wrap it up by september and that brings us to today's newsroom news feed. >> president trump's lawyers making what they're calling a counteroffer for an interview with the special counsel robert mueller. >> rudy giuliani says it may be the last best chance. special counsel robert mueller has to secure president trump's testimony. >> this is a good faith attempt to try to meet the special counsel part of the way and wrap up this investigation. we offered him an opportunity to do a form of questioning. he can say yes or no. >> harvard law professor alan dershowitz thinks the strategy is to make it impossible for mueller to accept the president's terms. >> they will make mueller an offer he can't accept. >> some reports indicate the offer includes a condition the president won't be asked about obstruction of justice. >> if there is any type of interview written or otherwise it will be the appropriate type of response. this legal team is not walking this president into a perjury trap. not going the happen.