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Much criticism from all sides about the investigation if that werent to happen. now, the key thing would be, you know, what are the ground rules that each side will try to establish? and will that result, for example, in a falling out where they cant come to an agreement on the rules of engagement for such an interview. i thought jeffrey toobin earlier this evening made a very good point about dont underestimate the presidents ability to run out the clock. and, for example, his attorneys want to...

Its hard to say what the content is, because we always are talking about procedure versus content. >> right. >> is someone lying versus is someone -- what is the content of what they have to say in the first place. i do think that its likely that the special prosecutor will want to see the president face-to-face. the reason for that is, that an awful lot of what you convey to someone, hence being on television, including yourself, has to do with body language. what your face is. what you say tha...

Moment but not really. because he said 100% statement when he was not with counsel and not facing a specific information. but his lawyers have got to have some ability to talk to mueller and talk about ground rules. theres no question about that. >> all right, congressman, you are part of the problem solvers caucus. what are democrats plan here? democrats can say all day long this man needs to be impeached. we see big democrat donors put out ads that say it. but were a million miles away from im...

John bolton. well he got in trouble because got in fight in hotel one night and chased some woman according to ailes. bannon responded, if i told trump that, he might have the job. did you hear that? >> yes. yes. there was a lot of -- sort of a lot of i guess you would call it unpolitically correct stuff going back and forth. i think that was one of the things mind blowing to me was the level of trust they had in michael wolff, saying all of this in front of two people with the ability to put th...

Sorry. i want to read the bolton one. regarding former u.n. ambassador john bolton. well he got in trouble because got in fight in hotel one night and chased some woman according to ailes. bannon responded, if i told trump that, he might have the job. did you hear that? >> yes. yes. there was a lot of -- sort of a lot of i guess you would call it unpolitically correct stuff going back and forth. i think that was one of the things mind blowing to me was the level of trust they had in michael wolf...

Mcconnell on protecting republican incumbents instead of rogue primarily challengers. thats a big deal. the ramifications of this fight are enormous. bannon says he will play nice now. what about a month from now if the president continues to go after him? >> jon: interesting, too, that bannon says there were -- michael wolff says there were no ground rules for his time in the white house. thats where he supposedly picked up these stories. >> yeah. and the question of who he talked to, how often...

Justice can withstand scrutiny. if you made the decision not to charge someone in may of 2016 before you have interviewed 2 dozen witnesses and the target of the investigation, then you have to explain how you reached that decision not to charge before you ended the investigation. i want to know about the immunity agreements and why you allowed fact witnesses to sit in on witness interviews. i want to know why you wanted witness interviews to be voluntary. you use the grand jury to interview wit...

Republicans are that they would be under certain circumstances not just open to the notion of him firing mueller but actually applaud him firing mueller in certain circumstances. thats what this is an orchestrated move for at least in that corner of the conservative elected officialdom. it is clearly the ball -- the ground rules have changed a lot on the question of bob mueller. it is astonishing given not just what was said six months ago, three months ago, but who bob mueller is, what his role...

Orchestrated move for at least in that corner of the conservative elected officialdom. it is clearly the ball -- the ground rules have changed a lot on the question of bob mueller. it is astonishing given not just what was said six months ago, three months ago, but who bob mueller is, what his role is in american life and what the hero that he has been, both as a combat veteran, and in the days after 9/11, its an extraordinary thing that we are where we are. >> i find it so interesting, caroline...

One of the pillars of our democracy. theyre just out there saying that he should be fired. i mean, its basically hysterical already at this point, just in the couple weeks that weve seen since the flynn indictments came duown. >> it was conventional wisdom three months ago, six months ago, that firing mueller, trump moving to fire mueller in some other way -- >> would be the red line. >> would be the red line. it is clearly no longer the red line in the house of representatives. may still be amo...