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If they were cooperating witnesses, they wouldn't have had to go to the department of justice and get authorization to go to the judge and administer immunity. there are two types of immunities. one is sort of transactional immunity where you're immune from everything. this is very narrow. it's called use immunity they're asking for, that their testimony at trial cannot be used against them. and they clearly believe they have committed a crime and they will plead the fifth amendment if not given immunity. that's what's forcing the issue. >> do you have a sense of whether mueller wants to make ...

Opening statements. it could go up to the time the case goes to the jury. and we don't know when or if he would ever make a deal. or he may let it go to the jury and see what they say. >> today a judge also denied a request to move manafort's trial, his defense team has faced one defeat after another so far. how much of an uphill battle does he have for this trial? >> well, i think that it was a proper motion by the judge. he denied moving the trial from alexandria down to roanoke where manafort clearly thought he would get a more sympathetic jury. federal juries, however, in areas like alexan...

Impartial. this can all be screened very well during the process of selecting the jury. i don't think manafort will have the problem of a biased jury. >> i want to ask you what happened today, is the president attempted to clean up the stunning statements from yesterday's summit. he seemed to make things even worse. how would you describe his explanation today? >> weak. it was as weak and as pathetic as his entire press conference. he just focused again on how bad that press conference was. he's rung the bell, don. he sold the country short. and he can't unring it. you can't change the word "w...

That tight? >> well, i'm not surprised. i don't think manafort is surprised to see the president wanting to distance himself, but what is fairly egregious is 3450u8ler mueller is sweating a witness by 24r0eing h throwing him in the for an unknown period of time, he could be in there potentially for the rest of his life. >> but reportedly he went to great lengths to talk with witnesses. >> well, alan dershowitz said this is unfair because a judge made this decision unilaterally and did not bring it into the public for giving manafort an opportunity to have his case heard. this to me seems nothi...

In paul manafort's case demanding to know the scope of the probe accusing it of gunning for trump's impeachment or prosecution. one or the other. maybe both. ainsley: our next guest argues legally this may not be relevant at all. here to explain is fox news judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. >> the government for years has been prosecuting people just to squeeze them, to get information out of them, to testify against somebody who is a bigger target. as reprehensible as this is, because the form of bribery, say what we want to hear and we'll go easy on you, it's a form of as i said brib...