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>> joining us now, live from be launched from iraq instead of anything, and the foreign turkey, even though that would minister of ukraine made a irbil iraq, nbc news and have been safer, far more statement, there was absolutely national security and military convenient for our troops, more no pressure put on -- they correspondent courtney kube. effective logistically, but we didnt even know what we were courtney, in his announcement, couldnt trust the turks. president trump also talked a talkin...

A number of fronts. of course, we havent gotten the inspector generals report yet, so it makes -- seems like it would make sense to make that the number one thing that the american public would look at before you take this next step. thats a little curious. of course, theres also this question that theres an overlap here, potentially, between this investigation, as in the origins of the mueller probe and what congress is doing regarding the president trying to get ukrainians to look into some of...

Mosques and churches. the department of homeland security has funds dedicated to securing places of worship but say more money is needed. >> in the current year, there were $150 million of applications put in. so theres a real need there of greater funding coming from congress and the administration. >> reporter: this weekend in pittsburgh, a memorial service will honor the 11 victims of the tree of life shooting. it will give comfort to survivors and a hope for a future where hate is a thing of...

>> that was president trump knocking celebrity endorsements like bruce springsteen. now the boss is hitting back with this dig at trump. >> were living in a frightening time. the stewardship of the nation is being thrown away. he doesnt have a clue of what it means. unfortunately we have somebody that doesnt have a grasp of the deep meaning of what it means to be an american. >> greg, you were in the celebrity world. >> greg: i am a celebrity. >> do they believe -- >> greg: lawrence, im a world ...

A number of fronts. of course we havent gotten the inspector generals reports yet, so it seems it would make sense to make that the number one thing the american public would look at before you take this next step. thats a little curious. theres also this question thursday an overlap here potentially between this investigation as in the origins of the mueller probe and what congress is doing regarding the president trying to get ukrainians to look into some of the matters that led up to the inte...

At the end of the day, he is the one who decided to both block and release the funds. so how worried are trump staffers about his involvement here? >> reporter: its -- the answer is theyre not that worried. were getting a lot of the same kind of vibes during the mueller report. theres a, quite a bit of confusion here and overlap in duties. to understand where the white house is now, senior aides and where the staff are, look at the mueller report. go back to the mueller report that exonerated th...

>> that was president trump knocking celebrity endorsements like bruce springsteen. now the boss is hitting back with this dig at trump. >> were living in a frightening time. the stewardship of the nation is being thrown away. he doesnt have a clue of what it means. unfortunately we have somebody that doesnt have a grasp of the deep meaning of what it means to be an american. >> greg, you were in the celebrity world. >> greg: i am a celebrity. >> do they believe -- >> greg: lawrence, im a world ...

Represents the president theres no indication that these types of communications took place. finally, and maybe most importantly, executive privilege is not absolute. even were the president to invoke it here, theres a case united states versus nixon that both says its not absolute and says in criminal prosecutions the government often gets access to that evidence. >> federal prosecutors told the judge that they have, quote, a filter team combing through this privileged material. couldnt there b...

Talking about the attorney general of the united states in some form or other lending his legitimacy or validating in sham investigation by ukraine that trump was pushing for. now, barr wants his review of the origins of the russia probe to be seen as apolitical and legitimate, but we keep seeing hill pop him pop up in the scheme. and you would think that the justice department would make a much more forceful and clear statement about the fact that, you know, about this effort to use barr and th...

It is not absolute. and even where executive privilege applies, there is a balancing test that if there is some need for it, it can overcome that executive privilege. but goy back to the original point, it is reserved for the executive branch. if youre a private criminal defendant, youre going to have a real hard time claiming executive bridge because you happen to share a lawyer with the president. >> could these close ties to the president through giuliani potentially leak into the impeachment...