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It's not uncommon for federal judges to slap the government around and then rule in the government's favor. a lot of legal observers are still expecting that to happen here. >> that he will still give the special counsel this leeway to charge him with extra crimes? >> yeah, because the hurdle to dismiss these charges is pretty high. but some of the things he said, you don't really care about mr. manafort's bank fraud, you really care about getting information mr. manafort can give you that would reflect on mr. trump and lead to his prosecution or impeachment. >> by the way, i would characteriz...

But i think trump is conflicted because he gets tired of people quickly. you have more influence with donald trump on day one than you have on day two or day three. >> which is interesting because you would think the relationship would build on itself. >> quite the opposite, i think. you lose influence every day with donald trump. you are no longer the shiny object. i think trump has been known to say to no one in particular in the evaloffioval office, i'm noe about these generals. maybe they're a bunch of liberals. what do you think. with donald trump, six months is an eternity. >> let me ask...

He was never charged with fighting back against president nixon. i think it is a big mistake for people to think that you can be charged with a crime for proclaiming your innocence or fighting back and saying i'm innocent. criminal lawyers do that on behalf of clients in every courtroom in america. we have a system designed for people to be able to fight back when they think an improper charge has been brought against them. now, you can go over the line and turn it into obstruction. but trump of course will say he hasn't gone over the criminal line. >> no doubt robert mueller is listening to w...

Relationship. this week the president interrupted kelly's briefing holding a press conference. the source tells cnn it was a warning shot to kelly. let's talk it over with the author of the gate kipe keepers. so chris, kelly's predecessor resigned after the big health care failure. here it looks like kelly has a tough road ahead. >> there is no question that john kelly is in the dog house. he made the mistake of telling the truth on fox news. do you remember michael kinsly's definition of a gaffe, which is telling the truth in washington, that's exactly what kelly did. and, you know, i find th...

Something michael said. there is no question nothing could be different than the white house and the 26th floor of trump tower. you cannot run the white house the way you run a manhattan real estate firm with people coming and going and just shooting from the hip. i think tuesday night will be interesting because it will be the state of the union because i wonder who will show up. is it going to be the goldman sachs scripted trump or is it going to be the gloom and doom and carnage trump that we saw at the inaugural address channelling nut jobs like steven miller. but at the end of the day, i ...