so that again is not surprising. but it s probably at the heart of obstruction. let s remember, though, as this is all happening in the house, the conservative republicans led by mark mano drafted articles of impeachment against rod rosenstein. so politically president trump has a big comfort zone in that house republicans are not interested in going where any of this is indicating. and the numbers certainly favor republicans in the senate as well. so betting odds probably shift to the president not sitting down with bob mueller. but the betting odds are certain that he will tweet late they are morning the words no collusion, greg. can he feel more comfortable in that assumption given this? you know, he said all along over the last few months that everyone agrees there s no collusion. no, everyone does not agree that there s no collusion. i think mueller feels there was collusion among trump s advisers at the least. whether trump himself personally colluded remains to be seen. but
last month with the special counsel robert mueller s investigators to discuss a possible interview with the president. a cnn reported, the questions roughly fall into four categories and they deal with firing of james comey, the former fbi director, and michael flynn, the former national security adviser as well as the president s dealings with attorney general jeff sessions and the potential coordination between the trump campaign and russians. the questions published by the new york times show a focus on the president s state of mind during key events. it s clear from some of the questions that despite the president s claims that collusion is off the table, the mueller investigators are still pursuing questions of whether anyone broke the law in those repeated contacts between trump campaign associates and people the fbi believes were russian government operatives. christine, dave? thanks, evan. joining us this morning here in new york cnn political analyst, julian and in was
from. it reads that way. it comes right after giuliani joins the team, for example. so we don t know how this fits into the strategy. have a study guide for the president. bob mueller has leaked nothing. he hasn t leaked this kind of information. so it would be surprising if all of a sudden that s what he s done. stunning. greg, some of these questions, for example this one, what did you men when you told russian diplomats on may 10, 2017, that firing mr. comey had taken the pressure off. that may 10, 2017, if i m not mistaken, that s that amazing optic in the oval office with the russian ambassador still hard to believe. really and those pictures were leaked by the russian foreign ministry, not the united states. greg, we heard from the president again and again, no collusion, no collusion, no collusion, no collusion. what does this latest reveal do to that position, do you think? well, the president, christine, keeps saying everyone agrees there s no collusion. i
you could make a case did collude. greg, let s talk about tariffs, trade very big week for trade right now. a lot of balls in the air. anded a midnight deadline passed last night for these they re going to get exemptions. they re going to delay the decision of exemptions for another 30 days. did the president blink here? he may have. i think he doesn t want to get into a trade war right now. i think he s gotten a lot of blow back from farmers, people in the midwest who don t like a possible chinese retaliation against soy beans, things like that. i think he s softened his tone a little. i still say we re in a trade dispute with many countries not in a trade war. so that s the eu, canada and mexico. what about this upcoming trip to china. steve mnuchin, this could be contentious. where is this headed in terms of those tariffs and our trade deals? well, i thought he gave mnuchin carte blanche to negotiate and sent peter
pursuing questions of whether anyone broke the law in those repeated contacts between trump campaign associates and people the fbi believes were russian government operatives. christine, dave? evan perez, thank you for that. joining us this morning in new york julian zel et zer. and in washington, political economist, greg, chief strategist for horizon investments. welcome back again, guys. when this news broke last night, it was a frenzy of legal analysis here. i want to bring in some of that analysis michael moore, former u.s. attorney talking about how all these questions zero in on intent. there s a great deal of focus on his intent. and my belief at this point is that they ve got some indication either through the cooperating witnesses or through things discovered through the course of the investigation of his intent when he did some of these things. if he goes in there, he s set up because i promise you that his questioner will know the answers