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What stands out to you? what's your lead tonight for tomorrow? >> well, there's one thing that the president said today that stood out to me. he sort of addressed the obstruction issue, and he seemed to conflate the idea of him fighting back to his critics and opponents of being accused of obstruction of justice, and people were saying, oh, he was obstructing, where really he was just fighting back. he often fancies himself as a counterpuncher, and whether or not that kind of approach to campaigning and governing and how that fits into a legal framework of this investigation is something that ...

Have been magnified in recent days, certainly in repeated and, you know, ad infinitum, so these are challenging times for the fbi and it does impact us all. >> thank you for that honest answer. that is helpful in our understanding. and chris, from all the threads from just today, we've got flynn, we've got now trump and cobb and bannon. what stands out to you? what's your lead tonight for tomorrow? >> well, there's one thing that the president said today that stood out to me. he sort of addressed the obstruction issue, and he seemed to conflate the idea of him trying to fight back against his ...

Team if the scope were limited. why? >> because essentially what he could do -- typically what a pra pra prosecutor wants to do is ask the main or central person questions after they have already obtained all of their other evidence in the case. you know, we know mueller has been investigating a lot of different things in addition to the issue of obstruction, there's also the trump tower meeting or a facebook search warrant or a number of other financial issues he has been investigating. he may not be ready to explore all of those issues at this point. what he really, i think, at this point wi...

Firing or removal? what about all of that? is that, too, part of a potential obstruction issue even though sessions did recuse himself? it's very complicated. >> yes, that's right. >> i know you're following. >> you're absolutely right, an obstruction case is built on building blocks and they have so many examples of it, fred, it's overwhelming right now. there is obstruction. mueller's got that. the reason he's not stopped is because he's also looking at conspiracy between trump and the russians. that's what he's looking at right now. he's looking at money laundering. that's what he's looking...

The shots as it pertains to any relations with russia? >> it is moronic, fred. he admitted in his interview with lester holts to obstruction. he just kills himself. i mean, i couldn't have a client like that. i'd threaten to amputate his hands if he tweeted during this period of time. they can't control him. he's out of control and he's hurting himself bad. every time he puts something out there, it's going to come back and bite him. he's out of control -- >> and others too -- >> quickly, avery, does this tweet, does this add to the potential obstruction of justice probe by mueller's team? >> ...