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Question. what does it mean when the president responds to more demands from the mueller probe by saying it should end? is that just an opinion or is it an admission that the president will stop this investigation? and if he were to stop it, is that obstruction of justice? weighty questions. so lets get after it with the senate minority whip, illinois democrat senator dick durbin. senator durbin, thank you for joining us on "prime time." what do you make of the presidents tweet? ill put it up fo...

American way," the judge said. president trump attacked the mueller investigation, and want to, saying paul manafort was being treated more harshly than mob boss al capone. another tweet saying, "this is a terrible situation an attorney jeff sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now." a direct order to the attorney general. the presidents attorney, rudy giuliani, said the president frequently uses twitter to express opinions and that is all he was doing today. >> he used the word "sh...

Today about the word "should" is not an order. what do you make of giulianis defense of what the president was saying today? >> i think its a very weak defense. and i will also say that it is a question for the jury as to whether should is an order or just an opinion. and i think that when presented to a jury, they would find in the context of all of the other tweets that the president has done and all the other actions that he has taken, including the firing of comey, that they would find that ...

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Also communication with robert mueller apparently a communication between the trump lawyers and robert mueller this week might have set off the tweets we started off today and some might have been co-written by the trump lawyers, including rudy giuliani last night. perhaps the word "should" was rudy giulianis idea last night. thats coming up. its the ford summer sales event and now is the best time to buy. man: (on tablet) preparing classic campfire trout. say what? trout. trout. alright. you do...

Rudy guilliani saying it was an opinion, not an order. >> he used the word should, he didnt use the word must. he at any time direct him to do it and hes not going to direct him to do it. >> reporter: still, it is the latest in an extraordinary series of rebukes from the president against his own attorney general. a source close to the president telling nbc news, mr. trump is constantly bashing sessions in private for recusing himself from the russia inquiry, that he simply cant get sessions out...

Him to. last week rudy giuliani said if you are going to obstruct justice, you do it quietly and secretly, not in public. he is insisting it is impossible to publically obstruct justice. today his defense turned on the meaning of the word "should". >> what it is is that we said its an opinion and he used his -- he used a medium that he uses for opinions, twitter. one of the good things about using that, if hes established a clear sort of practice now that he expresses his opinions on twitter. he...

Sharp look at that. also communication with robert mueller apparently a communication between the trump lawyers and robert mueller this week might have set off the tweets we started off today and some might have been co-written by the trump lawyers, including rudy giuliani last night. perhaps the word "should" was rudy giulianis idea last night. thats coming up. a hotel can make or break a trip. and at expedia, we dont think you should be rushed into booking one. thats why we created expedias ad...

Justice, you do it quietly and secretly, not in public. he is insisting it is impossible to publically obstruct justice. today his defense turned on the meaning of the word "should". >> what it is is that we said its an opinion and he used his -- he used a medium that he uses for opinions, twitter. one of the good things about using that, if hes established a clear sort of practice now that he expresses his opinions on twitter. he used the word "should ", not "must." there was no presidential di...

But first of all, lets go to what rudy giuliani is saying today about the word "should" is not an order. what do you make of giulianis defense of what the president was saying today? >> i think its a very weak defense. and i will also say that it is a question for the jury as to whether should is an order or just an opinion. and i think that when presented to a jury, they would find in the context of all of the other tweets that the president has done and all the other actions that he has taken,...