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Good to see you, brother. >> hi, christopher. >> lets go through the three things that trump should worry about here. number one, prison. why? >> well, because this is the first time in his 74 years, about to be 75 years, that hes been looking at the possibility of a criminal indictment and criminal charges and an orange jumpsuit. that is new in his world. he has nine lives. he has escaped rigorous investigations and two impeachments before. but this is a very -- this is an order of magnitude di...

If that fails, i can assure you, work is going on behind the scenes to have a bill ready that will pass through reconciliation with a bare majority. and the republicans know that. and that is leverage that the democrats have right now in their discussions. the republicans all know that they can fashion a bill, maybe it wont be as big or have everything in it that biden wanted. but they can do something big without the republicans. and if it falls apart, youll see chuck schumer moving very quickl...

And that is leverage that the democrats have right now in their discussions. because republicans all know that they can fashion a bill, maybe wont be as bill big or have anything in that biden wanted, but they can do something big without the republicans. and if it falls apart, then you will see chuck schumer moving very quickly to get it through the senate, and i think youll see nancy pelosi absolutely cooperating and being ready to do the same thing. >> claire, well if there is no commission? ...

You tell me a profession that has the power of policing where police can take away your freedom and take away your life but have virtually no transparency, very little accountability, and 18,000 different ways of going about their job. no other profession functions like that. >> how hard is it for you on your side of the ball here? progressives are pretty hard on not wanting a compromise bill. they did not give you good leverage with all of that defund the police talk. so how do you make them ha...

Folks who are in the know, that people in the trump organization may have received benefits like, you know, rent and things like that, other benefits through their employment that maybe werent declared as taxable revenue. its just one of the many streams that im sure investigators are looking down to see if there are leverage points they can use against people like allen weissleberg to convince him to cooperate against the trump organization. >> laura, very simple question which w, which im gett...

In this situation by some of the folks who are in the know, that people in the trump organization may have received benefits like, you know, rent and things like that, other benefits through their employment that maybe werent declared as taxable revenue. its just one of the many streams that im sure investigators are looking down to see if there are leverage points they can use against people like allen weissleberg to convince him to cooperate against the trump organization. >> laura, very simpl...

Police can take away your freedom and take away your life but have virtually no transparency, very little accountability, and 18,000 different ways of going about their job. no other profession functions like that. >> how hard is it for you on your side of the ball here? progressives are pretty hard on not wanting a compromise bill. they did not give you good leverage with all of that defund the police talk. so how do you make them happy and find a deal in here between extremes? >> first of all,...

On him and perhaps more important his family. he may think that, im an older guy, i can do the time or it doesnt matter. when you talk about a couple of things, both his family, maybe depending on what they have on him, taking his livelihood, property from him, taking fines from him, things that would impact his family, thats probably where theres important leverage here. i think the prosecutors, if theyre trying to pressure him or somebody in his shoes to cooperate, thats the kind -- the kind o...

Tonight since it became public. here is some of what he told us a few moments ago. >> he knows what the consequences are. he saw it in what happened to me. he saw how fast donald trump ended up turning on me as well, whether it was calling me a rat, whether it was turning around and telling the judge that he should throw the book at me and put me away for life. this is who donald trump is. >> you are one of the few people who sat across the table with other people who are rich and powerful and h...

And, you know, i think that has to be a particular worry. but perhaps thats also the real score with weisselberg. as nick says, he knows where all of the bodies are buried. he knows who else is involved in this, including perhaps other members of the trump family. so if there is any leverage to be brought to bear on the former president, perhaps it is with the prospect of ensnaring one of his family members, a child or one of his siblings, in this net as well, and that really is the key for weis...