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Actually doing any work. use the situation room. have a meeting and listen to experts. >> that was the answer to the question that i asked you at first, ken. was there a disconnect? so thank you for anning that, sam. >> here to help, don. >> why are you shaking your head though to, ken? >> well, im shaking my head no to your comment about me answering the question. and look, some of what ive heard here i agree with. but he set the marker. and whether he was cranky when he set the marker and whet...

In the case against his former boss, paul manafort. lets get back to our analysts and discuss all of this. phil mudd, what does it tell you about the direction right now of the special counsels investigation? >> i love this piece. look, i dont think the special counsel will use the word collusion with rick gates. let me give you a couple words he will use. number one, facts. tell me how the campaign was organized, who talked to whom, if there was a meeting organized with kislyak, how would that ...

This is -- see, he doesnt like to conclude the time lines. its after he sued donald trump. so now he brought donald trump into the action. >> thats not true. >> in fact -- >> let him finish. >> in fact, thats the whole point behind all this. >> okay. >> you have to ask yourself what is the end game here. not about money, right? >> okay. michael. >> first of all, the e-mail is dated february 22nd of this year. you showed it earlier on the screen, okay? we didnt file our case until march. so that,...

Fired. very significant issue that would have occupied a lot of time inside the beltway. we have this unusual process that mike bromwitch, himself, a former inspector general, time lines imposed for him to respond to the evidence, that in my view is unusual, and needs to be explained. right now, it leaves doubts lingering. we have an unusual process here. it may be okay. it may not be. only time is going to tell. the big takeaway from this when you politicize law enforcement and investigations, ...

This the way a politician would handle it. >> it is the timeline. melania is pregnant. i mean, theres a tawdriness here that is different on another level. shes pregnant. if those time lines show him doing things while shes preparing to give birth, its just so deeply painful and hurtful on a human level that i think its a different level of thing. >> well be right back. s high-ts and radar... ...contemporary cockpit... ...three hundred and sixty degree network of driver-assist technologies... .....

Maintain the facade that maybe the relationship didnt happen. look. being honest and maintaining that nonpolitician authenticity he has cultivated during his whole rise to me is paramount to him winning re-election, which is why being honest here is probably better than trying to dodge it. >> hes one of the least honest people, probably the least honest -- >> donald trump is not going to win re-election based on honesty. that much i can tell you. let me just say, in the last two months we have s...

Seal. its not there to cover up criminal conduct. so i agree this is a pipe dream, if theyre going to limit the inquiry. >> weve had these conversations before, about trump lawyers putting up a lot of time lines for when this investigation could or will wrap up. >> are they really in a position to lay out terms for the special council? >> they are not. >> i think theyre playing to an audience of one, and thats their client who likes to hear this kind of talk. who likes to think theyre in there w...

About strategy, but its not there to cover up criminal conduct. so i agree that i think basically this is a pipe dream if they think theyre going to limit the inquiry or try to use it as a tactic just to speed it up. >> john, weve had these conversations before about trump lawyers putting out a lot of time lines for when this investigation would wrap up, and theyve been wrong about every one of them. are they really in a position to lay out terms for the special counsel? >> they are not. i think...

Time? >> it definitely doesnt work like that. have prosecuted at the state, local, and federal level. people dont get to say whatthol rr talk about, when theyll talk, when it is over. if the president feels like hes in legal jeopardy, he can take the fifth amendment, refuse to offer testimony, but short of that, this is really robert muellers decision to make. when hell talk to the president. he can issue a subpoena to the president if he thinks thats the right thing to do. and so i think that i...

He was innocent? >> do you feel he got a bit chippy or arrogant? >> i dont think he was arrogant but i think clearly he was angry and exasperated. >> but the jurors once they got the case said they were determined to look a just court theater. >> everyone was very committed to going over the evidence and discussing each of the witnesses and each of the crucial pieces of evidence. it was really encouraging. >> and it was crucial they decided to compare very carefully the different time lines clai...