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We're not real enthused about the two-week deal. we think any spending bill that lands three weeks before christmas isn't in favor of the taxpayers. >> republicans in the house have taken the next step toward americaing their tax bill with the senate's version. criticism by some in the party over a deal to fund the government threatened to derail the process. joining us live, peter alexander. president trump reportedly getting involved yet in keeping things on track here. what happened exactly? >> we're just four days before this deadline where they need to extend the continuing resolution or ...

This is the president's personal attorney who is involved he says in sending these tweets out and in the explanations after the fact. what do these explanations mean to you? what's your take? >> sure. well a couple things. first of all, it tells you that the president's legal team is concerned the president obstructed justice. there is no reason for the president's legal team to go out and claim that the president cannot obstruct justice unless they're concerned that he may have liability for that. that's the first thing. that's pretty amazing, right. the argument that dowd makes goes further ...

National security adviser who is facing prison time in this case. this is the president's lawyer responds to criticism that the president may have admitted to a crime on twitter. the attorney reportedly said the president cannot obstruct justice because he's in charge of justice. details on that in just a moment. the president this morning saying the russia investigation ruined michael flynn's life. here's what he told john roberts. >> i will say this: hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi. nothing happened to her. flynn lied and they destroyed his life. i think it's a shame. >> shepard: ...

That alleged request, which the president disputes, that raises serious questions of potential obstruction of justice. though this morning the president's lawyer john dowd claimed such a thing was by definition impossible. in a new interview with axios, quote, the president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under the constitution's article ii powers and has every right to express his view of any case, unquote. according to dowd, the president is above this law. kindly remember one of then candidate trump's pitches to voters last year was that the clintons ...

>> reporter: a controversial argument, ali. let me try to break it down. effectively aing under article 2 of the cons stushgs the president can't obstruct justice because he's the chief operating officer. the president cannot obstruct justice because he's the chief law enforcement officer under the constitution's article 2 and has every right to express his view of any case. that last part significant, effectively saying whether talking to james comey or whoever right, he has the authority and the ability to have those conversations, because he's the chief law enforcement officer. still all of...