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Investigation and those candidates back home are having to answer questions about this. this is much bigger than a legal problem. it's a very big political problem for the republican party. >> mark, phil, peter, michael, thank you, gentlemen. when we come back, shocking new allegations against the president's pick to lead the va. the white house standing by their nominee, insisting he was thoroughly vetted. but was he really?

Will say something different and the investigators are going to say, that's what we call in the government a 1001 violation. that's lying to a federal officer. that's a federal legal violation. >> you said when he sticks to the facts, because most people, except if you listen to conservative media and some of the sycophants who are trying to impugn his reputation, most people see him as a credible witness. but it's when he goes off into opinion or what you deem to be opinion that you wish he would not go into that? >> i wish he wouldn't. he's credible. he's career prosecutor. you look at the d...

Puzzle. basically there's only a few pieces in this puzzle. going into his hotel and office, that's filing the attorney/client privilege. that tells you the judge saw a lot of stuff. number two, michael cohen says, i'm so burned in this, as the president's personal lawyer, he didn't have many clients, his most significant client was the president, to plead the fifth because there's something really dirty here. why is the president reviewing this? because there's stuff there that shows he was involved in inappropriate financial activity. there's only two pieces of the puzzle. the judge said go ...

Anyone does." that's what makes us individuals. and we have the right to independent thought. well, the president's reply was simple. he said, thank you, kanye, very cool. the internet wasn't so simple. lost its mind. is everyone missing the point here? stick around, we've got a lot more on all of this. cnn senior political analyst mark preston and cnn analyst michael zeldin and peter zeydenberg, a former special prosecutor. and phillip mudd who was an fbi senior intelligence officer. a lot of ground to cover tonight, gentlemen, thank you for joining us, i appreciate it. mark, i'll start with ...