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Trump white house. again im going to read from the "new york times" here for your response. it says, essentially, the special counsel will accept written answers from president trump on questions about whether his campaign conspired on russian election interference. this says mr. muellers office told trumps lawyers in a letter according to to "two people briefed on it," they dont identify the sources, but later it says they have dangled written answers as a possibility. they appear receptive as ...

Gather your thoughts, john dowd, someone youve reported on a lot. his gloss on all this, a clip from before these bombshell reports came out. take a look. >> do you believe the president will eventually sit down with bob mueller based on your experience with him, wanting to engage with counsel? >> well, theres no -- theres no reason for the president to answer questions from mueller. mueller has all the answers. we gave him all the answers. >> mueller has all the answers from the myriad of witne...

Mueller and his team actually following a textbook investigation in the larger cases. and again, i agree with mimi that this indictment virtually screams that, folks, the next thing thats coming is indictments of anybody who in america who are americans and participated in this scheme with russia to undermine our election. >> so mimi, one thing you and i talk about a lot on this broadcast is the chance and timing of this potential mueller/trump sit-down. did anything about that in your view chan...

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Giuliani has been saying that the president has been deep in preparation, and they just havent had time, honestly, to prepare him for a potential mueller interview and to have those deep conversations about what their answer is going to be, whether theyre going to agree to the interview or not. >> again, to how this is being perceived, erin, new polling shows that 13% of republicans view the investigation as legitimate. 75% of republicans agree with the president, they say its a witch hunt. from...

Talked to muellers team. and this morning stone said he hasnt talked to mueller either. and that hes not nervous about a potential mueller interview. >> i have not. im not involved in any collusion, coordination or conspiracy with the russians or anyone else. and theres no evidence to the contrary. >> cnbc reporting in recent days that mueller is, quote, focused sharply on roger stone and his teams interested in stone beyond his interactions with julian assange. im joined now by sam nunberg and ...

Goes that a porn star is paid in a private agreement to stay silent for a one night stand with mr. trump that never occurred. the president tweets false and extortionist accusationings, the payment was made without the presidents knowledge by his personal attorney. on air force one said no no, he doesnt know about this payment. and then giuliani reveals cohens retainer, this $35,000 funneled through a law firm. essentially making the argument that perhaps the president still didnt know exactly w...

>> rudy came out this week with another different story about the stormy daniels payment and a lot of us thought now they finally put the truth out even though its version number five. donald trump this morning seemed to indicate maybe it wasnt the truth. so this -- the problem for the president is the story is still in the news, another news cycle where their own team has put the story out there and the president wants to talk about anything but this. >> sandra: he said that. he wainted to the ...

>> thats tonights "last word." if ronny jackson withdraws his nomination before midnight, brian will cover that live in the "11th hour" with brian williams, which starts now. tonight, rudy giuliani and robert mueller have met face to face. the latest reporting from the washington post on the negotiations over a potential mueller interview of trump. plus michael cohen says hell plead the fifth in the stormy daniels lawsuit. well look at what that might mean for the president. and the nomination...

The president. but as weve seen before, this really could be a game, as phillip pointed out. it could be that giuliani just wants to open this window so that theres some point of slench, but he knows that if the president refuses to talk, mueller may be able to move forward and wrap up the obstruction case without the interview. >> joyce, in this bill of particulars, theres no surprises, correct? mueller might as well say to rudy, i want to talk to your client about the heart of the case. >> yea...