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And great success. >> when you have a convention or fight, the guy you want with you on your side. hoefs the guy that could figure out a strategy. >> people were drawn to him in politics. he operated by his own rules and he operated in the universe of manafort. >> his influence extended far outside the u.s. border. in the former soviet union he worked with some of the most powerful oligarchs. linked to russian president vladimir putin. >> we don't know whether there was a conspiracy between trump campaign and the russians. if there was it stand to reason paul manafort was in middle of it. mana...

Come. john? >> alex marquardt for us in washington. so in this new interview with reuters, that the president just did, he once again neglected to squarely blame russia for the 2016 election attack. the president told reuters, quote, mueller's probe played right into the russians, if it was russia. if he says it was russia, they played right into the russians' hands. joining me now is jeff mason, one of the reuters correspondents who interviewed president trump. jeff, thanks so much for being with us. we didn't know microsoft was coming forward with this news of this new russian attack on the ...

Goal in syria is not to defeat isis. russia's main goal in syria is that bashar al-assad stays in power. if that was not their main goal, they would have gotten assad out of power a long time ago. eric: meanwhile the investigations here continue. adam shift, the minority ranking member of the intel committee said this about the president's comments, quote, the president fools no one, he knows they intervened. fruits that he exploited in the campaign trail. the investigations are continuing. there's been an indictment for lying to the fbi. how do you think this will all play out? >> well, the c...

Mueller. >> the only way they can legally fire him is for cause, and mueller hasn't done anything that justifies for cause so they have to create cause or ignore the regulations in order to fire him. >> reporter: trump reportedly has been looking for cause. he could cite a conflict of interest. mueller's firm has represented members of trump's family. but the justice department has already said that's not a conflict. another potential conflict, three lawyers hired for mueller's probe gave money exclusively to democrats. but there could be another way to end mueller's investigation. >> a new at...

Companies. a spokesman for the special counsel has declined to comment. we have a statement from kushner's attorney abby lowell said another an none nous source with questionable motives. there has not been a single question asked or documents sought on the 666 build degree or kushner company deals. we have multiple sources for this story who told us these questions were being asked. kushner himself may not have been quizzed on the company's dealings. but multiple people familiar with mueller's probe told us investigators have been exploring these questions in interview with people over the pa...