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Fargo where the current president is about to speak. we'll of course have coverage of that. but there is a lot of breaking news unfolding right now. i want to get some serious analysis. joining us is norm eisen, former special assistant on ethics. and he is also author of a wonderful new book entitled " e "last palace." norm, let me start with you. we'll get to the book in a moment, but i want to get your thoughts on now the president is suggesting questions of obstruction of justice, perjury. that won't be on the table if robert mueller does want to question him on those issues maybe in a dir...

Questions, then he doesn't rule it out. >> it's bizarre. again, if you have a client who's done nothing wrong, if you have a client who does not fear prosecution and is telling truth, the first thing you do is answer those questions. what i find most surprising is when you have questions you're responding to in written firm, it's the easiest thing to do. and why is that? because you have an opportunity to refer to documents. you have opportunity to compose and craft your words. if you can't answer these questions if written form, it says you don't think there's any way you can be truthful. the...

Attributes of the president, and she said, 63%, he's a strong leader. that's pretty amazing considering again the attacks you guys are giving. 57% of americans said he's smart. you know, this is a guy that we might again think of some of his approaches as unconventional, but i think you have to give credit where it's due. there's a certain genius at work. >> i just don't see it as mutually exclusive. i think you can say -- i've never said the president is anything less than intelligent. i think that because he is intelligent, he's making very definite choices. >> i'm not sure your view is held...

He tries to play down the middle. i want to get you to weigh in on the word that mueller may accept written questions on key issues. >> that was a surprise to me. i have always been of the school of thought that bob mueller will insist on sitting down with the president asking questions face-to-face. typically prosecutors love that because you don't have to accept a carefully structured written statement, you can engage back and forth and ask follow-up questions. it is important to take this with a grain of salt because it doesn't sound like mueller has totally taken the possibility of an inte...

With him all the time. i met read many but not all 300 opinions. i want to get your input tonight on what mueller said about the key issues. >> i've always been of the school of thought that bob mueller will sit down with the president and ask the questions face-to-face. typically prosecutors love that because you don't just have to accept a carefully structured written statement, you can actually engage in back-and-forth and ask follow-up questions and that sort of thing. i think it's important for us to take this with a grain of salt because from what we are hearing it doesn't sound like he'...