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That if mueller threatens to subpoena trump that they will battle it out in court, and he also weighed in on the chances the president will sit down for an interview with robert mueller. >> jay and i want to keep an open mind and i have to just be honest leaning toward not, but look if they can convince us it would be brief, to the point, there are five or six points they have to clarify, and with that we can get this over with. >> and the russia meddling probe is top of mind for the president a...

Ardent supporters. they could hit those industries in parts of the country that voted for trump and some of the strongest numbers. they could undermine the growth that we have seen coming out of the republican tax reform bill that republicans are so proud of, and are counting on to help them in the midterm elections and i think part of what i think we need to understand here is theres a difference between china and mexico and canada and our european allies. we notice mccarthy in the interview fo...

President trump, in singapore. james mattis says it is not enough for north korea just to show up for the meeting. >> especially now we must remain vigilant. we will continue to implement all u.n. security council resolutions on north korea. north korea will receive relief only when it demonstrates verifiable and irreversible steps to denuclearization. >> cnns international diplomatic editor nic robertson joins me from seoul, south korea. this appears to be tough talk but at the same time the pr...

It. it serves the presidents team to leak this because the president can complain that mueller has ill intent, hes leaking this to try to shape public opinion number one. number two, look at everything in the letter weve been discussing over the past 24 hours. there are all sorts of legal precedents that the trump campaign, i keep saying trump campaign but that the trump team is trying to establish but also political conditions that they are trying to shape. one is to take away this notion that ...

Trump cannot obstruct justice, since he has absolute authority overall federal investigations. house ins committee chairman devon nunes is joining me from the world ag expo in california and congressman nunes is also a member of the house ways and meansommittee congressman good to see you thanks for joining us mr. chairman. >> great to be with you as always, thank you. maria: i want to ask you about this letter in a moment but first ive got to ask you about one of your colleagues, congressman tr...

Senior political correspondent for "the washington examiner" david drucker, contributor for "time" magazine jade newton-small and cnn legal analyst michael zeldin, former with robber mueller at the department of justice. thank you for coming in on this rainy day in washington. michael, i want to start with breaking down the 20-page memo because there are a lot of gray like legal areas in this, you know, raise the question of obstruction of justice, whether the president can obstruct justice, the...

Avoid prosecution for obstruction of justice, or bribery or any other related crimes. so its a theory, and we have to see how it gets, you know, joined at one point before the courts to know whether that theory, you know, holds water or not. >> because it makes you think even if he can end an investigation, what about intent, if there is a corrupt intent? all of this has been untested in the courts and of course this could all end up before the courts if it gets to a subpoena, david. trump tweet...

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