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>> thats part of it, right? but i do think that both in the tweets about john mccain and in this sort of renewed sense of anger and panic about mueller, what you see is that he really does feel under siege. part of this is definitely hes talking to the base by bringing up john mccain. part of that is talking to the very conservative republican base that never liked john mccain. thought john mccain lost an election and threw away an election. but i do think a lot of it is very personal to him and...

Around him are at an end. this new york case is a great example of that. theres also a couple of pending investigations in the southern district of new york. on the russia question, robert muellers wrapping up and we expect a report from mueller to go to the department of justice really any day now, stephanie. >> whats his strategy here? >> stressing that i havent spoken to him about this, i can only conclude his strategy in doing something quite unusual is to prevent against the possibility of ...

And melanie zanona. good morning to you both. lets start with the bill shine situation, kevin. are you surprised as mike was saying as everybody else? >> no. i think maybe internally there was surprise. we in the media come to expect this. the bottom line is this is jump starting the 2020 presidential campaign cycle. he will still be working in the conservative media sphere. i also think it really is just a perfect illustration as the inside of the white house starts to materialize and trend tow...

Rallies -- jon: which explains the-hour speech. >> yeah -- the two-hour speech. >> yeah, exactly. you needed to double up on the coffee because it was over two hours. there wasnt a lot of news anytime, i mean, there wasnt news in it. there wasnt anything that broke news, but there was something for everybody. if you like the president, he hit the high points. it was like a campaign rally. he talked the about his successes, his achievements as he saw them, you know, he attacked his critics inside...

Rallies -- jon: which explains the-hour speech. >> yeah -- the two-hour speech. >> yeah, exactly. you needed to double up on the coffee because it was over two hours. there wasnt a lot of news anytime, i mean, there wasnt news in it. there wasnt anything that broke news, but there was something for everybody. if you like the president, he hit the high points. it was like a campaign rally. he talked the about his successes, his achievements as he saw them, you know, he attacked his critics inside...

Recommendation of the leadership, those who are sworn to uphold and protect our nations secret, our nations security, and he ordered his staff to override those recommendations and give his own son-in-law access to some of the most sensitive secret in the government. it goes against everything the intelligence community stands for and show you the extent to which the president was able to run rough shot to his get his family in the door. >> the president could have said to the world this is my g...

I need him to have this because hes got a function. instead, here we are running recordings of the president and his daughter with direct denials. but to my question to mike schmitt, this is another thing and every day theres another thing and it makes you really doubt all the reporting that you and i have been told that muellers wrapping up. >> well, there does seem to be a lot of unresolved business conducted to the mueller probe. we know there was that redacted material in the recent filings ...

I need him to have this because hes got a function. instead, here we are running recordings of the president and his daughter with direct denials. but to my question to mike schmitt, this is another thing and every day theres another thing and it makes you really doubt all the reporting that you and i have been told that muellers wrapping up. >> well, there does seem to be a lot of unresolved business conducted to the mueller probe. we know there was that redacted material in the recent filings ...

Someone -- i cant talk about it because it is under investigation. those are the shocking moments. >> is the president facing criminal charges here if you listen to what michael cohen said today? >> i dont think the southern district is going to buck the doj. i think doj can do a lot of damage and pass their findings onto congress and lodge an indictment under seal. i think a lot of structural way the southern district poses a serious threat. mueller is running out of time. hes in the process of...

Them shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries. were seeing them now sitting down together to talk. we are not necessarily expecting any significant news from this bilateral meeting. but as this gets under way right now in hanoi, well be watching the pool cameras to see if anything substantive happened. we have not been told to expect any major news, either in this meeting, the one-on-one meeting, nor are we expecting any major news necessarily to be announced in conjunction with this meeting, b...