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And there are a whole cornucopia of issues hes excited about potentially if hes re-elected. the fact hes encouraging rudy giuliani and jay sec ulio to stay on is telling. hes beefing up the white house counsel staff, preparing for the scrutiny from congress to amp up. it was a little striking to me chairman schiff was the one talking about subpoenaing the mueller report on the sunday shows when jerry nadler, the chairman of the house judiciary committee said the same thing, his committee would a...

Its not going too far to say to protect this country from the president. >> jill, jackie said a series of important things and now we need to know what it looks like from a lawyers perspective. if you were rudy giuliani or jay sec low or the rask ins, attorneys at law, how would you view the past week? >> i would be very correspond. the presidents actions have been more obstruction and no question that his tweets as attorney general sessions should stop the investigation is an active act of obst...

Him. even though it was at the last second. thats about the method. the madness is the presidents obvious intention to use whats happening with the flag and "the nati anthem" to divide the country. thats what it is. its been clear f this is lates manifestation of it. but its something that just has to stop. no matter what your partisan stripe, you cannot be in favor of seeing this country divided along these lines. >> absy right. you had a very stng, hard-hitting interview with rudy giuliani las...

Representation as they teach us in ethics class this law school, but i to tell you, it is hard to swallow. that the presidents lawyer didnt know what his role was in something that was so central to the investigation thats going on. i mean, come on. what is the chance that statistically zee its not something he just saide something they corrected as soon as they knew it not to be true. thats very important, wolf. not until the trump jr. e-mails came out. not until they could secrete it into this...

Rudy giuliani says the presidents attorney and white house press secretary did not lie when they publicly said the president did not dictate a misleading statement about his sons trump tower meeting with russians. but we now know that the president did dictate that statement. giuliani made his case on the world premiere of cnns cuomo primetime last night. >> why do you think they chose to lie about his role in drafting this statement about trump jr.s meeting with the russians? >> chris, you thin...

Sec low and area sarah sanders or they lied to us. it is not a crime to lie to the american press or the american people. but it is a crime to lie under oath. the statement that the president dictateed wildly misleading in itself saying the trump tower meeting was largely about adoption when the reason it was set up in the first place was to get dirt on hillary clinton from the russians. but what is is stoupbding today is rudy guilianis explanation for all of this. >> our recollection keeps chan...

Sec low. theres chaos inside the presidents legal counsel. >> they think the president doesnt always take their advice. so thats a frustrating experience. what does it mean the fact that it is down to jay sec low. >> he is a smart lawyer, specializing in the first amendment rights of religious organizations which is important, having almost nothing to do with with criminal law. what he needs is a lawyer with is experience in criminal law. he still doesnt have is one. it is an extraordinary spect...

Legal team. the president currently has ty cobb, john dowd, jay sec ewe low, joseph digenova advising in the russia case. robert costa reported theyd reached out to high-powered defense lawyer ted olson to join them but olsen declined. i am joined by the aforementioned robert costa, "washington post." moderator of "washington week" on pbs. and jeremy peters is back with us, political reporter for "the new york times." both msnbc analysts. robert, well start with you. mr. olsen is a fairly well-k...

Respect to trying to restrain the media from publishing this because "60 minutes" is not even a party to this contract. so, they could then perhaps sue in damages if there is such a damage claim but i think the gambit of suing in court from restrain her from speaking is silly. shell then to get put on her case which says, essentially, its true what im having to say and that overcomes their efforts to get a prior restraint. its a losing proposition for them where they proceed this way. >> michael...

Security adviser has entered a plea deal with the special counsels office. do you still believe that this investigation is wrapping up soon? >> we would refer you to the comments by ty cobb that he indicated as such as in the past few days. >> if robert mueller ends up looking into the presidents finances or has already looked into the presidents fninances, does the white house believe thats a red line and if so why? >> i think its important to note, and hopefully you guys have seen this stateme...