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The fbi opened an inquiry if trump was working on behalf of russia. law enforcement officials were alarmed after the president fired james comey and they sought to tackle a question. did the presidents actions constitute a national security threat? the inquiry triggered by what the president told my colleague lester holt during this nbc news interview. the president appeared to say he fired comey because of the russia investigation. >> regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. kno...

Months or years, and in congress, theres certainly no signs of a compromise. at this point, do you feel discouraged? i know you were at the rally earlier today. >> yes. >> and you said things are getting very serious. >> yes. well, you know, serious, anderson, because the primary mission of the airline pilots association, our number one focus is on safety. and, you know, it concerns me, as this becomes prolonged, that the implication may be that it will begin to affect the safety, security and t...

International. he recently wrote to the president to end a shutdown that he says is affecting the safety of the u.s. airspace. >> the president said this could go on for months or years, and in congress there is certainly no signs oa compromise. at this point do you feel discouraged? i know you were at the rally earlier today. >> yes. >> and you said things are getting very serious. >> yes. well, you know, serious, anderson, because the primary mission of the airline pilots association, our numb...

What is bigger here, the legal implication or the political implication? >> political. remember, donald trump is not going to be criminally prosecuted. this is a political event. i dont think he will be impeached either, but his political status is very much in jeopardy because of the russia scandal broadly. and two things to remember about michael cohens testimony. one thing we dont know yet is will he be prepared by congressional staffers in advance? because testimony is only effective if peop...

Cave-in, this man is a joker, this man is weak. its not anything that changed in realities, just this mockery of whether donald trump was a strong leader that was the turn in policy. >> and, james, its willie geist. the president reportedly has been encouraged to use the term crisis again and again so he can walk himself up to calling this a national emergency. youve studied a lot of presidents over the years, you know history well. what are your concerns about a precedent if the president does ...

The implication of it was that his testimony was socialized within the white house before he testified. that i think if i were a prosecutor or i was a congressman, id want to drill down on. because if theres evidence that the president here did something with respect to testimony akin to what he did during the june 9th trump tower meeting, which is falsify that statement, that is very problematic legally and also a very much more easily proven ca case, and its perjury. thats what got bill clinto...

You know, goes this way, do you think this is his only real potential exit ramp? >> well, its obviously one that they think might work for them inside the white house. its very complicated. first of all, you have to make the case that there is actually a national emergency. thats why weve heard them use the word crisis so much over the last couple of days. it would a way for the white house to essentially shove this aside politically and say, look, i did my best, congress just wouldnt cooperate ...

Fact -- unless he meant a money order, but he said mexico would pay for this. its pretty clear what he said. this is exactly against that. >> theres no doubt. on the campaign trail and via twitter ever since, the implication is that they would be directly paying for it. i dont know whether people took him seriously in that regard, but there is no doubt that he said something then that hes not saying now. look, from my perspective, what i see, i see democrats who are opposing this wall or whateve...

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Out saying we need to raise $500,000. you need to contribute by 9:00 p.m. if you contribute by 9:00 p.m., were going to give your name to the president. so donald trump will see that youre one of his strong supporters, and they were telling these victims of the trump fund-raising operation that they were going to be contributing to, quote, the official secure the border fund. the fine print showed you were contributing to the trump presidential campaign, but normally when theres a big fund-raisi...