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>> from the president himself. and, craig, this is really the question that looms over all of this. is the president going to actually sit for an inperson interview? we know there's concern about that. because the president in these types of settings sometimes, those close to him would say, embellishes or fails to remember accurately 100%. what are the topics bob mueller's interested in talking to him about? specifically the firings of the former fbi director james comey. his former national security adviser michael flynn, as well as of course that trump tower meeting that happened with don sq...

About where it's headed. and about them basically losing sort of any kind of -- sort of upper hand in how this is being portrayed to the public. you're see ago number of changes. not just dowd leaving and the rumors about kasowitz possibly returning. but trump has added new lawyers this week. just a couple weeks ago when he dismissed a "new york times" story hinting at some of this. when he was saying it was not the case and he was very happy with the legal team. but now he has indeed made these changes. just goes to show how much frustration there is in the white house right now. >> frustrati...

The special counsel, as well as, and it really seemed to underscore potential breakdown in messaging. and different messages coming out of the president's legal team. so with this, the legal team moves forward, looks to add new people. you mentioned mark kasowitz. they brought on joe digenova. so, again, really underscoring that they're flexing their muscles, maybe preparing to take a tougher stance. now, what's happening behind the scenes? the president's legal team is having very sensitive negotiations with the team of bob mueller to talk about the contours of a potential interview with pres...

To our viewers, it's because mark kasowite started out being the representation for trump in the mueller probe. he is someone who had been working with the president before he entered politics. it's someone the president knows well. he wants to bring him back into the picture. it's not clear yet if he's had the green light. the fact his name is being floated really speaks to the point that kristen made about the president wanting to have a tougher stance. he doesn't want people who are going to hold him back from speaking to the special counsel. if he decides he wants to speak to the special c...

Idea. and by the way, the idea that the president is his own best lawyer, there is an old saying that a client who represents himself has a fool for a lawyer. and believing that your judgment is better than all of the lawyers around you is a form of that. >> well, look, i buy the potential strategy he's thinking which is this idea, i'll give him the interview and walk out and say, you should be able to wrap this in up in a week and if he can't then i'm justified getting rid of him. do you think he can both do interview been we interview -- well he can do what he wants. but how does mueller han...