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The report, based on on michael cohen's testimony to the special counsel but also on all this information, including documents from the trump organization. >> there's a legal term for this story and it's called not good. the obstruction part is fairly obvious. we don't have to think hard for an example of trump doing this. we know, for instance, that he was responsible for the erroneous statement that was drafted on air force one as well. so there is some precedent for trump pushing false testimony so i'm not shocked by the buzzfeed story. i think what gets lost in this conversation is not jus...

Sit's report. our correspondents and analysts will have full coverage of the day's top stories. the president's nominee had the justice department and oversee the mueller probe is making it very very clear he intends to be his own plan. >> he will stand up to political pressure even if the president asked him to do something. he says he won't do it. he wouldn't even fire robert mueller unless there is good cause to do so. democrats raised concerns about a memo he drafted raising questions about the obstruction element of the investigation and barr was on the defensive he tried to explain it wa...

Which would then go to another obstruction element. so it's really important for donald trump to be admonished that maybe they need to put a muzzle on his fingers. we know that's not going to happen. a federal judge in manhattan ruled that donald trump and michael cohen can't do that at the first bite of the apple. >> that's not going to happen and we know there's been a submission of proposed names for a special master to determine whether these are -- or not. but cohen's team overplayed its hand this week to hide behind the attorney/client privilege, to use it as a shield is an issue espec...

He knows he is in the crosshairs of this, particularly with the obstruction element. and he is still determined, according to those that he talks to somehow find a republicans to find a way to out , make this investigation go away so that he is not further burdened by it. >> do you remember that red line, john dean, that he set back in july when he told "the new york times" they cannot look into my finances. they should not be looking into my finances. that was a month after he tried to fire mueller. >> that's right. and he is no position to draw red lines, or his staff. mueller is going to de...

Cals of this investigation are around members of his own family. those closest to him and his business organization in this campaign organization, doesn't mean that they are going to be found guilty or even indicted, but this investigation has touched and surrounded the people he's closest to and now himself. he knows he's in the cross hairs of this, particularly with the obstruction element and he still is determined according to those that he talks to to somehow find republicans to find a way to out them, make this investigation go away so that he is not further burdened by it. >> do you rem...