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Presidents lawyers? did they suppose that or guess that? that an important advance for them and their understanding of the legal jeopardy. >> there is a lot ocho to unpac your great question, soon you can get a job in the justice department, rachel. i would say first of all, it is not a surprise to most people monitoring this case, that the president is likely is a subject. being told youre not a target and youre a subject while your attorneys are talking brass tax with the leader of the special...

Counsels russia investigation, he is a subject of the that investigation and the mueller team wants to interview him for that reason. according to the washington post tonight, muellers team is preparing a report on its findings thus far specifically pertaining to the president and the issue of obstruction of justice. we have never heard before that they are doing that so that seems like big news. at this point "the washington post" is out ahead and alone on that story from reporters carol and ro...

In the return sussia investigat. hes getting sign off from the other two divisions at the justice department for bringing these criminal charges. and then muellers team also basically makes the case that if somehow magically robert mueller was disappeared and the special counsels office was no longer allowed to be involved in the investigations, nevertheless, these investigations would persist. this seems very important to me. page 42 of the filing. quote, the senior assistant special counsel in...

Really? thats interesting. robert mueller is not acting alone in bringing these charges in the russia investigation. hes getting sign-off, from in manaforts case, from the other two divisions at the justice department for bringing these criminal charges. and then muellers team also basically makes the case that if somehow magically robert mueller was disappeared and the special counsels office was no longer allowed to be involved in the investigations, nevertheless, these investigations would pe...

Landmark day in the special counsel investigation looking into the russia scandal. today for the first time, a criminal case spawned by the special counsels investigation has come to a close. weve seen a number of people charged by the special counsels office and weve seen a number of people plead guilty but today was the first sentencing in the mueller investigation for anybody whose been charged in the case today was the first time that person was -- that any such person was sentenced. somewha...

Good to have you back with us. lets focus in on this $130,000 payment that she received for a moment. because aside from the salacious aspect of the affair, the key issue can come down to this $130,000. on one hand, she accepted the payment spp payment. she took the money. she signed the nda. shes now trying to get that nda nullified. shes told her story. does she have a case to be made here? >> she does. the beautiful thing about contract law is its like poetry. the stormy daniels position is t...

Arbitration. the case is prosecute presently removed up to federal court. but i assure you the next the move by the trump side will be a motion to send this case back -- to get to get it out of federal court and back into arbitration because the decision there may never see the light of day. >> very quickly, if youre the presidents lawyer, advise him to stay quiet and do not tweet about the interview yesterday? >> absolutely. in general, this is the kind of thing i would advise trump to not spea...

When at all possible. joining me here on set, danny sovalis. lets start with your take of this interview. you and i were talking about this a little before the program. two big things to look at here. what we learned thats new, what it actually matters, if anything, for the president and the legal case going forward. give us your breakdown. >> the biggest thing that we learned that was new were specific facts surrounding this alleged threat. she was approached in a parking area. someone said it ...

But im not sure how seriously he considered vetoing it. >> yeah. i was going to say, i cant imagine being a republican leader of the hill that friday when he sent out that tweet. lets turn to the special counsels investigation and the shake-up that weve seen in regards to president trumps legal team. the president on one hand claiming that many lawyers, top law firms all want to represent him in the russia case. but it turns out that there seems to be some issues with adding to his lineup of law...

Crimes. im not saying take lindsay grahams word for it. im saying pick somebody independent of the department of justice to do what were doing in the mueller case. maria: let me go to the taylor force act you introduced this act its obviously important in terms of the palestinian authority and what theyre doing tell us about that? >> the best way to tell you about the taylor force act is to tell you about taylor force. taylor force was a west point graduate his parents live in south carolina he ...