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Where we are is smack dab in the middle of an investigation. what prolongs it are continuous reports from the inside, people who are targets of the investigation who give additional information that the investigation needs to continue. if theres information about hope hicks role, if theres information about other key players who had a hand in trying to either obstruct, impede or do away with the investigation it will continue to be prolonged. its pretty much, wolf, has long as this investigation...

You know, has issues with the rule of law has set a different example, so its not surprising to see things like this happen. >> do you think that the president trump should testify, and the reason i ask is because theres people around the president, and now maybe members of the legal team saying, this does not rise to the threshold because theres nothing specifically alleged that the president has done. there might be people around the president, but not him per se. >> two different takes on it....

That the president said he was looking forward to answering questions from robert mueller. he thought that subject to my lawyer, subject to my attorneys. he then added that now were learning that apparently the attorneys think that the threshold for president of the united states to answer these kinds of questions has not been met and they dont want the president to do so. can they force, can mueller force the president to sit down and answer questions? >> sure, if the grand jury issues a subpoe...

Than the initial process. >> it is only easier in the sense that your facts have already been established but you still have to make a probable cause showing. the standard doesnt change. but a lot of the underlying work has been done. >> what is your cost-what is the level, that youll get useful fgs or what is the threshold that you have to prove that you need this tap. >> well you have to show that the person is probably -- probable cause, an agent of a foreign power. >> that is number one. >> ...

The national security understand is that the most important question that the question has to ask himself and perhaps some day soon herself when releasing information like this is is it in the best interest of u.s. national security. and so i think that as they ask themselves these questions about this and as we hear that the president may be planning to release this moemo has he said left night is whether or not releasing this memo actually does serve the purpose, a purpose thats beyond politic...

Property by china. >> president trumps attorneys are trying keep him from testifying in front of robert muellers team, they are arguing the special council has failed to meet the high threshold required to interview a president even though mr. trump has publically stated that he is looking forward to meeting with mueller, mr. trumps lawyers are asking that they are proved that the president is the only person that can give him the information he requires. >> a republican memo outlining abuses at...

Court. i presented many to the foreign intelligence -- >> there are several different levels. >> they are finished intelligence products, extraordinarily vetted. it has never been declassified that there was a fisa application. if the reporting was correct that there was a fisa application on an american affiliated with a campaign, that would garner the most amount of scrutiny. it would be considered highly sensitive. it would have been scrubbed really carefully and cautious in terms of the repr...

Yesterday with the names of oligarchs. he says it shows the u.s. is an unpredictable partner and calls it a hostile act. a lot of fire in the rhetoric between washington and moscow. and this also comes at the same time that we have found out that apparently there was a high-level delegation from the russian intelligence services that visited the u.s. last week including the cia. one of the people that the russians say was part of the delegation was the head of their foreign intelligence service ...

Sources familiar with the on going negotiations between special counsel bob mueller and the presidents lawyers, what were being told is right now the lawyers intend -- the presidents lawyers intend to push back and argue that the special counsel has not met the threshold they believe is ned to interview a president. now, as we all know, the president himself said he would love to meet with mueller, but has always maintained he was waiting for his lawyers to tell him what to do. as with everythin...

Of justice to you? >> im not a lawyer either. and i cant say legally or tech flickly, whether there meets the threshold for obstruction of justice. as a layman it sure does. >> do you think that rod rosenstein needs to come forward and explain what happened? and tell the whole story? >> well, thats up to him. i frankly, i wouldnt know what to advise him. whether that would make the situation worse, if he could clarify how he interpreted what the president nld. he may have interpreted it. and tha...