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The president has been hammering dowd who has led the legal team because he feels that he was misled, that his legal team was telling him hold your fire, this is going to be over, whether it was thanksgiving and then it was christmas and then it was early in the new year, et cetera. they got an indication from mueller as they were trying to negotiate over the presidents testimony about where mueller was going in his questions. its very clear its not over. the president, who originally wanted to ...

Or talking or interacting with a foreign government, particularly a foreign government that has an adversarial relationship with the united states. >> peter, if steve bannon seems to have this definitive information or smoking guns, wouldnt he be lawyered up and speaking to robert mueller and his team? why would he be sharing this with the general public? >> good question. questions that a lot of people for broadcast of this new book "fire and fury." it says on one of the pages, on the way back ...

Times," that people are essentially totally freaked out in the west wing. their suspicion and paranoia they are wired because of the russian investigation. cob and dow talking about the internal white house counsel and perhaps intentions there. this is the sort of simmering under current to all the policy discussion happening in d.c. >> it says a lot about the presidents choice of lawyers. remember mark casowitz and his midnight e-mails that got him sent packing to journalists? now we have two g...

Years ago today, not tomorrow. it means that in exactly two years time, trump has gone from a candidate on an escalator to president of the united states, in the white house, more appropriately camp david, and we should add under investigation. since we have already blown up their friday night, our panel is back. a new report tonight headlined, escalating investigation put trump and his staff at legal odds. and what a great place to start the conversation. explain the headline and explain how th...

Not the president of the united states, as hes talked to white house staff, hes said maybe you dont need to lawyer up at this time. that runs contrary to any white collar prosecutor would tell you that you want to do at this point in time. it reaches from the obstruction of justice case to reaching back to the campaign and having everything to do with the russia probe. this staff are going to need lawyers, so for president trumps lawyer sayi ing dont lawyer up at this time, it speaks contrary to...

Talked about before, the last segment, talked about the man, not the president of the united states, as hes talked to white house staff, hes said maybe you dont need to lawyer up at this time. that runs contrary to any white collar prosecutor would tell you that you want to do at this point in time. it reaches from the obstruction of justice case to reaching back to the campaign and having erngo with the russia probe. this staff are going to need lawyers, so for president trumps lawyer saying do...

It means that in exactly two years time, trump has gone from a candidate on an escalator to president of the united states, in the white house, more appropriately camp david, and we should add under investigation. since we have already blown up their friday night, our panel is back. a new report tonight headlined, escalating investigation put trump and his staff at legal odds. and what a great place to start the conversation. explain the headline and explain how they may be at cross purposes or ...

Hes been sort of talking along with way about this, and said youll have to address future questions about this to my counsel. when the presidents lawyer has a lawyer, thats pretty serious. donald trump has his own ties to russia, and is certainly a person whos going to figure in this going forward, brian. >> and paul, when mr. casowitz was rumored this past week to have free roam of the west wing, to approach white house aides, remember, hes the presidents personal lawyer, not white house counse...

Conversations are part and parcel of the russian collusion investigation, and that takes precedence. >> stay with me. gloria borger, and let me bring you in this and we can comment on the bizarre nature of the briefing here in a second, but to hear sean spicer refer any question on, you know, the next weeks testimony with mr. comey and the investigation, and referring to outside counsel, and this the beginning of the new norm? >> yes. i think it is. and mark casowitz is someone who has long remi...

Immunity. he mentioned to me that this was something that was on the table before, they had asked for it, and that might be something they could look at. he called it a last resort but didnt close the door on it entirely. that puts a little daylight between the senate side and the house side on this, and that would have serious repercussions, potentially, for any other investigations that are ongoing. >> nbcs kasie hunt on capitol hill and peter alexander at the white house. guys, thank you very...