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Roundtable. i want to start with vivian. he tweets it, he does it so openly. >> it is the bain of existence for his lawyers. this is the problem as we are talking about obstruction of justice. twitter is a factor. when we are talking about firing comey, you have people on both sides saying, was there justification for it. was that obstruction of justice. with twitter, the problem is that no one can control the president. so he has the potential to go rogue. this is something that concerns his la...

Clearance. attacked his own justice department. yesterday, his national security advisor called the legitimate investigation by mueller a witch hunt. meanwhile, he praised kim jong-un. and warning iran that they will suffer consequences the likes through which few have suffered before. would any other president earn universal condemnation. republican allies continue to stand by their man. joined by ron reagan. and michael steele. i will say this about barack obama who i did respect a lot, admire...

Policies. >> resorted to more farm welfare. faf farmers dont want aid, they want trade. it has been compounded furthering debt in this country. >> governor -- >> if this policy cant be explained and if people in north east ohio are being hurt by these policies. >> he is tough. >> and he is still well-loved. he is the guy who stood up to him. the president cant find a way to say adding these tariffs and lowering these prices for you.

Does anything, he would have been keel hauled or whatever. he wouldnt be there. >> you are exactly right. no prefavious president would he gotten away with a tenth that trump has. his base, really they arent in touch with reality. he seems to hate the people they do. it is really the real trump derangement syndrome. it is not with us, it is with them. >> my vietnam, he told howard stern was to avoid sexually

Will help deter. >> without all the consequences considered? >> anybody should have known the consequences. they didnt plan for the consequences. it is not an administration known for careful planning. >> speaking of families, now to the roma novs. he was joined by senior advisor ivanka. they dont plan on heading back to new york any time soon. they are now preparing to stay in d.c. as long as the president does. ruth? the romanovs are ruling as always. it is unbelievable. >> she is an expert on...

It is corporate money. talk about that, judge. >> so, it sounds like you dont really need to have anyone explain the law to you. this is a well-established line saying you cant fungblely. open himself up to a whole species of tax crimes if this money is intermingled and not reported. campaign violations that could be lurking >> why bring in chief financial officer. >> if we are arguing over cash or check, he has us in the direction he wants us in because we are not focused on the bigger picture....

Plus get $150 when you bring in your own phone. its a new kind of network designed to save you money. click, call or visit a store today. if president obama did what president trump did in helsinki, i would be peeling you off the capitol ceiling. >> good line. bob menendez yesterday. yesterday the white house banned a cnn reporter from a press event because according to the white house she was too persistent in her questioning of the president. i would never get in there. earlier in the day pr...

Politicians in both parties have in the past. he doesnt take it back. he doesnt act as if he has done anything wrong. so i think it is that brazen approach moving forward has worked for him so far. never had anybody like bob mueller on his tail before. see how that ends up. >> thank you peter baker, eric swalwell, and joyce vance. could another president get away from what donald trump does all the time. ban ishes reporters from press events. attacks his own justice department. and at what point...

Welcome back to "hardball." roughly 100 days out from the midterm election in november. and the president acting nervous. he has reversed himself on a number of issues. delayed meeting with vladimir putin until 2019. and he promised to bail out farmers hurt by tariff war. today trump traveled to two midwestern states where he tried to convince voters that his tough talk on tariffs will work out. it is a tough sell. in iowa tumbled. and just yesterday a new nbc poll shows the president under wate...

Try to stitch all of this together and see if obstruction emerges at the end. >> does the fact that he tweets at dawn, apparently he reads the paper and then starts tweeting. it is done impulsively and out of passion. does that add to the question of motive? >> i think it does. i think what happens here, is you get a sense of his true state of mind and thats the most difficult part of an obstruction case. the government has to prove that you acted with an intent to keep a witness from showing up...