently decided to open the kimono and share everything he knows with robert mueller. if he goes back to just denials about vi...

Loir lawyer in that case to be admired. hes been looking for his own roy cohen, why would he demean the hearings in that way? >> danny, it looks like this may sort of give us some clues into where this goes next, but lets just underscore again, and greg touched on this, but the importance of having michael cohen cooperating specifically with the mueller probe as opposed to we know he was working with the southern district of new york. >> over the last few days weve talked about wikileaks and jer...

The same months when he is talking so warmly about putin, his right hand man, his top lawyer was continuing to very a add individual -- pursue a trump tower in moscow. >> greg, what is your take on this? >> i think were going to see a much more robust effort on the part of chairman schiff to get to the bottom of these facts. and that trump tower meeting is a key fact that hasnt been fully developed, at least publicly. well be interested to see what the mueller team knows about that. it seems to ...

With what cohen said, theyre in trouble too. >> all right. jill wine-banks, danny, thanks to both of you for your insights. greg, youre going to stay with us well are coming back to you later on in the hour. coming up, what you need to know about the russian born businessman and former trump associate with a criminal past. his role in the efforts to get the kremlins approval for a trump tower in moscow. youre watching msnbc.

Theyve shown that they are anything but. >> greg, danny mentioned this idea that mueller may have been on the ropes. that of course referring to paul manafort and some of the troubles hes headlining there. but some people compared the way mueller is approaching this case to going after the mob or mob families. do you see those tactics in this move today with michael cohen? >> i do. its what weve seen over the last several months, kind of the movement from the outer circle inward towards the crim...

Trying to refresh other peoples memories prior to that new yorker story. a new nbc story says basically his team was apparently trying to do the same. the nbc story based on a memo about texts between kavanaugh and yale classmates. it also says this, the texts demonstrate that kavanaugh and ramirez were more socially connected than previously understood and that ramirez was uncomfortable around kavanaugh when they saw each other at a wedding ten years after they graduated. the efforts of one of ...

Put the brakes on some of these investigations or not. the agents in the course of their interviews would want to pursue allegations that appear to contradict what the judge said, if its this suitability inquiry. were not really clear on how theyre being directed and guided, but i know where theyd like to go as investigators to get to the truth, to try and make a determination or to provide the facts that corroborate one way or the other what the judges position is. >> thank you. greg, thank you...

Since last week. since this investigation started, we havent seen any new accusers come forward. in political times, four days or even three days now is a lifetime. people in the white house just dont know whats going to happen, and that causes a significant level of agitation and concern. at the same time, theres also a school of thought that its very possible this fbi investigation will not turn up any new material corroborating the assertions and allegations of dr. ford. and if thats the case...

>> senator murkowski say anything about whether she believes this timetable is realistic? >> reporter: she wouldnt go into the timetable beyond saying she trusted the fbi can and will do its job. even democrats can see that the fbi can do this work in a week if they are allowed to do so. so the timetable isnt the question so much as whether the white house or whether senate republicans or anyone else from the outside might be inappropriately interfering or telling the fbi to somehow limit the sc...