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To say. but it is par for the course. it is something he has been repeating publicly and privately for months. and he has a real problem with the leadership there. and that's sort of the thing that, you know, causes these rumors every few weeks. the president is actually in a position to do something about it. there's a number of people he could fire. there would be deep political ramifications if he did, but when you hear rhetoric like that and you hear the things he's mused about privately about wanting to fire mueller, about wanting to fire rod rosenstein, about wanting to fire jeff session...

Exactly being handed off with a vote of confidence. >> the problem here is that the president still really wants to go in and talks and they realize that he has to talk to bring an end to this. that if mueller is going to be done, they think the president is going to have to do this. the problem was dowd was not going to allow him to do it. he was not going to allow him to go in. he knew that it was a disaster waiting to happen. he knew the president was someone that could easily get distracted, would go on and on about different things. he was not prepared to do it. the question is, is rudy t...

Appreciate his help. whether the wall comes down entirely or not, we'll see. the prosecutors have another argument to advance to the federal judge, that he is they should rule in their favor. >> what is the legal jeopardy the president has on the payment to stormy daniels? >> another interesting question. so, if you take the president at his word, that campaign funds were not used to pay ms. daniels, let's say that's true and set that aside for a minute. it doesn't answer the other question. what if the payments to ms. daniels, regardless of the source of funds, were intended to influence the ...

President's deposition. we have yet to see. frankly, mr. cohen has to invoke the 5th on a question by question basis formally in order to assert the right. so, i don't think it's going to have a huge impact on our ability to dee positive him in connection with the civil case. >> and you still believe -- i know i got in a lot of trouble saying bob mueller, you make me regret those words every day. do you believe you'll at some point depose the president in your case as well? >> i like making you regret those words. >> you win. >> we haven't won anything yet. we won a couple battles, but we're g...

Member of both the campaign and the administration who was there, what was said about it, what were you thinking, and what does all of this mean? >> he did testify in front of the house intelligence committee, famously and in november, you had the ranking democrat on the committee, adam schiff, who came out disturbed after that testimony. here is one reason why, i asked the attorney general whether he was ever instructed by the president to take any action that he believed would hinder the russia investigation. schiff says sessions declined to answer that question before the committee. he coul...