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Political science professor and professor in france. live from paris. good to have you at this hour, amy, always. let s talk about this situation of sexual misconduct allegations against politicians. big story here in the united states. now, we ve heard from the white house, the press secretary, about this statement that she said say, quote, senator al franken admitted wrongdoing. president trump did not. that was the statement that came from the white house press podium. is this, the president and the white house sidestepping the allegations against the president of the united states, using franken to do so? yeah. the risk is that this is becoming quickly a political issue. a political sort of weapon, if you will. the statement of sarah huckabee sanders, obviously, is contestable in the sense whether or not the women s story is legitimate does not dependent on the man recognizing the actions of ray moore like with bill ....
Trump. and even president trump s own director of national intelligence said recently, there s no dissent inside intelligence agencies about what russia did. the president can continue to dismiss the investigation as a home and a witch hunt but cold-blooded robert mueller isn t listening to it at all. axios national political reporter jonathan swann is here with me and the boston globe s national political reporter. do you think trump wants an honest investigation? he said so right there to his crowd. so, chris, he can spin and he can mislead and lie all he wants in front of his adoring fans or at a press podium. here s something he can t do. he cannot lie to the fbi, to the grand jury. nor can his lawyers. nor can hisser associates. at the end of the day, what he says in his tweets and in the public utterances are completely irrelevant. this is about matters of law. that s what bob mueller is ....
Credibility problem. the question is how to fix it. probably, it s going to be a change at that press podium at some point and they re hoping this foreign trip starting tomorrow changes the subject. it s certainly a high wire act. thanks. just ahead, president trump said flat out he didn t collude with the russians but can only speak for himself, not his campaign. should campaign and staffers be worried? i ve been blind since birth. i go through periods where it s hard to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. learn about non-24 by calling 844-844-2424. ....
Community, despite what he has said and others have stood at the white house press podium, what are the risks for donald trump if he s on the wrong side of the fbi? are there any? if he s on the wrong side of the law, more importantly. look, this is a president who came into office comparing the cia to nazis. he has called the biggest investigation that the fbi has going a hoax. that is not guaranteed to win respect among the rank and file. and now he s in a situation where he has apparently demanded loyalty oaths from the director and failing to obtain that, fired him. an act that will be seen, i think, some day as an attempt to obstruct justice. so, if we look back in history and we think about the character deep throat in watergate. fbi agent. there you go. is there a concern that if people are unhappy, those people ....
Moving back to our top story, the crash of that russian plane in egypt and what might have brought it down. we re expecting a live white house press briefing any moment now. and that topic is almost certainly to come up, if not first, soops the press secretary, josh earnest, takes the press podium, we ll move into the briefing room live. there is other news to cover. an alabama mother did not know where her son was for 13 years. whether he was even dead or alive. and that s starting from the age of 5. now skip over to the right. that s him at age 18. today, immense relief. her son is alive. he was reported missing back in 2002 when he was just that 5-year-old face. ....