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>> i want more clarity. is it your understanding that muellers offer included the obstruction portion of the probe? >> its not clear. i believe it is obstruction, collusion and possibly one or two other issues. i think that the one on which they think there is more of an issue is obstruction because, remember, they remain adamant of no collusion and the president is unaware of anything. their position has not changed and obstruction is the one that relates specifically to comey. comey is the one...

Surprise. late last year he told michael schmitz i have absolute right to do what i want to do with the justice department. meanwhile we have a new clue as to when at least one part of muellers probe will wrap up. giuliani says mueller will finish the obstruction portion by september 1st. giuliani said they plan to write a counter report that may or may not become public depending on the special counsels findings. back with me on set is jake sherman and joining us is phillip rucker. former polit...

Just for an example, thats going to go on theres no question way longer than september. thats the conversation he said he had. he also told me, giuliani told me that because this was a conversation that happened a month ago that that timeline could have changed so a lot has changed and has been going on for the past month. >> so this sounds like it wasnt a definitive timeline by any means and according to the "new york times," the timeline was pertaining to the obstruction portion of robert muel...

To be held accountable. but we dont know the answer to that question yet. thats why the interview has to happen. theres a lot of evidence, however. >> james schultz, i love the passive indifference on your face right now. i want to know your take on what counselor eisen is saying, and i also want your take on how you would prep the president in terms of is this an interview that he takes? probably yes. under what circumstances? whats your double take here? >> so i agree with norm in that this is...

With corrupt intent, hes going to be held accountable. but we dont know the answer to that question yet. thats why the interview has to happen. theres a lot of evidence, however. >> james schultz, i love the passive indifference on your face right now. i want to know your take on what counselor eisen is saying, and i also want your take on how you would prep the president in terms of is this an interview that he takes? probably yes. under what circumstances? whats your double take here? >> so i ...

With the president? and moving forward, is that consistent with other intelligence heads, like admiral rogers, for example? i think those are the key things that ill be looking for, and whether its anything new that we havent already heard about in open reporting or its just confirmation of what weve seen thats out there. >> and last question to you, clint. he met with bob mueller beforehand to make sure he could testify. he gave him a yes, you can do so. what do you make of that? >> i think the...

With the special counsel. "the times" reports that mcgahn participated in several interviews over nine months. sarah westwood is live from new jersey where the president is spending the weekend. what else are we learning, sarah? >> reporter: president trump is speaking up to downplay the significance of that "the new york times" report that suggests white house counsel don mcgahn cooperated with the robert mueller on the obstruction portion of his investigation. trump and his legal team have bee...

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Relevant documents available to congress. while a referral to the inspector general is a step in the right direction, the department has an obligation to comply with congressional requests for oversight. their attempt to circumvent this responsibility will not go unnoticed. as trump wages war on the fbi, his lawyer, rudolph giuliani, is staying on message and on the offensive. he has told "the new york times" that special counsel robert mueller shared his time line and that, in fact, mueller hop...

Himself. what we learned is that he has soured on the idea of an interview at least for now, he is feeling much more defiant and combative towards the mueller investigation and that essentially the raid on cohen upended these negotiations that they had -- were having with muellers office about a possible interview. so really may have sealed the fate of whether or not that interview happens. we learned that they were much further along than we had previously thought in terms of coming to some sor...