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So lets talk about your reporting, that one of the presidents long time legal advisers jay goldberg warning him about michael cohen, that he could flip. what else could you tell us about that warning? >> basically he said that in his long experience as a criminal defense attorney and a prosecutor that essentially someone can say, you know, im going to stand by you, im never going to crack. but when a family man like michael cohen and hes facing the prospect of criminal charges, time in jail, hes...

Members of the judiciary committee to oppose jeff sessions as attorney general. i voted against him. and ive differed with him repeatedly on policies. he did the right thing by recusing himself, there is no question about it. for don mcgahn to try to talk him out of it i think was really a mistake. >> its also stunning the example for the president to use of the kind of attorney general he wants being roy cohn, if memory serves me was disbarred ultimately towards the end of his career. >> he was...

But whats striking also is the presidents fundamental misunderstanding of the role of attorney general. >> yeah. >> he wants someone to protect him. a roy kohn, a fixer, a henchman. that is certainly far from what the attorney general of the united states should be. and ill be very blunt, anderson, i was one of the first members of the judiciary committee to oppose jeff sessions as attorney general. i voted against him. and ive differed with him repeatedly on policies. he did the right thing by ...

Said mob figures tried that before, having a lawyer sitting there like a potted plant it doesnt work. >> his position so far has always been that somehow there have been negotiations that prevented him from having to go in front of the cameras. i think the white house and his lawyers will do everything they can to keep the cameras on him. i agree all of this is going to come out eventually. the scope of muellers investigation is broader than the matter of collusion as well. the point we have to ...

We have to see, i understand you are hopeful as well. this is real, this is not a myth. this is not conjecture. this is about democracy and a sake receipt process that was hampered by the russians. how far and when did these people engage in this communication. >> do you see donald trump plead back. most analysts say mob figures have tried that before to have an attorney sited in a room as a potted plant, but it doesnt really work. >> all of the -- his positions have been that somehow there have...

>> bobby kennedy put together his brothers campaign for the senate in 1952, won the campaign for his brother. no one else could have done it. as jack said everybody was mad at bobby but we had the best organization in history. in 1957 and 1960, he ran and was chief counsel of the rackets committee. he went after crooks in labor like jimmy hoffa and dave beck. he went after incredible frightening figures. he was fighting the rackets in this country. then he becomes a.g. and takes on the rackets t...

Shiny object. >> explain that this is from the roy cone playbook. >> roy cone was the chief counsel during the mccarthy hearings, witch-hunt in the 1950s. ultimately discredited, censured by republicans in the senate when they overreached. dwight eisenhower came after them. he flees washington in shame and disgrace, moves to new york, becomes a powerful lawyer, represents mob figures, he ends up connecting with donald trump in the 70s right when donald trump has been sued by the justice departme...

>> and how do you get a prosecution? >> well, bad guys hang out with other bad guy, and so the prosecutions have been able to make out cases against mob figures if there is corroboration, and that, you can find it in a number of areas. but of course, a case like this is so interesting, because here it, these guys are in the 80s and it has taken that long the make a case against them out of this lufthansa robbery which took place so many years ago. >> and jean, you are saying that he has been rec...

Agent for the heinz corporation and had a lucrative career going on. >> right. >> the other problem is the bombing of the car itself. they could dispel that theory that gary triano had a lot of debts including organized mob figures and anybody could have killed him, not just pamela phillips. jenna: interesting case. thanks for coming on today. thank you so much. >> thank you. jon: america as little kids have become way too big but now there is some big news. what is behind the latest obesity num...

Turn his head but hes listening to this litany of crimes that hes been accused of and the evidence against him. he barely moves, anderson. >> it would be fascinating if he did take the stand. those surveillance videos of him from 30 years ago are interesting to look at. they were played in court today, yes? >> reporter: they were. thats another interesting point. these are surveillance videos taken 30 years ago when whitey bulger was at the height of his power. it shows him meeting with known mo...