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Be able to pull it out. >> how often do recounts actually change the outcome of an election? >> most recounts do not actually change the outcome and most election contests do not succeed. however, its not freakishly rare for that to occur. as we indicated here, there are some reasons to think that a disproportionate number of the ballots still to be counted might lean democratic. >> okay, steven mullroy, thank you very. next, who is stephen whitaker? alright, i brought in ensure max protein...

Actually sort of spinning off discrete subparts of the investigation to u.s. attorneys office. which again i think is not at all unusual. >> kind of par for the course as has been the general consensus. yes. >> okay, steven mullroy, thank you for joining us from san francisco. breaking news to go over this hour. denucleari denuclearizing, the deal to denuclearize north korea. the norths official news agency said a deal may be heading downhill now. because the u.s. is demanding unilateral den...

New developments this hour in the russia investigation, the "associated press" has obtained a letter from june of last year, written by the lawyers for president trump to the special counsel. unleashing an attack on former fbi director james comey. calling him machiavellien. it comes as the its written that the special counsel robert mueller needs to prove before mr. trump would agree to an interview that he has evidence that mr. trump committed a crime. joining me now former prosecutor and law ...

Required to report it either as a contribution from cohen or expenditure by himself. thats the most important admission right there. now, giuliani has since tried to walk that back. and i think they are thing that mr. giuliani said that was somewhat problematic that he suggested that mr. trump reimbursed mr. cohen over a series of payments over months, which i think indicates those payments at least continued into president trumps presidency. and if thats the case, then even if it wasnt connecte...

Professor at the university of memphis steven mullroy. welcome back to the broadcast. lets talk about the additional problems that these admissions by giuliani may have created for the president. blah do you see there? >> well, alex, a couple of things, the original giuliani statement from the day before yesterday before he walked it back good that statement you just read created a number of legal problems for president trump. first and foremost, he seemed to indicate there was some motivation a...

Honestly, is that i think a lot of people do wish that he would practice a little bit more restraint, especially as far as twitter is concerned. as somebody thats in the business of advising candidates and what we see play out on twitter day in and day out is what most people would say not to do. so i think most people, he would practice a little bit more restraint and stay on message and on the issues. because hillary clinton is not on the ballot in 2018. and republicans have been in control of...

Prosecutor, steven mullroy. i want to talk about where all this talk about the presidents mental stability fits into the picture legally. and that means taking a closer look at the 25th amendment. we have "the weekly standards" bill kristol who tweeted out in part, i trust that vp has asked his counsel to draft a document transferring power in case its suddenly needed and hes discussed this with chief of staff kelly. so explain what all of this means. >> sure, well, alex, under the 25th amendmen...

Visitors that day. but what would they get from this aside from exchange of pleasantries in an elevator and could ivanka face any charges for speaking with them? >> its interesting. if all it really was just an exchange of pleasantries, then i dont think its really relevant in any legal sense, nor would it justify, you know, broadening the investigation to look into ivankas activities. but if they actually talked substance about, you know, assistance that the russians could provide, any kind of,...

Athletes there to pyeongchang. that said, lets bring in lauren zelt and adrienne elrod. with a good morning to you both, im sure youre aware of the presidents repeating that there is no collusion, its dead, hes repeated it many, many times over the last months or so. but, adrienne, with you being someone whos worked on the clinton campaign, what is your reaction to these charges of collusion and the presidents constant claims that theres nothing to it? >> well, a couple things, alex. first of al...

Past is the past, move on. >> but president trump seems to have a very difficult time moving on from the clintons. a couple of things. number one, if donald trump wants to nip this speculation about his mental health in the bud, then, you know, go get a physical examination and release those results to the public by a doctor whos well-respected. if he truly does not have any mental health issues. number two, during the campaign, alex, you probably will recall that we used the term "hillary clint...