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The president's personal attorney, john dowd, who was leading the legal team in response to the russia investigation, has resigned. this move raises all kinds of legal questions, also questions about what's going on inside the president's mind as it pertains to the russia investigation. joining me now to discuss, cnn legal analyst michael zeldin. the broad significance of john dowd, who has been leading the president's efforts here going, what does that tell you? >> that nobody is in charge any longer as outside counsel. we have ty cobb as inside counse counsel. outside, you have joe digenova ...

And explained to me that that's sort of a rallying cry for them. what do you make of -- what does a bannon skornd look like? is he an ally of president trump on the outside if he goes and joins broit bart again or is he an opponent? >> even if he was forced out of the white house, you know given trump's modus operandi and ban ons, they're going to keep stalking. and to the extent that bannon is the architect of this policy of really stockying up the far right and using the far right as kind of the shock troops of the trump base, to the extent that the president keeps doubling down on that, whi...

They need some news to drive the next day. this speech i've heard so many times. it's effective in the crowds but if you want to drive the story, you've got to put something at the top that every reporter that sitting there. that's the only part you listen to. i know you reporter types. >> oh! >> you reporter types. >> we did a lot of time together back in the day. >> we did. >> you know what i mean. you are looking for something right at the top. >> we have heard this beat up the media stuff. it cuts through. you are right. the people want to hear it. it's authentic. harness that energy and g...

This speech i heard so many times. it's the same thing over and over again. it's effective in those crowds. to drive the story the next day, you have to put something at the top that every reporter sitting there -- maybe that's the only part you listen to. i know you reporter times. >> oh! >> you reporter times. >> we did a lot of time together back in the day. >> we did. >> you know what i mean. you are looking for something right at the top. >> we heard this beat up the media stuff. >> it cuts through. you are right. the people want to hear it. it's authentic. harness that energy and going a...

This speech i heard so many times. it's the same thing over and over again. it's effective in those crowds. to drive the story the next day, you have to put something at the top that every reporter sitting there -- maybe that's the only part you listen to. i know you reporter times. >> oh! >> you reporter times. >> we did a lot of time together back in the day. >> we did. >> you know what i mean. you are looking for something right at the top. >> we heard this beat up the media stuff. >> it cuts through. you are right. the people want to hear it. it's authentic. harness that energy and going a...