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That? when im facing situation with the president and every p lawyer in america thinks he would be a fool to testify. ive got a client who wants to testify. he said it yesterday. >> reporter: i did want to quote president trump in 2016. he said the mob takes the fifth amendment. if youre innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? rudy giuliani believes the special counsel is setting trap for the president. hes advising him not to go one-on-one with the president. >> well see how this play...

Semantics. the driver of the car is a murderer and what he did was a horrible, horrible, inexcusable thing. >> these remarks appeared to be unplanned and they were certainly significant. i think in a series of events that we have called significant in the trump era tonights fit the bill. were going to play those full remarks in full context later this hour. now, for immediate context and response, i want to bring in california congressman ted lu, heather mcgee. let me start with you. you look at...

Effort to get people cover for white supremacy. that cant be okay. im worried this will enable more people across the country to be hateful and openly and boldly racist like we saw in charlottesville. >> the david duke comment here. we dont always make a habit of showing what david duke is saying. it is newsworthy. he responded tonight. thank you president trump for your honesty and courage to quote tell the truth about charlottesville and condemn the leftist terrorists in the blm, i think a ref...

In charlottesville. ive been so moved by the out pouring of exactly the opposite impression of this country. that diversity is what makes our great. our people are what makes us strong. we all have to recognize that there are two sides of this story. there are two sides of the national story. one that says that the fight for the confederacy of white iss suprema supremacy, holding people in bondage is still something that needs to be elevated and celebrated and one that says that we have to keep ...

Nothing happened at the meeting that included several russians and top members of the trump campaign. >> i wonder why the secret service if this was nefarious, why did the secret service let these people in? donald trump jr. himself said things should have been done differently. have rg said that, that is not violation of the law, it is more process. >> problem being this, well, through the president had secret service protection, the president did, but after that interview, the secret service s...

Response. ive asked if the president personally tweeted this himself? we know he has great control over his twitter feed but there are times when staffers do tweet on his behalf. im waiting to get an answer back on those questions. were taxpayer dollars by extension of a federal employee being used or was this the president acting on his own? thomas? >> kelly odonnell reporting in new jersey for us. thanks again. coming from both the personal account as well as the presidential account for the 4...

Face-to-face. the fact that its -- there is an attempt here to make it secret doesnt solve the problem. what is even more concerning is the stories that are related to how this communication was going to happen, the notion that we would, as a u.s. government official have these conversations over a foreign governments communication system really shows a staggering lack of understanding of the place of the u.s. in the world, and really a remarkable lack of common sense. >> i want you to listen to...

Probe intensifies, wall street journal is reporting that president is now actively considering major changes in the white house, including shaking up his senior team. mr. trump reportedly has been discussing the possible changes during his overseas trip that could include replacing sean spicer as press secretary and having his tweets vetted by his lawyers. and hillary clinton in her toughest attack on president trump since losing the election is publicly now raising the specter of impeachment. i...

To keep us safe. we will have the finest equipment in the world, planes, ships and everything else. we will give our military the tools you need to prevent war and, if required, to fight war and only do one thing. you know what that is? win, win! >> and yesterday we got an indication of what that war might be. "the washington post" is reporting that the pentagon is pushing to expand the u.s. militarys role in a planned assault on raqqah, isis capital in syria. joining me now, ted lu, general bar...