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Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. And Senior Reporter for the Washington Post,er rinne blake and anna palmer. Carol, let me go to you. You are writing now about how the president sees this interview with Robert Mueller, how his legal team sees the interview. Heres the thing, Rudy Giuliani is talking and talking and talking about this. You know whos not . Roberts mueller. Thats absolutely true, hallie. Robert mueller has been silent and the president s lawye...

Violence. rudy giuliani was having lunch with him. what did he know, when did he know it? was he involved in bribery? campaign violations? what else was he doing that on interfeerning with policy he has no right to stick his nose into. >> done, im going to go to you on this. you look at rudy giuliani. hes not a registered lobbyist. it seems so apparent to me that this influence industry has involved him that seems like lobbying to me. what does it tell you about where we are? >> lets be clear, r...

She found this boyfriend a conservative political consultant. why is she asking about sanctions? its been relevant with flynn talking to the ambassador and the other russian plant in the meeting with the the presidents son and son-in-law and others in trump tower. thats the part that makes it curious. >> i wouldnt rule out also the business that the kremlin delegation brought to trump tower june of 2016. and talk about policy. this was an effort from directions. some involving the campaign. some...

D.c. to try to influence u.s. politicians. >> i want to bring in anna palmer on this who i know has some thoughts. >> yeah, i think that what hes done is showing what happens in the influence industry. what i would bet if this actually will increase the cost and price that lobbiests able to charge -- >> why? xbl im going to work for this rogue government, ill do it but the cost benefit analysis is im going to potentially be in the news. you have lawyers looking into this now, much more. the reta...

Those details still are being flushed out to some extent, and so for mueller, a couple of weeks of additional investigative time before he speaks to the president could pay dividends. at the end, though, this is not rudy giulianis decision to make. whether or not there will be an interview will largely be determined by the prosecution and not by ill say the defense for lack of a better term here. >> meantime, back to michael cohen. the "wall street journal," ken, doing more reporting on his appr...

Influence industry, in areas of corporate america that have major business before the federal government that have earned some pretty significant access. >> heres the question and you detail this well in your reports. i recommend people go to the daily beast to read this. what does somebody get from meeting with the office of management and budget? so, you were in south carolina. you donated to his campaign. maybe you had interests that could be brought before congress. what are these people who...

Its just the nature of the way human beings operate. and especially if they get more facetime with them. so its part of the influence industry. were all realistic and recognize that it takes place. but its got to be disclosed, and its got to be accessible in an easy way where voters and reporters can find it. >> peter schweizer, maybe they will change this decision. they do have that chance. appreciate you being with us. quick reminder. make sure you set your dvr whenever you can. watch "ac 360"...

Other things bribing public officials. is that the concern here? >> i think its the combination of things. i mean, certainly you have special interest whether they are corporations, labor unions that will funnel money to say a non-profit organization, which is the legitimate entity that can sponsor a trip like this that they can interest them. i think its not just sort of the extreme cases like that case. i think this is sort of the currency of how washington works. members of congress, i think ...

We want a country where it isnt even considered. >> our task isnt to purge our party, it is to grow it. fascinating from paul ryan, karen. the question is, does the base of the party agree? i feel like theres a disconnect on some of these issues between what leadership wants and what base says. >> were hearing more and more of the partys leaders and up-and-comers, not only paul ryan, but eric cantor and bobby jindal, the governor of louisiana, sounding much the same note. which is one, were goin...

That? >> she is politically elected person appointed to get zimmerman. she was appointed to prevent riots. she wasnt appointed to do justice. she as appointed to calm the situation down. that is problem where you elect prosecutors. were only country in the western world that elect prosecutors. prosecutors run for re-election based on how many people they put in jail. that doesnt produce justice. megyn: we solved that problem. not saying it applies here. we saw that in the duke fake rape case. he...