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But if he indeed is involved in an obstruction of justice, he may be involving others. and i think that long pause is sort of emblematic of a pause that a lot of people perhaps in the white house and elsewhere in the government are feeling right now because they know that they are dealing with someone who is not only impulsive and reckless, but also is contemptuous of the law. thats what we see in his acceptance of these foreign payments and benefits. he could avoid the question simply by divest...

>> the letter requesting the tapes was late june. >> june 23rd. thats this week. do you believe there really are audio tapes? >> i have no idea. again, all i have to go on are the presidents tweets which are -- whats the right way to characterize the presidents tweets, uncertain and confusing. you hear in the past there have been recording devices in the oval office. well see. >> jay sekulow says something will be announced this week about that. so stay tuned for that. >> also. youre looking at ...

President that i do think is problematic and were right to flag. i was stunned by that, only because, typically, presidents are so resistant to drawing conclusions before literally every fact is known. and this -- >> and chris, you dont have to look that far back, how upset, and rightfully so, republicans were when, on the flip side, barack obama and the white house -- >> correct. >> -- hesitated on calling benghazi a terror attack. >> thats right. you know, so, i think that bred a hesitancy. i ...

Ambassador were wired for sound, although there were russian press people in the room at the same time, too. so its difficult to say. but the press is pushing the trump is in trouble story. trump might need a personal lawyer. trump might be impeached. there might be a special prosecutor. he might have committed a crime, obstruction of justice. thats the tune in at 6:30 tonight on the domestic entertainment networks and i think youll see a heavy emphasis on that. >> melissa: leslie? >> well, i th...

>> he said on the merits, this eras republican president has done more to justify the nation than this senate did. yet they have stuck with what do you make of what seems to be the incredible hesitancy of republicans in the house and nat to vigorously go after a what is to in the "atlantic." he was 24 years old at the time and all eye open in the polls this morning show that trump really is not ignoring his base and as a result, the republicans dont know quite what to do. theyre not going to act...

Circuit. so this is a huge matter. i really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the pacific can issue an order that stops the president of the united states from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional powers. >> all right. that federal judge sitting on an island in the pacific, judge derrick watson, that island in the pacific happens to be the state of hawaii. your reaction when you hear the attorney general speak like this about that federal judge sitting somewhe...

Conservationalists of the land, particularly out west. >> including the presidents son. >> you see there from republicans, the whole idea that -- some new polling out, presidents job approval, 39 approved, 54 disapproved. so theres this sort of anti-washington mood there that benefited candidate trump. the outsider coming to wancchan washington. his title is approximamr. presi. you get the baggage. >> that was a useful exchange. a republican congressman offering a congress lesson. the presidents...

Was also important to stand by that red line and enforce it. i think when there was hesitancy to do go to congress for permission, and not take action, i think it sent a message to assad and russia as well. i think it is important to set red lines. when you say we will do something, you have to stand by your word. otherwise is sends a message of weakness to the world. >> you have senior colleagues, how fractioned is the problem now? you have steve bannon, a son-in-law, a national security adviso...

Isn isnt, theyre apt to test the president and see what they can get away, and their tests could be the kind of provocation that is make things even worse. and i think, then in this vein, its also important for the president to talk to the american people. if were going to be more can i have potentially overseas and militarily, theres a good argument to make that something needed to be done, the way you bring along the american people is to explain it to them and justify it and ask for their sup...

Impropriety but i would argue the more important investigation is what the fbi is doing. is the fbi investigating susan rice, for example? because they know how to get information from the cia and nsa. >> shannon: we talked about theres allegations and our reporting has shown theres hesitancy from some of the intelligence community groups to actually help hand over the information. they said theyre complying but house and senate sources saying it is not. >> theres a longstanding rivalry between ...