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Issue, these are potential crimes that could be investig e investigated and prosecuted by the manhattan district attorneys office, a global institution. they prosecuter a lot of those crimes or by the state attorney general, and thats perilous for cohen because it goes to the issue of whether he could give up trump to the extent that he knows something about him. and when it comes to your family, and your precious children and the prosecuters are looking you in the eye, its a hard choice to say ...

Hes questioned people close to the president. hes really done a thorough work up. you would think that he would have be close to making his case if there is a case to be made. all i am seeing is, yes, they had contacts with the russians and maybe it is an embarrassing thing that they did. politically, look horrible for the white house, i am not saying that criminal connection except james was talking about which is lying to the fbi. thats always a crime. telling a lie to the investig e investiga...

Who he defeated in the election. the real question is whether there are enough people in the justice department who can stand up to this kind of bullying on the part of the president on his -- against his attorney general, with whom he has a terrible relationship, because he has marginalized him. the facts here are stunning. some of these issues are already being investigated. somebody who is actually responsible for the rule of law, separate from the political wins has to step up. >> chris, why...

The internet, is happening organically, im seeing a hilarious video, its largely because someone shared it. >> you can watch the full episode tonight at 10:00, only on cnn. thats going to do it for me. thanks for being with me this sunday. have a great week, the newsroom continues with ana cabrera. you are in the krrn condition newsroom. great to have you with us, washington is pretty quiet this weekend, the president is away. not every office is dark, the special council team investig e inves...

Butowkki to wheeler not to add pressure but the president just read the article and wants it out immediately. its now all up to you but dont feel the pressure earn. >> whats the response? what responses have you heard to all of these really major allegations? >> reporter: well, so far silence from the white house. but butowski set the text message was just a joke meaning to tell wheeler he was doing a great job and that the president would be interested in meeting with him. fox eventually retrac...

We are not aware of any investigation of the president of the united states. period. >> you just said two times that hes being investigated. >> . the context of the tweet, i just gave you legal theory of how the contusikocon constitution w. if it is correct that the president about is being investigated, he will be investigated for taking action that an agency told him to take. so that is protected under the constitution as his article 1 power. so i appreciate you trying to rephrase it, but im j...

Hide. we do know he had dealings with the resistance and the thing that trips people up is lying to the fbi or lying to federal investigat investigators. we dont know all the details of his prior statements with or to the fbi. that may be something the general is worried about and his lawyers are worried about. well have to see the details as they develop. >> if i can add one point, immunity deals never give you immunity for lying to the fbi in the course of your immunized stateme statements. yo...

>> on december 19, the plan was approved by the department of defense and recommended that it be moved ahead. on january 6, there was an interagency deputies meeting, the deputies recommended at that time they go ahead. it was so easily approved it was sent straight up. the conclusion at that time was to hold for what they called a moonless night which, by calendar, wouldnt occur until then president-elect trump was president trump. >> so the idea is this is approved by the obama administration ...

Thats almost hard to do at this point with the greens as soft and sticky as they are here. he is 6 over for the tournament. there is only three golfers left here doing worse that phil mickelson, which is remarkable considering what an amazing charnl he made at the last major when he came from behind the take the whole thing. in theory, he could still turn things around, but its hard to see with the way that hes been playing. perhaps he just had such a good time in england. >> hopefully, hes stil...

Of alert to have more presence. weve certainly seen a greater presence, but its a place thats living and breathing and going about the way it normally does. were in tourist season, plenty of tourists here, certainly the normal business of washington, where people come and meet with their lawmakers, so thats continuing. that certainly is a sign of how important it is to just keep things moving and to stay on point. >> kelly, thanks. thanks also to pete williams and kristin welker as well. again, ...