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We actually get to a point where the president is trying to go beyond these existing statutory authorities. i think his signature on this final compromise could very well go a long way toward hurting his legal argument that he has the power to act beyond it. >> steve, thank you very much. the legalities are central to this. josh, if i could begin with you. as you know well, the president speaks and thinks in the language and terms of win/loss here. is this deal a loss for the president? >> the deal itself would be in many ways as you can tell. there is less money than he would have gotten orig...

No decision has been made. it seems like that's the most likely road that the president is going to be headed down. >> all right. then setting up a possible clash. >> likely. exactly. >> i'm sure those briefs are already written probably by some democrats. >> exactly. >> dana bash, thank you very much. joining me on the phone to talk through what would then follow here legally, cnn contributor and professor of law at the university of texas, steve laddick. you heard dana there. executive action, possibly an emergency order. what would that look like and in your view would it be legal? in the s...

The george conway but erick erickson, even on fox news some of the legal analysts coming out and saying, yeah, this is pretty open and shut. and how could they not have -- how could they have missed this? >> well, i think what's open and shut is that there's no question that matt whitaker must be recused from the investigation. from overseeing the bob mueller's investigation. actually, lawyers and steve laddick has a very good editorial piece about this. i disagree with the analysis that it's unconstitutional. and the reason for that is, first of all, there's an 1898 supreme court opinion dire...

Erickson, even on fox news some of the legal analysts coming out and saying, yeah, this is pretty open and shut. and how could they not have -- how could they have missed this? >> well, i think what's open and shut is that there's no question that matt whitaker must be recused from the investigation. from overseeing the bob mueller's investigation. actually, lawyers and steve laddick has a very good editorial piece about this. i disagree with the analysis that it's unconstitutional. and the reason for that is, first of all, there's an 1898 supreme court opinion directly on point that says actu...