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Supervision to stand down on investigations, investigate one thing, but not another. this is directing someone to conceal evidence. >> is which i want to underscore this point so it doesnt get lost in all the many details. the myriad details in this story that the key takeaway here is that donald trump may have or is alleged to have given michael cohen instruction on what he was supposed to say about something that happened between donald trump and michael cohen and this project in russia. >> ye...

Cohen but the reporting says its based on witness testimony of other witnesses as well as documents thats the kind of corroboration a prosecutor would look for. i think if these allegations are true, there are potential crimes of suborning perjury, witness tampering and obstruction of justice, and this is consistent with a theory that attorney general william barr has where even a president could be charged with obstruction of justice. this is not his discretion to direct those under his supervi...

First evidence to suggest the president may have attempted to obstruct the fbis special counsels investigation into russias interference in the 2016 election but cohens testimony marks a significant new frontier. it is the first known example of trump explicitly telling a subordinate to lie about his own dealings with russia. i am certain it will not be the last. and the reality is there is right now going on behind the scenes in washington a lot of conversation with many of the former trump adm...

>> okay. >> any -- well, you know, any person who persuades another -- yeah. >> okay. you also said that a president or any person convincing a witness to change testimony would be obstruction. is that right? >> yes. >> okay. and on page 2, you said that a president deliberately impairing the integrity or availability of evidence would be an instruction. is that correct? >> yes. >> okay. and so what if a president told a witness not to cooperate with an investigation or hinted at a pardon? >> yo...

Based on the word of michael cohen but the reporting says its based on witness testimony of other witnesses as well as documents thats the kind of corroboration a prosecutor would look for. i think if these allegations are true, there are potential crimes of subornging perjury, witness tampering and obstruction of justice and this is consistent with a theory that attorney general william barr has where even a president could be charged with obstruction of justice. this is not his discretion to d...

Material have leaked something to the press, potentially in violation of the law. im not saying that i disbelieve the story. im saying that we should throw that out as a caution. and also the notion that the story asks us to believe that people in the trump organization are e-mailing and texting one another about an instruction from donald trump to michael cohen that he lie to congress. to some people, that doesnt make a lot of common sense, that they would put that in writing. so, those are the...

>> a lot of the buzzfeed reporting is not reliant on the reporting by michael cohen. so the statement that he is unreliable, whatever they want to call him, the fact is this reporting if true, and we have not monitored it. >> it is based on two law enforcement sources and they discussed documents that were obtained from the trump organization. you have to assume that they were dexing and e-mailing about a instruction for him to lie. it is something that we should all consider. also we have to co...

The noes to the left, 432. so the noes have it. the noes have it. >> sandra: there you have it. uk prime minister theresa may suffering a crushing defeat after her brexit plan is rejected by an overwhelming majority. today, she faces a no confidence vote in parliament, which she is expected to survive. now, she has to weigh her next move. >> to the british people that voted to leave the european union in the referendum 2 1/2 years ago. i became prime minister immediately after that referendum. i...

♪ >> change those regulations and then fire mueller or simply directly fired mueller, would you follow richard sims example and resign instead. >> assuming there was no good cause? >> assuming no good cause. >> i would not carry out that instruction. brian: so the presidents pick for attorney general in the hot seat assuring our next guest of his plans to protect muellers probe. what can we expect for round 2 today and might the democratic senator chris coons feel as though he is on track to g...

Observation in listening to donald trump for two years, lets listen to chris question that got a strong answer from william barr. >> if the president directed you to change those regulations and then fire mueller or simply directly fired mueller, would you follow richardsons example and resign instead? >> assuming there was no good cause. >> assuming no good cause. >> i would not carry out that instruction. >> and so lisa graves, william bar, essentially said there will be another saturday night...