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Criminal activity. alisyn, john? >> oh, my gosh, jean, what a fascinating display of everything -- all the different personalities and comments yesterday. a lot to discuss, john. >> all right, let's brick ng in cnn's best legal mans, mark geragos, paul cowan, and jeffrey toobin. mark, i want to start with you here. you were saying during this hearing and before that parole was essentially a legal slam dunk. why? >> well, because they an evaluation. in fact, they kind of predicted it, if you will, where they do what's called a risk assessment. and there's a bunch of factors. it's the age, it's ...

Comey, but instead, he views it as an effort to conduct what he's called many times a witch hunt sp hunt. so that tends to dominate it. if it's made in america week, or it's less lett's focus on the d of health care week, his mind is not necessarily there. you saw it in the health care debate, where a number of democratic senators said, the president did not seem to be deeply engaged in the details of what the health care bill should look like. in fact, the white house didn't have it own. instead, he just want to have had a win. and you have to wonder if it doesn't look like he's going to get ...

Morning's reports, a source says the president's team does intend to cooperate fully with the special counsel. the focus on the special counsel and the president's own words in that "new york times" interview overshadowing, if you will, the attempts of this administration once again to focus on policy. today, we do expect to see the president this afternoon, as he meets with the survivors of the "uss arizona." john and -- john, back to you. >> alisyn, i'll take it now. all right, so lots to discuss. we have cnn political analyst, david druker, and david sanger, jeffrey toobin. great to have al...

Now president trump is building a legal team in response to the russia investigation. sources say the president is expected to hire attorney mark kasowitz. he'll be part of a team of outside lawyers to advise him on matters related to the russia probe. let's brick ng in our panel, ad mentis with us, cnn political director david chalian and politics editor juana summers. what's your reaction to the president as they say lawyering up, adam, right now? >> it's obviously a sign we've reached a new phase in this investigation. not only is he facing twin investigations on the hill but obviously the ...