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Much. joining me now is jeffrey toobin, david gergen, cnn legal analyst, john dean, also former federal prosecutor anne milgram. jeff, i dont know exactly how to phrase this question but how frigging stupid is this guy? >> very frigging stupid. to get a cooperation agreement and the chance for a lower sentence was very important to him especially since hes 70 years old. to throw that away, to throw that benefit away by continuing to lie to the special counsels office is incredibly reckless and s...

John how to phrase this question but how frigging stupid is this guy? >> very frigging stupid. to get a cooperation agreement and the chance for a lower sentence was very important to him. especially since hes 70 years old. to throw that away, to throw that benefit away by continuing to lie to the special counsels office is incredibly reckless and self-defeating. now, in the filing today, manaforts lawyers said they disagree. >> he said he wasnt lying. >> he wasnt lying. but the fact that muelle...

Friday, we were asking judge lambert for discovery in our freedom of information act case about the benghazi scandal, that case had been compromised by the fact that the state department was misleading to us in the courts about this email issue and the court was upset, concerned about false statements given by the state department and excoriated the justice department for filing false affidavits of the hearing where the justice departments explain why it wasnt lying to the courts is quite extrao...

Agent said they thought michael flynn was telling the truth and wasnt lying, i dont know how to sort all of that. >> jason: is a person who thinks little different because he can withstand the pressure and a squeeze, i think what mueller has been doing in the michael cohen case which could break any point here, when you see that squeeze being put on, they want to get it done. its going can i ask you something about the squeeze? the squeeze tends to generate a flurry of tweets and legal experts h...

Re-elected just like bill clinton was. >> the problem is that bill clinton is not the president of the united states. he was the president 20 years ago when this monica lewinsky thing happened. >> which is worse. >> and unfortunately -- its not worse. whats worse is that we have a president today who has 16 different women who have accused him of sexual misconduct and hes never apologized for any of those, rob. thats far worse than bill clintons failure to say something she should have said in t...

Lawyer anywhere in america who would allow the word yes into the answer to that question, but donald trump has found one. rudy giuliani shares donald trumps problem of always saying too much. if giulianis answer was going to begin with i have no knowledge of that, it should have ended right there. but when you watch his interviews you will see he literally does not know how to stop talking. on friday the president had this explanation for what a terrible job rudy giuliani has been doing for him ...

First day on the job as trump defense lawyer was two weeks ago, not yesterday. even if the president wasnt lying and rudy giuliani really did start yesterday, that is no excuse for a lawyer giving reckless answers on tv that get the client in even more trouble. and for rudy giuliani to say yes to the question of did michael cohen make payments to other women, rudy giuliani would have to have been born yesterday. here is the best rudy giuliani could do when he was asked if the president does ackn...

Michael cohen for noncampaign expenses, and within that, thats how cohen started negotiating this. and that that retainer continued to go. >> my question was about honesty in this case, not about -- >> thats what im saying. that rudy needs to get out and say, heres why the president has been truthful about this. >> ino, no, no. what john is asking, why is honesty not seemingly an issue to rudy giuliani? he says it doesnt really matter that was the story now. what matters is that this is how the ...

Knew, a so-called friend for 35 years. >> mr. cruz, you -- >> if you would have heard the tapes -- i understand. okay. kicking me out. huh? i understand. dont worry about it. >> its over. >> its over? >> well, youve had your chance. >> i wasnt lying. i do have a drug problem. but its over now. you know? >> soon cruz is out of court and back in the holding cell. >> thicker than a bowl of oatmeal? >> hey, hey. she had a fat ass you know what i mean? it is what it is. you know what i mean? but ever...

Lying and then the next day claiming he wasnt lying. it is just total chaos, and that is trouble for america in a troubled world. >> senator chris van hollen of maryland, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. the british say it is overwhelmingly likely that russian leader vladimir putin personally called for the nerve agent attack on a foreign spy. were live in london.