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Down with him it will be very pointed questions and it won't take that long to get to what they want to get to. so long as the president is answering. >> well, let's see, guys. we're actually out of time. but let's see if this is the beginning of a negotiation or perhaps the beginning of what could be a long, drawn-out political fight that we will all watch. ken and michael, great to have you with us, guys. i appreciate it. alyson. >> super bowl update, ear muffs, john. the city of philadelphia preparing for an epic super bowl parade. there will even be free beer. what could possibly go wrong?...

Team? can he be forced to? and what does this fight look like? first to the why he won't testify, michael. newt gingrich and his allies call it a perjury trap. that's a loaded phrase, michael. >> well, a perjury trap actually is a term that has a definition. it is a form of entrapment. it is impermissible and implies that the prosecutor is bringing the witness into the grand jury for the sole purpose of getting him to lie so he can charge him with that lie. that is not what is going on here. and newt gingrich is just flat out incorrect about that. what is going on here is a dually constituted ...

♪ so "the new york times" reporting this morning that the president's lawyers are concerned he could incriminate himself or be charged with lying to investigators if he meets with special counsel robert mueller. president's long-time supporter newt gingrich shares that concern. >> and i think the idea of putting trump in a room with five or six hardened, very, very clever lawyers, all of whom are trying to trap him, would be a very, very bad idea. >> don't put him in a room with smart people because he might lie to them. could an interview with the special counsel be a perjury trap for the...

Speculation or an opinion on their part. >> okay. so you say deception. here is my question about don mcgahn. listening to a lot of the democrats today -- and obviously a lot of this is legal and political. democrats are saying why this guy getting canonized? yes, he threatened to quit overall this last june, michael, but listening to a former obama staffer, it's essentially, whoa, whoa, whoa, white house counsel is central to what is said publicly about any legal issue. should he have spoken out and corrected these staffers and advisers who were clearly not telling the truth? >> so, first of ...

Contributor walter shaub, who quit his job under the trump administration. happy friday to everyone. let's get to it. michael zeldon, first to you. based upon the president's actions in trying to fire bob mueller last summer, did the case for obstruction just get a bit stronger? >> well, brooke, i'm not sure that the case for obstruction got stronger. but what got stronger was the window into the president's thinking for bob mueller, which is to say that in order for bob mueller to bring a case for obstruction of justice, he has to prove that the actor -- in this case, the president -- acted w...