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"the washington post," see what washingtons reaction is tomorrow, see what congressional republicans reaction is this week? >> yes, its part of an ongoing process thats emanating from the white house. you have it in terms of the presidents tweets. hes tweeting today about beleaguered attorney general jeff sessions. he made his comments last week to the new york times. now people in the presidents inner circle are telling "the washington post" that even though they dont have an option yet of a re...

The justice department are the strongest. this is the attorney general of the united states, someone who is the highest ranking law enforcement officer, period. and to suggest as we are today that they may be dusting off the hot seat for him because of perjury or any other related crimes really is mind boggling. who would have thought that only on day 183 that wed be having this discussion in addition to discussions like presidential pardons. >> im glad you raised presidential powers because ric...

It wasnt funny, it was stupid or silly or malicious. but there are some skits that id see on late-night television that i had to crack up at. >> lets talk about the latest headlines with congresswoman marsha blackburn, former chair of the trump transition team. congresswoman, good to have you back on the show. >> good to be with you, thank you. >> lets start with the. . we talked about what "the post" was reporting a few seconds ago. we had a white house ethics lawyer on the show, richard painte...

He almost had a hip. i wonder if this was part of the add added. >> what was the content of that? >> jackie, why are we just blerng this conversation now. >> i cant believe the white house would keep something like this. >>. this white house is not trans painter and this is another example. why are they putting themselves in this position and having us wonder what they talk about? >> david, i think your question is an important one when you ask how long they speak. it was a social dinner.

Challenging decision for the supreme court. and i dont think we ought to be trying to read too many tea leaves today from what happened today. >> you and richard have been so good not using terms like per cure yam. people watching this know that the two other federal courts blocked it. what did the supreme court find notable they didnt? what virtue did they find that the other federal courts did not. >> well the other federal courts really dug into what mr. painter was talking about the tweets. ...

And the supreme court is going to have a lot of work to do between now and october to figure out what the law really is. is this constitutional or is it not? that is going to be a very challenging decision for the supreme court. and i dont think we ought to be trying to read too many tea leaves today from what happened today. >> ari, you and richard have been so good today not using any terms like per curiam. what did the supreme court find notable? what virtue did they find that other federal c...

Right? andy card was like johnny apple seed. he was just laying the seeds, doing the policy work. you know what im getting to. >> yeah. >> right now george w. bush is popular as barack obama. do you think that would have ever happened if andy wasnt just waiting patiently? what about that. george w. bush -- >> hes a good person, and he has demonstrated the capacity to lead during tough situations and is being recognized for it. and yes, i saw president bush the first, number 41, and hes doing gre...

This is a very messy case. and the supreme courts going to have a lot of work to do between now and october to figure out what the law really is. is this constitutional or is it not? thats going to be a very challenging decision for the supreme court. and i dont think we ought to be trying to read too many tea leaves today from what happened today. >> you and richard have been so good not using terms like per cure yam. people watching this know that the two other federal courts blocked it. what ...

Correct? >> not to my knowledge, no. >> landlord of many properties. and the ethics lawyers like richard painter keep complaining about emoluments and how he might profit from being president. >> right. and these buildings are a great example of that. we reported one of the biggest tenths in trump tower that pay him rent is the industrial and commercial bank of china, state-owned bank in china. when painter makes his case, theyre looking at the state-owned entities doing with trumps privately-he...

State-owned bank in china. when painter makes his case, theyre looking at the state-owned entities doing with trumps privately-held businesses and arguing that that is an emolument, that is a gift from one state to the head of our state, donald trump. >> this calls far prediction on your part. lets see if youre up to it. in the course of your work because of the investigations going on, before this is over you will get to pour over his tax returns? >> i can only hope as somebody whos been tracki...