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2020, this friday. so buckle, up the crowd source portion of this is getting ready for takeoff, and theres likely more turbulence ahead that does it for us tonight, were gonna see you agai tomorrow now, it is time for the last word with jonathan capehart, i for lawrence hey jonathan >> haley was, yeah i guess were gonna keep the conversation going about donal trump, at the top of our show, so thank you very much for tha handoff. 2020 tie, hasnt been a good year for donald trump. and 20...

Martin luther king jr. s friend, john lewis, gets tonights last word. Up next, new reporting white house chief of staff john kelly warned epa director skon pruitt the scandals had to end. Thats on The 11th Hour with Brian Williams and that starts now. Tonight, the president may feel relief, but hes not off the hook in the Russia Investigation. As new questions emerge about him being a subject. And legal advice for donald trump is offered up this evening on fox news. Plus what happens when Robert...

I think he was trying to do what he thought was right. but he really started to conflate in his mind what makes the fbi look good and what is justice. as a result, one candidate was treated unfairly. >> the fetelings about hillary clinton and jim comey are mentioned in the book as well. heres a portion of what he had to say. >> hillary clinton wrote in a book i shfd her. that sound like i was trying to knife her. i was trying to save hillary clinton. i hope both will is read this and see a deepl...

Investigate? >> he is not supposed to. >> but he could, right? >> i suppose. but -- >> im just saying he could. thats all. >> he could ask them to look into it. he cant milwaukee them bring an indictment. he could say i want you to look into this. they could say, thank you very much. we have looked into it. heres our conclusion. but it shouldnt happen that waugh. chris, the reason im harping on this a little bit is we have seen of the course of the mueller investigation communications between th...

And his wife, who represents mark corallo, a one-time spokesperson for the presidents legal team, who walked out the door, said he would have nothing to do with the team after he thought there was a directive from hope hicks and perhaps higher up to lie, to craft a statement aboard air force one that amounted to a lie about don jr.s meetings with russians. and i ask you this because carols reporting brings the obstruction of justice case back into the spotlight. we talk alternatively about the c...

Clearly had a lot of contact with some interesting russians. whether or not they were engaged in a conspiracy to defraud our government, well see. but what we have reported over the last several months makes clear that the president still views this investigation itself as illegitimate and has said privately to his aides that he wishes he could fire rosenstein, that he wishes he could fire mueller, he wishes this would end. i think it was in february, you must forgive me on my memory of the date...

That their status couldnt change and they couldnt become a target at another hour. is there some concern that theres something that could transspire in the course of an interview that could change the presidents status? >> well, sure. so he could admit truthfully, which seems unlikely, his role in certain events, including an obstruction of justice. or you can just become a target having been a subject because the prosecutors and investigators learn more about you as time rolls on. these are all...

Ultimately kick this to the political process. the other branch of government to handle. because the justice department, again, under this legal finding, is not able to prosecute a sitting president. >> chuck rosenberg, let me ask you about that sound that we played at the top of the show. that was joe digenova. he was a candidate to be added to the presidents legal team about the time that if you sort of wind back the clock based on carol and robert acostas reporting, it would be about the time...

Clear that the president still views this investigation itself as illegitimate and has said privately to his aides that he wishes he could fire rosenstein, that he wishes he could fire mueller, he wishes this would end. i think it was in february, you must forgive me on my memory of the dates, last night feels like last year. >> its been a blur for you, im sure. >> but if my memory serves, in february the president was speaking about -- maybe it was january -- the nunes memo. again, if anyone re...

>> well, sure. so he could admit truthfully, which seems unlikely, his role in certain events, including an obstruction of justice. or you can just become a target having been a subject because the prosecutors and investigators learn more about you as time rolls on. these are all categories in which -- and in which people do and can shift. the fact that youre a subject one day, nicole, certainly doesnt mean you cant be a target the next. that can come out of your own mouth or it can come out of ...