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Summer. it gives you the latest indication of how president trump cannot escape the investigation that he calls a witch hunt even when it comes to music videos. >> that was some good trolling. thank you, i appreciate that. >> lets bring in philip mudd who worked for the fbi and cia. and michael isikoff who is author of "russian roulette." i have to laugh -- good evening to you guys. you know, you call this a very bizarre music video. whats the significance beyond just how strange and trolling it...

Of, say, the mueller investigation. philip mudd over at "the washington post" did some pras comparisons recently. he reports through the end of march the cost of the mueller effort has been $16.7 million. by comparison the presidents 17 trips to mar-a-lago have run up a tab of $17 million thus far. remember at a million dollars a throw, mar-a-lago is a big ticket travel item. it means air force one down and back, motorcades to and from. it means offshore security provided by the cost guard merch...

Its one of the great dangers to his re-election. by 2020 are people going to be so worn down that theyve had enough and they need to move on to something else because theyre worn out? and i think thats something they have to pay very close attention to so that it doesnt impact his re-election prospects, but it definitely could. >> cnn commentator philip mudd joins us now. so the president is spreading propaganda, and people dont know what to -- i dont think people believe anything that comes out...

They have to pay very close attention to so that it doesnt impact his re-election prospects, but it definitely could. >> cnn commentator philip mudd joins us now. sought president is spreading propaganda. and people dont know what to -- i dont think people believe anything that comes out of his mouth anymore, phil. >> i think theres a couple of challenges here. so lets go really serious for a moment, don. number one, lets look at the challenges in the future. you can look, for example, at what h...

He says as the general counsel of columbus nova, i can confirm that the company is 100% owned and controlled by americans. any suggestion at that at any point in time viktor vekselberg or any of his companies owned or exercised any control over columbus nova is patently untrue. so i want to bring in to talk about this jack quinn. he is a former white house council to president clinton, senior counterterrorism analyst philip mudd. good evening to all of you. julia, i want to get your reaction to ...

First phase of the investigation, bots and trolls and troll factories. this kind of payments under the table is a lot like the russia i know. whats interesting about vekselberg is he was sanctioned. i remember wondering why he was put on the sanctions list. now it seems we know why. it seems he was even after the inauguration funneling money to this unknown llc that the presidents lawyer had. how would he have known about it? what was that money for? i talked this evening to a source close to th...

Dreaming! definitely dreaming. then again, dreaming is how i got this far. now more businesses in more places can afford to dream gig. comcast, building americas largest gig-speed network. more on our breaking news. cnn learning exclusively that the special counsel questioned a russian oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars that a u.s. investment firm linked to him paid michael cohen. why was the presidents personal attorney receiving this money after the election? back with me now ja...

Really -- bob mueller really needs to run those to ground. >> the concern level, phil, for the president. what do you think? because people have said he should be concerned about this stormy daniels thing. he should definitely be concerned about what happened to michael cohen and the raiding of his home office and hotel. what do you think the presidents concern level should be with this? >> only one issue. i dont think hell be connected with any russian meddling. i dont think hell ever be charge...

That? and i said to him, sir, when he started talking about i may order you to investigate that. i said, sir, thats up to you, but you want to be careful about that because it might create a narrative that were investigating you personally. second, its very difficult to prove something didnt happen. >> did you believe his denial? >> honestly never thought these words would come out of my mouth, but i dont know whether the current president of the united states was with prostitutes peeing on each...

Again. you know, if we tear a knee up, we go to an orthopedic surgeon. if we have mental health issues, we need to be treated. but while people who are the victim of mental health illnesses in this country are being treated, in the opinion of this sheriff, they should not be able to buy, surround themselves, purchase, or carry a handgun. those two things dont mix. thank you for coming out here. i think weve answered all the appropriate questions. tomorrow well update you again. again, the most i...