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Own fbi and department of justice. >> and michael, do you think that if something like this happens at the fbi, raising grave concerns in the formal way that, the fbi director, christopher wray, had to sign off on that? >> i mean, you cant imagine theres any way in which a statement like this could be put out, especially in the context that were talking about. this isnt just a procedural fight or low-level thing between agencies of the government. the president of the united states is on the pre...

How much of a political price do you think democrats are willing to pay and hand this victory to president trump? >> this daca deal from the white house shows their sort of bottom line, where theyre willing to negotiate and theyre not willing to go past this. this puts democrats, as ayou alluded to, in a really difficult position. i dont think they are going to negotiate or agree to this deal that they have put forward, because democrats like nancy pelosi have said this is trumps plan to make am...

Questioning today and suddenly try to be an ally, a savior, a lifeline for president trump? because it doesnt sound like anybody else has when theyve been questioned. what does steve bannon have to lose? >> i think thats one of the big questions. which is where is steve -- where does steve bannons loyalty lie now? obviously he was one of the presidents top aides that first six months in the white house that really formed the heart of the obstruction of justice investigation. we know the presiden...

Saying "i" probably have a good relationship. what do you make of all this? >> the sound "the wall street journal" put out, they eliminated -- they do not include the predicate, the beginning phrases that produced that statement from the president. in the context of what was probably said ahead of that in terms of the questions they asked in his responses, its perfectly consistent to understand that the president said "id" probably have a good relationship with him. i think "the wall street jour...

>> reporter: and it was great you noted the time lapse between tweet 1 and 2 here as if it was a continuous conversation where clearly there was an intervening event of giving the president some update, one would presume, about the nature of his tweet and the impact of it. heres what the white house had previously said about this, with a statement in the old-fashioned way, an original kind of printed statement put out, not a tweet. the administration strongly opposes the usa rights amendment to ...

Shared that information with the trump campaign, if he discussed that information with the trump campaign. you do say at one point in your reporting that while he continued to, for months to try to arrange meetings between the trump campaign and the russian government, he kept senior campaign advisers abreast of those efforts to set up a meeting. but do we know if he was in communication with anybody else in the trump world about his information about what the russians were doing to intervene in...

Consumers, spending via their phones. so because its so easy now, people are heading to the store and off line to get their merchandise. >> neil: the amounts theyre spending that are increasing. why is that? the tax cut? feeling good? what? >> i think this has been a long time coming. prior to the recession, people were really upping their savings. they didnt feel as great about the economy. it a real combination of this consumer sentiment and a feeling that things will get better. yes, of cours...

And we are trying to keep families together, not separate it. and just to say that this is another issue, i think its a problem. so the courts ultimately will settle this. and im convinced that the courts will fall down on the side that the law of the land is exactly in tact. and what the president is trying to do is unconstitutional. >> yeah, he came to the united states legally, akayed ullah, this bangladeshi man, at 27 years old, once again, right now. because he did have relatives already li...

Statement that john dowd both michael and i know john from our years in the profession. think about the amazing statement he made this morning that a president cannot commit a crime when exercising his official acts. could the president, if a mobster came to him and said im going to give you a bribe. fire jim comey, go ahead. hes investigating me, and the president fires him and then the president cant be investigated for taking a bribe, for a violation of 18 usc 201? its absurd. thats not the k...

Other as has clearly been happening? didnt you expect that would happen? >> i suppose -- i dont know the technical nature of the offense of obstruction of justice, so youd have to ask someone whos a little more schooled up as a prosecutor. i know you had the governor on there a little while back. but theres been no indication yet of contact with russian officials or any kind of conspiracy that would give rise to a legal action on those grounds so far. >> well, how about this, the tweet that the ...