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Feel mueller can question. >> bill: one more point. lurking in the backward is the trial of paul manafort. how does it figure into a decision? >> it seems hard to believe the president would give an answer before the end of the manafort trial. a lot of people think the government has the strong case against manafort. what if he is acquitted? what if there is a hung jury? a number of people have said it would be a huge blow to the mueller investigation. certainly republican calls for him to close...

Military as americas big stick. the truly big stick is the american economy and the power of the economy and right now under president trump it is booming and the entire world wants a piece of that. so i do think it can work. i do think this am -- this president knows how to use leverage of the american economy and not afraid to use it and what youre seeing at play here. >> bill: michael, thank you for your time. look talking to you soon yet again. >> thanks so many. >> sandra: more on the break...

Ultimately -- >> does he have any leverage? >> minimal. >> theyve got the client everybody wants. >> right. i think giuliani knows the things hes demanding are outrageous. youll agree to certain concessions maybe more for the president of the united states. hes way out of line for what hes demanding, time limits. >> in obstruction. >> i wonder why. if they dont agree, mueller i believe will crop a subpoena. you end up in the courts and trump is going to argue executive privilege. it didnt work f...

To use that leverage effectively. he didnt have to create a civil war with the president. yeah, we know the president will go off in a tweet. but you have this coalition of like-minded soldiers who have been out there fighting for this moment where those big policy issues could be put into practice and capitulated. they gave into a tweet. they didnt stand up for the constitution. they gave in to a sly word by the president or fear of a very narrow base and didnt push back. i find that fascinatin...

Response. certain areas are out of bounds. >> well, in a lot of cases theres whats called interrogatories which are the kind of low stakes written question thing that nobody considers as serious as a real interview. >> exactly, theyre formalities. its no substitute for sitting across from someone and sizing them up. >> and i believe, mike lupica, if you could work on a lyric about interrogatories, you have one minute. you get a minute. no, you work on it. im coming to you in a minute. i want to ...

Somebody on the witness stand who is proven to have lied in his past? because that could create a question in the jurors mind to believe what he is saying now. however, it seems like there is documentation to back up what rick gates is saying and aside from that, its just been fascinating to see whats been coming out of this trial to think, oh my gosh, how can this happen here? >> definitely, its got a soap opera feel to it. >> in august here. >> the hottest months on the other side of the potom...

And that is ill believe it when i see it? >> yeah, i think so. its kind of amusing to see giuliani demanding these terms for the interview because the fact is, he doesnt have the upper hand here. he knows that. he was a prosecutor. ultimately -- >> does he have any leverage? >> minimal. >> theyve got the client everybody wants. >> right. i think giuliani knows the things hes demanding are outrageous. youll agree to certain concessions maybe more for the president of the united states. hes way ou...

Before he agreed to a plea deal. they brought up an extramarital affair that gates had and asked him about the money he had embezzled from manaforts operation. most of the testimony centered on the financial schemes that prosecutors say manafort developed to avoid paying taxes and maintain his lifestyle even as his income dried up at one point. gates told the court that manafort directed him to disguise millions of dollars in foreign income as loans and to funnel money through shell companies ou...

Answers. they think there are real vulnerabilities for the president there. >> there absolutely are vulnerabilities. the only reason i could think bob mueller would be negotiating as much as he reportedly is -- i have to say reportedly because were only getting one side. >> right. >> not because hes worried about the court case, because i think the precedent is pretty darn strong that, n notwithstanding the arguments they would win, because testimony is far more difficult to get than documents. ...

They can. >> i heard maggie haberman on cnn tonight said her guess was that by tomorrow, we would learn about the contents of rudy giulianis letter to the mueller team about a potential interview. are you where i am on this? and that is ill believe it when i see it? >> yeah, i think so. its kind of amusing to see giuliani demanding these terms for the interview because the fact is, he doesnt have the upper hand here. he knows that. he was a prosecutor. ultimately -- >> does he have any leverage?...