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His lawyers seeming shaky and the way they've been handling information about this probe and the way they put stuff out to the public. the post is reporting tonight that the spokesman for the legal representing the president tonight has resigned that post. now, joining us by phone is one of the reporters who just broke this story in "the washington post," ashley parker. thank you for being with us. i know you're just break thing story. appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me. >> let me ask you first about the pardon discussions you guys are reporting now. you say president trump has a...

Returns. his lawyers are sending a message saying, quote, the scope is going to have to stay within mueller's mandate. if there's drifting, we'll object. a report in bloomberg based on a single source, mueller is examining financial transactions between trump, his associates and russia going back to at least 2004. "the washington post" reports trump has asked his advisors about his ability to pardon himself, aides according to probes. another said trump's lawyers have been discussing the president's pardoning powers among themselves. the president has simply expressed curiosity in understandin...

Releases that out going governor haley barbour granted to more than 200 convicts. the state attorney general's office says they can't find four murders and one armed robber who were pardoned and released. the attorney general is reviewing the pardons. a mississippi judge has temporarily blocked the release of more than 21 convicted felons while their pardons are reviewed. joining me by phone bobby moak. i understand you were helping lead the efforts to curtail the pardoning powers? >> we're trying to institute some more processes so that the victims families and law enforcement can be heard. >...

This is a new day and we'll see how it goes. >> we'll see how it goes. so well said as always. kelly thank you. kelly o'donnell at the white house. next week, the russia investigation will take a big turn. son-in-law jared kushner will be interviewed by the senate and house intelligence committee and don jr. and paul manafort will be interviewed. we don't know the date of that as of yet. but they will answer questions and provide documents. they will not testify in public, at least not yet. but a big development to watch out for in just the last few days, the president has been taking aim at...

Kellyanne conway, newt gingrich banging on about robert mueller, people he's hired and the fact they've given money to hillary clinton forgetting the fact that the president was a democrat until 2009 and jared and ivanka giving money to democrats and gary cohn is a democrat. >> reporter: that's right. this is consistent with what we have heard from top officials here and even the president himself. he said that he thinks there may be some conflicts of interest so "the new york times"/"washington post" reporting now that the president's legal team actually looking into that possibility effectiv...