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Going about the business of executing the legislative agenda. >> so, again, these are going to be interviews, not under oath. hopefully i didnt misspeak by talking about on the record or not, but just not under oath. so then, paige, somewhere down the line there are likely to be testimonies from these same players. meantime, we understand reportedly that the president, the white house is looking into the power of the pardon. and whether the president would be able to pardon family members, aides...

Other things with our panel now. richard painter is a former white house ethics lawyer. matthew whitaker is the executive director of the foundation for accountability and civic trust. good to see you both. all right. so, richard, i guess these protections, for lack of a better word, that manafort, kushner, and don junior are getting and having these private hearings or testimonies, do you believe in any way this is kind of a precursor to what any potential hearing would be like? >> they should ...

Testimonies, whether theyre going to be public or private, goes to credibility. we are talking about this, anderson, in the shadow of what to me has been an astounding 24-hour news cycle. this just broke, the sessions thing just broke before we went on the air. we have two other astounding pieces of journalism from the "new york times" and i think "the washington post" as well, one much which talking about how the trump campaign is trying to discredit robert muller. the second one talks about ho...

About the upcoming interviews involving key players in donald trumps orbit. lets talk about all of this with my panel, the executive director of the new york state democratic party, cnn legal analyst paige pate and cnn political commentator alex stewart. so upcoming interviews is what the terminology is of donald trump jr., paul manafort, formerly the campaign manager of the trump campaign, and even jared kushner who is an advisor to the president right now. so, paige, help us understand the dis...

>> he has already lied. >> lets just find out, mr. attorney general -- >> he has already lied. >> please give us the answers. >> dont you think thats where it will wind up? >> dont you think after two testimonies under oath he would have already answered that question? >> thats a problem. >> now it will be a third testimony under oath. >> he has to go back and clean up, no question about that. this is where it will wind up. he will go back and answer questions, but it doesnt mean were going to f...

The russia probe is moving forward on capitol hill with a slew of testimonies. coming up next week. among the invited guests donald trump jr. and campaign chairman paul manafort. senator chuck grassley is threatening subpoenas if both dont agree to appear. jared kushner agreed to speak with other senator the in a closed session. manu raju has details. what are they saying about these requests for trump jr. and paul manafort? >> reporter: theyre saying they need to respond by tomorrow and tell th...

Was standing. if they cannot reach that all four of them saying yes, they will actually have two commissioners on standby in las vegas call in and they will hopefully, for o.j. simpsons case, you know, produce those four votes necessary to grant him parole. so were waiting for that. again, that could happen any moment now. meantime, cnn legal analyst here, we heard two different, you know, testimonies, one, this friend and victim of o.j. simpsons, but first we heard from his daughter. we heard f...

Insight not a required criteria or release on parol? >> it is not. now, there are -- the board does note, in some of its factors when mitigating factor of remorse could be noted, but its generally only applied, for example, if a person committed a crime and they immediately went and confessed or turned themselves in because of their remorse. but, and thats the only time that factors in. but the board does not require that an inmate state or indicate that they are remorseful. >> there was some ta...

that hurts trump as well. >> again, weve heard repeatedly the president refer to it as a witch hunt. let me ask you quickly about the end of this week. some big testimony. jared kushner, donald trump jr. will be speaking to lawmakers on capitol hill next week about that june 2016 meeting. what do they expect to come out of it with those two testimonies? >> well, with kushner thats going to happen behind closed doors, and a lot of it will focus on why didnt he disclose these meetings until rec...

mccain. he survived worse. you know, based on what lindsey graham probably his bff in the senate has said, you know, you talk to mccain for about five minutes. mccain talked to the defense authorization bill in health care. you know, its going to be interesting to see how it proceeds. especially because -- this is health care hitting home. this is a win one for the gipper type situation for the republican party because that and maybe $200 billion extra in medicaid to help for those expansion ...