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Will he or wont he? today the presidents lawyer and pr man, rudy giuliani, told nbc that a sitdown interview between president trump and robert mueller looks unlikely. giuliani said, quote, it does not look good but its not finally decided. this after the president told reuters that hes concerned that sitting down with mueller could be a perjury trap. doug burns is a former federal prosecutor and back with us here on set. shannon pettypiece is a white house reporter with bloomberg news. shannon,...

Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. day 578 of the trump administration. and tonight the president of the united states is coming off a vicious string of personal attacks, comparing people to dogs and rats and calling robert mueller discredited and disgraced. he is neither. and now tonight the president is talking about what is at the heart of all of it. the russia investigation. now that he knows his white house lawyer has testified fully before the mueller team....

He doesnt get my room. hes only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40s. joining us, once again, for his first sitdown interview since president trump revoked his security clearance in an unprecedented move this week, former cia director john brennan. director brannan, thank you again for being here. i want to ask you about this break...

And he takes advantage of the media crush and any time he talks or going on television and talk to a report and that phone call is return and that interview is booked and is there there there? if this is all just for show, and the hopes of a attracting investment, this could go away very quickly and be not very impactful at all. >> that is -- good to think about. who is he trying to attract at this moment? this is the first time hes ever done a sitdown with msnbc and we also are looking at midte...

Moments ago, the white house would not disclose the number of african-american staffers who work with the president in the west wing. but sarah sanders says diversity is important to this administration. >> were going to continue trying to diversify this staff. we have a large number of diverse staffers from various backgrounds, both race, religion, gender. >> how many staffers are there -- >> look, im not going to go through and do a count. the same way im not going to do a sitdown and count on...

Religion, gender. >> how many black staffers are there in this building? >> im not going to do a count. the same way im not going to do a sitdown and count on the staffers that are in your news organizations. >> 13% of the country is african-american. >> and we would love to diversify our staff and continue to do so. we do think its important. were going to continue to work to make that happen. raquel? >> sarah, thank you very much. about the election last night. we are seeing the democrats embr...

And the answer is does he have something special up his sleeve? the answer is clearly no. it really was an overwhelming case and its so strong on paper. the best line of the day, greg andres, the star witnesses here are the documents. the evidence to all observers, anyone whos watched it from the beginning, is overwhelming. and i think the only possibility -- there wouldnt even be more than one or two holdouts. that is the best hope now, however, for manafort. theres just -- theres just no possi...

>> if they would let me catch in place of sanchez, i would have that music. brian: everythings going to be all right. >> hit well. brian: when the president hired you he hoped everything was going to be all right. >> he plays it every time i walk into the office. [laughter] ainsley: breaking news. steve: talk about the situation with the president and any legal peril he might face with robert mueller. what is the very latest? we have heard you and mueller have had conversations and the drop dead...

Quetara. thanks for sticking around. what is president trumps end game as you continues that attack against him own attorney general? >> so poor jeff sessions, right? scared stiff and missing in action, some of the harshest words the president has used with regards to jeff sessions. thats really saying something given the repeated attacks on jeff sessions over the last few months, over the last 18 months, just over and over again attacks on jeff sessions. we know the president is not pleased wit...

Have a book out there saying it with anecdotes and insider accounts. that is something that is catnip for his critics, particularly. >> ken vogel, the "new york times." happy belated birthday, ken. and thank you very much for your time as well. up next, the interview. whats the real objective of the trump legal teams negotiations with the mueller team over a possible sitdown with the president of the united states?