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Manafort, flynn, kilimnik, papadopoulos, gates and many of mueller's proposed questions for trump bear down what he said and meant when talking to comey. meantime, trump's lawyers arguing that one, there's no obstruction if the probe continued, two, trump didn't say the probe should end and three, presidents have the constitutional authority to fbi directors. trump's lawyers also argue that even if that infamous lester holt interview looks bad because trump bizarrely admitted the one thing you can't admit about fire agfbi director that he did it with a probe on his mind, but in the same interv...

I mean, just in a basic level of amoral real politics -- put aside your cooperation with legal authorities or the legal obligation on a bail deal, just in terms of legal interest, how does paul manafort think he's the person that everyone should be siding with over mueller or aka,the department of justice. >> it's completely unrealistic. i think the rch goer is right. crooks think loyalty to them is absolute. their loyalty to others is another matter altogether. i want to pick up on something betsy was saying that i think the crucial here. there's been much talk that not only the president can...

Frustrated with the president. he's tired of defending the guy, even though he does, because he doesn't want to win re-election or have a primary challenge. it's indicative of the problems. erin, i've heard from a lot of people today with the story, you know, this happens in the green rooms everywhere. republican congressmen say nice things about the president on tv and only to bash him in the green room. that's been my experience as well, even before this. but i think we're reaching kind of a boiling point with republican frustration at the president over mueller, syria, and everything else. ...

Control or feel they can exercise a little more control over mueller. they may believe rod rosenstein is no longer able to do that. as you know, they've expressed a concern that mueller is expanding his mandate to include the president's finances, that he's if you will veering out of control. sessions can't do anything about it and they may feel that rosenstein can't do anything about it. they may feel their best bet might be to have a new attorney general who is not recused. >> either through the rosenstein path or getting rid of jeff sessions path, they are somehow down road, figure out a wa...

Let me just ask you first about what i was saying there about the removal of attorney general jeff sessions. if he quits or resigns and the president does get to name a new acting attorney general and then appoint somebody new for that job, is that potentially a path for him to end the mueller investigation? >> he might think of it that way. he or his lawyers might also think of it as a way the make sure they exercise a little more control or feel they can customer size a little more control over mueller. they may believe rod rosenstein is no longer able to do that. as you know they've express...