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To cooperate. and manafort needs to find a way to avoid spending the rest of his life in jail. >> nelson cunningham, thank you. >> my pleasure. president trumps evolving defense on the russia investigation. the myriad of ways hes defended russia. blaming a half dozen things for the deadly school shooting. guns, however, not on his list. stunning pictures of the dangerous volcanic erumgss in hawaii. the latest threat, lava oozing into the ocean. we will take you live to hawaii coming up. your...

Stuff. >> well, its really important we look at the benefits that come to people. we have to make sure the middle class is not dumped on again -- >> im for your bargaining position, but did you say it was on the table or off the table? the entitlements? >> i said what were -- of course, theyre going to be discussed within this process. theres no way they will not. so will taxes, fair taxes, not only to eliminate the taxes for the wealthiest 2%, but also looking at taxes that unfairly determine y...

0 that you do the right thing when no one is watching, and, boy, i talked to some drill sergeants this afternoon who were saying like how are we supposed to teach young recruits to do the right thing when no one is looking when these guys at the top werent doing that. its a real tragedy. >> yeah, and i think -- tell me about the culture of the military. i mean, im watching it from outside, and im thinking, generals and their wives spend a lot of time together socializing. they have drinks, parti...

these days, and the shined boots and chest medals of the combat elite. a general has an affair with a young reporter. that young reporter spies some competition, tells her to bug off. meanwhi meanwhile, that competition becomes the target of tens of thousands of e-mails from yet another general. what a soap opera. but guess what? one of the generals, actually an ex-general, is head of the cia, or just was. the other general, the one sending the e-mail by the bushel, is our commander in...

Of these two fellows coming in on this deal and helping the president cut a deal? >> chris, the real theme of the piece, my long time clegg nelson cunningham and i wrote, we have to have all hands on deck to solve these issues that are clearly before us. theyre solvable but not without a sense of purpose and unity. basically you have president clinton who has the credibility of balancing the budget and then leaving a surplus. thats a pretty strong record to stand on and a lot of knowledge and ex...

Heads may roll. a lot to discuss this hour. i want to bring in cnn legal analyst laura coates, a former federal prosecutor, jack quinn, and nelson cunningham, both former white house counsel. good evening. i appreciate all of you being on. laura, were hearing the first reaction from president trumps legal team. his attorney, rudy giuliani, was on fox news tonight, and he is reacting to the i.g. report with a few interesting demands. >> mueller should suspend his investigation, and he should go s...

People. they want to start all over. they like this investigation. they like the street fighting thats involved here because they think that they are doing well in that format. >> okay. laura, you didnt get it, right? >> no. >> all right. so here it is. im going to ask you about it. then ill ask nelson about it. apparently michael cohen has filed a restraining order or a gag order against stormy daniels attorney, michael avenatti, at a court in california, seeking to bar him from talking to the ...

Business activities, including paying out things like hush money to porn star stormy daniels who claimed to have an affair with trump. while cohen described his relationship with trump as offering protection, heres how trump described it. >> we also know that cohen was paid by a company with ties to one of russias wealthiest oligarchs, victor vekselberg who reportedly met with cohen during the transition and at the inauguration. cohen then worked on a secret project to build a trump tower in mos...

>> michael would represent me and represent me on some things. he represents me like with this crazy stormy daniels deal. he represented me and, you know, from what i see, he did absolutely nothing wrong. >> we also know that cohen was paid by a company with ties to one of russias wealthiest oligarchs, viktor vekselberg who reportedly met with cohen during the transition and at the inauguration. cohen then worked on a s project to build a trump tower in moscow and his name appears in the steele ...

Probe is one thats gratuitous and self-serving. you cannot conflate the two. christopher wray, the current director, was very cautious not to do so today in his press conference. >> mm-hmm. i want to tell our viewers that was nelson and not me. nelson, im suffering. i know how you feel, brother. im dealing with it right now. should i come back to you because i wanted to did you the next question. are you okay in. >> i think you can go ahead. >> okay. so, nelson, is he saying that sessions should...