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Justice department cannot obstruct in an ongoing investigation; right? i think that's really fascinating. obviously i don't know the answer to that. we all don't know the answer to that, but we can presume should a subpoena be issued, that it will come to the supreme court and it will be a major, major constitutional question. mike: some democrats behind you there on capitol hill are reacting saying this letter suggests the president is arguing he is above the laws of this country and he could not have obstructed justice because he's the president. new jersey democrat congressman writing quote...

One person inside the white house put it to me. others contested that characterization. one person did say he seems to be isolated because he misses new york. he misses his friends. he misses the celebrity and the business life and governing right now in this environment has been very difficult for him. he is trying to make it through but it's been a very difficult moment for him personally and politically. >> so, harold, at this point moving forward, do you see a functioning presidency or just constant questions that chip away at -- >> questions will continue to come. qu the question around t...

>> is this presidency in question? >> you can't fire an fbi director without a thorough and complete investigation. that's clear. the nature is such -- >> is this abuse of power? >> right now it is not just confliction explanationtion, it's absolutely inadequate. maybe the president will explain it with lester holt in a way that will start to -- >> mark halperin, it's worse than that. it's not just a complete explanation. their explanation on day one was a lie. they lied about why they fired the fbi director. they said that it was a deputy attorney general that came with a memo that left them ...

Focused, moving forward, we've got a job to do. as mark said, don't expect just because jim comey is gone, that somehow all these agents assigned to the russia case are going to sit on their hands. >> all right. as we wrap up this block, joe, what's your gut at this point? >> my gut is that donald trump has just made a lot more enemies inside the fbi. there were a lot of conservatives inside the fbi and the cia that supported donald trump for their own reasons. i talked to a good number of them. i talked to one yesterday who was absolutely stunned and said this is the sort of thing that happen...

This week is just one more indication that donald trump and clearly the people around him do not understand the presidency itself and the value of the presidency to this country. this morning -- >> well, mike, and beyond that, mike, let me ask you then -- go to the front page if you want. the constitutional question right now is if donald trump commits a crime, if the firing of an fbi director to kill an investigation could, in fact, be made a crime, if the evidence supported the bringing of criminal charges, i ask you the walter isaacson question. who brings those charges? it's not the attorn...