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Thats no difference. >> walk me through what the prep was like to do it. >> yes, the idea came to me a week or two after the election. thats when i started trying to meet with various people to get permission to do it. it seems like a fantasy that i would actually be able to start shooting by inauguration day, and the times were receptive. they got why i wanted to make it, why it might be valuable. and there were some ground rules set. by inauguration days ago, we were up and return iing. >> wha...

Of putin-like russia-like reality where the kremlin makes their own reality in russia. that is what trump is attempting to do here in the united states. why does the media uphold the rules when trump says this person who everyone knows who they are isnt real. why -- >> that is a great question. that will be debated in journalism schools. i mean, i guess the question of where i come down, if you honor a background agreement, if someone deals with you in bad faith, does that entitle you to then br...

Members, lets talk about the presidents authority. the president is the chief executive of the executive branch of government. he has the power to declassify whatever he wants. if he wanted to, he could do that today and send that information to whoever he wants. were facing a situation where you have an intelligence committee for important method and sources used by the intelligence community and the intelligence community saying we dont want that information in the public. the question now is ...

Have any oversight whatsoever. so i think the department could do that and it seems very odd that theyve agreed to the ground rules and its probably because theyre trying to find an appeasement strategy here. >> lets see exactly. they still something like 24 hours before the meeting so it all can change before that, but shan, michael cohens business partner and maybe not depending on who you are talking to. gene friedman is now going to cooperate with investigators and it makes wonder if that wo...

Well. in the first instance i would say he shouldnt be doing it. >> rick: as weve seen, robert, these kinds of investigations and these kinds of interviews can often veer drastically off topic. bob mueller could start by asking him about russia and could wind up asking him about any number of things potentially, right? >> yeah, he could ask about stormy daniels, about payments by cohen, he could ask about lots of different things. i think the president which is a good political skill has a way o...

Obstruction of justice or collusion, why wont he sit for an interview? i think we might be seeing an emergence of an argument on behalf of the presidents lawyers. >> rudy giulianis just a few weeks on the job, peter. what is he saying? what did he say to you about the ground rules for an interview, the one that weve been talking about here just over these last few moments? has he changed his thinking on that at all now that he has his feet under the desk? >> hes talked about how theyre thinking ...

Aisle by prince charles. she asked him to do so and that will be a beautiful moment indeed. meanwhile, bill, there is so much excitement here in the streets of windsor. people are lining the streets. some of them for days. and they will camp out there until they get a glimpse of the bride and groom tomorrow. but meanwhile back at home as we mentioned the presidents top attorney comparing the prep work to the rigor the president went through during his campaign debate training. >> bill: interesti...

It but the white house acknowledged that the president took part if crafting the misleading response. >> the president weighed in as any father would. >> reporter: donald trump junior seauing -- saying having left the gym and during the meeting between jared curb mer akushner russian ambassador. >> lets get some more reporting. the presidents legal team cant indict a sitting president, wont indict a sitting president. those are the ground rules. all they get to do is write a report.

Question is what leverage does rudy and the trump team have to secure ground rules like limited scope and written questions? >> yeah. i think it depends. i think the cards are being held by robert mueller at this point to be sure. he has that power to subpoena. whether he chooses to use it or not might be a different matter, and president trump and rudolph giuliani are at an inferior bargaining point. i think rudolph giuliani is doing a very -- the very best job he can to sort of message to pres...

Not above using all the leverage hes got to make people talk. do you think that is a possibility in this case? and the other side of my question is what leverage does rudy and the trump team have to secure ground rules like limited scope and written questions? >> yeah. i think it depends. i think the cards are being held by robert mueller at this point to be sure. he has that power to subpoena. whether he chooses to use it or not might be a different matter, and president trump and rudolph giuli...