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Image, the way they pursue press coverage thats more favorable to them, does that affect the course of the investigation? is that good defense for somebody who might be under that scrutiny? >> i think when youre someone like jared kushner who is in the public eye, you have to be operating in two arenas. you have to defend yourself in the legal arena but of course you are also out there in the court of public opinion as well. so i think bring in a crisis management team like that is to work on th...

In the real word is that how prosecutors approach those things? >> yes, following the money is a common tactic. first is the threshold matter, the department of justice cousin not go on fishing expeditions to get people. you have to have a pred occasion. but based on all of the things that we know about kushners involvement in that june 2016 meeting, about his meeting with the russia bank, his request for a secret back channel or communication, theres pred occasion to look at him. so one of the ...

To protest removal of the robert e. lee statue, that not all of them were neo-nazis or white supremacists, what do you -- is that true? >> no. everyone who is there knew what they were doing. they were shouting, jews will not replace us. it was very well coordinated. they had an order to the chants. there was no mistaking, theres no innocent person wandering up getting involved in this. >> last night the president did not mention the very fine people. another lie about omission. he did, however,...

Was a speech that hit all the notes but was this the time to make this particular speech? >> i agree with john, i think this was his greatest hits. hes playing what worked from the campaign. if john and his speech writing team maybe not the way we would have done it but hes consistently keeping the media after kilter. i think his team wanted three, four, five more days of what he talked about yesterday, some of that good press coverage to be out there. what were talking about on this desk right ...

Center, on a busy, you know, normal busy day, that one has to start giving some thought to the prospect that something like this might happen? >> yeah. and i think there is no -- there is no secret that this is going to be -- this has been hang. its going to happen in the future. people should be aware and be looking at how they can protect themselves. but, its also interesting, again, that this is another iconic site. this is really -- everyone that goes to barcelona will go to this venue there...

To -- i believe democrats have a message, but to make sure that they articulate clearly not just the opposition to donald trump, that is obvious and galvanizing, but also an agenda thats about making lives of working people better, creating jobs and opportunity and making sure this next generation has a chance. and i think with that kind of message, in addition to the opposition to donald trump and some of the ideas that he has put forward, even though he hasnt accomplished anything, that that w...

There was a story published today that the president gets two folders a day of mostly positive press coverage. our friends over at vice wrote this. is this a practice you started in your congressional office? >> listen, its always important to see clips. frankly, a good staff always keeps the spirit of the office holder in the right place, not too down, not too excited. but seeing the propaganda agenda put in front of the president, we now understand why he fails to recognize his failing approva...

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Put forward, even though he hasnt accomplished anything, that that will be a winning cause for democrats. and theres no need to have a single leader. there is a need to have a united front. >> interesting no name sprung to mind, but for whatever its worth, david, one last word. there was a story published today that the president gets two folders a day of mostly positive press coverage. our friends over at vice wrote this. this is a practice you started in your congressional office? >> listen, i...

And im pretty sure that was probably the standard process in president obamas press shop. i doubt that they went out of their way to get attractive votes. who knows? >> i wonder if that did not happen. this is a president who spends a lot of time watching cable news like the rest of us do. he sees the critical coverage thats out there. he absorbs the critical coverage thats out there. does he see this and think theres some other press coverage hes not seeing? >> lets look at it a different way. ...