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Meeting and that never came to fruition. that could mean that muellers team is paying close attention to what the president is saying even now about the probe as it pertained to obstruction of justice. >> we laid out the facts that the bulk of the written questions from the special counsel did center on activities during the campaign. according to "washington post" reporting there are a dozen questions so clearly mueller asked about what the president knew about the trump tower meeting, the spec...

And the machinations of getting this wrapped up. >> let talk about matt whitaker, a renewed push in the center to protect mueller through this legislation. whether or not its needed is another matter. but a lot of it is in the great -- of the firing of sessions and the appointment of the acting attorney general. president trump was asked by "the daily caller" yesterday about whitaker and who he is considering in that position and his answer was interesting because all of a sudden he brought up a...

Rights, what do you think? you know those women. what do you think about that strategy? >> well, i think it is a good strategy. i watched every minute of these hearings as it pertained to roe. i think it is clear that kavanaugh is hostile to roe and yes, because of the secret e-mails that were made public because of cory booker and her ohno, no, hes not quite sure it is settled law. his point of view in the garza case was outrageous. not to mention this young woman who was 15 weeks pregnant. had...

Maybe a smoking arrow. he identifies the three justices who are already there. among them is john roberts, his hero, self-described. and he said the same thing, roe is the settled law of the land. in 2016 he voted to upheld to texas restroikss a womans health. >> the reason i want to talk to you, because of your testimony, and senator boxer was this. when people think, what is the strategy? if there is a way to stop kavanaugh, there are two women in the republican caulk houston are ostensibly pr...

Week, though, for the president. >> no question. >> right. and even with friends and close allies who now have these agreements, immunity agreements to share what they know. how, if at all, do you see that impacting the economy or impacting the prospects of the presidents agenda as it pertained to the economy? >> you know, so far this process hasnt slowed the president down. as you were just talking about with my friend ken cuccinelli, this is an investigation going on for months and months and ...

Back in the jury room. so how this all unfolded, just after 11:00 a.m., the jury did send a note to the court asking the judge, judge, what do we do if we cant come to a unanimous decision on one of the 18 counts. that implies that perhaps they have reached a decision unanimously on the other 17 counts, but they havent said that definitively. what the judge had to do was he had to come up with instructions to give the jury as it pertained to them going back and deliberating yet again. that just ...

Fairly t ll lly tepidly. when ted cruz was asked about the presidential pardon power, he had a very long pause and said he had not studied the issue even though the previous year he had written a law journal article on the issue as it pertained to obamas presidential powers. >> imagine if obama had been doing these things. emergency what fox news, imagine what republican leaders would do. but let me ask you quickly a question, which republican leaders would you call on right now that you have ho...

Privileged team, a retired judge, a special master. because i think there will be the perception that a federal prosecutor will decide what is privileged and whats not will err in a way to help their colleagues rather than to uphold the privilege. >> neil: but you dont draw a distinction between sean hannity talking to a michael cohen on either just bouncing ideas off as a friend versus legal advice? >> that in my opinion under the law is not privileged. what donald trump has said to michael coh...

So you could wonder, you could ask the question, joe, it just some might say that trump had a special interest in the jurisdiction in new york, because it pertained to himself. but perhaps interviewing him might have been a little bit of a bridge too far. because now the gentleman had to recuse himself. >> well you could ask that question, mika. but that question, that question answers itself, of course donald trump took the highly unusual step of interviewing a u.s. attorney. because that u.s. ...

I mean what role do you feel athletes should play in situations where their communities are hurting? >> i feel athletes should play, you know, whatever role they feel comfortable doing. this is not for everybody. im someone that has always spoke up on matters whether it pertained to myself or guys across the league. theres some things that arent right. its not about color to me. its about wrong versus right. like i said, i have called on some teammates. theyve supported, theyve donated money. th...