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Ultimately -- >> does he have any leverage? >> minimal. >> theyve got the client everybody wants. >> right. i think giuliani knows the things hes demanding are outrageous. youll agree to certain concessions maybe more for the president of the united states. hes way out of line for what hes demanding, time limits. >> in obstruction. >> i wonder why. if they dont agree, mueller i believe will crop a subpoena. you end up in the courts and trump is going to argue executive privilege. it didnt work f...

And that is ill believe it when i see it? >> yeah, i think so. its kind of amusing to see giuliani demanding these terms for the interview because the fact is, he doesnt have the upper hand here. he knows that. he was a prosecutor. ultimately -- >> does he have any leverage? >> minimal. >> theyve got the client everybody wants. >> right. i think giuliani knows the things hes demanding are outrageous. youll agree to certain concessions maybe more for the president of the united states. hes way ou...

They can. >> i heard maggie haberman on cnn tonight said her guess was that by tomorrow, we would learn about the contents of rudy giulianis letter to the mueller team about a potential interview. are you where i am on this? and that is ill believe it when i see it? >> yeah, i think so. its kind of amusing to see giuliani demanding these terms for the interview because the fact is, he doesnt have the upper hand here. he knows that. he was a prosecutor. ultimately -- >> does he have any leverage?...

Sort. i tend to belie that president trump wants to be interviewed by the special counsel. but his lawyers appropriately wanted to have safeguards, time limits, almost limits on subjec matter. they staked out this view of presidential power, as aggressive if not more than what nixon said to david frost. >> if its posturing, doesnt that send a horrible message to the american public? >> my read of this is that they are negotiating. i think even the presidents lawyers recognize that he cannot and ...

Rudy giuliani said today he was proposing two or three hours. its not unreasonable for the president of the united states to have a time limit on an interrogation. usually in the grand jury, they can just talk to you as long as they want. but given the unusual, unique status of the president in our constitutional system, even if its a grand jury system, and even if hes forced to testify, it is quite possible a judge would say, you can only have him for four hours. so two or three hours, as giuli...

Can we go from what we had in 2002 or do we need to do something different? >> well, it is clear the administration has the authority to carry out its efforts against terrorism. whether thats in syria, whether thats in afghanistan. we know that the amuf we are operating under right now clearly gives them the authority to do so. there has been discussion about putting geographic limits, time limits. sun set rereview reon amuf. there should be some parameter placed confining those powers. >> harri...

Questioning. each member will have five minutes to question witnesses. id like to remind the members of both committees that time limits will be and must be strictly enforced given the numbers that we have here today. if you are over your time chairman thune and i will make sure to let you know. there will not be a second round as well. of course, there will be the usual follow-up written questions for the record. questioning will alternate between majority and minority and between committees. w...

Questioning. each member will have five minutes to question witnesses. i would like to remind the members of both committees that time limits will be and must be strictly enforced given the numbers that we have here today. if youre over your time, chairman thune and i will make sure to let you know. there will not be a second round as well. of course there will be the usual follow-up written questions for the record. questioning will alternate between majority and minority and between committees...

Long as all 100 senators agree with that. if they dont, there are a lot of time limits that are in place, hours on end. and i think thats what were looking at right now. the big question right now is how far does senator paul wants to push this? and i can tell you, wolf, behind the scenes top republican aides and lawmakers have been aware of this issue all day. he made very clear that this was his problem, that he wanted an amendment vote and he wanted this addressed. what they offered was essen...

Conduct, but i wont answer questions about my motives in exercising my constitutional authority. that, well me on take that issue up to the united states supreme court.me well get that resolved before anybody cann be charged with anything relating to obstruction of justice or exercising constitutional rights. >> sean: why, in this environment, professor, why would the president ever go before comey? im sorry, before mueller, knowing about comey, strzok, page, what would you do if you were his at...