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Something outside of the scope of what i'm supposed to do. that is where the faissue is because he was not strong enough to do it then. >> don't go away. we have a lot to talk about. he was asked about firing mueller if the president were to fire bob mueller. what it means. also new, the president's legal team filed papers side with michael cohen. arguing that attorney/client privilege must be observed. the raids on cohen's home, office and hotel room disqualified. the spectacle of the president arguing against the justice department in favor of a business associate. cohen and his lawyers ar...

That was conscious effort. in this issue, i do not believe james comey did things purposely. i think he made colossal errors. >> all right. james and julian and tal, thank you for being with us. busy morning. the president's legal team filed papers that side with mr. trump's personal lawyer michael cohen arguing that attorney/client privilege must be obtained. the legal brief filing creates the spectacle of the president argues against the justice department in favor of the business associate. cohen is set to appear in court this morning. sara murray has more on that. >> reporter: good morni...

President wants him to be his lawyer, he is still his lawyer. >> the "new york times" has a big edoria taking out a full page on how they hope the president doesn't make on mueller, how bad it would be for the democracy, american experiment overall. if he does, you have different feelings about this. the president would move on rosenstein, if not mueller directly, to stop the investigation. would that be successful if that were his goal? >> well, i think firing mueller would be very successful. because at that point the investigation would just return to the justice department and they would p...

I can't discuss this. you are doing mething improper. >> maybe. but if he didn't know he was doing something improper, why kick out the general, be the vice president of the united states, and the leaders of the intelligence community? why am i alone if he doesn't know the nature of the request? but it's possible in the moment -- another person would have said, sir, you can't ask me that. that is a criminal investigation. it could be obstruction of justice. >> was president trump obstructing justice? >> possibly. it is some level of obstruction of justice. >> charlie dent of pennsylvania. do y...

>> was president trump obstructing justice? possibly. there is certainly some evidence of obstruction of justice? >> do you think the russians have something on donald trump? >> i think it's possible. i don't know. these are moword i never thoughi would utter about a president. i can't say that but it's possible. >> there's no doubt it's helping comey sell books. it's also raising eyebrows and legal questions. also a former chairman with the intelligence committee and an fbi agent. >> to have an fbi agent in the middle of an investigation even speculate that the president may have committed a ...