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Were inside the courtroom today . Im sorry, inside the courtroom yesterday. And tracking donald trump behavior today, how did trump seem to be handling hearing this testimony from Stormy Daniels that had to have been quite embarrassing yeah. Today, he was as invested as weve seen him throughout the course of this trial yesterday, too long time Trump Organization employees testified to some potentially critical evidence. For the most part, trump has leaned back in his chair, eyes closed, but toda...

Chief of staff. >> general kellys crowning achievement. what do you think it is? >> i think that one of his achievements, i think for a very short amount of time was that he was able to kind of bring some type of stability. people on the hill felt comfortable with him there. the one thing he lacked was understanding donald trump. he had a complete lack of understanding of how trump worked and how very, very shaky he could be. volatile. and he failed at brokering a true relationship with him. and...

Particularly intelligent. he likes to refer to him as mr. magoo. and thats caught several advisers of his by surprise. you know, to have conversations with him where hes referring to his attorney general as mr mr. magoo. >> i always thought mr. magoo was kind of sweet. anyway, thats just my personal remembrance of him. >> i dont think president trump thinks jeff sessions is very sweet. >> i guess he doesnt like mr. magoo either. thanks very much. >> thanks for having me. >> when it comes to poli...

Muellers interest regarding attorney general sessions and president trump? >> right. so special counsel mueller has shown intense interest in a period this summer in late july where president trump was publicly shaming jeff sessions, saying that he was disappointing him. he was calling him beleaguered on twitter, and behind the scenes he was frequently fuming about the russia investigation and the attorney general. what special counsel muellers investigation is trying to discern is whether in th...

That grow with your business. at&t, not so much. get internet on our gig-speed network and add voice and tv for $34.90 more per month. call 1-800-501-6000. well its another one of those nights. more breaking news. "the washington post" reporting that special counsel robert mueller is taking a look at the time last summer when president trump seemed to determine to fire attorney general jeff sessions, publicly humiliating him as he did today. did that amount to a potential obstruction of justic...

Still, then you would hold her in contempt. then at that point you go in front of a court, and a judge decides what happens. >> in a white house where -- i mean i dont think the departure of a communications, you know, director like this or somebody as close as this to the president would be such a big story if this white house wasnt organized in the disorganized way that it is, where there arent necessarily clear lanes -- at least initially there werent. >> and she admitted as much. she mention...

Back now with bob woodward and carl bernstein. you wrote in a piece in "the washington post" a couple weeks ago about the conflict, the growing conflict between president trump and the department of justice. you said -- your article began with, were here again, and its interesting because president nixon thought that his attorney general, elliott richardson, who was sort of from the eastern waspy establishment, which nixon didnt necessarily like, but he needed richardson, but he sort of thought ...

Its all out there, and he cannot believe that the press, which he once so controlled, will go with these stories, and he just goes and says, theyre the enemy of the people because he cant do anything about it. >> but he takes them seriously, and he believes lots of those stories that are critical because theyre coming from people who work with him. >> we got to take another quick break. more with bob woodward and carl bernstein. the trump presidency surprised some people, not to president nixon....

Looking at -- or asking questions at least about president trumps beratement of his own attorney general last summer? >> well, it would be logical that they would. and if you talk to people who go and theyre interviewed by muellers people, lots of fbi agents, sometimes the interviews run 10, 12 hours. so theyre going to ask every question. i dont think you can draw a conclusion from it. >> i mean it would be remiss if they didnt ask. >> yes, and somebody may -- you know, because theyre in a posi...

Is looking at, there was a remarkable amount of public vitriol coming from the president and aimed at sessions. >> right. there were several days of relentless tweets, public comments. trumps aides in the media anonymously asking for jeff sessions to essentially quit. one of the things we reported tonight in our story, anderson, is that the pressure has been so hot on jeff sessions and the criticism so sharp that his aides actually last month pitched in and bought him a bulletproof vest and put ...