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>> steve: you are right, carley and todd we are starting right now. this is #:00 in new york city. this is thursday, june 20th, 2024. welcome to "fox & friends" on the curvey couch. first up, lets look at the sky. fox weather alert. heavy rains, coastal flooding and winds from tropical storm alberto expected.as the strong e continues across the northeast. >> brian: the clock -- did you wsay something? >> ainsley: thats terrible. >> brian: clock strikes at midnight. fox news polls show ...

>> certainly are, obviously, and by far the front-runner for the gop nomination. well see if those poll numbers change as a result of this. they have every time weve had something like this, theyve gone up. lets bring in scott jennings now, the former special assistant to former president george w. bush. the context here what kristen just said, she said trump just gave an interview and said are republicans going to do anything about this. you guys are supposed to come knights in shining armor to...

>> reporter: yeah, and ty cobb has been out of the white house for nearly a year now. and not only does he not agree that the mueller investigation is a witch hunt, which also the president and his allies have repeated often times, he often disagrees with the president, when the president says that robert mueller is highly conflicted to be the special counsel. instead, ty cobb says that robert mueller is someone hes known for decades, and when he thinks of him, he thinks of him as a war hero. >>...

>> theres no collusion. now they say, oh, well, did he fight back? you fight back, you say -- >> sir. >> you fight back, oh, its obstruction. >> reporter: as trumps legal team cleans up the presidents comments -- >> you would under oath? >> yes. absolutely. >> reporter: sources say the presidents lawyers could push for written responses to muellers questions instead of a sit-down. white house special counsel ty cobbs, saying the president wants to talk to mueller, but they proceed with caution. ...

Of course. what do you think the chances are that robert mueller does call the president of the united states? >> i think the president is going to have to testify either in a voluntary interview or in response to a grand jury subpoena. look, there is a fair bit of case law in existence about whether the white house, including the president himself, would have to respond to a grand jury subpoena and it seems he would. ty cobbs showed a little bit of concern there, about a perjury trap, not surpr...

With the presidents lawyers. now, if there is an assessment that maybe this is wrapping up quickly, that could buoy the president ees spirits. but if there is some kind of indication that this is nowhere near its end, trumps allies worry that he could make a drastic move, like trying to move forward, for instance, with trying to fire mueller. the president spoke to reporters yesterday and he insisted that is nowhere on the table. he is not considering any sort of firing. but weve already seen th...

Question? >> as i said wit, we find the allegations very troubling and again, its up to the people of alabama to make that decision. im not a voter in alabama and cant make that decision. >> reporter: the other headache for the white house, the russia investigation. one day after an outside lawyer for the president said mr. trump could not be guilty of obstruction because hes in charge of the justice department, white house attorney ty cobbs suggested a different legal strategy. cobbs said the p...

This weekend leading up to the reporting is dowd. his attempt to disassemble the tweets and say it was amalgamation of ty cobbs makes him look like a liar and thats not what you want your lawyer to look like when your client has the same problems. >> the word clumsy comes to mind and its a nice way to describe it. thank you all. thank you for your excellent reporting. up next, he danced around it for weeks and president trump is officially backing alabama candidate roy moore despite explosive al...

Down from the political leadership of the justice department. so i think actually even suggesting he will do that is wrong, incorrect. an attorney general should not do that. >> julia, in the short time youve been with us youve broken several stories having to do with this investigation. so ill walk you to the edge of what youre comfortable saying. what do you know about the current state of the mueller investigation, and when ty cobbs says we expect the mueller interview to be done by christmas...

>> no, because its an abuse of power. and i dont think the attorney general should go down the road of trying to get air cover and suggesting to the career prosecutors they take a look at this because theres no basis to do that. the recommendation should actually flow up from the professional cadre, not flow down from the political leadership of the justice department. so i think actually even suggesting he will do that is wrong, incorrect. an attorney general should not do that. >> julia, in th...