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Who works out of washington, d.c. and in our nations history or hes being less than candid with the american public. >> next up don jr. who has a date with the house intelligence committee happening on wednesday. joining us right now frank figlussy and kendall coffee, former federal prosecutor. kendall, lets start with this on the tweet that came out as weve been covering this hour here from president trump. now saying that one of the reasons as to why flynn was fired was because he lied to the ...

He interested in flynn. he didnt say to let the entire russia investigation to go but flynn specifically and he said he fired flynn because he lied to the vice president. so it raises more questions than answers and on the best of days and worst of days, instead of talking about tax reform were talking about russia and the twitter account distracting from the message he would like to be focusing on. >> betsy, one of the questions asked now is does this put the president in more legal jeopardy be...

Its trumps core instincts in his gut. >> all right. willy. >> what about the idea that bann bannon, so how does that sound to donald trump? >> i dont know. as we says a couple months ago, oh, did would, its always i, i, i. >> you remember at the president trump press conference, president trump was pretty icy when asked about steve bannon, he called him "mr. bannon" and he said, quote, well see what happens. >> youre fired. >> jonathan ax -- john doud

His firm. theyre taking a backseat roll. at this point in the clinton investigation, they had a war room and dozens of associates. the presidents legal team doesnt feel they need to do that. they feel its still a campaign issue, a manafort issue. and theyre not really laying that ground work like weve seen other people do in their past investigations. >> your reporting yesterday, fascinating that john doud and others trying to turn down the temperature, the rhetoric from the president himself on...

Assistants. its going to become a big west wing investigation at some point, and i dont get the sense the white house is prepared for that. >> shannon, you mentioned previous investigations. where does the legal team, obviously the president trump has made changes to this over time. how do they stack up to the way the previous presidents, maybe the clintons or you mentioned dick cheney and scooter lib by, how does it compare to what other presidents have done under the scrutiny. >> the president...

Paul manafort, jared kushner and visitors to trump tower. usa today is reporting tonight that president trump had indirect contact with special prosecutor robert mueller. the presidents chief criminal defense lawyer. john doud said today the president appreciates what bob mueller is doing. he asked me to share that with him and thats what ive done. john doud said that teams with the prosecutors office have been proper. doud said he passed along the presidents expressions of appreciation and gree...

So if there has been a back and forth, does that mean that special prosecutor robert mueller communicated with the president indirectly through attorney dowd? we dont know. john dowd told usa today quote we get along well with bob mueller. our communications have been constructive, the attorney says, but it is important that our communications remain confidential. it is important there not be any break down in that trust. two different bipartisan bills have been introduced in the united states s...

Bridge too far for a majority of republicans on capitol hill. but go back to what attorney dowd said about importance of trust. mutual trust back and forth. what i think they are trying to say is this better stay between us. this white house and this legal team have been frustrated bay lot of leaks. i think one thing that you have to take note of it the news about this investigation that mueller is leading. a lost these things about which way it is going have come out through the media. it seeme...

Whats happening? >> well, what the president is doing is reshuffling his legal team. you now have a special counsel investigation thats really moving full steam ahead. and i think the feeling inside the white house was that they needed a legal team with more washington experience. more experience in dealing with a special counselc kasowitz who was trumps personal material, he has been taken over by a lawyer with a lot of experience inside the white house, ty cobb. and another attorney, john doud...

President. wow. i guess you could google pardoning, but why not talk about it among yourselves? >> i want to ask this question. you have a lot of familiarity with criminal law having been in jail on multiple occasions. >> i beat every case. >> i want to ask you this. the presidents, were six months in, the presidentss these investigations are about two months old and the president is having active discussions according to others about the extent of his pardoning power. his family, his staff, and...