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It's possible they might have heard about some of the the proffer discussions going on but i think in general, i think trump was surprised. that would be my guess at this point. the key thing here not only that is that manafort chose to trust mueller rather than trump, this is an informered guess here that paul manafort and his wife kathy and their family have been through hell and back at this point. i would like to know whether mueller and the fbi and other federal agencies have offered to protect paul manafort. i mean physically protect. >> you mean witness protection, we don't have reporti...

For mueller to put up or shut up. do you think they should be careful what they wish for? >> well, i don't think they have the strong negotiating position they think they have. if mr. mueller really wants this, the president as a witness, he'll send a subpoena. i think all we know about the mueller position is coming from the president's lawyers. i'm not sure they're the best source to really understand these negotiations. but anyway, that's all we've got at this point because mueller is not coming out and explaining his position. >> so, listen, i want to get to some reporting from cnn and als...

Well, do we know how all of this will affect the midterms? is it too early to tell? there's a lot of information going back and forth. >> the michael cohen story? or the mueller? >> manafort, michael cohen, the mueller investigation. >> you know, when you talk to republicans out in the field they say russia's not an issue. it just doesn't come up. people care about their pocketbooks. they care about what's going on in the world. they care about trade, tariffs, tax reform, everything else. it doesn't seem to be russia. democrats care about russia. democrats overwhelmingly think it's a large iss...

Of those on the fence, even those who are maybe not tlild with t -- thrilled with the president's tweets and some of the chaos, they're like enough already, wait until this ends, enough already. we don't want to hear the pounding away at the president on this issue so much. look, it's up in the air. but at this point it seems like it's a wash. >> there are a lot of republicans who believe that they can use impeachment for the president. >> yes, it will drive out turnout. >> drive out their turnout. >> danny o'connor did not talk about russia. >> democrats are not talking about this on the camp...

Want to spring a perjury trap." and there's no justification for using the grand jury for that. >> we promised it was not a conspiracy. you're reaction to what's happened today. we can go back to the district court judge or you can hit any of the issues we've been talking about. >> well, i'm chomping at the bit. in regard to judge ellis, having appeared before him a handful of times in the last five or ten years, i'm not surprised. and he was equally hard on mueller and manafort's lawyer and his legal team in regard to their head shaking and what have you. but he is a smart judge. i don't disa...