Mueller hunting down trump aids quite effectively, and a picture of donald trump trying to hunt down mueller, but ineffectively. Donald trump asking his white House Counsel to get mueller fired, then asking him to deny it, which that counsel, don mcgahn refused, then we see trump confronting him about it and claiming it never happened. Now mueller has that exchange, as does the New York Times. Take it all together, you actually see something pretty big and important here. Trump tries to move on mueller and fayils and mueller catches him doing it, and those people he asked to deny it never happened, some of those people who worked with or for donald trump, they report that to mueller, that not just embarrassing, its not just a little shady, this story is legally important because every time donald trump hides his efforts to pressure or hobble this criminal probe, he is literally giving prosecutors like here you go, evidence of the potential corrupt intent. This was the time problem with trump firing comey and pressuring the flynn probe, its bad if you show that you know its bad. As james comey himself once testified. I spoke to the attorney general and i spoke to the new Deputy Attorney general mr. Rosenstein when he took office and explained my serious concern about the way in which the president is interacting, especially with the fbi. I told the attorney general, it cant happen that you get kicked out of the room and the president talks to me. It cant happen that you get kicked out of the room, comey telling congress under oath that is exactly the kind of thing thats suspicious because it suggests the person doing the kicking out of the room knows theyre doing something wrong. So the question tonight, does this all amount to obstruction . To witness tampering . We dont know. We here can report on the evidence thats piling up. Whether theres a crime to charge would be a legal judgment and that just hadnt been made yet, whether people like it or not. Bob mueller is the authority who will make it. But that caution doesnt mean theres nothing else to take from this bob shell reporting, the man who argumented the solicitor general report, he says that donald trump is now showing a lack of sbintegrity. He made this point about trumps conduct. It looks so bad, and basically youve got trump acting like a twobit criminal here and saying to witnesses like priebus, hey, what did you say . Were you nice to me and so on . Im a defense lawyer, i love a challenge, i represented bin la laudens drive, let me tell you, bin ladens driver showed more integrity throughout the whole case. The former u. S. Solicitor general is saying that President Trump, from bin ladens driver to you aint up. And apparently tonight live from the gutter and bob mueller looks to be on top of all of it. I turn now to former federal prosecutor joyce vance and jessica chambers. How important is it that some of this witness discussion relates to the potential removal of bob mueller himself . Its bad, ari, not just in the legal sense, not just in the sense that there are people who will Face Criminal Charges as the Mueller Investigation moves forward, its also bad for our institutions. We expect the president to have respect for the foundational institutions like the justice department, that are part of our democracy. And here we have the president of the United States flouting the norms that protect those agencies, clearly trying to influence practices and policies, and whether it rises to the level of actually trying to inappropriately influence a witness or trying to interfere and obstruct an investigation, what he has done over the last year to weaken those institutions, in order to protect himself and his friends is devastating, its hard work that well have to do to climb back up that hill when this administration ends. And joyce, i dont know if youre familiar with trump aides who appear in public and make these dark jokes about the lives theyre living at the white house. Take a look at the man of the hour here, don mcgahn as White House Council speaking at cpac. I advise the president on a range of issues, essentially Government Law that the president has to encounter on a daytoday basis. And that involves you in just about everything . Unfortunately, yes. Thats a lawyer joke, unfortunately, yes, because hes got his work cut out for him. What is the role that hes playing, as far as reporting back to mueller, tattling, to use a simple term on his own boss . You know, its hard to judge other people, i was president obamas u. S. Attorney in birmingham for eight years, so clearly a job with far less responsibility than white House Counsel, but i never had anything but the utmost respect for my boss and the work that i did and the environment that i did it in. Theres a part of every lawyer that cringes when we hear the white House Counsel making comments like this and wondering why hes still there, while at the same time, we all i think have to appreciate people who are making personal sacrifices to see the work of government going forward. Well only know how this really plays out when we see everything at the end of this investigation and learn whether mcgahn was one of those forces who is trying to keep the trains on time or whether he perhaps too will also have some exposure as this concludes. But jessica, it is hard to track just how many stories have hit the white house this week, theyre under pressure from Stormy Daniels, which came up in the Briefing Room youre reporting from, and we have more of that later in the show, this mueller news is huge, the witness news is huge, and you had mr. Sam nunberg as well as roger stone, witnesses speaking out on tv all week, give us your take from the white house. Well, and then you also had Cory Lewandowski on capitol hill, today the former Campaign Manager for donald trump. So a number of converging story lines here on russia and on mueller. The white house today not talking about any of these things, but if you look to the former White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer who was on television today, and potentially that gives you a theres nothing wrong with President Trump asking, and thats not what hes asserting, but if he did Ask White House officials what they discussed with mueller, there wouldnt be anything wrong with them, how it went, if they were nice to them, not at that point obstructing justice in any way. I can see giving it the most benign reading, but the times article says, trump said i didnt really try to get mueller fired and the reporting is that he did. And that is something that special counsel is supposedly looking at as well. And then again, moving on to Cory Lewandowski on capitol hill today, you have him being asked about what he potentially knew about that trump tower meeting in june of 2016, between the russian lawyer, the president s son, the president s soninlaw and paul manafort, and he said he answered all relevant questions about his time with President Trump and russia. At the same time the ranking democrat on that committee saying that is not true, and saying that not only has lewandowski failed to answer the questions, so has hope hicks. The senior policy advise or could find himself in the holt seat next with the committee. Althou although they will wrap up their investigation and write their report. And the initial draft regarding the removal of comey and said on television that the president s powers would not be questioned, which is not true. Im going to get to a senator. So thank you both. I turn you to the hawaii senator, your views of these reports of the president whos literally under review for obstruction was talking to these witnesses. Well the chaos continues with the president and in the white house and there are regular practically daily, hourly revelations that point to a pattern of behavior by the president and those around him that have to do with obstruction of justice, possibly witness tampering, any number of very, very concerning behaviors. But theres death a pattern. I think its hard for the president to keep track of, you know, the lies, the out right lies and the on fbfuscation th e hes done. I want to play for you another democrat who like you has raised some of these concerns, congressman adam schiff talking about that news today with former trump Campaign ManagerCory Lewandowski. Questions about the production of the false statement concerning the trump tower meeting, questions about the firing of james comey as well as any discussions that mr. Lewandowski had with the president about the potential of firing bob mueller. These and other questions went unanswered. That was his readout at least of things that they did not find out from that systetestimony, y view, senator . This is why the Mueller Investigation has to continue, has to go forward, baecause as say, there are revelations on an hourly basis, they concern collusion, and obstruction of justice, all things that the Mueller Investigation has to get to the bottom of. As i said in front of the Armed Services committee, it is clear from the testimony in front of that committee over the last few days, that the efforts of the russians to make us really question our institutions continues and we do not have a whole of Government Strategy that will enable us to counter these efforts, which are continuing. Everybody acknowledges they are continuing, but nobody is taking the lead. And there are fingers saying that, you know, theyre saying that the president ultimately has to bring everybody together, but clearly, he wants this investigation to totally go away. Right, and you say that on a day when the House Republicans have said oh, this should be their last witness after a fairly bungle filled set of memos and other things coming out of that. Yes. I want to ask you about something totally different, if we can turn from some of the National Security problems, to something brighter, which is the contributions that women have made to american history. This is International Womens day, as you know, theres a lot of issues you have led on. I want to get your view on that, and i want you to see something we put together about some of the firsts in womens history. A convention in any state that has refused to ratify the equal rights amendment. The feel to have an abortion is now legal in every stay. Sandra day oconnor takes office. There is no longer that big sign outside that door of the office for Vice President that says white, male only need apply. The admiral nancy pelosi of the state of california is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. I accept your nomination for president of the United States. I wonder what this day means to you and what you think policy should continue to advance, a year or i would say, maybe two years here. Theres been a lot of discussion about the role of women in public life and power. International womens day means a lot not just to me but to women all across the country and the world. And whats great is that women are coming forward in our country as well as in other countries, stepping forward to speak out and to really stand our ground. And i want to say that in your clip, you talked about the abortion, well, equal rights amendment, hawaii was the first state of the union to ratify the equal rights amendment and hawaii was also the first state in the union to make abortion legal. So its great for me to have been part of many of these firsts, when Hillary Clinton accepted the nom natiination, p mink, was the first woman of color to get elected to the house or the senate. We have 22 women in the senate now, more than any time in the history of our country, the me too movement, all of this is coming to the fore, and we need to get moving because we are not equal yet, in terms of pay, in terms of power, but our voices are getting stronger every day and im going to do my part to make sure that our voices remain strong and heard. Senator, maizie herono, thank you. Today donald trump popped right into the white house Briefing Room. Youre looking at a brandnew picture here, breaking news, this is believed to be according to reporters in the room, the first time the president has ever walked in there. We he said there will be, quote, a major announcement in his view later tonight at 7 00 p. M. Eastern, so reporters will be gathered in case this news breaks any earlier and well get a look at what it means if its anything major. And coming up, Donald Trumps attempt to silence Stormy Daniels. Guess whos here . The original journalist who originally broke this contact back in 2011. Next my report of the trumpkushner history of debt. And why mueller is following not only the money but the debt. And i have a guest who says she went from clueless to conservative. Lets do a makeover. No. Come on, let us, chers main purpose in life is giving makeovers. Today she is declaring herself a congressional candidate and her first interview is on the beat. Im ari melber and we will be right back. 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My next guest is one of the only people in the world who spoke directly to Stormy Daniels when she was telling her whole story, Holding Nothing back. In 2011, jordy lippy mcgraw interviewed her for in touch. That was the cover, quote, my affair with donald. Now the transcript of that only came out this year. Stormy daniels went into some great detail in that discussion about what she called this relationship and contact with mr. Trump. Now today, ms. Daniels is facing a kind of restraining order which Donald Trumps lawyer obtained through arbitration, she is suing this time, not for money, she says, but for freedom, freedom of speech. Her lawyer arguing that the entire hush payment agreement they reached us with invalid because trump didnt sign it. Our positions clear. He never signed the agreement, even though he knew all about it. And therefore shes free to speak. If the white house or if mr. Cohen had any evidence that she actually signed the agreement, they should be disseminating it, not tomorrow morning, tonight. The president of the United States needs to answer the very basic questions relating to his relationship with ms. Daniels. Donald trump hasnt really made Public Comments about the new part of these accusations from this adult film stair, but he apparently is not happy with his staff about it. Hes quote, very unhappy with his press secretary from yesterdays briefing, saying that trump has made it very clear none of these allegations are true, but she kicked up quite a storm in referring to the arbitration fight. And i have jordy lippy mcgraw did you ever know that a story you did would become this . I never thought a story i did six years ago would become part of major news and president ial scand scandal. Its a crazy story. Back in 2011, donald trump was just a reality star. I do remember that. So i never quite thought he would become president , let alone an interview that i did with a porn star that i did with the her. I interviewed her over the phone and in touch released the full transcript. At the time, did you think she was telling the truth or lying . As a reporter, you always have a kind of skepticism when people come forward with these kinds of stories, so we did our due diligence, as a reporting team, we had her take a Lie Detector Test, which she passed. She passed a Lie Detector Test . Yes. And we spoke with p