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The report, based on on michael cohens testimony to the special counsel but also on all this information, including documents from the trump organization. >> theres a legal term for this story and its called not good. the obstruction part is fairly obvious. we dont have to think hard for an example of trump doing this. we know, for instance, that he was responsible for the erroneous statement that was drafted on air force one as well. so there is some precedent for trump pushing false testimony ...

Sits report. our correspondents and analysts will have full coverage of the days top stories. the presidents nominee had the justice department and oversee the mueller probe is making it very very clear he intends to be his own plan. >> he will stand up to political pressure even if the president asked him to do something. he says he wont do it. he wouldnt even fire robert mueller unless there is good cause to do so. democrats raised concerns about a memo he drafted raising questions about the o...

Which would then go to another obstruction element. so its really important for donald trump to be admonished that maybe they need to put a muzzle on his fingers. we know thats not going to happen. a federal judge in manhattan ruled that donald trump and michael cohen cant do that at the first bite of the apple. >> thats not going to happen and we know theres been a submission of proposed names for a special master to determine whether these are -- or not. but cohens team overplayed its hand t...

He knows he is in the crosshairs of this, particularly with the obstruction element. and he is still determined, according to those that he talks to somehow find a republicans to find a way to out , make this investigation go away so that he is not further burdened by it. >> do you remember that red line, john dean, that he set back in july when he told "the new york times" they cannot look into my finances. they should not be looking into my finances. that was a month after he tried to fire mue...

Cals of this investigation are around members of his own family. those closest to him and his business organization in this campaign organization, doesnt mean that they are going to be found guilty or even indicted, but this investigation has touched and surrounded the people hes closest to and now himself. he knows hes in the cross hairs of this, particularly with the obstruction element and he still is determined according to those that he talks to to somehow find republicans to find a way to ...

Hillary clinton. that was why the investigation was opened in the first place. the obstruction element only came later when the president fired the fbi director who was investigating his campaign for that alleged collusion. of course, this is -- this was always going to be top of mind for bob mueller. and i think that bringing in emmett flood is significant for another reason which is that whether he worked in the george w. bush white house, he detail mostly with executive privilege issues. that...

Things as if mueller is looking at obstruction. hes not really looking at collusion whether he it comes to the president. its really about obstruction. michael cap pugh toe who was interviewed by mueller gave a pretty startling quote. this is him talking to cnns reporter manu raju. he says you know, the investigators know more about the trump campaign than anyone who ever worked there. and says they are still very much interested in collusion. whats your response to that? >> well, of course. col...

Which arent, is really problematic for a number of reasons. i think that the reason why mueller wants to ask sessions and sit down with sessions and interview him is just because of sessions large role during the campaign. he was the head of the foreign policy team, he met with george papadopolous, he met several times with sergey kislyak. of course mueller will want to know what did you talk about in your office in september, what did you talk about to him earlier that year at the mayflower hot...