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President trump talks to mueller. >> you and i are reading the tea leaves every day as it relates to this strategy from the presidents legal team. what do you make of what we saw over the weekend? >> i know rudy giuliani is the presidents lawyer but i have a hard time taking anything he says seriously because hes contradicted himself so many times and hes -- it seems like hes making up these deadlines. i know hes saying robert mueller said this will be wrapped up by september 1st. id be surprise...

Reference back to a letter from the outside counsel. i understand but its also pertaining to a letter from the presidents outside counsel, and therefore i cant answer i >> i cant answer it. well, at least today she couldnt, because she was more than happy to answer questions about last august. and nitively. >> can you clarify the degree to which the president -- >> he certainly didnt dictate, but, you know, he, like i said, he weighed in, offered suggestion, like any father would do. >> well, of...

Going to see this as now youre harassing my family. hes going to. >> is ivanka trump a daughter only or is she an operative for the president, as well? >> shes an operative for the president and shes been in the room at key moments in the trump russia timeline. she was there when he made the decision to fire comey, she was on the plane home helping with the don junior statement. >> isnt the smart move to interview trump first, then after you got all you can out of him, you go to her and donald j...

Most people must feel like it is a great honor. in a statement, he points out that president trump has been quoted on the record describing how proud he is to live in the white house. he told the "new york times" its a beautiful residence. very elegant. part of the problem for this president is that he has been caught so many 250i78s in misstatements and lies that you could not blame people for being skeptical what do you make of this? >> when it comes to misstatements and lies, let me remind ev...

That got, i guess, leaked, if you want to say, but the "wall street journal" and was then obtained. and he talks about this being the greatest speech the boy scouts ever had. and yet the boy scouts actually reliev released a statement, saying we apologize for this. from big to small, does the pattern -- this pattern that seems to be created in this white house that doesnt matter what it is, that they will put their own spin on it, make it impossible for them to move forward on any level, whether...

Facts, being disproven by investigative reporters. and then claiming the facts dont really matter. it was fatherly love, et cetera. >> yeah. >> in this particular case. i would also add that i wonder how we can continue believing that don junior is running the trump organization on his own when he needs daddy to help him, you know, fix this public statement when he already has a team of lawyers. so clearly, trump, the father, is quite involved in the actions that don junior is involved in. so ho...

He knew anything about it, that he directed it. then we have the reporting in your paper, and then secondarily, i think it was by the "new york times," saying, oh, no, he dictated this statement to hope hicks. and even then, yesterday at the press briefing, and its going to be interesting to see what sarah has to say today -- sarah huckabee sanders. she said, well, you know, its like any dad. sort of like, you know, he was just sort of looking over his shoulder a little bit, trying to give him a...

On them. thats why congress acted. it is an overwhelming majority. he hasnt done it that quietly. hes acted like he does with things when he doesnt get his way and put out this statement, questioning the constitutionality of this. but youre exactly right. he was headed for an overwhelming override and he doesnt have the political capital at this point to do it. >> he doesnt like it. he thinks it limits how he can -- what he believes -- >> and it does -- >> -- is exercise his constitutional power...

The committee in the senate, is going to work with democrats now and try to stabilize these markets. youve had a statement by 43 evenly divided almost members of the house of representatives saying they want to work in a bipartisan manner to relieve small businesses of some of the mandates of obamacare. but on the other hand, stabilize the markets. so i think theres a recognition on the part of a lot of republicans that they own outcomes, regardless of what happens. and lets see what we can do o...

And, of course, what this bill does is to punish russia for meddling in the u.s. election. it comes, of course, against the backdrop of those investigations on capitol hill into russias meddling, as well as the special counsel looking into any potential link between the trump campaign and russia. what does this legislation do? it locks in existing russian sanctions. it adds new ones targeting defense in the intelligence sector. it expands sanctions on the russian energy sector. it also gives con...