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Director andrew mccabe wasn't totally honest about the communications with the media. and comey is in the heart of this obstruction probe. i can't see the former director who cares deeply about the justice department mutting up mueller work. >> let's talk about the executive privilege, the idea of retroactively claiming executive privilege and trying to null phi everything he has with interviews with the trump circle. from a legal perspective. lawyers are dubious about the fact that this can be done what's your take? >> it is a nonstarter. once you waive the privilege, it is waved forever. you...

Fire, they will be interested in james comey's book. there is all sorts of publicity for the book and apparently it's selling very well. if the president is angry this week, what happens after the comey interview and his book? >> it depends on what jim comey has to say. it's hard to imagine he's not going to make news, but it's also hard to imagine he will throw down the gauntlet and share everything. keep in mind he is central in some ways to two ongoing probes. one is the department of justice's inspector general and he is probing the hillary clinton e-mail probe and finding a lot of things ...

Legal team? i'm going to say right now you're not going to see a serious sit-down interview with trump and robert mueller. >> let me ask you about the white house counsel, don mcghan. a name we rarely refer to anymore other than what he may or may not have known in relation to russia investigation, to rob porter's status in the west wing. do you think his situation is see or someone we should be eyeing right now? >> well, according to "the new york times" in multiple reports, don mcghan is the person who prevented donald trump from removing bob mueller in the first place. that is a huge deal a...

Accurately what she's hearing from her sour sources as she's hearing it. the original report does stand. he said these words in the context of the late-night firing of deputy director mccabe, fact witness to obstruction. this is another explosive moment, joy, where i don't think any of us knows what happened last night and how it will affect the obstruction probe yet. we don't know yet how mueller will view it. it is possible it could be as significant as the original comey finding in the sense that his investigator also find it's not on the merits of mccabe's record but an attempt to interrup...

Administration rather than paying attention to the serious crime and economic issues in their own cities. they are putting the welfare of their own residents before their efforts, their rush to make a political statement. >> that is terrible. another story that is developing today. we just saw moments ago that former trump campaign aide sam nunberg was leaving a washington courthouse after testifying in the obstruction probe. he made headlines earlier in the week. my goodness. a lot of headlines. clearly has a lot of problems. john, the idea that mueller's team would be looking to him to provi...