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It would have been in this particular case in that message when they say look at hillary, look at hery, they say she lied to the fbi. former director comey said in testimony she did not actually lie in that case to the fbi. >> so joe, i will jump to this story first since we're on it and my microwave told me to give you a little kellyanne this morning. >> okay. >> this morning, there seems to be a rift between donald trump another personal lawyer and white house lawyer hand himming the russia inquiry. it stems from the question whether the president's controversial tweet over the weekend that ...

John dowd tells nbc news, he's the one behind the president's tweets, it's ignorant to say he admitted obstruction, going further, the president cannot obstruct justice at all. he is allowed to express himself about any case a. president could be in trouble. ask richard nixon or bill clinton who faced impeachment by congress for obstruction. >> the president may not be able to be prosecuted while in office, but it's absolutely relevant whether or not he committed obstruction of justice. >> reporter: so where does this all go next? that demands on what mike flynn is sharing. convicted or cooper...

Screw up of historic proportions that has caused enormous consternation in the white house. and here is what john dowd told nbc news when asked about the president potentially obstructing justice. quote: the president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under the constitution article ii and has every right to express his view of any case. by the way, a number of experts disagree with that and say our system rests on the belief that no one is above the law. also we have learned that general flynn was not acting alone. nbc news reports jared kushner and fo...

Cannot break the law because i am the president. >> the two most powerful things in the constitution, one that question of war and two impea impeachment of the president. impeachment of the president means you are indicted and tried by the senate. clearly a standard in the constitution mentions it's almost kind of cuts both ways, it says you can be convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors, which means politics, which means anything. mr. dowd, i hope there were no civics teachers, or kids learning civics if 3rd through 8th grade watching or reading. >> all right. we will show you ty cobb and k...

The fever did break, expect he won. >> yes, and heidi, when you look at roy moore, he could win. right? all fair? >> absolutely. >> at this point, maybe this isn't the end of the republican party. maybe this is the direction it's going in. >> mika, i wanted to point out here some important statistics that i think have been overlooked in explaining why this fever isn't breaking and why the donors are going to continue to come when they're getting their tax cuts. this poll was from about a week or two ago. it shows while 60% of the public overall public wants roy moore expelled, only 33% of repu...