even if there were an emergency as i said, the president can't take the power of the person to his own hands but here there is no emergency and that makes this a very strong case against the president. >> as usual, today in washington here in washington in the age of trump, there is more than one important legal story. i want to turn your attention for a moment to house judiciary chairman jerry nadler who participated in an interview of matthew whitaker who was temporarily the acting director of the fbi in his public testimony. matthew whitaker certainly intended to give the committee the impression that he was his work was never interfered with in any way by president trump but let's listen to what jerry nadler said today about what happened in his closed door interview with matthew whitaker this week. >> when presented directly with an opportunity to deny that the president talked to him about the michael cohen investigation,