was scott, the young man the police had questioned a week earlier. giselle esteban s old boyfriend, remember, and father of her child. two days later, monday june 6th, the family was called back to the police station for an important meeting. the police finally had a chance to search michelle s car and the status of her case had been changed, from missing person to homicide. and the family felt blindsided. and they said, you know, i think you have to get comfortable with - - with the fact that your sister is probably dead. we were horrified. reporter: and just like that, the information door closed. the hayward police told the family it was a murder investigation now. so department policy they could reveal nothing more. and therefore couldn t or wouldn t tell the family why they thought michelle was dead. but without hearing an explanation or seeing any evidence, how could the family
of the legal team or the rest of the white house staff, or both, felt blindsided by this. so what does this mean for giuliani s role and his future? you know, it s always an audience of one with this president, right? if he is pleasing the principal, as he apparently did, then that seems to mean that he s okay. i do think one danger is for giuliani to take up too much oxygen, right? the president doesn t like that. when somebody gets on the cover of time magazine or something like that or is dominating the headlines and the president isn t, that s something he doesn t like. we know that giuliani shares that trait with trump, meaning he is sort of self-absorbed and likes attention on himself. so that might be a problem. but in terms of what he did over these last couple of days, it s clear that he s in a mind meld with this president and going out and playing a legal strategy on the one hand and a political pr strategy as well.
talked about why james comey was fired as fbi director. cnn justice correspondent jessica snyder has nor on thmor. he is a seasoned lawyer but his comments are raising questions and concerns. a lot of questions and concerns, coming from people on the legal team that guilliani works with. our team learned his recent media blitz angered and confused some members of that newly formed team who felt blindsided. when it came to guilliani s forceful words and setting terms he would want in place for any possible presidential interview, some advisers feared he was winging it. rudy giuliani, the newest member of president trump s legal team making the case for why the president is ready for battle with the special counsel, robert mueller. this started as collusion with the russians. no. now they go to obstruction of justice, collusion among the
but according to the wall street journal, dowd felt blindsided that the president was bringing on joseph digenova. according to one person familiar with the legal team s thinking, digenova, a former u.s. attorney, has claimed federal agents have worked to frame the president for partisan political purposes. meanwhile, according to the new york times, the president is pleased with down s exit adding the lawyer s prickly personality had begun to irritate the president. so heidi has an angle on the story of the morning, rick will talk about republicans but first, barbara mcquaid. we have the possibility of mueller closing in on the president. we have the president s s sexcapades and his allegations of trying to silence women coming to the forefront, we have money issues for the president. these are the things he cares about. some would argue he s cornered at this point which could explain these lurching moves yesterday. where do you think he stands at
remember, the father of her child. two days later, the family was called back to the police station for an important meeting. the police finally had a chance to search michelle s car. and the status of her case had been changed from missing person to homicide. and the family felt blindsided. and they said, you know, i think you have to get comfortable with the fact that your sister is probably dead. we were horrified. keith morrison: and just like that, the information door closed. the hayward police told the family it was a murder investigation now. so department policy, they could reveal nothing more. and therefore couldn t or wouldn t tell the family why they thought michelle was dead. but without hearing an explanation or seeing any evidence, how could the family believe the police? no, they simply wouldn t accept what the cops had to say. it was horrible. we were really angry.