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Him not to recuse himself. could he be in legal trouble? >> i don't think so. all of the things i've read about mueller's cooperation level with indicates that the special prosecutor has been very pleased with the level of corporation that white house counsel has been giving. and i also don't think that that would cause a criminal problem because he simply -- if he gets an order from the president of the united states to speak to somebody, i don't -- in this conte context, i don't see it as a criminal activity. so i think white house counsel's okay. >> alice, you say sessions was right to tell...

President. i mean, there is just nothing about this that is gray. and anybody with any ethics would not have this meeting. it is that simple. >> let me ask you in the context of what happened today, the fbi, christopher wray, director nominee was asked about this. he said if anybody got this request they should call the fbi. so you're saying donald trump jr. who did have extensive business experience in russia and therefore knew all these issues, he should have if he was business there, that he didn't know, maybe he was naive. but paul manafort was in that room. surely he would know if you get...

People have and it is not the media. the media is trying to stop him. i think the media likes to see his tweets and give a window of what he's thinking and away of the party line. i think the media likes his tweets. the issue is for republicans, they don't want to keep him tweeting because they feel like it is a distraction from healthcare and all the things they're trying for him to do. >> we have to report what the president is doing in the time period of his day and whether that's dominated by twitter or not. it is still newsworthy. some things are not worthy of conte context within the new...

The president asked him if there was some way he could back off or let go of the investigation in mhaelynn. that raised the specter of obstruction of justice. of course, we need to hear the conte context. we need to hear what led up to that comment, what followed it, what the president's tone was. was it a stray one off or part of a broader effort by him to pressure comey? it may be that it wasn't much more than that one line in which case i think a lot of people will be disappointed. while it raises the specter of obstruction if there is not more to it probably not enough to make a legal case...

An overly partisan way. you know, it is on both sides, like you said, chris. you heard senator schumer yesterday on abc. he was saying before we start confirming gorsuch, let's wait a few more weeks on the russian investigation. that is political as well. it has to be taken out of that conte conte context as much as it can. >> elizabeth warren tried up that trial balloon last week. she said no supreme court until we figure out the russian thing. phil mudd, it has been reported that donald trump has been at trump properties 1 out of 3 days. he moves around a lot, but mostly mar-a-lago. do you w...