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Interest rates faster in a few years. that could be, you know, a possible recessionary risk. it also means anybody who owes money will probably be paying a little bit more to borrow. >> eddie, is this frustrating for someone like you? because president trump touts himself as the business guy. people say we like these tax cuts. we like the bigger paycheck. but knowing whats going to happen in a few years, nobody thinks about a few years. >> it frustrates the hell out of me to be honest. at the he...

Instead first listing him at $100 million. nothing to sniff at but far low thaern he was claiming. he discovered trump was worth less than $5 million at the time. well below the list threshold. >> its a consummate con man and figured out what to do in order to deceive me and get onto that list. and he did it very well. and he maintained that persona of just sort of talking about his assets without any sense of debt and lying about it. >> reporter: greenberg is only reporting all of this now beca...

Either one? howard, you first. >> i think obviously a big question for the rule of law in american politics. right? this president obviously, and for the entirety not only of his campaign but also his presidency, theres short 14 months or so as its been, has perceived himself as above the law. i think hes testing the limits of that threshold. at some point well hear an argument that maybe bingrings h down to earth. >> i think maybe ag watched nikki haley as a way to push back against the preside...

Wealthiest americans. >> and its been pretty well consolidated, okay? so thats one point that you can -- >> now, is that including the residential units? >> yes, everythings been consolidated, basically, now and over the last couple of years, theyve been working on it. >> reporter: as "forbes" was launching its now-famous list of superwealthy millionaires and billionaires, trump, speaking as himself, was in regular contact with "forbes" reporter, jonathan greenberg, who is researching the candid...

Superwealthy millionaires and billionaires, trump, speaking as himself, was in regular contact with "forbes" reporter, jonathan greenberg, who is researching the candidates. trump said his family was worth some $900 million and repeatedly argued that he was wealthier than others. >> and then you mentioned other names and theres no contest. i mean, theres no contest. >> reporter: "forbes" didnt take trump at his words, instead, first listing him at $100 million. nothing to sniff at, but far lower...

Over what? i mean whats there to flip over? >> alex, you hit the nail on the head. if there is no crime there is nothing to flip on. the problem with michael cohen is that there seems to be evidence of a crime. a search warrant can only be issued by a judge if there is probable cause that a crime occurred. thats the same standard to arrest somebody. so prosecutors probably had enough evidence to issue an arrest warrant at the time. usually they dont want to do this for she is very complex cases ...

Mens rea and the state of mind that would be necessary to get to the level of obstruction of justice for robert mueller to charge that. i dont see it here. i think it corroborates the testimony you heard from james comey earlier and theres nothing more there. >> what about others who testified to robert mueller about their meeting when he said, i want everybody to get out of the office. if they -- you know, they -- their memos. >> i dont doubt the accuracy of the event. certainly i think it took...

Trump tower, acknowledging he believes hes dealing with classified matters, and writes, im not sure of the proper classification here. please let me know if it should be higher or lower. also today, we were able to confirm through a source familiar with the probe that the inspector general at the justice department is investigating comeys handling of the memos, including whether classified information was given to unauthorized sources, so someone not in a need to know, like the columbia law scho...

Self-preservation and, you know, to the extent ill defer to the lawyers that at least i read the same things they read, which is he does have a lot of vulnerability on this side on the stormy daniels side. you would just think self-preservation would keep him quiet. >> i want to bring in the lawyers now. stormy daniels lawyer, michael avenatti, jack, says what the president tweeted could be defamation. how do you see it? >> i think the defamation case, frankly, is a little bit hard. im not sayin...

Stormy daniels lawyer, michael avenatti, jack, says what the president tweeted could be defamation. how do you see it? >> i think the defamation case, frankly, is a little bit hard. im not saying he couldnt succeed there, but, you know, stormy daniels is now whats called a public figure and the threshold for demonstrating that shes been defamed is higher than for, you know, an unknown person. that said, i think michael avenatti has been enormously successful already. i think that the contract th...