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Counsel to deal with this russian investigation. >> jim, thanks so much. back with our panel now. you know, dana, it strikes me that you have the white house build thing war room. you have the president hiring outside attorney. the russia probe has been going on since last july. former fbi director comey said last march. why now? >> two words, special prosecutor. they know enough about recent history, and not so recent history to know that could lead anywhere. they have officially lost control, not that they had it, but even some semblance or notion that clearly the president thinks he had g...

There's a particularity there. what do you think about this pick, gloria, especially when you look at some of his clients in the russian realm? >> i think the most interesting thing to me is his relationship with donald trump. donald trump went with something that he's comfortable with. donald trump is not going to pick a new guy that he doesn't know. he's going with somebody that he does know, and let me give you some examples. this is the attorney who sued the trump biographer timothy o'brian because he understated trump's net worth. that got thrown out of court. he threatened to sue "the ne...

Intervention in this investigation. but if that doesn't work out, he's going the legal route. he's hired an outside attorney, mark kawowitz. he will be the legal mind that will help the president through this marass he'll be facing. we don't think he'll be the sole lawyer, but part of a larger legal team. in the meantime, the president and his team are looking for crisis communications team to handle what will undoubtedly be a very difficult pr problem for the president and we're picking up from our sources that perhaps the former campaign manager for donald trump, cory lewandowski may be part...

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He feared the russians have often tried to lure people down a "treasonous path." the white house is claiming it shows there's no evidence of collusion, even though brennan refused to say that. as this investigation intensifies, cnn has confirmed that mr. trump is expected to hire a personal lawyer, turning to a powerful attorney he's relied on before. and the senate intelligence committee is keeping alive the threat that it will hold fired national security adviser michael flynn in contempt of congress for defying a subpoena. but first, they're issuing new subpoenas for flynn's businesses beca...