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So laura, do you want to respond to that? because i have another question for you. >> i can say certainly, this is very inartful, the way its going down. but remember, hes not going to gamble on that crap shoot of whether the president of the united states ear will bend to his request for a pardon. we see the president doesnt follow even the formal pardoning process of things. albeit theres a kim kardashian west in the oval office whos been able to articulate a reason to pardon someone justifiab...

Frankly. it doesnt seem to be working. we saw guiliani last hour trashing cohen. but what i think, the only way to make sense of this strategy, to the extent its a strategy, is that its meant to tell the presidents team, look, if you dont pardon me, and he can pardon cohen before hes charged, he can pardon him at any time. if it you dont pardon me, ive got the goods on you and im going to make your life very difficult, so im trying to get your attention here and let you know im very serious. tha...

Case of obstruction of justice, and manafort needed to go in. >> caroline, what do you make of that? you could make the argument, i imagine, from somebody trying to defend rudy giuliani here that, hey, yes, the president has the power to pardon. thats very clear. he can pardon anybody at any time for any reason. so if his lawyer goes out there and simply says, by the way, the president has this sort of unbridled power here, could a case emerge from that? >> we dont need to be reminded that he ha...

He absolutely knows thats not true and this was a serious case of obstruction of justice and manafort needed to go in. >> carolyn what, do you make of that? you could make the argument i page from somebody tryinto defend rudy giuliani here, yes, the president has the power to forwarden, anybody at any time for any reason. if his lawyer says by the way, the president has this sort of unbridled power here, cog a case emerge from that. >> we dont need to be reminded he has the sort of unfettered po...

Ayesha. >> i wanted to ask about the pardoning process. it seems like we have had these three pardons. they all were somewhat high-profile or gotten media attention. how is the president deciding when to take action on a case, i mean with arpaio, he hadnt even been sentenced yet. the libby case was very old. how are you deciding when to take action on these cases? and can a normal person who feels like they have been unjustly convicted, can they get their case to the white house? i mean there is...

Announced on friday? or what we understand heel be doing on friday, excuse me? >> yeah. so, look, what i think the white house is doing is something that people who are under the cross hairs of investigations used to dpo all t do all the time when i was investigating them is try to distract, try to point to other potential issues out there to try to draw attention to what they are doing. tan i think they are also here trying to put pressure and trying to discredit the investigation. i dont think...

u.s. ship. and they didnt respond to signals or voices. theyre threatening to close the strait of hormuz. its a choke point, and as american officials have been warning privately and publicly, a serious flash point. >> what about if they decide to block us off at the straits of hormuz. >> we have made it clear that the united states will not tolerate the blocking of the straits of hormuz. we will respond to that. >> the question tonight is, what will iran do next? what happens then? wh...

threatening to close the strait as global pressure grows over its nuclear program. 17 million barrels of oil flow through the strait every day. its a choke point. as american officials have been warning privately and publicly, it is also a serious flash point. >> what about if they decide to block us off at the straits of hormuz? >> we made very clear that the united states will not tolerate blocking of the straits of hormuz. thats another red line for us and that we will respond to th...

strait of hormuz. its a choke point, and as american officials have been warning privately and publicly, a serious flash point. >> what about if they decide to block us off at the straits of hormuz. >> we have made it clear that the united states will not tolerate the blocking of the straits of hormuz. we will respond to that. >> the question tonight is, what will iran do next? what happens then? whats being done right now to head it off. barbara starr is here, and on the phone, curt l...

its a choke point, and as american officials have been warning privately and publicly, a serious flash point. >> what about if they decide to block us off at the straits of hormuz. >> we have made it clear that the united states will not tolerate the blocking of the straits of hormuz. we will respond to that. >> the question tonight is, what will iran do next? what happens then? whats being done right now to head it off. barbara starr is here, and on the phone, curt lithal, former comm...