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It is not a good position for a defendant to be in. having said that, i'm most interested in why michael cohen had that impression and who he got the impression from. that's the linchpin argument and the linchpin cause for the proof here. if michael cohen is simply banking on an insinuation or his intuition, that is not going to actually fly for a prosecution in this case. but if he's talking about there was a statement made, there was an implicit agreement, one that has been back before, a reference to some time ago, that holds more water. jeff ask righis right, talking impeachment. i'm inter...

Mueller, the president still has this pardoning power. he could pardon paul manafort, roger stone, if it ever came down to it, donald trump jr. whoever he wants, the president has that power to pardon him, which would likely cause him a ton of headaches from capitol hill if he does. >> so there's all of that. kaitlan, thank you. i want to get to the breaking news, exclusive here to cnn, the details of what president trump told robert mueller in writing about two key issues that are significant parts of this russia investigation. the answers he provided pertain to wikileaks in the 2016 trump to...

The tapes. i believe at that moment there was a question whether or not there were 67 votes to impeach the president. several republican senators i believe they included barry goldwater went to president nixon and said to him no we can't guarantee you 33 or 34 republicans will stand by you and at that point president nixon decided he'll leave. we're a long way from that moment if we ever reach it. i wouldn't predict at this moment one way or the other. >> senator dick durbin, thank you for being on the show this morning. up next, new york investigators push forward with an investigation that's...

Does not believe the president will bail him out here. >> well, that shouldn't be so surprising given the fact that the president has not really revealed his hand as to what he thinks about the charges against mielk cohen. he talked about it initially, jim. talking about the death of the attorney-client privilege. it was hyperbole, and talking about the idea of the fbi and the deep state as an overall part of the witch hunt campaign strategic. he hasn't actually talked about him in glowing terms of salvation. it should come as no surprise as to comes to help mielk cohen. that should shock no o...

He retains his pardoning power. he can pardon in his judgment based on the justice department counsel's office. nome. >> giuliani continues to insist the russia investigation is compromised. he said pardons could be used if someone was treated unfairly. president trump defending decision to suspend joint military exercises with south korea after the singapore summit. the president claiming the drills were costly and provocative. he calls them war games. how is that playing out in south korea? we have nic robertson with the latest. nic, the defensive drills are meant to show the american and ...