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Been putting on the special counsel to wrap it up. it is clearly not wrapping up, and clearly according to this report going beyond just one country insofar as going beyond russia. so yes, it opens up a host of other questions for the white house to have to deal with, and as i said means this is not going away anytime soon. >> how much peril is don jr. in do you think, jeff? >> the fact that don jr. is at the center of two critical meetings that are part of the mueller investigation certainly in...

About the story, whats the likelihood the doj will release documents? >> likelihood seems low right now. theres certainly pressure from president trump to do so because he is aligning himself more with the investigation from the house side, but department of justice has said that releasing that kind of information would be dangerous, potentially life-threatening, aus sten sibly to sources of theirs. this will probably continue to be a battle but at this point doj holds the cards. >> "the wall st...

Now so that other lives could be saved. thats important. in terms of the investigation, im going to defer to the special agent in charge of the fbi in terms of going at it. but i can tell you this, everything that can be done is going to be done, its done at the local, state, and federal level. we are all partners. we will get to the bottom of this in terms of motivation. we have statements from the subject right now. thats important. the subject is alive. that helps to identify motive. that is ...

Map. ryan fitzpatrick, it was dead even, a tie. now a slight democratic, a slight clinton advantage in that district. you see this. one republican got a better deal. heres another one. dent, his district went from trump by eight to clinton by one. guess what, charlie dent, hes out of here. matt cartwright. perry, a trump 22 district, comes down to single districts. lamb and rothfus, one will win. perry, thats two, dents district, thats three. four, five, six. previously republican districts as o...

Lets move to domestic politics and reports of the rising tensions between the president and chief of staff john kelly. "the washington post" has written about this. kelly is really the fading role in the white house, reporting, quote, kelly neither lurks around the oval office nor listens in on as many of the presidents calls, even with foreign leaders. hes not been fully consulted on several recent key personnel decisions and has lost the trust and support in some of the staff. so i guess the q...

There are innocent victims here. all rig >> reporter: which means gop leaders should be concerned with the potential cost in rural american votes. did you vote for this president? >> i did vote for in president. >> do you feel regretful? >> i want to see this play out. am i going to vote for him again? depends on who is running against him. >> reporter: martin savidge, cnn, perry, iowa. lets talk about all of this with a visiting scholar at the fordham law school, a contributor to cnn opinion....

Writer at 538, perry. people will hear that report and say, the deputy campaign chair had contact with russian intelligence. is that whats significant here a? is it b, more proof that robert mueller has deep knowledge of whats going on here, c, rick gates is cooperating, maybe thats the importance here or maybe d none of the above. >> or all of the above. we first of all have a case where lying has been uncovered throughout this investigation. when it came to manafort and gates and their past ti...

A public event. sooner or later someone who works in the white house with you covering him every day is going to shout a question. >> certainly. hes the president of the united states and the white house is the peoples house. in the past weve seen the president -- all presidents seek to have public events on their terms, when theres something he can talk about to drive the narrative so he can deflect questions or answer the policy questions he wants to answer. as you know, there are personnel ch...

Else in the west wing and also read the daily briefing, that document which often the president doesnt even read. >> perry, what about what this does to ivankas brand? both she and jared have been masters at cultivating themselves, the kinds of adults in the room. what is your sense of this news that shes in the spotlight here? >> shes not been involved as much. theres not as much reporting of her in the russian investigation until now. this was a surprise to me. beyond security clearance, its n...

Reciprocated. even when mcmaster is briefing the president on something, the president doesnt like the way he briefs him. it chafes him, he thinks he sounds demeaning. he would much prefer someone like the defense secretary, james mattis, because hes more patient with the president and hell explain something without giving off this kind of air, like why did you ask that question? this isnt a surprise, but it does seem mcmaster is on his way out. they are trying to figure out an exit for him. but...