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Personal ger h perjure himself. they did a mock interview. trump failed and in the book he described trump as a quote, fing liar and he would end up in an orange jump suit if he testified. doud then goes to mueller and what happened and how crucial is this moment? >> the quote in this book that the president would end up in an orange jump suit, woodward reports that john doud actually said that directly to the president. he didnt say the bleeping liar to him. woodward reports thats what he was t...

Legendary journalist bob woodward is how john kelly describes life inside trumps white house. kelly painting a damning portrait of the west wing and the man occupying the oval office. cnn obtained a copy of the book yet to be released titled "fear." and what is described in the 448 pages, well, i said it last night, ill say it again, theres a lot. top aides spending their day trying to circumvent the president ignoring orders, hiding information, even swiping documents from the presidents desk a...

He reenacted a mock interview they conducted with their client. in this mock interview, the president lied, stumbled, contradicted himself, lost his cool. heres what the presidents lawyer at the time john dow reportedly told mueller. im not going to sit there and let the president look like an idiot and you publish the transcript because everything leaks in ball game and the guys overseas are going to say i told you he was an idiot, i told you he was a gd dumbbell. what are we dealing with this ...

Evidenced by remarks that have been published. >> heres what im trying to figure out, again, im not a lawyer. and i try not to play one on tv. but it seems to me john dowd and ty cobb confirmed to robert mueller that he obstructed justice. i am trying to figure it out, steve kornacki. they would be willing to go to mueller and say he is going to perjure himself, everything he is going to tell you is a lie, that means every other witness is more credible than him, which means -- i mean -- >> what...

Trying to figure out, how is that good legal representation for the president? it is one thing to go through the process, another thing to tell bob mueller, man, youre going to kill him. >> they will do that, theyll tell the prosecution look, my client is not -- were not prepared to put my client in front of you for these reasons, and the prosecution may to your point go okay, or prosecution may go we really want that. >> bottom line is bob mueller is thinking about what he can prove or put in a...

Said yesterday he doesnt expect much to come from these talks. a sign this dispute will last a long time. >> may be our first source who says the source is the president on the record. thank you. betsy, a couple moments ago a new look at brett kavanaugh meeting with susan collins here on klieg. interesting and relates to your story youre working on is the guy trailing in the background. just out of frame. see if he walks in. don mcgahn. right? >> there he is. that little man in the back. theres ...

Anything to fear. keep in mind back when john doud and ty cobb made this decision in consultation with the president, they looked at the mueller probe primarily about conspiracy with the russians and members of the campaign to effected the election or hack computers. it is now clear that bob mueller is focused more on obstruction of justice and that mueller has a very broad view of obstruction, and i would be very, very worried, very scared to go in and talk to bob mueller. and keep in mind, bob...

Information he has gotten. and he is seeking an interview with the president. so the idea of cooperation, which dowd pushed early on, is still in question. is this a way of, of hurting the president? or helping the president? dowd says today, he says by being as cooperative as they are, they can now make the argument that hey, look, weve done all of these things, weve cooperated with mueller. hes still not satisfied. he is, he is out to get the president. thats the point that dowd is trying to m...

Up that notion that theyve been successful in that area. >> michael, last question, speaking of public opinion, one from the outside here. because i know you tweeted about an email you got from the presidents former lawyer, john dowd. kelly was speaking about that. how is he watching this play out? what are his thoughts? >> well, you know, dowd understands the investigation as well as anyone else. he came on last summer after mueller was appointed to lead the presidents legal team. and he booked...

Their argument is that because of presidents interview with our colleague, lester holt, other public statements hes made, the support by the white house to have witnesses testify, by providing documents, they argue that all the answers are in those sorts of pieces of evidence and testimony that the special counsel team already has. trying to urge them to say what more would you need from the president himself to resolve any questions. they dont expect this is something that the special counsel w...