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Washington. >> yeah, i think it's clear from that rehearsed answer sarah huckabee sanders made they clearly are trying to discredit comey publicly and fear him as a wbs. they don't want him testifying in a grand jury. they don't want him testifying against the president on this obstruction matter. they are worried that bob muller and his team will credit comey's testimony and doing everything they can to rally their base to discredit comey. it shows you just how nervous the white house is about the obstruction aspect of this case. >> elih, were you surprised by the same moment and language and...

Huckabee sanders gave that they clearly are trying to discredit comey publicly. they father him as a witness. they don't want him testifying in a grand jury, testifying against the president on this obstruction matter. they worry that he'll credit comey's testimony. it shows you just how nervous the white house is about the obstruction aspect of this case. >> eli were you surprised by that same moment and by this language, this wording that she was intent to get through? >> it's hard to be surprised by much these days, brian. but it was interesting. it's obvious that they were ready for that q...

Necessarily, demeaning, underlying every stage by legitimate investigators for months now. you have to ask what is this all about that he doesn't want us to see? his finances, doesn't want us to know about the dealings of russia and those of his family and campaign. why is there all of this smoke? >> one of the things i am curious on is the human dimension of this. one of his closest advisers who is also his son-in-law, theoretically there would not be able to talk to each other about this ongoing investigation. if they both have attorneys and both being a focus of an investigation i assume th...

Curious on is the human dimension of this. one of his closest advisers who is also his son-in-law, theoretically there would not be able to talk to each other about this ongoing investigation. if they both have attorneys and both being a focus of an investigation i assume they are not going to be talking about it. >> it's probably pretty awkward i would imagine. one other thing is that part of the obstruction aspect of the case is the role of the president and jeff sessions and rosen stein in the firing of comey. if they start looking into the role of rodrosenstein that is tricky because he is...

Out how much to embrace the president or whether they should step back and let the democrats do their thing. >> and that's why the news of the special counsel was so welcome by many republicans, even though they didn't want one before he was opointed and as one democrat told me he's awesome because it could take off their plate but as you have this drip, drip, drip of stories coming out every day, whether it's cnn or the washington post or the new york times, they're coming out every day and republicans have to respond. >> and it's the obstruction aspect that is the most alarming to the republ...