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Deciding vote in a constitutional crisis where mr. mueller actually issued a subpoena and the white house and donald trump refused to comply with it. i think it is a context for this nomination. im not casting aspersions on the integrity of mr. kavanaugh. he has well expressed views here. the democrats need to examine what he intends to do if, you know, faced with that choice. >> right. i understand how precisely measured youre being while raising the fact that this is not a drill, were dealing ...

That shock many people, most women in america would be against overturning roe, but not so much only that, you and the democrats are basically saying this person was picked by trump to protect trump, that he is part of a softer type of obstruction? are you prepared to go that far? >> i think we have to -- you know, i think we have to examine his record and look at the context. president trump and mr. giuliani have said hes going to decide whether to force a subpoena for mr. mueller or whether he...

For interview between the president and mueller team. tell me more about what the president said and your interpretation of that. >> one thing he has been saying all week, ive been with him much of the week, ten days ago we responded to their latest proposal for the interview but we hadnt heard back from them. today we just heard back from the mueller office in terms of their latest counter-proposal. this has been going on for months this drama about will he testify, will he not testify, these n...

If they were cooperating witnesses, they wouldnt have had to go to the department of justice and get authorization to go to the judge and administer immunity. there are two types of immunities. one is sort of transactional immunity where youre immune from everything. this is very narrow. its called use immunity theyre asking for, that their testimony at trial cannot be used against them. and they clearly believe they have committed a crime and they will plead the fifth amendment if not given imm...

There are two types of immunities. one is sort of transactional immunity where youre immune from everything. this is very narrow. its called use immunity theyre asking for, that their testimony at trial cannot be used against them. and they clearly believe they have committed a crime and they will plead the fifth amendment if not given immunity. thats whats forcing the issue. >> do you have a sense of whether mueller wants to make a deal with manafort or is he just focused on this trial next wee...

It was from a credible source. >> what did you make of that? >> that is the most significant point in the day. let me tell you what he is saying. the focus of america is misguided and has been on whether or not there are charges related to russia. if you are an investigator or analyst you are saying whether it is a gang case or drug case, do we have credible information that leads us to believe a federal law was violated? he is saying it is not the dossier. it is credible information from a reli...

Called his lawyers from air force one to talk about next steps. and the lawypresidents lawyerse all assembled in washington. want to meet wir ient very soon, this week. and they expect a meeting with the special counsel either later this week or sometime next week. the issue on the table, of course, is the presidents testimony. and the question ofther they can strike some kind of a deal of a limited questions for this president, or whether mueller will subpoena the president of the united states...

The president have said for months and months they think it would be a terrible idea for him to testify, the fact of the matter is he is the president, he has legal and political considerations about potentially testifying and they have really start to nail this down and do it soon. >> what is the relationship between the trump legal team and mueller right now? >>, its been a long road. and i will tell you that in ta sources, it really hit bump in the road after the michael cohen raid, that the ...

One of the presidents top foreign policy advisers according to the president when he was speaking to the "washington post" editorial board. has indicted several times over the presidents campaign manager. the president told me he had to get him on his team if he wanted to win the republican nom nat n nomination. five guilty pleas, a lot of cooperation from donald trumps own team. this is, again, rudy giuliani pleading alternate facts, the president pleading alternate facts because as i said yest...

Are less likely. at the same time, trumps approval rating has climbed to 44%, and 6 in 10 say they are happy with the economy. >> and theres some numbers, mika, on a russia probe as well. 37% of voters say based on what theyve seen, read or heard, president trumps 2016 campaign did collude or work secretly with russia. 34% disagree with that idea. and 28% say, they didnt know enough to say. thats basically the same, since december. meanwhile 53% of voters say they either had some or a great deal...