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The supreme court. youre absolutely right. caitlyn, in the new bob woodward book, there is a dramatic moment described by bob woodward, whether the presidents lawyers felt there was no way the president should sit down with robert mueller. the presidents former lawyer, john dowd, told the president, quoting from the book, quote, dont testify. its either that or an orange jumpsuit. now today dowd is denying that. but what does it tell you about whats going on inside that white house? >> well, wev...

People became aware as a result of ferguson. i dont know what the exact contribution would be as far as numbers or what have you, but i know when i talk to voters across st. louis county, many were very aware of these issues and im sure it played some part. >> it was an overwhelming victory, you got 56% of the vote against mcculloughs 43% of the vote. it was just a wipeout. is that the way it felt to you as election day was approaching? >> ill tell you, all indications said we would win and we w...

It was just a wipeout. is that the way it felt to you as election day was approaching? >> ill tell you, all indications said we would win and we would win big. the only hesitancy was, man, this is a 27-year incumbent so i dont want to get too confident. but we were knocking on doors, we were seeing the support coming from all over st. louis county. and people were enthused, even when people came up to me and i said i would like to introduce myself and they said, i know who you are, i want to vot...

A furjry trap. >> you have to be thinking the president has to be thinking well if i dont sit down with mueller at all and if i never grant this interview how do i go out there and explain to the american people i wouldnt do an interview even though i didnt do anything wrong. >> i think thats exactly right and part of the calculation that is creating such hesitancy on team trumps part about whether to sit down, two ways to look at this interview -- politically and legally. politically as you poi...

Been having committee hearings for over the last year and yet it wasnt congressional request that got those. it was judicial watch. a freedom of information act request so they judicial watch. why can congress getting so much of the stuff they want to see. >> congress rangles with the justice department. neither one wants to pull the trigger. judicial watch really dogged in these sort of things, they get to go to a federal judge. a federal judge isnt so worried about that. and doesnt have any he...

While we see criticism from many republicans about the presidents approach, theres not a full break. they believe the president becomes a burden? so far, hes been able to rally gop voters around the lawmakers. if he gets to be a burden, it is usually polling more than anything for the republicans, then we could see a shift. for now, theyre waiting to see. thats why you see hesitancy for republicans to make some kind of full break today. >> right. we say the polling, as of at least before the sum...

To the top. its at that time, that the farmers will be looking for markets. you just heard it there, $130 million worth of cranberries go to the eu. we just saw the president said -- were talking am real impacts here in massachusetts. in the cape cod area, 7,000 workers rely on the cranberry industry. this is a fundamental part of the community here. the interesting part that we wanted to know it was different. weve been traveling to different industries around the country. when we were making c...

This point get due process? and i think thats why you see the hesitancy to testify because i bet that closed-door testimony did not go well. >> leland: a couple of republicans came out of those hearings and briefed the media saying he was smug and arrogant and dismissive. any reason he couldnt just take the fifth? >> he could. the lawyer probably doesnt want him to testify because he knows the guys character and doesnt want the american people seeing that on national television. separate and asi...

The flores settlement. what will you be watching for as the week unfolds? >> of course, the rule right now is 20 days that you can keep these families together, and so what happens after that? what happens in congress? the president has sent mixed messaging this week about what he wants congress to do. hes blamed democrats for whats going on at the border. -to-important to always noah -- yet hes called on congress to get together and do something, but he tweeted ha house republicans should maybe...

>> julie: i wonder if kim jong-un truly understands who is driving this train. after meeting with kim jong-un last week south korean president moon jae-in said that un is unsure whether he can trust president trumps promise for a security guarantee. north korea is afraid it cant trust us, is that a problem? do you see that as a bit of an issue? >> well, if its an executive-type of agreement as president obama had with iran, that agreement is only good for the term of the presidency. so if its th...