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Thank you. >> thank you. >> you know who was taken by trumps tweet in support of michael stone? his friend, caputo. hes using it to help stone pay his mounting legal fees. he had to answer questions from the mueller team himself. he knows its very expensive and is here to make the case about why he is doing what hes doing. next.

Come out, not one and then the other. >> and more important than the president is what he owes the american people. >> yeah. >> i agreed. >> and thats a full disclosure of whats in the report and the attorney general of the acting or whatever -- >> it should all come out. >> -- should not and cannot hold anything back -- >> unless its something of national security -- >> no, let us decide whether theres something that is sensitive -- >> the medias not making that call. >> thank god for the leaks...

Doing that and lying when you can be prosecuted for that lie. >> this president -- >> and lying under oath is a very different thing than political hyperbole and other exaggeration -- >> rick has a point, christine. thats why the president didnt want to testify in front of mueller. other than his boasts to jonathan karl, i cant wait to do it under oath -- >> you answered the question. >> but he wouldnt do it under oath. >> you wouldnt tell your children its okay to lie on these things, but not w...

We have more on that later in the show. first, it is another big week for the russia investigation. the special counsel is due to make three crucial court filings, sentencing memos from michael flynn, michael cohen and with paul manafort. with manafort, well likely learn what hes been lying about with flynn and mueller. with cohen, we will get a sense of how they have been helpful. we already know the president is worried, right? hes been sending out tweets that have his lawyers in lather, i w...

With ties to trump and/or his campaign to plead guilty in the russia probe. think about that. four of them for making false statements involving contacts with russia. and now the latest, paul manafort, he stands accused of lying to the fbi, even during his plea arrangement, and we will very soon likely know what that was about. the question is, why do so many people around this president feel the need to lie about russia? and why does he feel the need to be so sympathetic to vladimir putins caus...

>> even this president -- >> oh, even this president. you dont know what he did and dont. >> well, you dont either, chris. none of us know, but i cant imagine that this president would tell someone to lie. i mean, that would be -- particularly given fact -- >> really? >> yeah, i cant. no -- >> the man lies with a lacrity, when the truth is a better story for him. rick, what are you talking about? >> look, theres a difference between someone who on occasion does stretch the truth when it comes --...

Asking roger stone to give witness that he somehow or another notified the president of something that went on with wikileaks. and roger knows that he never did that. so, he will not state that if hes asked. hes not going to be the source of that kind of information, because being that source would mean that hes lying -- >> but nobodys asking him to lie. >> like jerry corsi was asked to lie. >> there is an assumption that people are asking him to say some things that are untrue. whos asking him ...

Why? mueller makes clear he knows exactly who the third person is, that they filed the trip with expenses that was part of this group. so he knows all the things he knew about the other two. why no charge? because it indicates that mueller had a method, that he would go after people equally and then see who was most susceptible to cooperation, a cooperator inside the troll factory. sure enough, what happens in july? mueller brings charges against 12 russian intelligence officers for hacking the ...

Going to show it to you and show you why it suggests that the president has good reason to be worried. -happ happy hanukkah to all jewish brothers and sisters. lets get after it. now, before we start tonight, let me say god bless the soul of president george herbert walker bush. my condolences to his family, my gratitude for their and the presidents service. his passing would always be too soon for his loved ones. but for the country, it comes at a perfect time to remember a very different ty...

Fact that theres going to be a one-sided report that comes out thats going to be damning. i have no doubt its going to be a damning report. i think it would be nice if they shared that report with the president and he had an opportunity to actually have a rebuttal to that when it comes out. i mean, that way, at least the story -- >> i think they are planning to do exactly that. >> yeah. >> i hope they do that. i do. i know thats one of the things ive heard. but it would be absolutely essential f...