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That can truly invoke the privilege is the president himself. he has to instruct and then tell the committee, ultimately, why he objects to the testimony. so i think something will happen. and we'll see how far the committee pushes. >> so michael, when steve bannon appeared before the committee, he actually conferred with the white house counsel during his testimony. do you think hicks will be more cooperative than bannon was? >> probably not. i think, though, that it's not inappropriate for a witness to confer with white house counsel, to ask whether or not the president is interested in asse...

He actually conferred with the white house counsel during his testimony. do you think hicks will be more cooperative than bannon was? >> probably not. i think, though, that it's not inappropriate for a witness to confer with white house counsel, to ask whether or not the president is interested in asserting privilege with respect to a question that was put forth to her. they can't do it preemptively. the president really needs to assert that privilege. and we'll see how it plays out. i think, though, in answer to the question you asked john as well, my thought might be that one of the key area...

Just politically for republicans. just to tear down the temple without having any idea what to put in place. >> phillip rucker, what happens next? the president made a mention of democrats. are we going to see democrats and the president coming together trying to figure out how to come together with a health care reform bill? >> potentially on some small pieces, but we're not going to see the democrats come together to repeal and replace fully of the affordable care act. i think what trump started to do this morning with the tweet is brand this as the democrat's fault. he knows his decision la...

Arrived in the blue room in the white house. comey was hoping president trump wouldn't notice him. even stood as far from the president as possible. comey's friend says the director was trying to blend in, but the president singled him out. >> there's games. he's being more famous than me. >> reporter: comey was annoyed, he didn't want to be friendly. >> if you watch the video, he extends his hands, and comey's longs, and he extend it preemptively, and he pulls him into a hug, but the hug is entirely one-sided. >> benjamin told pbs his friend did not want to be at the event with the president ...

Is important. it depends on how you define loyalty. number one. number two, i don't know how that got there because i didn't ask that question. >> what about the idea that in a tweet you said that there might be tape recordings. >> i won't talk about that. all i want is for comey to be honest. and i hope he will be. and i'm sure he will be, i hope. >> he loves to leave things hanging for the press and the american people. were there actually tapes that were recording all of those meetings? we don't know. maybe they were. and maybe this is a way to scare james comey in to saying anything that w...