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Theyre not a constitutional crisis. that doesnt freak him out at all because it looks like hes comfortable taking us to the brink, but its not the sort of specter of firing the ag. it is people asking questions he doesnt want to answer about his businesses and his family. >> well, not only that, it is -- this is a president who very much likes to be in control. he likes to call the shots. thats where he feels the most comfortable. and his whole life he has been able to do that and now hes in a p...

Moments after that today said on live television, those were the most cynicalra, given by a president in his lifetime. president trump today at the white house. lets talk about all of it. with us tonight, robert costa is back with us, national political reporter for "the washington post" and moderator of washington week on pbs. vivian salama, white house reporter for the "associated press." welcome to you both. robert, what about the presidents tone? and language and his relationship with this i...

Talk to him and other senators they knew that the base was not as stewing as much for this repeal and replace as they have in past years. they wanted to get rid of the president obamas signature law but the appetite and enthusiasm to move this forward among conservatives and moderates just wasnt there. they came face-to-face with that reality this week. >> robert, the language was striking in part because the expression dont own it, is a term of art in politics usually confined to political meet...

How did he hold on to a position in trump world where he gets that kind of favorable treatment on the loans. >> he came in at a time when trump was worried about having the nomination stolen from him. if there is one thing we know paul manafort is good at running a delegate operation. he did that for trump. but trump never had the faith in he had him in in like he did in cory lewandowski. manafort never clicked with him he tied trump bridled at every stage. when i mafrpt was bringing bd headline...

But trump never had the faith in he had him in in like he did in cory lewandowski. manafort never clicked with him he tied trump bridled at every stage. when i mafrpt was bringing bd headlines trump zaded he had to go. >> here is the passage in which the president has to sprain that he is not a baby. im reading straight from the book. by the way this is pretty much what im about to read as you pretty much every other page of this book. there is a stunning back stage scene on every other stanl n ...

Him busy keep him preoccupied with substantive issues and not fretting stewing over watching the cable tv coverage of the russia matter. >> jill im coming to you after a break. our conversation is going to continue. our panel will remain in place. when we come back, what to infer from the top lawyer in the land, the attorney general, needing -- requiring and hiring a personal lawyer. much more we we come back. you doyoull see whatet but in youre really made of. after five hours of spinning and o...

Its technology week at the white house just as it was infrastructure week a couple weeks ago. there are a lot of initiatives at the white house and meetings theyre trying to put on the presidents schedule to keep him busy, keep him preoccupied with substantive issues and not fretting stewing over watching the cable tv coverage of the russia matter. >> jill im coming to you after a break. our conversation is going to continue. our panel is going to remain in place. when we come back, what to infe...

Pu but there are other aspects its technology we can at the white house just as it was infrastructure week a couple weeks ago. there are a lot of initiatives at the white house and meetings theyre trying to put on the presidents schedule to keep had him busy keep him preoccupied with substantive issues and not fretting stewing over watching the cable tv coverage of the russia matter. >> jill im coming to you after a break. our conversation is going to continue. our panel will remain in place. wh...

Himself. now that these charges of possible obstruction of justice and he had this role and perhaps the firing of james comey because the president trump said he did it on his recommendation, now theres a lot of questions about whether he would recuse himself and he said today, his spokesman said that he will recuse himself if and when its deemed necessary. >> the president also said that despite all the recommendations, he would have fired comey under any circumstances. he wanted clearly to get...

The raesh probe causing new tension ath top officials at the justice department. evan perez broke this story moments ago. evan, we know that the president is -- has been at least stewing, if not angry at rosenstein. whats happening inside the justice department? >> i got to tell you rod rosenstein is also getting some of the same pressures inside the justice department. theres a lot of displeasure by people surrounding the attorney general jeff sessions of the fact that rod rosenstein is the one...