because we believe it exceeds mueller s mandate. that s, you know, for the president, he might say, i ve had it. we see this as a fishing expedition. i order you, rod rosenstein, to fire mueller. and that sets off another whole line of actions that could portend terrible things for the president legally, along the obstruction of justice, abuse of office continuum. gentlemen, thank you all for being here. please stand by. obviously this breaking story continues with developments. but we want to bring in republican congressman shaun duffy of wisconsin. he s been a supporter of president trump s. congressman, great to see you. i know that you ve, watching this breaking news unfold, as have we, as have our viewers, since paul manafort just surrendered in the past few minutes to the field office in washington, d.c. of the fbi. what are your thoughts? well, listen, i don t have many thoughts quite yet, in that i don t know what this is about. is this about collusion between the trump cam
then paid russia agents to provide information and dirt on trump. i mean a british i don t want to go too far down this rabbit hole with you. i don t either. but i think my point to you, alisyn is, i want to look at all of it. and i think fair-minded americans say look at trump, look at clinton, look at the dnc, look at the rnc, we should look at all of russia s involvement here. but as you pointed out, as we ve seen this video of manafort this morning, it s serious for him. and me as a republican congressman, i look forward to see whing what the charges are how serious this is and does it bleed into the campaign of president trump and where does it go? thank you very much for joining us this morning. chris? duffy would be a lot more upset if he were as curious as these charges as he is about hillary clinton and the dossier. i ll tell you that right now. let s bring in some people who aren t going to be motivated by politics on this, but we now know as fact. cnn senior poli
so this is not the beginning of the end. this is the end of the beginning. second person to quote that this morning. did i? i apologize for recycling that cliche. but it is you know, it s true. this is months and months of trial preparation, motions to dismiss the case, motions about discovery. you know, if anyone was hoping that this case will wrap up by the end of the year, today s announcement is a guarantee that it won t. and it also feels like we are at the point in the story where it becomes very important to differentiate between arguments and actions. it s pretty clear from what you heard from congressman duffy and over the weekend that republicans on the hill are going to raise up the visibility of the dossier, raise up the visibility of uranium one, convene hearings, do all of that kind of thing. it s already happening. the president is going to argue that this is a witch hunt, that it is motivated by partisan malice to undermine their agenda. fine, they can mak
what does it mean for legislation? does it mean other leaders will begin speaking out or speaking at least their minds about the president? so we have an all-star list of analysts. bill crystal, john avlon. we have michael smerconish. also later in the program have congressman shaun duffy. look who s in for chris. we have bill weir making a special cameo. hi, bill. good morning. how are you? good. good. id like toe bring it on. he s back here. you re a real person. i ve seen you on tv. this is going to be fun. have fun, guys. thank you. wander list to wandering on to our set. big banks and big profits. five american banks should reportord numbers this week making money in the banging industry. details on cnn money stream next.
a lot of demands for the proof. that s right. a fascinating story to follow. it may be a holiday week but there is a lot of news going on and there will be even more when the new congress convenes next week. with us now is congressman shaun duffy with us. appreciate you joining us. we re getting more information. please stay with us. please you stay with us as well. we ll be right back with you after this break. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that s a good thing, but it doesn t cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn t pay and could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call today to request a free decision guide to help you better understand what medicare is all about and which aarp medicare supplement plan