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Federal district court judge. if he didn't do that, they would issue a bench warrant. the marshals would bring him before the federal district court judge. he would be ordered to testify or to assert his fifth amendment privilege. >> betsy, let's go to you. donald trump seems to have started to remove people from his presence who don't want him to testify. he seems to want to. what's your reporting on the current thinking in the white house on blorwhether or not wano go before robert muellerment. >> it's significant that bowed is no longer working for the legal team. dowd simultaneously suppor...

Recently that the special counsel was going to want to look into. >> let me just say one more thing about the lawyers, there is the mark castlewitz team, very involved and then he kind of stepped back, you'll recall, months ago, and he was always of the thought, let's be more aggressive. so castlewitz never stepped back totally but there is a question if they become more involved now that you see dowd leaving, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if that happened. and as to the topics of what they want to talk about, they want to talk about, you know, the flynn firing and the comey firing, obvio...

Republicans vote to close their investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election, and, of course, any possible collusion by anyone affiliated with then candidate donald trump. the ranking member congressman schiff, joining me. the russian investigation, the attorney john dowd resigned today, urging the president to take a more cooperative approach and work with bob mueller and a source familiar with the matter told cnn the president has begun to really doubt that strategy. what do you think of the shakeup of the legal team, not just dowd leaving, but accusing the justice department...

Pamela, you covered the president at the white house before that, covered him at the justice department. is it fair to look what's going on, john dowd, who expressed more of a conciliatory, collaborative, and cooperative approach with robert mueller, leaving, and alleging the fbi and justice department framed president trump for a fake crime. fair to say we know where this is going and more combative and who knows, maybe try to fire mueller? >> you know, i have to say from sources familiar with the situation that the president has been growing increasingly frustrated by john dowd's legal strat...

Reporter for the washington post the robert costa. msnbc national security analyst, the frank figliuzzi, and jennifer rodgers, former assistant u.s. attorney as well as our friends jennifer paul merry, former communications director for the obama white house and hillary clinton's presidential campaign, and a man who needs no introduction other than three simple irish catholic words, lawrence o'donnell. good to see you, lawrence. i want to start with you, mr. robert costa and ask you this question. with dowd leaving, the president stressing in his one little exchange in the white house today th...