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He said hed love to sit down and talk to him. he said he would do so under oath. he changed his tune from a few weeks ago, he hedged and didnt say that. he left it open. today he was very straightforward in he wants to sit down with him face-to-face. ty cobb, the white house lawyer, released a statement shortly after the president made those comments, don, saying "while mr. trump was speaking hurriedly before leaving for davos, continues complete cooperation with the office of the special counse...

And this is where the prosecutors will pin him down and want him to be specific. and so thats why phils point is so important. it could take an hour to get one answer. >> right. but if he did give an answer like this in pretty short course, norm, what would this mean in the context of this investigation, where if this interview is under oath or whatever, you know, hes got exposure to telling the truth, what would this mccabe answer mean? >> well, if he does something like this, say its a very si...

Role in this. i doubt hell do the questioning. hes not an ego guy. furthermore, hes not the expert on every single minute detail in this case. i think the couple of points id be watching on this, there is no way, no way that mueller will agree to anything but an in-person interview. you can give factual responses on paper to things like financial transactions papers, but youve got to get io a back and forth if the president gives an answer for example on your time line engagement with the russia...

So now were in a different setting, and its a subject he doesnt like, and hes sitting with one of investigators and his counsel. and they ask him about one of these things, did you say this, and i says, i dont think i said it. i dont know what the big deal is. how does that play in that setting in. >> as a prosecutor, and i thi phil is 100% right that you need a lot of time because i expect this would happen. you will have every single record of every conversation, every e-mail, whatever is rele...

The team will not let that happen. thats why the time is so significant. if he riffs for 15 minutes, theyre going to come back and say, mr. president, that wasnt the question. the question was, did anybody ever discuss with you the meeting with the russian lawyer last june? yes or no? >> all right. im out of time but just quick show of hands. who thinks well ever get to see a interrupt or any video of this interview? >> 100% you will. >> i think transcript, not video. >> philip? >> i would say t...

Didnt see a need for an interview, because there was no collusion, i wouldnt be surprised if at some future point he says, no, im not going to do an interview, well have to see, one of the hallmarks of this presidency is not consistency. >> well, its just interesting when he says hes looking forward to it, because most people arent even looking forward to jury duty. why would you be looking forward to speaking to a special council that could get you into some trouble especially with perjury or w...

Questions on a range of issues from immigration to his chief of staff to possible interview with robert mueller. >> what was your take, jill? >> yeah, i mean my sense of it was, look, the president doesnt just barge into the chief of staffs office when reporters happen to be in there. my sense was that he very purposefully wanted to come into the office to talk up john kelly, to try to pushack o me rumors that the president is unhappy withis chief of staff. and then as he often does, he sees a g...

General motors came out with good news yesterday as well what they think in the forecast for the next two years time. >> the auto sector is doing very well. >> i think about supply and demand and you talk about immigration reform and the need for labor in america. im starting to hear these construction companies say you know what? were looking for employees. i think the danger there -- that could really undercut a lot of this growth right now if you need to pay employees a lot more money because...

President some of the paths this could take. its possible mueller could agree to written questions and answers from the president. if he did want to compel the president to a sit down interview, its possible if the president didnt want to do it, that he would need to subpoena him and that could unleash a whole other sort of legal process. so the president might now be aware he does have options and so we dont -- we will have to see what mueller wants from the president. >> keeping his options op...

Intelligence investigation going, whether maybe that was the impetus for that. if thats the case and its all based off this discredited dossier, this whole russia collusion narrative -- >> would you be concerned about him sitting down with an interview with robert mueller? >> if they dont have the goods on collusion, just tell him to finish the case. you dont really need to be doing that. theres also an issue thats little bit different with the president versus normal witness. hes the president....