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Chris christie is a lawyer and saying dont testify. but they also dont want to antagonize mueller which is why we heard them talk. >> grand jury subpoena, nuclear option, they have that, one would presume they would be able to get that? >> thats the club in the closet and they can bring that out. i think they are far better off to negotiate out front. i dont think its a surprise at all the presidents lawyers are negotiating with the mule tear team about are they going to be guard rails around th...

The flip side of the boycott on the democratic side and the political statement, a lot of democrats are bringing dreamers. one of the congressmen on the republican side putting out a statement that he has asked the capitol police to look out for illegal immigrants in case they would have to arrest them. nobody has gotten that memo. >> tension clearly mounting up on capitol hill. anderson, lets go to you. >> lets go to our panel, gloria borger, is this the final position of president trumps lawye...

Legal experts given the implications of any decision on the presidential testimony could have on the office of the presidency, erin. >> many cog out, pamela, they are saying you havent met this threshold the at least the way they define it. aggressive strategy. they are pushing back. will it work? or do they anticipate the president will appear before mueller for that interview? >> will it work is still an open question. but oftentimes in negotiations like this both sides start at op side sites ...

Intellectual property through strong enforcement of our trade rules. >> trump did not name china, but the u.s. is currently investigating chinese theft of american intellectual property that could spell more trade measures. last week the administration slapped tariffs on chinese solar panels. president trumps attorneys trying to keep him from testifying in front of robert muellers team, arguing the special counsel has failed to meet the high threshold required to interview a president even tho...

Given the resources of the three companies, they could disrupt health care. and that spooked health care stocks. shares of leading insurers and big drug companies and stores tanked yesterday. top insurer united health fell 4%, helping drive the dow down 360 points yesterday. the worst day for stocks since may. >> what a fascinating revelation from a few of the worlds richest men. president trumps attorneys trying to keep him from testifying in front of robert muellers team. theyre arguing the ...

New harder line and suggesting that the president will not speak to robert mueller, that robert mueller hasnt crossed some sort of threshold he needs to cross in order to secure that interview. i wondered if the white house has had any response to that reporting or if you can confirm it. >> no specific response, rachel, but heres what i can tell you about the strategy behind the scenes. we know these are very sensitive discussions that have been going on between the presidents legal team and the...

Glitter. its going to sardis for a review. >> youre saying for people who didnt watch the state of the union, there is a good way to catch up on it which is to watch chris matthews who will boil it, go through it for its essence and then tear it apart. >> nbcs kristen welker joins us now from the white house. kristen, i was meaning to ask you about something that was just reported before we went on the air tonight with the state of the union. and that is that there was further reporting, it was ...

>> this would bolster the efforts of the investigation and escalate a battle with the justice department. this is a serious concern to two former national security offici officials. >> this is bad all the way around. this is a very negative development for lots of reasons. it represents an assault on the institutions and it is certainly bad for the fbi and the department of justice. i shudder to think of the morale of the organizations. >> i actually didnt think it would happen because of the af...

Classified material is of concern to former national security officials. >> it is just bad all the way around. this is, i think, a very negative development for lots of reasons. it represents an insult on our institutions. it is certainly bad for the fbi and the department of justice. i shouudder to think of the morale. >> this crosses a threshold that i dont think that weve crossed before. >> before the house intel vote, chris wray an wwas allowed to rw the memo. the president is inclined to re...

This is, i think, a very negative development for lots of reasons. it represents, i think, an assault on the institutions and it is certainly bad for the fbi and the department of justice. i shudder to think what the morale of the organization is right now. >> i actually didnt think it would happen because of the effects that jim described. this crosses a threshold that i dont think weve crossed before. >> before the house intel vote, chris wray was allowed to review the memo and raise concerns....