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President's testimony was sought directly not just documents or tapes. and it would be the first time that the president's testimony was sought in a case involving his potential behavior. that would have been the same issue in the clinton case as well. we've been in uncharted territory. it's not at all clear. the courts suggested without saying it that a president has to comply with the subpoena just like anybody else, even though accommodations can be made to suit a president's schedule, interview him at the white house. have lawyers present, that kind of thing. the idea that the president co...

Looking at donald trump saying, this is my guy. he's truthful. this is a witch-hunt. now circling wagons using people from the quote/unquote washington swamp you spent more than a year campaigning against. so you're also going to have a political problem with the president saying that. he's going to have to defend himself and say the reason i hired this lawyer is because of x, y and z, and his base will be i think listening closely at what his defense is in this. >> sure. >> to that point it's important to remember that the president had a lot of trouble finding lawyers to represent him. so ma...

Everybody just coming in to this breaking news, what you all are reporting and what the significant is. >> sure. what we're reporting is that ty cobb, the top white house lawyer, his title was actually white house special counsel, just to keep things confusing. ty cobb is leaving, and is going to be replaced as you said, with emmet flood from the law firm williams & connolly certainly part of the impeachment defense team during the clinton administration. this is significant, because ty cobb came in last year as kind of a voice of moderation and collaboration with the special counsel. arrived ...

That the president makes his decisions about whether he wants to do an interview or not. there's not some kind of grand guru here really creating a legal strategy. it is a lot of different people trying to work with the president who feels like he is under siege. >> did you get the sense that lawyers on the outside, giuliani, sekulow, feel that emmitt flood is going to be more in line with the way that they would like to see the would you push forward with this response? >> there is a lot of frustration inside of this west wing about cobb. cobb says he's retiring. he's had some different disag...

Hat at a rally. he is clearly more of a political figure than a legal one. but what does giuliani see as his role on this legal team as compared to these other figures is. >> he sees himself -- he's told me this several times -- a person who can be in the room with robert mueller and be there as an equal in stature. giuliani sees himself as a veteran of the justice department. he sees himself as someone who can push back against mueller. >> in your assessment, bob mueller is something of a legend among department of justice folks that i've talked to. is there any one on the president's legal t...