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Respond but i would make it known to mr. putin that we will take aggressive action. i think we should take action today because of what has happened far more than weve already done. >> lets get to another sensitive issue. cnn has learned that the special counsel robert mueller is offering to limit the questions he asks about possible obstruction of justice, if theres a sitdown interview with the president. hes open to having president trump answer some questions in written form. what does that t...

Possible that any other witness will tell the truth different than yours? and if the answer to that is yes, in 53 years, ive never had a client sit down with a prosecutor. innocent, guilty or in between. so, you are absolutely right that for the most part, if you are completely innocent, the risks are lower, but there are risks, even if you are innocent. if you have people who are being squeezed. remember that judge ellis said about manafort that theyre not really interested in him, theyre tryin...

Already several witnesses in on just day two. all of it as the 11th hour gets underway on a wednesday night. good evening from our nbc news headquarters in new york. this was one more in a string of extraordinary days in our country. because this was what we woke up to from the president of the united states. quote, attorney general jeff sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country even further. perhaps just as extraordinary, nothing happened aft...

Sets of attorneys actually now. giuliani has told nbc news that theyre making progress in the negotiations. we seem to hear that about once a month. are the president and his legal team just trying to avoid being subpoenaed and having that public fight? and what are they so afraid of when it comes to this sitdown? joining me now is somebody who knows about questioning a president under investigation, sol wisenberg. welcome back. >> thanks. >> in january is when "the times" first reported and joh...

Iran deal that the previous administration had. irans currency is crumbling. they need to have some sort of coming to the table with the united states. so the president offered to have a sitdown. iran is continuing to murder innocent americans and other westerners across the middle east. >> people understand that but in terps of who the american public should listen to, the president with no preconditions or secretary of state pompeo. >> i think of course you should listen to the president but ...

Was to arrange a possible back channel communication between the u.s. and russia. but the uae connection could expand humanlmuellers investig. nader has been cooperating with investigators. perhaps the biggest question is what if anything mueller has in store for president trump. including whether he obstructed justice. >> i think that really that obstruction piece will be the final element of this. and that what well more likely see is sort of these dots being connected. >> reporter: looming la...

>> everybody would do the same thing im doing, we just have the opportunity. >> we will continue to follow your story, cowboy 911 on facebook. thanks. are the top story donald trump ramping up his attacks on robert mueller, what appears to be his harshest most personal critique yet, the presidents legal team it is unlikely the president will sit for a voluntary interview with mueller. jonathan hunt as the latest on the russian probe. >> reporter: the door is not completely shut on the idea of th...

Republicanses. republicans. tomorrow hell go to the other side with a one on one with joe mamanchin. manchin is one of two democrat to schedule a sitdown with kavanaugh, the other one being joe damagely of indiana slighted to meet the judge. supreme court experts say tomorrows meeting kicks off the real start of kavanaughs process and the pressure for him to ace the meetings is enormous. its the chance for him to lay down building blocks to build meaningful relationships with the other side of t...

>> i think you kind of have to. >> kimberly, from a military standpoint weve seen the rhetorical back and forth here. but youve got sources all up and down the u.s. military and international military. any signs that anything has changed in terms of military disposition over the last several days? no direct indications right now, just the normal, you know, trolls watching each other, waiting to see if somebody is going to try to get in someone elses territory, get in someone elses face to create...

Politicized these agencies. >> the president is not making baseless accusations of improper contact in foreign government and accusing the president of the united states of treasonist activity. when you have the highest level of security clearance, when youre the person that holds the nations deepest, most sacred secrets at your hands and you go out and make false accusations against the president of the united states, he thinks that is a -- something to be very concerned with. >> reporter: but ...