they can essentially refine their testimony as it comes to mind during the staff interviews but it s also good for the committee in the sense the staff tend to be more substantive, more prepared, better questionings. they ll get documentation so in some sense this allows this prep session the senators to get a briefing on what they re saying so that if they go to public hearing and if i were counsel to either of these guys i would try to avoid that very much, it allows for not look good when you do that, though? allows for more questioning by the snorsz. sorry? that doesn t look good when you do that, does it? my commentary is legal. they can figure out the political optics. in terms of the law of them testifying they have a right to refuse to testify, they can assert the fifth amendment, and my advice to them as a lawyer would be to not testify under oath in public until everything that they want to say is locked down and they know they re going to be able to maintain a co
to talk about the two stories. let me put up the story from the washington post. trump asked his advisers to power aides, family members and even himself in connection to the probe. eli, for a man so obsessed with optics, this doesn t look good when you re you know, googling how do i pardon myself? the lack of restraint, that they sort of telegraph their greatest fears and weaknesses because they look like they have something to hide. the president can t let it go. it was the same thing with comey. maybe the same thing now with mueller. i think one thing that s not new is they re behind the scenes effort to do oppo research on the people who are investigating them like they do on the people who are covering them every day in the media. they are going to fight everything in the realm of public opinion but in the same realm of public opinion when you re out there and the stories come out and the president is basically saying on the record to the new york times two days ago that
another republican in the mid-term election who doesn t look, sound or act like donald trump? i was surprised. in fact, i want to roll footage of what transpired in utah. this is jason chaffetz at a town hall. play it. [ crowd chanting do your job! ] not what you d expect from one of the reddest states in the country for a conservative member of congress to be greeted like that at the town hall. since the election you have some people that have completely withdrawn and won t watch news anymore. then you have new york times subscription sky rocketing. and it s built this intensity among some people while other people are just sort of withdrawing from the process. but, you know, i ve had family members that have never been particularly interested in
yes, we do. it s the party that s out of power that where you have the anger, the antagonism, where you have the feeling of alienation. that s where you get the passion in american politics. one of the dangers for republicans is exactly what happened with president obama. in 2008 you had all these people that were really enthusiastic for president obama, two years later they don t show up for joe or jane generic democrat. 2012 they show up, re-elect obama. 2014 they don t show up for joe and jane generic democrat. what republicans have to fear is that these people that came in and turbo charged donald trump in 2016, will they show up for another republican in the midterm election who doesn t look, sound or act like donald trump? i was surprised, in fact i want to roll some footage of what transpired in utah. then i ll make a comment to charlie cook. this is jason chaffetz at a town hall.
travellers from seven different countries. it allows some travellers with visas to enter the u.s. despite the cascade of change on the executive order the white house and homeland security officials say they ll fight at the first opportunity to overturn a judge s ruling that largely nullified the president s seven country ban. nbc s tom costello is in washington near the white house where a protest is set to start. we re looking live at pictures here from the nation s capital. i know the weather is pretty chilly, but it doesn t look or has it impacted the turnout? i guess i should ask you that way. we re expecting, they say, about 5,000 people to 8,000 people to start here and we re at lafayette park. that s lafayette park, the white house is right now behind these chain length fences. keep in mind, there s an awful lot of clean up to go following the inauguration and the parade. at the moment we ve got maybe 150 people i would say. 2:00 they re expecting to start marching up towar